Grasshopper Archive

A series of algorithms and general-purpose tools User Objects for Grasshopper 3d, a visual scripting plugin developed by David Rutten for Rhinoceros 3d (v.5), by Robert McNeel and Associates. Many of these tools were inspired by Projects developed at Grimshaw Architects and Projects at Woods Bagot and are made available under the MIT License.


Unitize Values

This C# Component for Grasshopper takes a list of numbers in any sequence and proportionally…

Unitize Points

This C# Component for Grasshopper takes a list of points in any sequence and proportionally…

Pair & Shear List

These two components allow for two means of list organization. Shear List takes a list…

Triangle Incircle

Creates a circle from three points that touches all three edges of the triangle at…

Triangle by Edge Length

This vb Component for Grasshopper takes three edge length and produces the corresponding triangle.

Ripples

The component now tests a single sample point against a list of origin points…

Regular Triangular Mesh

This component applies a regular triangulated mesh to a nurbs surface with multiple options for…

Bounce

This component progressively bounces rays off of breps for a given number of loops from…

RAL Colors

This collection of preset value list components contain the RGB values for the RAL color…

Radial Sort

This component is a rework of the “Radially Sort” component. Instead of using a circle…

Radial Hexagon

The Radial Hexagon component mimics the setup of the radial grid component in grasshopper and…

Radial Diamond

The Radial Diamond component mimics the setup of the radial grid component in grasshopper and…

Quad from Grid

This function takes a rectangular grid of points and extracts collections of four points in…

Pattern.er

This vb Component allows for the production of repetitious patterns in repeating rhythms in a…

Boolean

This vb Component for Grasshopper uses a Boolean pattern to select either a true or…

Ecotect Translator

This C# Component for Grasshopper is a simple stripped down tool that takes an analysis…

Invert Color

This component inverts the RGB values from a color and returns the converted value.

Layers

This component returns the full layer path for a referenced rhino object from its GUID.

Limit

This C# Component for Grasshopper tests a number value against a floor and ceiling value…

Adobe ASE to CMYK & RGB

Enables the conversion of Adobe ASE swatch library files to Grasshopper RGB and CMYK values…

Parametric Gradient

This component allows for the parametric definition and evaluation of a color gradient. Using a…

Rounding

These components allow for several types of rounding available from the expressions component, but made…

Average Color

This component takes a list of colors and returns the mean average color based on…

Mesh Outline

This component projects mesh silhouette polylines to a given plane or view plane.

Offset Two

This component offsets a curve in both directions by a set amount.

Rhino Sun

This series of components access the sun system in Rhino and allow for control and…

NOAA Solar

The NOAA sun calc component implements and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s free online Solar…

Sequential Geometry CP

This component sequentially finds the closest point from a list of geometry including curves, breps,…

Flow Path

This component iteratively samples a surface, mesh, or polysurface to find the most vertical flow…

Fab Tab Tiles

This component lays out each face of a mesh as a set of tiles on…

Rhino Lights v2

This update to the Rhino Lights set of components allows for the manipulation and creation…

Deconstruct EPW

This user object component takes an Energy Plus Weather (.epw) file path input and deconstructs…

Lloyd’s Algorithm

This user object runs what is known as Lloyd’s Algorithm, an iterative implementation of a…

Field of View

This view analysis component takes a user-specified visual plane, field of view angle, and distance…