Free Grasshopper Definition: Ladybug Direct Sun Study (Ladybug Tools)
direct_sun_study.gh is an official Ladybug sample definition from Ladybug Tools LLC, kept in the samples folder of the ladybug-grasshopper GitHub repository.
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Free Grasshopper definitions (.gh/.ghx) from the community, McNeel and parametric design educators: facades, Kangaroo, data trees and fabrication setups.
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Free Grasshopper File: Line Attractor Cylinders (Architectural Solutions3D)
Architectural Solutions3D (Yuki Matsuda, Architectural Solutions Design Office) publishes the .gh file used in this video on GitHub as a free download.
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Honeybee Full Building Energy Model
full_building_energy_model.gh is an official Honeybee Energy sample from Ladybug Tools LLC, hosted in the honeybee-grasshopper-energy GitHub repository.
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Honeybee Annual Daylight with Radiance
annual_daylight.gh is an official Honeybee Radiance sample from Ladybug Tools LLC in the honeybee-grasshopper-radiance GitHub repository.
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Free Grasshopper Definition: H-Beam Modeling from Sections (DoHyoKim)
보 그리기.gh is a practical Grasshopper definition shared by Korean architect-blogger 김도효 (DoHyoKim) on Naver; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Extract Sections from 3D Model (Rhino 8)
모델링에서 단면 추출하기.gh is a Grasshopper definition for Rhino 8 shared by Korean architect-blogger 김도효 (DoHyoKim) on Naver. Give it a key map and a cutting line and the definition extracts section drawings from the 3D model…
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Free Grasshopper File: Kangaroo2 Differential Growth (STUDIO TAMA)
Differential Growth is a free sample file from STUDIO TAMA (Tamaru Shuya), whose Rhino and Grasshopper sample site offers 35 definitions such as Gyroid, Inflatable Dome, Waffle, Cloth Wind and Procedural City Generator.
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Handrail from a Single Line (URKI)
線一本でできる手摺の作り方.gh (48.4 KB) is a Grasshopper definition distributed in a free note.com article by URKI, made in a Rhino 7 Mac environment.
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Free Grasshopper File: Origami Miura Fold Pattern (STUDIO TAMA)
Origami Miura Fold is a free sample file from STUDIO TAMA (Tamaru Shuya) that generates a Miura-ori fold pattern parametrically in Grasshopper by deforming a grid into the classic folded tessellation.
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Free Grasshopper Course Files: DIGIT Secret Note Exercises (Korean)
This zip (about 2.9 MB) collects the course materials for DIGIT's YouTube Grasshopper lecture series, shared on the Naver blog of channel owner 한대표 (디지트); no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper Files: OpenNest Nesting in Rhino 8 (mvelentzas)
mvelentzas shares two Grasshopper definitions for Rhino 8 that nest parts for CNC cutting with OpenNest, shown in the video Nesting in Rhino 8 with OpenNest, Elefront and byRhinoGadget.
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Free Grasshopper Files: Computational Design Library (Brendan Harmon)
The Computational Design Library is an MIT-licensed GitHub repository by Brendan Harmon of Louisiana State University with 34 Grasshopper definitions and Python scripts for his book Computational Design for Landscape…
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Free Grasshopper Course Files: Assembler Aggregation (Alessio Erioli)
a3_Co.De.S_2023-24 is the GitHub repository for Alessio Erioli's Computational Design Sensibilities course at Università di Bologna, released under GPL-3.0 with 72 .gh files plus .3dm models; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Parametric Twisted Vase (architutors)
This parametric vase definition by architutors comes from the video How to Create Jaw-Dropping Vase Designs in Grasshopper; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Kangaroo Grid-Shell Canopy (Differential)
Differential, a computational design studio, shares this grid-shell roof canopy template on GitHub under the MIT licence.
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Free Grasshopper Examples: 64 Tips and Tricks Files (runxel)
runxel/grasshopper-examples is a GitHub repository by Lucas Becker (runxel) with 64 small .ghx files made in Grasshopper for Rhino 6 'to show neat ways of working, tips & tricks'.
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Free Grasshopper Files: Karamba3D / OpenSees Bridge Analysis (kosuke)
This free note.com article by kosuke_ shares a sample .3dm and two Grasshopper definitions, アイス棒橋_解析ツール_karamba.gh and アイス棒橋_解析ツール_OS.gh, for analyzing a popsicle-stick bridge; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper Exercises: Data Trees for Beginners (Learn Grasshopper)
The Learn Grasshopper channel shares this exercise file with its beginner's guide to data trees in Grasshopper. The video explores the fundamentals of data tree structures and provides exercises to practise the concept…
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Free Grasshopper Definition: ShapeDiver Upload Checklist (Sunglasses)
This parametric sunglasses definition is the example file from ShapeDiver's video 4 Steps Before Uploading Grasshopper Files To ShapeDiver; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper Definition: glTF Export with Textures (ShapeDiver)
ShapeDiver's tree-generator definition, adapted from architutors' Making Trees, comes with its textures in a zip and is the example for the video How to create glTF files with Grasshopper (and ShapeDiver); no Rhino…
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Free Grasshopper File: Kangaroo Circle Packing Millgrain (OTHESIGN)
OTHESIGN's Kangaroo circle-packing definition for jewelry millgrain is the free file for exercise 3 of the Chevalier (signet) ring tutorial series; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Polyhedron Shaper (PC Sim)
Polyhedron Shaper is a free Grasshopper definition by PC Sim, shared with the video of the same name; no Rhino version or plugin requirements are stated.
