Self-paced · Grasshopper
Grasshopper: Parametric Design to Fabrication
Build parametric definitions, master data trees, use attractors/paneling, simulate with Kangaroo, optimize, script, and produce fabrication-ready output.
~12.6h
Video time
69
Videos
13 + 1
Modules + capstone
Prerequisite: Basic Rhino navigation (recommend Rhino course M0–M4 first). · For: People who can already navigate Rhino and want computational design.
What you'll build
- A slider-driven parametric box
- Parametric louvers / staircase
- A fully controllable grid
- An attractor-driven facade
- A paneled canopy
- A Voronoi facade / image wall
- A smoothed shell
- A tensile canopy / minimal surface
- A recursive structure
- An optimized form / layout
- A solar-responsive facade
- A custom scripted component
- Cut-ready fabrication sheets
- An end-to-end computational project (capstone)
Curriculum
0.1 Welcome + what is parametric design7 min
0.2 The canvas: components, parameters, wires10 min
0.3 Sliders, panels, preview, bake9 min
0.4 Referencing Rhino geometry8 min
0.5 A slider-driven parametric boxProject8 min