This is an unfinalized idea.

Could there be a graphical menu of planar profiles, which look like MoI .3dm geometry, such as rectangle, circle, ellipse, heart, bowtie, polygon, along with their name, from which the user could select one profile image with the mouse, and the selected generic profile curve would then be loaded into MoI Geometry, for further processing/scaling by script?

The menu would be a row/column grid with horizontal and vertical thick lines.
The Menu could be a .3dm containg many .3dm profiles, and names, or the menu could contain "preview" images of geometry, and names, which link to the actual individual geometry profiles as .3dm files. Profile1, Profile2, etc.

The menu would "pop up" in or on or over the MoI screen, upon beginning a certain script. Thick line divisions would not be selectable. Only one profile would be selectable at a time. After selection, the menu would close or be minimized

- Brian

I recall Burr mentioned something about "Tabs".

Hi Brian, you can just use the OS filesystem for this, like make a folder "profiles" and put your .3dm files in there. Use the Import or ImportPart commands to open them.

In the next v5 beta there will be thumbnail images saved to .3dm files and also there will be shell plug-ins for the Windows and Mac filesystem to make them display.

- Michael

Thank you Michael.
I think that I was mostly daydreaming anyway.

- Brian

Thumbnail images will be nice to have.

Is this not like the plugin "object library" or near ?

Hi Phiro,
I think that you are correct, regarding "object library".

I am now wondering how the upcoming new Moi thumbnails will relate to Windows 10 or 11 file view mode? (Detail, small icon, large icon, etc.) I need to study more.

- Brian

(Max's customui object library is close.)

Past relevant post on "object library" by Michael:

https://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=8919.23

Contemplating the best way to implement it, for a script to pick a pe-existing profile.
- Existence of, and link to directory containing profiles?
- layout governed by Windows file manager settings?
- Post processing of profile, BB center, scaling, miscellaneous desired preset parameters, some modifiable...?
- What about Mac setup?

- Brian