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Free Grasshopper File: Architecture Course Session 01 (Di Marco)
200710_GDM_GHA_session01.zip (337 KB) holds the session 1 definition from Giancarlo Di Marco's Grasshopper Architecture course; no Rhino version is stated and the video description does not detail the session.
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Free Grasshopper File: Box Morph Cylinders on a Curved Surface
This 'cylinders on a curved surface' definition (곡면에 원기둥, a .gh with its companion .3dm) is a student practice file shared by 디자인꿈나무 (gyeun0630) on Naver as a follow-along of a K-MOOC Grasshopper course; no Rhino…
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Parametric 2D Drawing Creation (PC Sim)
Parametric 2D Drawing Creation is a free Grasshopper definition by PC Sim; no Rhino version is stated. It automatically produces associative Top, Front and Right orthographic views with overall dimensions from geometry…
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Free Grasshopper File: 5 ShapeDiver Upload Mistakes (sunGlasses.gh)
sunGlasses.gh is the parametric sunglasses definition ShapeDiver uses in 5 Things To AVOID When Uploading Grasshopper Models To ShapeDiver; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Façade with Random Panels (ParametricCamp)
ParametricCamp publishes the files from its YouTube tutorials in a public GitHub repository, and this one belongs to episode E.23 of the Intro to Parametric Modeling course.
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Free Grasshopper Template: Clean, Documented Layout (ShapeDiver)
This template is the clean, documented Grasshopper definition that ShapeDiver recommends in 3 Reasons Why Your Grasshopper Definitions Should Be Clean & Documented; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Circular Waves from 2 Points (PC Sim)
Circular Waves from 2 Points is a free Grasshopper definition by PC Sim; no Rhino version is stated. It deforms a mesh surface with interfering ripple waves radiating from two points, an attractor-based sine…
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Free Grasshopper File: Send Geometry to Online Apps (ShapeDiver)
This is the example definition from ShapeDiver's Optimizing Rhino Grasshopper Definitions | Pt. 3: Send Data To Online Apps; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Parametric Table Lamp Body (Bálint Tóth)
spinTopLamp.gh is a beginner definition by Bálint Tóth for a parametric spin-top-shaped table-lamp body, shared with his Parametric tablelamp body video; no Rhino version or plugins are stated.
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Free Grasshopper File: Table Configurator Upload Demo (ShapeDiver)
This is the master definition of ShapeDiver's 6-part Table Configurator series, used in Ep. 6 Upload To ShapeDiver; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Waveline Vase Product Design (PC Sim)
PC Sim's Rhino / Grasshopper Product Design Tutorial: Waveline Vase uses the author's Waveline Shaper definition, a sine-wave surface generator with a graph-mapper fade, to model a wave-patterned vase and then finish…
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Free Grasshopper Definition: PDF Export Ribs Table (ShapeDiver)
RibsTableFinalVersion_PDFVersion.gh is ShapeDiver's ribs-table configurator definition from How To Export PDF Files From Rhino Grasshopper; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Waveline Shaper (PC Sim)
Waveline Shaper is a free Grasshopper definition by PC Sim; no Rhino version is stated. It builds advanced wave-like NURBS surfaces from sine functions, with a graph mapper to fade the pattern out across the surface, so…
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Spin Curve Shaper (PC Sim)
Spin Curve Shaper is a free Grasshopper definition by PC Sim; no Rhino version is stated. It spins a profile curve around an axis with parametric twist and scaling to generate sculptural revolved and lofted NURBS…
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Spiralling Voronoi (PC Sim)
Spiralling Voronoi is a free Grasshopper definition by PC Sim; no Rhino version is stated. Points arranged along a spiral drive a Voronoi diagram whose cells are offset to form a surface pattern, combining spiral point…
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Fabric Pattern Presenter (PC Sim)
Fabric Pattern Presenter is a free Grasshopper definition by PC Sim that requires the free PanelingTools plugin; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Kinetic Sunshade Facade (ParaStorm lab)
ParaStorm lab shares the file from its Grasshopper tutorial on a parametric kinetic façade of sunshades. The shades are modelled on a triangle grid whose cells are divided into three parts, and point attractors placed…
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Facade with Multiple Attractor Points
How to Rhino's facade definition recreates a Nuru Karim-style parametric facade with multiple attractor points; no Rhino version is stated and no plugins are needed.
