rhyton.ui¶

Module for interacting with the user. Provides ready-made functions that can be used by buttons in any extension.

class ColorSchemeEditor[source]¶

Bases: object

__init__()[source]¶: Inits a new ColorSchemeEditor Instance. Asks the user to select a color scheme and opens a dialog to edit the colors.

static exportScheme()[source]¶

static importScheme()[source]¶

static showColors(schemeName)[source]¶

Presents the user a dialog to edit the colors of a color scheme.

Parameters: schemeName (str) – The name of the color scheme to edit.

static showSchemes()[source]¶

Ask the user to select a color scheme.

Returns: The name of the selected color scheme.
Return type: str

class Export[source]¶

Bases: object

__init__()[source]¶: Inits a new export Instance. Asks the user to select the export format, gets memorized checkbox values for available keys. Presents those to the user to select the keys for export. Stores checkbox states and exports keys to selected output format.

static getCheckboxDefaults(flag, keys=[])[source]¶

Loads export checkbox defaults from the document config storage for given keys. If no default is available in the document config storage, <True> will be used.

Parameters

flag (str) – The identifier for the default values in the document config storage.
keys (list(str)) – A list of keys to get default values for.

Returns

A list of tuples indicating the defaults for given values.

Return type

tuple

classmethod getExportKeys(flag, guids)[source]¶

Presents a checkbox to the user to pick the user text keys for export. The checkbox states are stored in the document config storage and are used a the default values for the next time the dialog is shown.

Parameters

flag (str) – The identifier for the default values in the document config storage.
guids (str) – A list of Rhino object ids.

Returns

A list of user text keys.

Return type

list(str)

static setCheckboxDefaults(flag, newDefaults)[source]¶

Updates the document config storage with new export checkbox defaults for the current extension.

Parameters

flag (str) – The identifier for the default values in the document config storage.
defaults (tuple) – A list of tuples indicating the default per value.

toCSV(guids, keys)[source]¶

Exports the values for provided keys to CSV. Opens the new file.

Parameters

guids (list(str)) – A list of Rhino object ids.
keys (list(str)) – A list of document user text keys to export.

toJSON(guids, keys)[source]¶

Exports the values for provided keys to JSON. Opens the new file.

Parameters

guids (list(str)) – A list of Rhino object ids.
keys (list(str)) – A list of document user text keys to export.

class Powerbi[source]¶

Bases: object

Class for opening and updating PowerBI.

CUSTOM_TEMPLATE = 'Load Custom Template'¶

POWERBI_DATAFILE = 'C:/HdM-DT/RhinoToolbarExtensions/powerbi.json'¶

POWERBI_TEMPLATE = '.template'¶

POWERBI_TEMPLATES_DIR = 'C:/HdM-DT/RhinoToolbarExtensions/powerbi-templates'¶

POWERBI_TEMPLATES_EXTENSION = '.pbit'¶

TIMESTAMP = 'timestamp'¶

VIZ_KEY = 'visualization_parameter'¶

static absoluteFilePaths(directory)[source]¶

This method is used to get all absolute file paths in a directory.

Parameters: directory (str) – The directory to search.
Yields: list(str) – The absolute file paths.

static fixedKeys()[source]¶

Generates fixed keys when needed. This cannot be done as a class variable because the extension name might change.

Yields: list(str) – The fixed keys.

classmethod show()[source]¶

This method is used to start PowerBI.

It checks if PowerBI is already running and if not, it opens it. The user can select a pre-defined template or load a custom template. When a pre-defined template is selected, certain parameters are fixed to ensure that the query and visuals in powerbi do not break. The user is asked to select a parameter to visualize which is then renamend to meet the PowerBI template requirements.

The data is then written to a json file and PowerBI is opened.

classmethod update()[source]¶

This method is used to update PowerBI. It gets the current PowerBI template and chooses the correct method for updating the data.

The data is then written to a json file and PowerBI is opened.

class ProgressBar(upper, label='Calculating...', lower=1)[source]¶

Bases: object

This class is used to create and update a progress bar.

__enter__()[source]¶

This method is used to show the progress bar.

Returns: The progress bar object.
Return type: object

__exit__(exc_type, exc_val, traceback)[source]¶

This method is used to hide the progress bar.

Parameters

exc_type (_type_) – _description_
exc_val (_type_) – _description_
traceback (_type_) – _description_

__init__(upper, label='Calculating...', lower=1)[source]¶

The constructor for the ProgressBar class.

Parameters

upper (int) – The upper limit of the progress bar.
label (str, optional) – The text to display in the progress bar. Defaults to “Calculating…”.
lower (int, optional) – the lower limit of the progress bar. Defaults to 1.

update()[source]¶: This method is used to update the progress bar. The poistions is automatically incremented by 1 each time the method is called.

class SelectionWindow[source]¶

Bases: object

Wrapper class for Rhino user interfaces.

static dictBox(options, message=None)[source]¶

Show a dictionary-style list box to the user.

