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Step 4: Add Toggle Geometry Action

So far we have created an input, output (chart) and geometry. In certain cases we want the dashboard to react to something the user does.

A common case is: Showing the results of an analysis when the user presses a button.

For the purpose of our example file, we are:

  1. Finding the letter with the largest volume.
  2. Create a transparent box around that letter to highlight it.
  3. Only show the transparent box when the user toggles a switch.

4.1 Finding the letter with the largest volume.​

  1. Use the Sort List component to sort the volumes of the letters. Connect the text volumes to K and the text 3D breps to A.
  2. Reverse the order so it sorts from largest -> smallest.
  3. Add List Item to grab the largest letter.
  4. Add Bounding Box to create a box around the letter.
  5. Connect to a Brep to convert from box to Brep.

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4.2 Creating a transparent box in InForm​

  1. Connect the brep to a Geometry Layer component.
  2. Give the layer a name.
  3. Add a Color Swatch and lower the transparency.

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4.3 Creating the toggle​

  1. Add a Toggle Geometry component.
  2. Connect Geometry Layer to the toggle.
  3. Give a name and group name.
  4. The geometry will only become visible when the user switches it on.

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4.4 Update InForm page​

  1. Send the model to InForm again.
  2. Your toggle and the box should now appear.

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Refresh the page

Sometimes the geometry toggle doesn't appear directly. In this case refresh the page.

Next Step​

Explore the component library to add more inputs, geometry, charts, and camera controls.

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