SampleViewCaptureToFile.py

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# SampleViewCaptureToFile.py
# Copyright (c) 2018 Robert McNeel & Associates.
# See License.md in the root of this repository for details.
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import System
import Rhino
import scriptcontext as sc

# Demonstrates how to capture a view to a bitmap
def SampleViewCaptureToFile():
    view = sc.doc.Views.ActiveView;
    if view:
        view_capture = Rhino.Display.ViewCapture()
        view_capture.Width = view.ActiveViewport.Size.Width
        view_capture.Height = view.ActiveViewport.Size.Height
        view_capture.ScaleScreenItems = False
        view_capture.DrawAxes = False
        view_capture.DrawGrid = False
        view_capture.DrawGridAxes = False
        view_capture.TransparentBackground = False
        bitmap = view_capture.CaptureToBitmap(view)
        if bitmap:
            folder = System.Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop
            path = System.Environment.GetFolderPath(folder)
            filename = System.IO.Path.Combine(path, "SampleViewCaptureToFile.png");
            bitmap.Save(filename, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);

# Check to see if this file is being executed as the "main" python
# script instead of being used as a module by some other python script
# This allows us to use the module which ever way we want.
if __name__ == "__main__":
    SampleViewCaptureToFile()