REQUIRED SOFTWARE Rhino5 Rhino 5.0 is the market leader in industrial design modeling software. Highly complicated shapes can be directly modeled or acquired through 3D digitizers. With its powerful NURBS based engine Rhino 5.0 can create, edit, analyze, and translate curves, surfaces, and solids. There are no limits on complexity, degree, or size. http://www.rhino3d.com/download/rhino/5/latest Grasshopper For designers who are exploring new shapes using generative algorithms, Grasshopper is a graphical algorithm editor tightly integrated with Rhino’s 3D modeling tools. Unlike RhinoScript or Python, Grasshopper requires no knowledge of the abstract syntax of scripting, but still allows designers to build form generators from the simple to the awe inspiring. http://www.grasshopper3d.com/page/download-1 FORUMS The Grasshopper forum is very active and offers a wonderful resource for posting questions/answers and finding help on just about anything. The forum has categories for general discussion, errors & bugs, samples & examples, and FAQ. http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum The Common Questions section of the Grasshopper site contains answers to many questions you may have, as well as helpful links: http://www.grasshopper3d.com/notes/index/allNotes McNeel Forums For more general questions pertaining to Rhino3D be sure to check out the McNeel Forum powered by Discourse. http://discourse.mcneel.com/ GENERAL REFERENCES Essential Mathematics Essential Mathematics uses Grasshopper to introduce design professionals to foundation mathematical concepts that are necessary for effective development of computational methods for 3D modeling and computer graphics. Written by Rajaa Issa. http://www.rhino3d.com/download/rhino/5.0/EssentialMathematicsThirdEdition/ Wolfram MathWorld MathWorld is an online mathematics resource., assembled by Eric W. Weisstein with assistance from thousands of contributors. Since its contents first appeared online in 1995, MathWorld has emerged as a nexus of mathematical information in both the mathematics and educational communities. Its entries are extensively referenced in journals and books spanning all educational levels. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ THINGS TO REMEMBER - Grasshopper is a graphical algorithm editor that is integrated with Rhino3D’s modeling tools. - Algorithms are step by step procedures designed to perform an operation - You use Grasshopper to design algorithms that then automate tasks in Rhino3D. - An easy way to get started if you are unclear how to perform a specific operation in Grasshopper would be to try manually and incrementally creating an algorithm using Rhino commands.
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