Grasshopper: Visual Scripting for Rhinoceros 3D
David Bachman
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Author: David Bachman
Title: Grasshopper: Visual Scripting for Rhinoceros 3D, First Edition
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017932152
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Contents
A Useful Trick: Flipping Data Trees
Chapter 3. Adding More Interactivity
Direct Interaction with Rhino Geometry
Chapter 4. Curves and Surfaces
Chapter 5. Surface Transformations
Chapter 6. More List Manipulations
The Weave and Dispatch Components
Simple Recursion with the Shift List Component
List Comparisons with the Cross Reference Component
Chapter 7. Meshes
Deconstructing Meshes
Creating Meshes from Scratch
Modifying Existing Meshes
Part 2. Case Studies
Seashells
A Striped Torus
A Faceted Cylinder
Creating Custom Bevels
Part 3. Component Reference
Params Tab
Input Panel
Util Panel
Maths Tab
Domain Panel