Highlighting Objects in Conduits
Windows only

by Dale Fugier (Last updated:  Wednesday, December 5, 2018)

Problem

You need to highlight a curve object on display conduit.

Solution

Consider the following sample CRhinoDisplayConduit derived class:

class CTestHighlightCurveConduit : public CRhinoDisplayConduit
{
public:
  CTestHighlightCurveConduit();
 
  bool ExecConduit(
    CRhinoDisplayPipeline& dp,
    UINT nChannel,
    bool& bTerminate
    );
 
public:
  unsigned int m_runtime_object_serial_number;
};
 
CTestHighlightCurveConduit::CTestHighlightCurveConduit()
: CRhinoDisplayConduit( CSupportChannels::SC_DRAWOBJECT )
{
  // TODO: initialize members here
}
 
bool CTestHighlightCurveConduit::ExecConduit(
    CRhinoDisplayPipeline& dp,
    UINT nChannel,
    bool& bTerminate
    )
{
  switch( nChannel )
  {
  case CSupportChannels::SC_DRAWOBJECT:
    {
      if( m_pChannelAttrs->m_pObject->m_runtime_object_serial_number == m_runtime_object_serial_number )
        m_pDisplayAttrs->m_ObjectColor = RGB(255, 105, 180); // hot pink
    }
    break;
  }
 
  return true;
}

During the SC_DRAWOBJECT channel, the code looks for the target object. If found, it overrides the object’s drawing color.

To use this conduit, you could write a command such as this:

CRhinoCommand::result CCommandTestHighlightCurve::RunCommand( const CRhinoCommandContext& context )
{
  CRhinoGetObject go;
  go.SetCommandPrompt( L"Select curve to highlight" );
  go.SetGeometryFilter( CRhinoGetObject::curve_object );
  go.GetObjects( 1, 1 );
  if( go.CommandResult() != CRhinoCommand::success )
    return go.CommandResult();
 
  const CRhinoObject* obj = go.Object(0).Object();
  if( 0 == obj )
    return CRhinoCommand::failure;
 
  CTestHighlightCurveConduit conduit;
  conduit.m_runtime_object_serial_number = obj->m_runtime_object_serial_number;
  conduit.Enable();
  context.m_doc.Redraw();
 
  CRhinoGetString gs;
  gs.SetCommandPrompt( L"Press <Enter> to continue" );
  gs.GetString();
 
  conduit.Disable();
  context.m_doc.Redraw();
 
  return CRhinoCommand::success;
}