Sustainable Design Academy

Session 1: Grasshopper Code in Nodes

• Introduction
• Variable concepts
• Variable Types
• Functions (a common-sense) explanation
• Object Orientation basics (methods and properties)
• Properties - variables that “belong” to an object
• Methods (inputs and output)
• Grasshopper update cycle
• The Python and C# GH components
• Using “Type Hints” to do some of the heavy lifting re:conversions
• Scripting up some basic functions and/or logic
  
  

Session 2: Custom Scripted Rhino.Inside Revit Functionality

• Basic Setup – Rhino Inside
• Installing Rhino Inside – Including a brief description of what it is and how it works
• Add references to a C# component (Code In Node) to reference required .dll files
• Create a Visual Studio project to help explore the RhinoInside functionality
• How to read the Revit API docs
• Browsing API based on Revit release
• Exploring Revit object types, methods, return types (referencing content from session 1)
• Exploring and understanding the utility functions provided by Rhino.Inside Revit .dll
• Converting between Rhino “types” and Revit “types”, Rhino GUID & Revit ID
• What are “transactions”, how to they work, and why do they matter?
• Scripting up some new Rhino Inside functionality (examples/ demo)
• Include caveats about update cycles, data binding, etc, contextualized within earlier discussion of what Rhino Inside is/ how it works
  
  

Session 3: Take control of the Revit API from Grasshopper

• Basic setup
• Installing Visual Studio
• Installing Grasshopper node template V6 add-on (to enable simple GH noe development)
• Setup debugging/ add file-build location to GH_Developer_Settings
• The basics of a Grasshopper node (inputs, outputs, and solve instance)
• Moving code from C# component into “Solve Instance”, adding fallbacks, data checks
• Demonstration of advanced features