Grasshopper doesn't seem to be working for RhinoCompute with Rhino 8

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Hi all. Is it possible to use Grasshopper with RhinoCompute (Rhino 8)? I am new to this technology, but I’m really struggling to get any Grasshopper stuff to work when following tutorials. When running the RhinoComputeServer, it seems like the /grasshopper endpoint is empty, and I see that all the code is commented out. Is it not yet catered for in Rhino 8?

For context, I am running RhinoComputeServer on a Windows 11 Virtual Machine (through VMWare Fusion), on my MacBook with an Apple M3 chip.

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Have you tried using the Hops plugin via the package manager?

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Hi Andy, thanks for your response. As I mentioned, I am new to this so now too familiar with these things yet. Would you please elaborate a bit more on how this would potentially solve my issue?

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I would recommend starting by looking through the Hops documentation and the video in the link posted above. Hops is usually a good way to get started with sending data to/from the Rhino.Compute server. By installing Hops, it will automatically start an instance of Rhino.Compute in the background every time you start Grasshopper. Then, once you create a Grasshopper definition which can be computed via Rhino.Compute (I’ve attached a very simple one to get started) then you can use the Hops component to send that definition over to the Rhino.Compute server to be computed and return the value. Basically, Hops becomes the “client” to the Rhino.Compute “server”.
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