Parameters

options (dict) – The key, value pairs.
message (str, optional) – The message to the user. Defaults to None.

static show(options, message=None)[source]¶

Shows a list box to the user that allows to select from a list of options.

Parameters

options (mixed) – A list of strings or dict (shows keys to user, returns value).
message (str, optional) – The message to the user. Defaults to None.

Returns

The value of the selected key from the input dictionary or the selected item from the input list.

Return type

mixed

static showBoxes(options, message=None)[source]¶

Shows a checkbox list to the user that allows to select from multiple items.

Example input/output:

[("option1", True), ("option2", False)]

The returns are formatted as shown above.

Parameters

options (list(tuple)) – A list of tuples with pre-defined checkbox states
message (str, optional) – The message to the user. Defaults to None.

Returns

A list of tuples indicating the name and state of each checkbox.

Return type

list(tuple)

static showWarning(message)[source]¶

Shows a warning to the user.

Parameters: message (str) – The message to the user.

class Settings(extensionName)[source]¶

Bases: rhyton.main.Rhyton

Class for handling extension settings.

COLOR = 'color'¶

COLOR_SCHEMES = '.colorSchemes'¶

COLOR_SOURCE = 'colorSource'¶

CSV = 'CSV'¶

DELIMITER = '_'¶

EMPTY = '<empty>'¶

EXPORT_CHECKBOXES = 'exportCheckboxes'¶

EXTENSION_NAME = 'rhyton'¶

FONT = 'Arial'¶

GROUP = '.group'¶

GUID = 'guid'¶

HDM_DT_DIR = 'C:/HdM-DT'¶

HEX_WHITE = '#FFFFFF'¶

JSON = 'JSON'¶

KEY_PREFIX_NAME = 'key_prefix'¶

LAYER_HIERARCHY = 'layer_hierarchy'¶

NAME = 'name'¶

NOT_AVAILABLE = 'n/a'¶

ORIGINAL_COLORS = '.originalColors'¶

POWERBI = '.powerbi'¶

RHYTON_CONFIG = 'RHYTON_CONFIG'¶

ROUNDING_DECIMALS = 2¶

ROUNDING_DECIMALS_NAME = 'rounding_decimals'¶

SETTINGS = '.settings'¶

STANDARD_COLOR_1 = (200, 200, 255)¶

STANDARD_COLOR_2 = (50, 50, 255)¶

TEXTDOTS = '.textDots'¶

UNIT_SUFFIX_NAME = 'unit_suffix'¶

WHITESPACE = ' '¶

property extensionColorSchemes¶

The global color scheme identifier prefixied with the current extension.

Returns: The color scheme identifier
Return type: string

property extensionGroup¶

The global group identifier prefixied with the current extension.

Returns: The group identifier
Return type: string

property extensionName¶

The current extension name.

Returns: The name of the currently active extension
Return type: string

property extensionOriginalColors¶

The global original colors identifier prefixied with the current extension.

Returns: The original colors identifier
Return type: string

property extensionPowerbi¶

The global powerbi identifier prefixied with the current extension.

Returns: The powerbi identifier
Return type: string

property extensionSettings¶

The global settings identifier prefixied with the current extension.

Returns: The settings identifier
Return type: string

property extensionTextdots¶

The global text dot identifier prefixied with the current extension.

Returns: The text dot identifier
Return type: string

generateSettings()¶

Generates a settings configuration.

Returns: The resulting configuration.
Return type: dict

getSettings()¶

Gets a settings configuration from the document text.

Returns: The configuration.
Return type: dict

saveSettings(settings)¶

Saves a configuration to the document text.

Parameters: settings (dict) – The configuration to save.

property unitSuffix¶

The unit suffix.

Returns: The unit suffix.
Return type: string

class Visualize[source]¶

Bases: object

Class for visualizing user text on Rhino objects.

classmethod byGroup()[source]¶: Visualizes a set of Rhino objects and their user text: The user input ‘Parameter to Group By’ is used for coloring and grouping objects, as well as for building sub-totals of the user-selected ‘Parameter to Summarize’. Places text dots with the value for each group.

classmethod byValue()[source]¶: Visualizes the value of selected parameter for each object individually. Applies a user-defined color gradient to the values.

static reset(clearSource=False)[source]¶: Resets the visualization for ‘all’ or ‘selected’ objects. Ungroups visualized objects.

classmethod sumTotal()[source]¶: Visualizes the total for selected parameter. Groups selected objects and places a text dot to display the total. Non-number parameter values will result in a simple object count.