Grasshopper 2009 Gold Edition available for download

Grasshopper 0.6.0055 is available for download:

EXE Installer

ZIP Installer

This is BETA software. Use at your own risk!

This release fixes a number of reasonably serious bugs:
- VB and C# components would have problems loading referenced assemblies from unexpected folders. This is (at least somewhat) fixed.
- Enabling objects would fail to properly enable input parameters for components, this is fixed.
- Probably some other ones too, my bookkeeping skills leave something to be desired.

It also offers some new functionality:
- A new Group object has been added. Groups allow you to visually link several components. Group colour cannot yet be changed, but by double clicking the group, the outline mode can be toggled.

- A new Markov widget has been added. This widget uses Markov chains to 'guess' which component you want to use next based on your behaviour in the past. It takes a while for it to get accustomed to you as a special and unique and lovable individual, so don't expect miracles right away.

- A new Profiler widget has been added (off by default). The profiler lists worst-case runtimes for parameters and components, allowing you to track down bottlenecks in networks and to compare different components in terms of performance.

- All widgets now have proper tooltips.

- Mouse picking has been improved. Different actions are now handled better and especially making new wires should be somewhat easier.

- Toolbars now draw separators between different groups of objects. Separators can be disabled via the View menu.

- Fuzzy searching has been improved.

- Scribbles now allow font sizes up to 100pt.

- All Complex Number components have been moved into their own Tab.

- Tabs are now scrollable when the width of all tabs exceeds the width of the window.

And of course a couple of new components (to be honest, I have no idea which ones are new since the last release):

- Repeat Data
- Random Reduce
- Domain Inclusion
- String Concatenation
- Sinc (Sinus Cardinalis) trigonometry function
- Spherical Cloud
- Sort Points
- Vector Rotate and Vector Mass Addition (are these really new? ... I forgot)
- Curve Dash pattern
- Nurbs Curve Control Points
- Metaball with custom charge overrides
- Curve self-intersections

Enjoy, and have a happy 2010!

--
David Rutten
david@mcneel.com
Poprad, Slovakia

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Matt Gaydon on January 4, 2010 at 9:13am

Hi David

Where do i find this fixed Gold edition where vector parameter expressions are again saved to file as i am losing expressions for all new move and extrude components put on the canvas when I save and close definition even with a re-download and installation of the Gold edition.

Thanks
Matt

Permalink Reply by Alpha222 on January 3, 2010 at 6:21am

Hi David，
The Group is great!!But I think it may become better if one could move group(s) while them are selected.Now we have to do a right-click action and "select all".Thanks.

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on January 3, 2010 at 7:04am

Done. Group dragging will be available in the next release.

--
David Rutten
david@mcneel.com
Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on January 3, 2010 at 12:57pm

excellent

Permalink Reply by Jes Tonsgaard on January 4, 2010 at 1:46am

Maybe a lock for the group objects to make them non-selectable?!

Very nice work btw.. and happy new year to all!

Permalink Reply by Jes Tonsgaard on January 4, 2010 at 1:26am

So... why Gold?!

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on January 4, 2010 at 2:26am

I never quite got the hang of platinum.

--
David Rutten
david@mcneel.com
Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by Jes Tonsgaard on January 4, 2010 at 4:47am

Platinum could be next though :-)

Permalink Reply by Vicente Soler on January 4, 2010 at 5:06am

If the gold price continues its current trend, the platinum edition will seem like a downgrade.

Permalink Reply by Jes Tonsgaard on January 4, 2010 at 5:57am

Gold: 1104.00 $/oz
http://www.metalprices.com/FreeSite/metals/gold/gold.asp

Platinum: 1460.00 $/oz
http://www.metalprices.com/FreeSite/metals/pt/pt.asp

Permalink Reply by Vicente Soler on January 4, 2010 at 8:19am

I said if it continues, not right now. The price of precious metals are rising on par as central banks all over the world devalue their currency, but once the dollar collapses gold price will soar. Gold is real money.

Permalink Reply by Jon Malkovich on January 4, 2010 at 5:35am