Tips and Tricks for reusing Grasshopper scripts?

[wim (Wim Dekeyser)]

Hi Daniel -

@Daniel_Krajnik

How difficult would be it be ‘escape the grasshopper jail’?

In Grasshopper in Rhino 7, you can insert parameters that make it possible to run a Grasshopper definition from the Rhino command line. In addition to that, the Rhino 7 Script Compiler can then be used to turn that definition into a Rhino plug-in so that you always have your custom command right in Rhino.

For a longish thread about this feature, see:

Write Rhino Commands in Grasshopper

Turn your Grasshopper definitions into Rhino commands The latest V7 WIP contains a new “GrasshopperPlayer” command along with several new components for this feature. The GrasshopperPlayer’s intent is to allow a definition to be run as a normal Rhino command. Here’s my “show and tell” presentation on the subject during our weekly development meeting. PLEASE NOTE: This is a SUPER EARLY prototype that will go through a lot of changes. As always, I’m interested in feedback and sugg…

-wim