Using Grasshopper to generate 2d geometry

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on December 2, 2014 at 12:05pm

Hi Albi,

Grasshopper is an algorithm designer, as such it can be used to generate whatever data you wish. Be they numbers, text, geometry or even images or sounds (though you may want to install a few plugins if you want to create those). Since 2D geometry is a subset of 3D geometry, there typically isn't a problem there.

The bigger question is what sort of algorithms you are looking to develop. Grasshopper may not come with the basic building blocks you need, which means you'll need to do a lot of work from scratch.

By the way is there any developer in Italy, in the Marche region?

I develop Grasshopper on my own, though there are plenty of plugin developers and knowledgeable programmers in Italy. The closest I've been to Marche is Celano*, but I'm based in Tirol, Austria.

* Delicious lamb sausages at Guerrinuccio

Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on December 2, 2014 at 12:05pm

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best, Peter

Permalink Reply by ng5 Alex on December 2, 2014 at 1:03pm

hello peter

since you mentioned C#, could you please list some learning resources?

thank you

alex

Permalink Reply by peter fotiadis on December 2, 2014 at 1:19pm

C# matters:

The Bible (IMHO) : http://www.albahari.com/nutshell/

The Bible : http://csharpindepth.com/

Also: http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-334.htm

Permalink Reply by ng5 Alex on December 2, 2014 at 1:40pm

thank you!