Textbooks on Grasshopper?

Hello,

Are there any textbooks about grasshopper? (Not digital text). I find it difficult to find effective tutorials that are specific enough to me. Thanks

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Permalink Reply by djordje on March 3, 2013 at 5:32am

Grasshopper primer can be called a sort of textbook:

http://www.liftarchitects.com/downloads

You might try checking this page too:

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/page/tutorials-1

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on March 3, 2013 at 6:34am

The internet

Permalink Reply by newy011 on March 3, 2013 at 6:53am

Probably best to wait until version 1 commercial release as things are still very much in flux, hence the reason why its unmanageable to provide consistent and up-to-date tutorials. Also is the reason why there is an intrinsic dependency on this forum to provide user support. Hopefully that wont continue once v1 is launched otherwise it will never been seen as professional software!

Permalink Reply by Chris Tietjen on March 3, 2013 at 9:17am

"otherwise it will never been seen as professional software!"

Evidence is not in agreement.

Permalink Reply by newy011 on March 3, 2013 at 9:24am

I cant think of any 'professional' software that relies solely on a casual user forum to educate its user-base; that was the context in which I was referring to. Anecdotal evidence doesn't really count.

Permalink Reply by Chris Tietjen on March 3, 2013 at 9:44am

I don't think it's correct to say that the 'software relies solely on a casual user forum to educate its user-base'. I think much of the education is occurring unseen peer to peer out in the world. Also isn't it 'professional' if professionals are using it? Having said that a localized regularly updated source of the basic functionality of Grasshopper as it exists at any moment of development would be an asset. I just don't see the lack of this as a 'deal breaker' to it's successful implementation. Fundamentally it's just not that difficult a software to use.

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on March 3, 2013 at 9:48am

Personally I feel crowd based learning is more beneficial than reading a text book. Just as there is no textbook on "how to make architecture"

Permalink Reply by newy011 on March 3, 2013 at 10:09am

@Chris you're right but read below as it should help you to comprehend my stance as i don't think you understand where i am coming from:

@ Michael Interesting debate, however what 'professional' software do you know which doesn't come with a help file? Crowd based learning is useful but lacks reliability/credibility (a bit like you don't reference Wikipedia when writing an essay). Plus, why should i have the inconvenience of waiting for an answer -even if a response is within the hour- when i could get it immediately, especially where simple questions (which new users are likely to ask) or tutorials are concerned.

When v1 launches it is likely to cost money or ship with a version of Rhino at the very least. I cant think of any professional software i use (for clarification, by professional i mean not home-brew software freely downloadable on a General Public Licence of which there is no obligation by the software developer to provide support) which doesn't include help and tutorial files. In fact all of the software i have mastered have started with these documents. If not included i would feel short-changed and be questioning the professionalism of the software developer itself (notice the use of the 'P' word again); surely it is a pre-requisite?

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on March 3, 2013 at 9:47am

I know plenty of projects that use it.

Permalink Reply by Chris Tietjen on March 3, 2013 at 9:15am

Ask specific questions. The text book is alive and breathing... :)

Permalink Reply by Michael Pryor on March 3, 2013 at 9:54am

I agree. Grasshopper forum is like a book. But instead of reading a bunch of waste you don't need you can ask the book a question and it just tells you the answer. Wish more books where like this :)

Permalink Reply by Christian Schmidts on March 3, 2013 at 10:20am