Geometric and Parametric Modeling - Getting Started

Lecture 2 Parametric Modeling - Getting Started

1. Parametric Modeling
   ParametricModeling.ppt

2. Getting Started: Geometry Modeling with Rhino

   • http://vimeo.com/16664442 (16.40 to end)
   • http://vimeo.com/20038669 (10:05 - 18:24)

3. Getting Started: Visual Programming with Grasshopper
   visualIntroduction.mp4 (will play in class if time permits)
   (Can be found on Canvas: Introduction to Visual Programming with Grasshopper)

4. Interactive Sample Demo: Recursive Geometry, Scripting in Visual Programming
   Samples created based on: http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/org/tsunghsw-design/02_Patterns.html

5. Homework
   Getting Started - Watch videos about Rhino (excluding Grasshopper)
   https://www.rhino3d.com/learn/?query=kind: jump_start&modal=null
   Note there are videos for Windows or Mac version of Rhino
   Watch and follow the video tutorial:
   Rhinoceros webinar: Part 2
   http://vimeo.com/16697576
   Exercise files can be downloaded from:
   http://wiki.mcneel.com/_media/rhino/introrhinofiles.zip (download and unzip the zip file)
   Note the user interface of Rhino 8 is partially different than the one in the video.

   Submission:
   Save model files that you viewed and modified based on the video instruction, and the new files you created during the exercise into:
   _Homework1_YourFirstname_YourLastname_folder.
   Zip the Homework1_YourFirstname_YourLastname folder into Homework1_YourFirstname_YourLastname.zip.
   Submit the zip file to TAMU Canvas: https://canvas.tamu.edu/

Item	Details
Exercise folder name	Homework1_YourFirstname_YourLastname
File to submit	Homework1_YourFirstname_YourLastname.zip
Submit to	https://canvas.tamu.edu/
Due	1/29, Monday, 10:00 PM

NOTE about alternative submission methods:

• Canvas - will be very helpful for the instructor to organize homework submission (should be used whenever possible, unless the website is not working in rare cases).
• Only if Canvas is not working, share your file using Google Drive with wyan 'at' tamu.edu (my tamu email is my account) with email notification by the due time (you can get free Google Drive with your TAMU account). After submitting through Google Drive, you should also submit your files to Canvas when it is working again, so that your Canvas submission is complete, which will be needed for project grading.
• Please do NOT email your homework files as attachments because they can be very large.

6. Generative AI Experiments
   ChatGPT Knows Grasshopper
   
   (Credit: Image uploaded to ChatGPT for the conversation was from: https://docs.mcneel.com/rhino/8/training-level1/en-us/Default.htm -> Chapter 5 - Modeling helpers)