Grasshopper for Mac update (don't get too excited)

Hello everybody,

I figured I'd let you know about the latest developments regarding Grasshopper (and other .NET plugins) for Rhino Mac.

Last week some of us from McNeel spoke with Miguel de Icaza (head of development of the Mono project) about running plugins that use Windows.Forms on Mono-Mac. The news is basically not good. Though it isn't terribly bad either.

The WinForms part of Mono is build upon the old Mac Carbon scheme. Rhino for Mac is build upon the new Mac Cocoa scheme. These two don't play well together. This means we cannot run Grasshopper without modifications on the Mac.

Miguel advised us to write a wrapper dll for UI elements that is hooked up to WinForms on windows and Cocoa on Mac, and this will allow Plugin developers to write plugins with a GUI that will run on both Operating systems. Development of these libraries will take months even with an experienced developer. And then I need to rewrite all the UI in Grasshopper. As you can probably imagine, this is not exactly trivial.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Seattle, WA

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Permalink Reply by Pooya Khalili on November 1, 2010 at 2:01pm

Thanks a lot David, that's too bad but I am sure there are ways and you let us know how we can help and we'l dot it.

Permalink Reply by gustavo fontana on November 25, 2010 at 9:01am

Sorry for not following all the technical stuff here. Buy my question is: any hope to see Grasshopper on the iPad? I'd love using it in three situations:
- To make/edit definitions, even on simple canned primitives such as surface, cube, sphere, etc. Mostly for learning/exploration.
- to use as remote control of a open rhino+grasshopper session on my machine. I delay i can pass the iPad around and let stakeholders experiment with their own variations.
- to use the multitouch screen of the iPad as an input device (think attractor gestures)

Permalink Reply by ghotio on November 25, 2010 at 9:30am

Oh yes!!!!!

Please can you email me the beta of Grasshopper for iPad. My address is ghotio@oneoftheherd.org

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you wait and see this is going to be the start of something quite stunning :)
sorry David

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on November 25, 2010 at 12:12pm

There is no Grasshopper for iPad. There is no Grasshopper for Mac OS. There is no Rhino for iPad.

When Grasshopper becomes available on any new platforms, notices will be posted here and in our newsletters/blogs. It will be a public, open beta release available to everyone.

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David Rutten
david@mcneel.com
Seattle, WA

Permalink Reply by Daniel Meyers on May 20, 2011 at 2:12pm

When can I expect the grasshopper beta for my casio calculator wristwatch?

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on May 21, 2011 at 3:04am

Casio wristwatch beta release is scheduled for September 31st this year.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Turku, Finland

Permalink Reply by Manuel on September 20, 2011 at 5:23pm

http://www.irhino3d.com

3dm viewer for ipad XD

Permalink Reply by jm on June 14, 2012 at 3:34pm

RE: iPad and Rhino -

To be fair, the two second points are more or less already possible, using midi or osc inputs.

You can use the iPad as input device via apps : http://hexler.net/software/touchosc

And then interface with GHowl or Firefly. I have been meaning to make a post about my method, which so far involves standard midi and android devices... (and incidentally no Processing or scripting required ..). Keep an eye out int he GHowl section, I will post my own method there.

Cheers!

Permalink Reply by Piero Mirrotti on June 15, 2011 at 12:21pm