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Free Grasshopper Examples: Essential Mathematics 4th Edition (McNeel)
This official McNeel zip bundles the free Essential Mathematics for Computational Design guide (4th Edition, 2019) by Rajaa Issa with its companion file TheEssentialMathematics_4thEdition2019.gh, made for Grasshopper in…
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Free Grasshopper Files: Deployable Facade and Laser-Cut Strips (Rigobello)
Adrien Rigobello shares two Grasshopper definitions on GitHub under the title Design by Data - Digital Fab Grasshopper definitions. deployableFacade.gh uses Kangaroo 2 to simulate the behaviour of a folded stripe, and…
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Free Grasshopper File: Box Morph Pattern (Gabriel Pérez Salazar)
This speed-modeling definition by Gabriel Pérez Salazar is part 3 of his Grasshopper 3d speed modeling series, shared with English and Spanish descriptions; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper File: Waffle Structure Fabrication (ParaStorm lab)
ParaStorm lab offers the files from its Grasshopper tutorial on waffle structures. The video shows how to convert a complex surface into a ceiling structure concept with joints and prepare all parts for fabrication, or…
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Free Grasshopper File: Kangaroo 2 Tensile Membrane (G. Pérez Salazar)
This speed-modeling definition by Gabriel Pérez Salazar (part 2 of his series, with English and Spanish descriptions) form-finds a tensile membrane, or velaria, structure; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper File: Box Morph Shell Roof (G. Pérez Salazar)
This speed-modeling definition by Gabriel Pérez Salazar (part 1 of his series, with English and Spanish descriptions) builds a parametric shell roof; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper File: Curved Folding Simulation (Junichiro Horikawa)
GrasshopperTips Extra-0001 Curved Folding is a curved-folding (curved crease origami) definition with its accompanying Rhino .3dm file, from Junichiro Horikawa's Grasshopper Tips series on YouTube; no Rhino version is…
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Free Grasshopper File: Ladybug Responsive Facade (Chris Mackey)
Chris Mackey submitted this example to Hydra, the web platform for sharing Grasshopper and Dynamo example files, and it is tagged as one of the Ladybug example files.
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Free Grasshopper Definition: Kangaroo2 Origami Folding (Daniel Piker)
Origami.gh is an official Kangaroo2 example by Daniel Piker, author of the plugin, from the folding folder of his public Kangaroo-examples GitHub repository; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper File: Kangaroo2 Gridshell Relaxation (Daniel Piker)
british_museum.gh is an official Kangaroo2 example by Daniel Piker from the grids_and_mesh_optimization folder of his Kangaroo-examples GitHub repository; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper Recipe: Simple Tensegrity (Junichiro Horikawa)
GrasshopperHowtos 0014 Simple Tensegrity is a sample file from Junichiro Horikawa's YouTube Grasshopper Tutorial recipes, the extra recipes for his book Parametric Design with Grasshopper; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper Recipe: Gradient Islamic Star Pattern (Horikawa)
GrasshopperHowtos 0031 Gradient Islamic is a recipe file from Junichiro Horikawa's YouTube Grasshopper Tutorial series; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper Files: Kangaroo2 Additional Examples (Daniel Piker)
Kangaroo2 additional examples is a page in the Kangaroo group on grasshopper3d.com where Daniel Piker posted eleven Kangaroo2 example definitions, all updated for version 2.01; no Rhino version is stated.
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Free Grasshopper Primer Example Files, Third Edition (Mode Lab)
This zip from the modelab/grasshopper-primer GitHub repository contains the 18 example .gh files that accompany the free Grasshopper Primer, Third Edition, by Mode Lab (Gil Akos, Ronnie Parsons); no Rhino version is…
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Free Grasshopper Files: 80+ Kangaroo Physics Examples (Daniel Piker)
KangarooExamples.zip is a collection of more than 80 example files organized by category for the original Kangaroo physics plugin, posted by its author Daniel Piker in the Kangaroo group on grasshopper3d.com; no Rhino…
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Free Grasshopper Files: Generative Algorithms v2.0 (Zubin Khabazi)
This McNeel-hosted zip contains the free Generative Algorithms v2.0 book by Zubin Khabazi plus its 13 companion Grasshopper definitions, GA_1 Parametric Tower through GA_13 Jenga Project, with two .3dm files; no Rhino…
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Free Grasshopper Script: Operable Sun-Shading Facade Panel (R+ Lab)
PARAMETRIC FACADE PANEL (LITE) is a pay-what-you-want ($0+) Grasshopper script by R+ Lab (Calvin Rogers); no Rhino version or plugins are stated.
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Free Grasshopper File: BIG Serpentine Pavilion 2016 (felipe__penagos)
This Grasshopper file by felipe__penagos is a simplified reconstruction of BIG's 2016 Serpentine Pavilion, the stacked fiberglass box 'unzipped wall'; no Rhino version or plugins are stated.
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Free Grasshopper File: Al Bahar Towers Facade (felipe__penagos)
This Grasshopper file by felipe__penagos is a simplified version of the Al Bahar Towers responsive mashrabiya facade by Aedas; no Rhino version or plugins are stated.
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