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How to interpret component colors in Grasshopper

How to interpret component colors in Grasshopper

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How to interpret component colors in Grasshopper

- [Instructor] A key part of working in the Grasshopper interface is getting information about the components and our definitions based on color. I've got the exercise file, color-codes.gh open. Here we can see a few sets of components with different colors. Now components without errors or warnings will be displayed in a shade of gray. Like this line component, that's being fed by two construct point components. We'll see light gray for components like this line component. And that's telling me that the preview is enabled for this component. So that is to say, if a component outputs geometry it will show up in Rhino and I can see that line being formed here by the line component. Components that are shown in dark gray means they have their preview disabled. So that has to say, if they generate geometry we won't see it in the Rhino window. I can right click on a component and toggle that preview. Now I can see my…

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