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Permalink Reply by Peter on March 17, 2013 at 9:02am

Sorry I think this is the wrong sub forum, I just see that there is a “developers” forum.

p.

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Permalink Reply by Dale Fugier on March 19, 2013 at 10:11am

Hi Peter,

Here are a couple of C# examples that automate Rhino that you might find useful.

https://github.com/dalefugier/TestDotNetAutomation
https://github.com/dalefugier/SampleCsAutomation

Why do you need/want to automate Rhino from an external application?

-- Dale

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Permalink Reply by Peter on March 20, 2013 at 11:45am

I don´t want automate Rhino from an external application... :) I started with programming my first plug in. It´s a beginner question: Is the only way to test the program to compile it as plug in and load it to rhino, or is there a possibility to test parts of the program direct as console application. What is the usual work flow, for testing small parts.

Thanks p.

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Permalink Reply by Dale Fugier on March 20, 2013 at 11:54am

Hi Peter,

If you are not automating Rhino, then you will not be creating a console application. You will be creating a Rhino plug-in, which is a .NET Assembly that references RhinoCommon.dll and has a Rhino.PlugIns.PlugIn-inherited class.

To create a plug-in, first download the RhinoCommon templates for Rhino 5:

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/16053049-7db2-4c9f-96...

Then, launch Visual C# 2010 or Visual Basic 2012 and create a new RhinoCommon plug-in project.

When debugging a plug-in, the debug target is always Rhino.exe. The RhinoCommon plug-in sets your project to do this for you.

More on RhinoCommon:

http://wiki.mcneel.com/developer/rhinocommon

Hope this helps.

 -- Dale

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Permalink Reply by Peter on March 20, 2013 at 12:43pm

Thanks, I installed the Rhino Common templates for Visual Studio, and made a small plug in, but I am beginner and I test my “program” every minute and it takes a lot of time to debug it, and therefore my question.

Thanks, p

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