What you'll learn

The principles of parametric design using Rhino Grasshopper

How to create Grasshopper definitions from scratch

How to manage and manipulate data: creating, visualizing and managing lists and tree structures; matching data streams

Grasshopper Basics: understand the interface, components and operations of Grasshopper

Automating Design Processes: Using Grasshopper to automate repetitive tasks, enhancing efficiency

Optimizing Workflow: streamlining the design process using Grasshopper’s shortcuts

Surface parametrization and panelization

Requirements

No Grasshopper experience is needed, as this class is intended for beginners, but basic Rhino 3D experience is an advantage

Description

Welcome to this beginner-friendly, compact course where you'll learn the principles of parametric design using Grasshopper, a powerful visual programming tool for Rhino 3D. This course is designed to provide you with a comprehensive foundation, enabling you to create Grasshopper definitions from scratch and use them effectively for design, modeling, and visualization.You will gain a solid understanding of data management and manipulation, learning how to create, visualize, and manage lists and data tree structures, as well as match data streams. You will also learn how to automate design processes using Grasshopper, streamlining repetitive tasks to enhance efficiency. Additionally, you'll discover how to optimize your workflow by taking advantage of Grasshopper’s shortcuts and preferences.Whether you’re an architect, designer, engineer, artist, or hobbyist, this course will help you build valuable skills in parametric design that you can apply to your own work.CONTENT OF THE COURSE:1. Introduction: Navigating the Grasshopper interface2. Object types: Understanding components and parameters3. Grasshopper definitions: Building the basics4. Working with Points, Planes and Vectors5. Using Operators and Conditionals6. Curve geometry7. Attractors and their Applications8. Color in Parametric Design9. Working with Lists: creating, manipulating and visualizing lists10. Data Trees: Matching data streams11. Image Sampler: Using images as data inputs12. Surface geometry, parametrization and panelizationMy tutorials are done with Rhino v8 version, but you can follow them without problems if you have other versions.Thank you for your interest, and I hope you enjoy the course!

Who this course is for

Anyone interested in 3D modelling and parametric design

Designers

Engineers

Artists

Architects

Architecture/Design students

Rhino users