RenderPlugIn Methods

Default implementation returns true which means the content can be picked from the content browser by the user. Override this method and return false if you don't want to allow a certain content contentType to be picked from the content browser while your render engine is current.

Called right after plug-in is created and is responsible for creating all of the commands in a given plug-in. The base class implementation Constructs an instance of every publicly exported command class in your plug-in's assembly.

Creates the preview bitmap that will appear in the content editor's thumbnail display when previewing materials and environments. If this function is not overridden or the PreviewImage is not set on the arguments, then the internal OpenGL renderer will generate a simulation of the content. This function is called with four different preview quality settings. The first quality level of RealtimeQuick is called on the main thread and needs to be drawn as fast as possible. This function is called with the other three quality settings on a separate thread and are meant for generating progressively refined preview.

Creates the preview bitmap that will appear in the content editor's thumbnail display when previewing textures in 2d (UV) mode. If this function is not overridden or the PreviewImage is not set on the arguments, then the internal OpenGL renderer will generate a simulation.

Return the localized name of your custom channel.

Called by Rhino if AddToHelpMenu is true and menu item associated with this plug-in is selected.

Override this function if you want to extend the document properties sections of the options dialog. This function is called whenever the user brings up the Options dialog.

Called to enable/disable the "Material" button located on the "Material" tab in the Properties and Layer dialog boxes. The default return value is false which will disable the button. If the button is disabled then the OnAssignMaterial function is never called.

Called to enable/disable the "New" button located on the "Material" in the Properties and Layer dialog boxes. The default return value is false which will disable the button. If the button is disabled then the OnEditMaterial function is never called.

Called to enable/disable the "Edit" button located on the "Material" in the Properties and Layer dialog boxes. The default return value is false which will disable the button. If the button is disabled then the OnEditMaterial function is never called.

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.

Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.

All of the commands associated with this plug-in.

Serves as the default hash function.

Verifies that there is a valid product license for your plug-in, using the Rhino licensing system. If the plug-in is installed as a standalone node, the locally installed license will be validated. If the plug-in is installed as a network node, a loaner license will be requested by the system's assigned Zoo server. If the Zoo server finds and returns a license, then this license will be validated. If no license is found, then the user will be prompted to provide a license key, which will be validated.

Verifies that there is a valid product license for your plug-in, using the Rhino licensing system. If the plug-in is installed as a standalone node, the locally installed license will be validated. If the plug-in is installed as a network node, a loaner license will be requested by the system's assigned Zoo server. If the Zoo server finds and returns a license, then this license will be validated. If no license is found, then the user will be prompted to provide a license key, which will be validated.

Get the customer name and organization used when entering the product license.

This function returns a list of Guids for the render settings pages that should be displayed.

Gets the Type of the current instance.

Returns the plug-in's icon in bitmap form.

Initialize your custom decal properties here. The input list will be empty - add your default named property values and return.

Returns true if this renderer can render the texture natively without needing it to be baked into a bitmap, false otherwise. By default, returns false for all textures.

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

Override this function is you want to extend the object properties dialog

Override this function is you want to extend the object properties dialog. This method will be called each time a new document is created for each instance of a object properties panel. On Windows there will be a single panel per document but on Mac there may be many properties panel per document.

This function is called by the Object Properties and Layer Control dialogs when the "Material" button is pressed in the "Render" tab. This is only called if EnableAssignMaterialButton returns true.

This function is called by the Object Properties and Layer Control dialogs when the "New" button is pressed in the "Material" tab. This is only called if EnableCreateMaterialButton returns true.

This function is called by the Object Properties and Layer Control dialogs when the "Edit" button is pressed in the "Material" tab. This is only called if EnableEditMaterialButton returns true. A return value of true means the material has been updated.

Is called when the plug-in is being loaded.

This plug-in (has become)/(is no longer) the current render plug-in

Override this function if you want to extend the options dialog. This function is called whenever the user brings up the Options dialog.

Tell what kind of preview rendering your renderer supports.

Called whenever a Rhino document is being loaded and plug-in user data was encountered written by a plug-in with this plug-in's GUID.

Override this method to add custom file types to the render window save file dialog.

Override this method and call RegisterPanel(PlugIn, RenderPanelType, Type, String, Boolean, Boolean) to add custom render UI to the render output window.

Override this method and call RegisterTab(PlugIn, Type, Guid, String, Icon) to add custom tabs to the render output window

Called by Render and RenderPreview commands if this plug-in is set as the default render engine.

Called by Rhino when it is time to register RenderContentSerializer derived classes. Override this method and return an array of an instance of each serialize custom content object you wish to add.

Override this method to replace the render properties page in the Rhino document properties dialog. The default implementation returns null which means just use the default Rhino page.

Override this function to provide custom sections for the render settings panel that are displayed when your plug-in is the current render plug-in.

Override this method to provide the UUIDs of all sections that should be displayed in the Render Settings tab when this is the current renderer.The default implementation adds all the RDK's built-in Render Settings sections. These UUIDs start with the prefix uuidRenderSettingsSection'. They can be found in RhRdkUuids.h

This function is obsolete and only exists for legacy purposes. Do not override this function - prefer overriding the version with the blowup parameter.

Returns, or releases, a product license that was obtained from the Rhino licensing system. Note, most plug-ins do not need to call this as the Rhino licensing system will return all licenses when Rhino shuts down.

Write settings to disk which will raise a SettingsSaved event.

Called whenever a Rhino is about to save a .3dm file. If you want to save plug-in document data when a model is saved in a version 5 .3dm file, then you must override this function to return true and you must override WriteDocument().

Override this function to handle showing a modal dialog with your plug-in's custom decal properties. You will be passed the current properties for the object being edited. The defaults will be set in InitializeDecalProperties.

Override this function to provide custom sections for the sun panel that are displayed when your plug-in is the current render plug-in.

Returns a list of output types which your renderer can write.

The default implementation returns BMP, JPG, PNG, TIF, TGA, HDR, EXR and RIMAGE.

Determines if your renderer supports a specific feature.

Returns a string that represents the current object.

Override this method to provide the UUIDs of all content types that should be presented to the user in the types combo box or the[+] button types menu.The default implementation adds only RDK's built-in types. Rhino automatically adds types in the most efficient way to minimize the list length. If you override this method, you may call the base class first to add the built-in types, a separator will be inserted at the end of the standard list followed by your own types. You may omit the base class call and only chosen types yourself, followed by a separator and your own types. A 'More Types...' item is automatically added when needed by Rhino. Specify a separator by adding uuidUiContentType_Separator.

Called when Rhino is saving a .3dm file to allow the plug-in to save document user data.