Added SampleViewCaptureToFile.py

rhinopython/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.
+################################################################################
+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()