Going All-In on Open Source: The ShapeDiver Viewer is Now Public
The ShapeDiver Viewer, our WebGL engine, is now open source on GitHub. Why we opened it and how it completes the open stack with the App Builder SDK.
Michael Oppitz
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Tutorials for Grasshopper and the ShapeDiver APIs
Step-by-step guides for building on ShapeDiver: preparing Grasshopper definitions for the cloud, App Builder, the Viewer, and the APIs, and the mistakes worth avoiding.
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No More Broken Grasshopper Models: Automate Your App Builder Tests
Our open-source App Builder Testing Framework, built on Playwright, automates browser tests, user interactions, and visual checks for Grasshopper apps.
Michael Oppitz
Stop sharing your Grasshopper files!
Four problems with sending .gh files to clients and colleagues, from IP exposure to support requests, and how a ShapeDiver app solves each.
ShapeDiver
Inside ShapeDiver: Efficiently Rendering the Text Tag 3D Component via Instanced Meshes
How the ShapeDiver Viewer now renders large numbers of 3D text tags quickly with instanced meshes: the problem, our approach, and how to use it.
Michael Oppitz
3 Reasons Why Your Grasshopper Definitions Should Be Clean & Documented
Three reasons to keep Grasshopper definitions clean and documented: future-proof work, easier debugging, and collaboration. With a free template.
ShapeDiver
Unconventional Ways You Can Use Grasshopper As A Prototyping Tool
Grasshopper beyond modeling: automating tasks, prototyping apps and UIs, web apps, finance, and Arduino. By architect and developer Praneet Mathur.
Praneeth Mathur
5 Things To AVOID When Uploading Grasshopper Models To ShapeDiver!
Five common mistakes when uploading a Grasshopper model to ShapeDiver: geometry not internalized or hidden, NURBS, unsupported plug-ins, and data trees.
ShapeDiver
How To Export PDF Files From Grasshopper
Generate PDF files automatically from Grasshopper with a component of the ShapeDiver plug-in, for example a printable summary of each design variant.
ShapeDiver
Parametric Design For Cloud Applications | Advanced Grasshopper Workshop
A three-day online workshop, moved from McNeel's office in Barcelona to the web in 2020: building Grasshopper models for cloud applications.
ShapeDiver
Grasshopper Data Trees Explained! | Pt. 1
Part 1 of a tutorial on Grasshopper data trees: how items, lists, and trees structure your data, and how using them well speeds up computation.
Edwin Hernández
Grasshopper Data Trees Explained! | Pt. 2
Part 2 of the tutorial on Grasshopper data trees: two examples, joining curves and a collision test, of how trees simplify a definition and speed it up.
Edwin Hernández
How To… Create A Parametric Bench in Grasshopper!
Thys Kotzé of Pekka builds a parametric bench in Grasshopper step by step, from the profile to sweeps and ribs, then uploads it to ShapeDiver.
Thys Kotzé
Optimizing Grasshopper Definitions Explained!
Six cases where Grasshopper's time-savers slow a definition down, from solid operations to transformations, and what to use instead online.
Edwin Hernández
