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How to open files in Grasshopper
- [Instructor] In this video, we'll take a look at opening Grasshopper files. Most of the Grasshopper definitions you'll work with will have the file extension .gh. And I can see a few of those here. I'm in the exercise files, in the folder titled Working in Grasshopper, in the Interface subfolder. And we've got three files here. I'd just like to get these opened up into Grasshopper, so we can take a look at the process. One way to open a file is simply double-click, and both Rhino and Grasshopper will launch. Now, if we open a file by double-clicking, we'll launch a separate instance of Rhino and Grasshopper for each file. And sometimes that's exactly what we'd want. In other cases, I'd like to open multiple files in the same instance of Rhino. So we can do that through the Grasshopper interface, under the File, Open Document. So I'll go ahead and click there, and let's grab this other one. And I can see here,…
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How to manage Grasshopper and Rhino windows simultaneously1m 40s
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Overview of the Grasshopper interface2m 37s
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How to open files in Grasshopper2m 21s
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How to use component tabs in Grasshopper1m 32s
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How to use Grasshopper's canvas4m 4s
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How to navigate component inputs and outputs in Grasshopper4m 25s
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How to use parameters in Grasshopper2m 20s
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How to interpret component colors in Grasshopper2m 13s
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How to set component input data locally in Grasshopper2m 6s
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How to set component input data through a direct connection in Grasshopper4m 18s
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How to set component input data from Rhino geometry in Grasshopper3m 34s
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How to detect and correct errors in your Grasshopper definitions2m 38s
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How to navigate large Grasshopper definitions4m 28s
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How to use fancy wire display in Grasshopper4m 22s
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How to adjust component display properties in Grasshopper4m 12s
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How to organize complex Grasshopper definitions with groups and clusters4m 37s
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How to speed up your workflow with canvas shortcuts in Grasshopper1m 55s
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How to use Grasshopper's Remote Control panel in Rhino3m 56s
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Saving and baking Grasshopper files4m 30s
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