Partial Developer Absence

Dear GH users,

over the next 3 weeks (till November 12th) I'll be in Seattle at McNeel headquarters discussing the road ahead for Grasshopper 2.0. I'll probably have very little time for support and discussions during this period.

The major topics discussed for GH2 during this period will be:

Documentation/Help
GHA/Cluster/VB/C# App-Store
Localization (i.e. languages other than English)
Constraint Engine implementation
Improved VB/C#/Python development tools
Multi-threading the solver
Building a Mac version

If you feel something important was left out, please let us know here. Note that incremental improvements and bug-fixes are not worth discussion as we'll try and get around to them no matter what. Topics on this list have to fit the "Are we going to try and do X?" format.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Tirol, Austria

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by huaxiamengqing on November 5, 2013 at 8:50pm

I'd like a slider shaped below. See the image. So that I can click to input the number in order!

Permalink Reply by Ante Ljubas on November 24, 2013 at 10:33am

Hi David,

I hope the developer meeting turned out avant guarde... :)
Have you contemplated on a future Alembic support: http://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=36971.
Seems like Alembic is the new standard integrating 4D potentials that could sustain the idea of Grasshopper.

Kind Regards,

Ante

Permalink Reply by 未知 on July 15, 2014 at 11:58pm

Now with the GH2.0 development MAC version?

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on July 16, 2014 at 6:49am

Yes, since GH2 is a ground up rewrite we can make a cross platform version. At this point in time it seems that the most likely solution is to use the Eto platform for cross-platform UI.

I do not wish to make promises and guarantees, but I do promise that we're going to try our very best at making it work this time.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Permalink Reply by 未知 on July 16, 2014 at 7:53am

Thank you for your answer
Later can be understood GH2.0 mac and windows sync it?
GH1.0 for mac = windows for GH1.0?
What time will probably mac beta?

Thank you, google translate if you can understand

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on July 16, 2014 at 8:49am

GH1.0 will never run on the Mac. GH2+ will be (hopefully) available on both Mac and Windows, and hopefully it will be the same plugin, so we don't have to maintain two different versions.

I think we're a year away at the least for the first GH2 beta, and they'll probably be released for Mac and Windows at the same time, if all goes well.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Permalink Reply by Thomas Perkov on July 16, 2014 at 8:09am

GH 2.0 = Python for grasshopper? (not ironpython)

GH 1.0 = high resolution screens optimization? (plzz)

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on July 16, 2014 at 8:51am

What does "python for grasshopper (not ironpython)" mean?

It's pretty unlikely that a major UI update like high resolution support will be added to GH1. Basically, I'd like to do as little as possible on GH1, short of fixing reported bugs and maybe add the odd component or two.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Permalink Reply by Thomas Perkov on July 16, 2014 at 4:51pm

Will GH 2.0 have an ironpython or Python component (plugin)?

Just a little high res support will help a lot! !!!!!

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on July 17, 2014 at 12:50am

We'll move the python component into the core product for GH1 already. In Rhino6 you'll get Grasshopper pre-installed including the python script component.

What high-res support would you like to see most?

Permalink Reply by Thomas Perkov on July 17, 2014 at 2:15am

The menu is way out of scale and can't see "the black dropdown menu bar".