Saving a specific area of the viewport as an image

Hi,

I’m looking for a way to save as a .jpg or .png file the elements that appear inside a specific area of the viewport and at a custom resolution . I was thinking about a Python script in Grasshopper that would take as inputs:

• a closed polyline (area/contour of the canvas)
• 2 ints (width and height in pixels)
• 2 strings (path + file name)
• a boolean (to trigger the saving of the image)

Is it feasible ?

Looking at the RhinoCommon API I found the following classes and functions that, I think, could be useful in this case but I can’t seem to figure out which one exactly is the most relevant and how to use it properly:

• Rhino.Display.ViewCaptureSettings:

  • CropRectangle
  • DrawSelectedObjectsOnly
  • ViewArea
  • SetWindowRect
  • ViewAreaMapping

• Rhino.Display.RhinoView:

  • Bounds
  • ClientRectangle
  • ScreenRectangle
  • Size

Could someone give me a hint on this ?

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