Question regarding Freehandcutplotter.start() functionality

[jkissi]

Hi Marco,

Got a couple of questions regarding show() functionality for the FreeHandCutPlotter() class that you have in the library.
1.
For my project, I made an extended class of this that had very similar functionality to the original when it came to showing the render window. When start() is called, the window is open and it stays open waiting for user input of some sort.

Now that I have returned to it, I find that the class I have created based on FreeHandCutPlotter() does not stay open when start() is called: it immediately closes.

I was wondering whether something has changed in the code base in the last version that may affect this behaviour? What exactly is it that keeps the window open when start() is called? because in start() no interactive flag is used:

    def start(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """Start window interaction (with mouse and keyboard)"""
        acts = [self.txt2d, self.mesh, self.points, self.spline, self.jline]
        self.show(acts + list(args), **kwargs)
        return self

Maybe if I understand this, I can work around or found a mistake I made somewhere...

What is the keybind to bring up the list of button functions when using a Plotter() object? I am finding that some of the keybinds I am detecting in my class are also causing the window to spontaneously close when they are pressed. I want to make sure I am not using something that is already designated in the Plotter() class.

Cheers in advance, hope you're having a good day,
j

[marcomusy]

Hi J,

1. it might have changed, but i'm not 100% sure why... anyways whenever you deploy your application you should make sure it depends on a specific version of vedo... Remember that it inherits from Plotter so you can make it interactive with a call freh_plt.start().interactive()
2. you can disable all default key binds with settings.enableDefaultKeyboardCallbacks = False and mouse ones with enableDefaultMouseCallbacks = False