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How to navigate large Grasshopper definitions

How to navigate large Grasshopper definitions

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How to navigate large Grasshopper definitions

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- In this video, we'll talk about how to navigate a grasshopper, when we have a big definition. Lots of components covering a large area of the canvas. I'm using the exercise file named-views-end.gh. what we've got here is a file that I actually worked on in another course called Learning Algorithmic Design with Grasshopper. So, shameless plug for that course. But as you can see, big big grasshopper definition here. So let's look at three sets of tools that we can use when we're in a situation like this. We'll look at Zoom tools, the navigate use tool and the named views tools. So, first and foremost, I can see my definition is actually extending beyond the bounds of the canvas here. So let's use the zoom tool to look at everything all at once. So up above our canvas, we've got this tool this kind of dashed box. Single click on that button will show us everything on the entire canvas. Now you can see how…

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