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 Lee, Jong-Hoon on October 27, 2013 at 2:41am

ah;;;
calling global variable & merge GH & RH
Constraint Engine implementation?

anyway, I can't wait!
:)

Permalink Reply by Ethan on October 28, 2013 at 11:30am

id like a tool that could extrude from one closed curve to another closed curve so that i don't have to join 2 surfaces and a loft... something that would make a solid rather than a hollow.

Also id like a tool that given the density of the material of that solid could tell me what it would weigh...

Or is there a way to do either of these already? just thoughts thanx

Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on October 28, 2013 at 11:49am

Hi Ethan,

The second one is already present in Grasshopper. (Read on if you have a sense of humour)

You can find it on the Maths Tab it has the symbol X if you put Density into input A and Volume into Input B you will get Mass (weight) as the Result.

Permalink Reply by Ethan on October 28, 2013 at 12:24pm

yeah i should a thought about that second one a bit harder! Maybe there could be a button with options for various preset material densities then... steel aluminum plastic etc... anyway thanks for pointing out obvious... :)

Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on October 28, 2013 at 1:13pm

Have you seen the Value List component.

You can effectively create list of densities that you can select from. There are a number of options DropDown List, Check List, Sequence List. You can even use an expression for the result for example I have used some maths to work out the average of the values I selected from the Internet.

Drag the below file onto your canvas to install it to your User Folder

Attachments:

Density.ghuser, 3 KB

Permalink Reply by Ethan on October 28, 2013 at 2:14pm

your amazing THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have never used the value list component before ! thank you- ethan

Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on October 28, 2013 at 2:41pm

I take it from your reply that you are speechless as to my amazing powers of Grasshoppering

Permalink Reply by Ethan on October 28, 2013 at 5:26pm

I don't know where my reply went but it said something to the fact that yes you are amazing!!!!!!!!!! And THANK YOU! I never played with the value list component before...also grasshoppering is my new favorite word! -Ethan

Permalink Reply by huaxiamengqing on October 28, 2013 at 11:31pm