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How to organize complex Grasshopper definitions with groups and clusters

How to organize complex Grasshopper definitions with groups and clusters

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How to organize complex Grasshopper definitions with groups and clusters

- [Instructor] Grasshopper definitions, can quickly get pretty complex and it can be difficult to keep track of which components are where and what they're all supposed to be doing. Luckily, there are two easy techniques for keeping your definitions organized, grouping and clustering. Go ahead and zoom in with our middle mouse wheel to the beginning of our algorithm. And here we can see two groups. Groups offer the visual highlight of a colored background, like you can see here, with this Move & Explode group, as well as a title, which can help us understand what those components are doing as they work together. Groups are also an easy way, to be able to select multiple components at the same time and move them around the canvas. Just like with individual components, I can right click on a group. That gives me a contextual menu, where I can do things like adjust the title, adjust the style, the outline, ungroup…

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