Enhancement: Display a tree with dumb strings as a Tree

[SteveGase]

I plan to create mega true using dumb RGB strings.
32 strings, stretched from ground to apex.

One model I'd like to see working visually is the Tree270 (and other Tree??? variations).
I want to define the tree as having 32 strings, of 1 pixel each.

Currently this is represented just as if it were a line -- actually "Line" works better at the moment because of the bigger dots.

I'd like each "pixel" to be represented as a line from bottom to top.

Generically, I'd suggest that you draw line segments from bottom to top, where the number of segments is determined by the number of pixels in the string/strand. (If I had 5x 1meter dumb strings in each strand, this would create 5 segments from ground to apex.

make sense?

[dowdybrown]

The code for this is working in the development version and will be part of the next release.

[SteveGase]

Still not working as I suggested. Maybe something different was fixed?

[dowdybrown]

Steve,

What is not working? Here is model created with 5 dumb strings:

The node layout is also correct. Note that for dumb strings, the number rgb nodes only affects the preview, it doesn't affect what goes out to the controller.

And here it is on the preview:

I would be happy to correct whatever is wrong, but I need more details first. Thanks,

Matt

[SteveGase]

ahhh... I see the issue.
you still use node count.

I was assuming that it was one logical pixel, and you'd use '1' for the
node count.

with that misunderstanding now addressed, I think everything is now good.
thanks, matt -- both for the change, and the time to do the screenshots to
show me my error!!

Steve

On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 10:30 PM, dowdybrown notifications@github.comwrote:

Steve,

What is not working? Here is model created with 5 dumb strings:

[image: image]https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/2234489/1652264/d32039c0-5b09-11e3-8251-4c47fe5c27e1.png

The node layout is also correct. Note that for dumb strings, the number
rgb nodes only affects the preview, it doesn't affect what goes out to the
controller.

And here it is on the preview:

[image: image]https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/2234489/1652268/02c8d33a-5b0a-11e3-9f45-6984724b0fa8.png

I would be happy to correct whatever is wrong, but I need more details
first. Thanks,

Matt

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