Tools
Grasshopper
Grasshopper
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The Grasshopper command opens the Grasshopper® plug-in window. Grasshopper is a graphical algorithm editor tightly integrated with Rhino's 3-D modeling tools.
Loads the Grasshopper plug-in and controls the visibility of the Grasshopper window.
Load |
Loads the Grasshopper plug-in, but does not open the Grasshopper window. |
Show |
Opens the Grasshopper window. The Grasshopper plug-in will be loaded if it is not. |
Hide |
Hides the Grasshopper window when it is open. |
Toggle |
Changes visibility of the Grasshopper window. |
Open |
Browses, or enters a path to open a Grasshopper file (*.gh, *.ghx). |
Save |
Saves the current Grasshopper file. |
SaveAs |
Saves the current Grasshopper file with a different name. |
Close |
Closes the current Grasshopper file. Unsaved data will be lost. |
CloseAll |
Closes all the opened Grasshopper files. Unsaved data will be lost. |
Enable |
Unlocks the Grasshopper solver. Grasshopper resumes computing interactive data. |
Disable |
Locks the Grasshopper solver. Grasshopper stops computing interactive data. |
Toggle |
Changes the locking status of the Grasshopper solver. |
Changes visibility of the Grasshopper banner when the scriptable version command, -Grasshopper, is loading the Grasshopper plug-in.
Enable |
Shows the Grasshopper banner. |
Disable |
Hides the Grasshopper banner. |
There are two different ways to hide plug-ins from Grasshopper for Rhino 5 and Rhino 6 respectively.
Place V6 GH plug-ins in %APPDATA%\Grasshopper\6\Libraries where GH for Rhino 5 does not look. Or place them next to a Rhino plug-in .rhp file that only loads in Rhino 6.
You may need to erase all custom settings or disable plug-ins in Grasshopper to have a fresh start in some situations.
In Grasshopper, select File > Special Folders > Settings Folder to open the folder containing the setting files.
Close all Rhino windows.
Delete the .xml files in the folder, or move them elsewhere if you need to put the settings back later.
Grasshopper plug-ins can be disabled in different ways.
Use the GrasshopperLoadOneByOne command to select the plug-ins to load before Grasshopper launches.
Use the GrasshopperIgnorePlugin command to stop loading plug-ins.
Find more plug-ins on food4Rhino.
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The GrasshopperDeveloperSettings command manages Grasshopper plug-in (*.gha) loading behavior and locations. There are better functionalities in the current Grasshopper that can entirely replace this command.
Windows systems do not allow loading DLL files from "unsafe" locations such as network drives. When checked, plugin files are first read from the disk into memory, and then loaded from memory into the application. This option makes it possible to load a plug-in stored on a server. It is not recommended to change this option. There are now better ways to set per plug-in loading behavior in Grasshopper (File > Preferences > Solver > Plug-in loading).
Click to add an extra folder from where *.gha files will be loaded in addition to the default locations. Plug-in developers can add the Visual Studio build folder and load *.gha files from there.
Click to show the folders from where Grasshopper attempts to load plug-ins. You cannot edit the list, but the list can help to find the location of specific plug-ins.
Make Grasshopper ignore a plug-in
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The GrasshopperFolders command opens the folders where Grasshopper stores files of settings, user objects, clusters or components.
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The GrasshopperGetSDKDocumentation command downloads the Grasshopper SDK help document (.CHM) from the Internet.
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The GrasshopperIgnorePlugin command allows selecting a .gha file that will be ignored by Grasshopper. A *.no6 file is created beside the .gha file that tells Grasshopper not to load it.
Run the command.
Select a .gha file.
If the .gha file is in a folder that you do not have full control, you will have to run Rhino by right-clicking on the Rhino desktop icon and select "Run as administrator," otherwise the *.no6 file cannot be created.
Delete the *.no6 file beside the ignored .gha file.
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The GrasshopperLoadOneByOne command prompts before loading every plug-in. Use this command to find out the plug-in that crashes Grasshopper on startup.
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The GrasshopperPluginList command shows the plug-ins used in the currently loaded Grasshopper file.
The plug-in list will output to a dialog box. Type a hyphen in front of the command name, -GrasshopperPluginList, to output the plug-in list to the Command History Window.
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