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

Overview

The Rhino C/C++ SDK provides the class CRhinoGetObject that will let you interactively select objects on the screen. This is a large class with many options. We recommend that you read through the header file, rhinoSdkGetObject.h, before using.

To use the CRhinoGetObject class, put one on the stack and call its GetObjects() member. It is possible to derive custom classes from CRhinoGetObject. But, the class is powerful enough that deriving new classes from it is usually unnecessary.

If an instance of CRhinoGetObject was successful in selecting one or more objects, then use its Object() member to retrieve information about the selected object. The Object() member returns a CRhinoObjRef class which has several member functions to help you quickly get to the information you are looking for.

Samples

This sample selects a single object…

CRhinoGetObject go;
go.SetCommandPrompt( L"Select object" );
CRhinoGet::result res = go.GetObjects( 1, 1 );
if( res == CRhinoGet::object )
{
  const CRhinoObjRef& obj_ref = go.Object( 0 );
  const CRhinoObject* obj = obj_ref.Object();
  if( obj )
  {
    // TODO
  }
}

This sample selects one or more objects…

CRhinoGetObject go;
go.SetCommandPrompt( L"Select objects" );
CRhinoGet::result res = go.GetObjects( 1, 0 );
if( res == CRhinoGet::object )
{
  int i, count = go.ObjectCount();
  for( i = 0; i < count; i++ )
  {
    const CRhinoObjRef& obj_ref = go.Object( 0 );
    const CRhinoObject* obj = obj_ref.Object();
    if( obj )
    {
      // TODO
    }
  }
}

This sample selects a single curve object…

CRhinoGetObject go;
go.SetCommandPrompt( L"Select curve" );
go.SetGeometryFilter( CRhinoGetObject::curve_object );
CRhinoGet::result res = go.GetObjects( 1, 1 );
if( res == CRhinoGet::object )
{
  const CRhinoObjRef& obj_ref = go.Object( 0 );
  const ON_Curve* crv = obj_ref.Curve();
  if( crv )
  {
    // TODO
  }
}