Lecture 10 · Parametric Modeling Basics

Visual Programming - Data Structure: List and Data Management

Fall 2026 · Tu/Th 8:00-9:15am · SCC 4.114

Lecture 10 Visual Programming - List and Data Management

  1. Visual Programming
    The Grasshopper Primer (second edition) (both PDF and Grasshopper/Rhino Source Files)
    In this class, we will study the following sections:

      1. Data Stream Matching
    • 7.2 Conditional Statements
    • 7.2 Range vs. Series vs. Interval
    • 7.3 Functions & Booleans
    • 7.4 Functions & Numeric Data
    • 7.5 Trigonometric Curves
      1. The Garden of Forking Paths
    • 8.1 Lists & Data Management
    • 8.3 Shifting Data
      Butterfly Curve Example (right click and download as .ghx file, not .txt file)
  2. AI: Text to Video to 3D Model

  3. Homework
    See Lecture 9.