Grasshopper Essential Training

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• What’s new in Rhino 6
• Using the exercise files

1. Algorithmic Thinking

• Introduction to associative design
• Working with algorithms
• Iteration and recursion

2. Modeling a Musical Instrument

• Introduction and file setup
• Modeling the base profile
• Modeling the through hole profiles
• Modeling the top profile
• Modeling the fret track profiles
• Extruding the frets
• Extruding the solid base
• Extruding the solid top
• Finishing the algorithm
• Planning for mass production
• Estimating materials for mass production

3. Customizing Grasshopper

• Clusters
• Custom components with user objects
• Add-ons and plugins
• Python scripting
• Visual Basic .NET scripting

4. Modeling Climate Data with Ladybug

• Vector review
• Intro to Ladybug plugin
• Installing the Ladybug plugin
• Importing weather data with Ladybug
• Analyzing wind data with Ladybug
• Displaying Ladybug wind data with vectors
• Visualizing wind data over time with Ladybug
• Sunlight simulation with Ladybug
• Calculating average sun vectors in Ladybug
• Optimizing solar panels with Ladybug and vector cross product
• Shadow study with Ladybug
• Surface analysis with vector dot product
• Aligning shapes to vectors

5. Tiling and Tessalation

• Data tree review
• Hexagonal tiling introduction
• Setting up a hexagonal tiling grid
• Finishing a hexagonal tiling grid
• Adding offsets for tiling
• Adding additional tiling parameters
• Planning for tiling 3D objects
• Tiling 3D objects
• Truchet tile fundamentals
• Planning a parametric hexagonal tile
• Creating a parametric hexagonal tile
• Planning a parametric truchet tile
• Creating a parametric truchet tile

6. Simulation and Form-Finding with Kangaroo

• What is Kangaroo?
• Installing Kangaroo
• Where to get help with Kangaroo
• Exploring Kangaroo basics
• Multi-goal simulations
• Simulating basic tensile structures
• Simulating tensile meshes
• What are grid shells?
• Simulating grid shells
• Flexible anchor points
• Measuring tolerances
• Form-finding with Kangaroo
• Fine-tuning a physics simulation

Conclusion

• Next steps