RenderPlugIn Properties

Called by Rhino to determine if the plug-in name should be added to the Rhino Help/Plug-ins menu.

Source assembly for this plug-in.

Returns the description of the plug-in, as found in the plug-in's assembly attributes.

Returns the Guid, or unique Id, of the plug-in.

Plug-ins are typically loaded on demand when they are first needed. You can change this behavior to load the plug-in at during different stages in time by overriding this property.

Optionally override this to provide a localized plug-in name

Returns the name of the plug-in, as found in the plug-in's assembly attributes.

Set to true if you would like Rhino to quickly create a basic render content in response to 'Create New' commands. Set to false if you would prefer Rhino to display the render content chooser dialog.

Persistent plug-in settings.

Get the plug-in's settings directory. This is the directory where the plug-in's persistent settings files are saved. This directory will be located in the user's profile folder. Note, this does not verify the directory exists.

Get the plug-in's "all users" settings directory. This directory will be located in the system's program data folder. Note, this does not verify the directory exists.

Override to communicate that the renderer supports more channels beside the default channels RGBA, Depth, Normal, Albedo. See RenderWindow.StandardChannels. RenderWindow.ChannelId can be used to get the GUIDs for the channels to support

Override this property and return true if your plug-in supports decals and overrides ShowDecalProperties(ListNamedValue)

Returns the version of the plug-in, as found in the plug-in's assembly attributes.