2019

GRASSHOPPER
ONLINE COURSE
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 REFERENCE

MODE LAB GRASSHOPPER

PRIMER THIRD EDITION

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GRASSHOPPER INTERFACE
 NEW FILE

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 MENUS GROUP

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 FILE BROWSER CONTROL

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 COMPONENTS PALETTES

Only shows the N most recently used items.

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 COMPONENTS PALETTES

Click on the bar at the bottom to see the

full list of components

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 COMPONENTS PALETTES

Hover your mouse over a component to

see a short description

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 PROJECT CANVAS

Navigating the Canvas

Right click + Drag to pan
Scroll Wheel to zoom in and out

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 ADDING COMPONENTS

First Option is by
Double Clicking on Canvas --> Typing Compnent Name

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 ADDING COMPONENTS

Second Option is by
Dragging + Dropping

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 SEARCHING FOR COMPONENTS

you can find a component by

Right Click on Canvas -> Find or by pressing F3

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 COMPONENTS OPTIONS

Disable Preview

Enable Preview

Disable Component

Enable Component

Bake

Zoom

Invoke radial Menu by hitting

Middle Mouse

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 VIEWPORT FEEDBACK

Green Meaning Component is Selected

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 VIEWPORT FEEDBACK

Red Meaning Component is Unselected

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 CANVAS TOOLBAR

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1 Open File 7 Don’t Draw Geometry

2 Save File 8 Draw Wireframe Geomtery
3 Zoom 9 Draw Shaded Geometry
4 View Entire Document 10 Only Draw Selected Objects
5 Named Views 11 Document Preview Settings
6 Sketch 12 Preview Mesh Quality

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 GROUPING COMPONENTS

To Group Components
Shift Select Components -> Ctrl + G or Group from Radial Menu

Number Slider

Box 2PT

Construct PT

Right Click Anywhere on a group to edit name and appearance

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 WIDGETS

Display -> Canvas Widgets

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 REMOTE CONTROL PANEL

For Controlling Script Parameters From Rhino

To Open The Panel

View -> Remote Control Panel
To Add A Slider
Right Click on Slider -> Publish to Remote Panel

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OBJECT TYPES
 - They are found in the Parameters Tab PARAMETERS
- Stores data (number, color, geometry, .. )
- Parameters objects have black hexagonal border around their icon
- Usually shown as rectangulat boxes with single input & output
- They can reference a data from Rhino or Inherit from grasshopper
Right Click -> Set One / Multiple ...

Parameter Objects Input Parameter

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 COMPONENTS

They perform action based on inputs they receive

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 OBJECTS COLORS

Contains neither warnings or errors

Preview has been disabled

Object has been disabled

Selected object

Object containing warnings

Object containing errors

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COMPONENTS
 INPUTS & OUTPUTS

Inputs & Outputs Only Inputs

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 DISPLAY MODES

From The Display Menu

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 DISPLAY MODES

Draw Full Names

Draw Full Names + Draw Icons

No Full Names + No Icons

Draw Icons (Most Common)

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 FINDING COMPONENTS

Display the location of any component in the palette by

pressing Ctrl + Alt + Left Click on Component

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 TOOL TIPS
Tool Tips are displayed by hovering over Icon, Inputs & Outputs

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 COMPONENT HELP
Right Click -> Help

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 ZOOMABLE USER INTERFACE

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 ZOOMABLE USER INTERFACE
The Panel component is used to display the output of any component
or to store alfa numeric data

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DATA TYPES
 PRESISTENT DATA

Data which has been sepcifically set by the user.

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 VOLATILE DATA

Inherited from one or more source and is destroyed whenver a new solution starts.

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 Internalizing Data & Extracting Parameters

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WIRING COMPONENTS
 CONNECTING OBJECTS

Divide Curve

Curve

Hold left click + Drag the wire from the output of

one component to the input of another

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 EDITING WIRE CONNECTION

Hold Ctrl while connecting (in the opposite

direction) to break the connection

New connection erases existing connection

Hold Shift to add more than one connection to the

same component

You can also disconnect by right clicking and

choosing disconnect

* Ctrl + Shift + Drag disconnects all wires from

one output and connects them to another

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 FANCY WIRES

No Data Data contians only one item Data contains a list of items Data contains a data tree

Merge Divide Curve Circle CNR

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 WIRE DISPLAY

Hidden Faint

To change wire display Right Click on any Input -> Wire Display

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 EXERCISE (01)
Explained in grasshopper primer V3 P.51

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POINTS, PLANES & VECTORS
 POINTS

X,Y,Z U,V T

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 VECTORS
Geometrical Quantity describing Magnitude & Direction
Its not a geometrical element

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 PLANES

Planes are Flat and indefinitely extended used to define a local

coordinate system. They are not a genuine objects in Rhino.

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 EXERCISE (02)
Explained in grasshopper primer V3 P.58

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EXAMPLES ON DIFFERENT COMPONENT TYPES
 OPERATORS

Found in the Math Tab

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 CONDITIONAL OPERATORS

Found in the Math Tab

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 TRIGONOMETRY

EXERCISE (03)
Explained in grasshopper primer V3 P.63-65

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 EXPRESSIONS

EXERCISE (04)
Explained in grasshopper primer V3 P.66-67

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 BOOLEANS

They can only store 2 values

Yes or No
True or False
1 or 0

Found in the Params Tab

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 LOGICAL OPERATORS
Not, And, Or Gates

Found in the Math Tab

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 CURVES
Curve Types

Curve Degrees

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 SPLINES

NURBS Curve Interpolate Curve

Kinky Curve Polyline Curve

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 COLORS & DOMAINS

EXERCISE (05)
Explained in grasshopper primer V3 P.70

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