Community documentation for Grasshopper add-ons & plugins
FroGH
ADDON. Version 2.2.5. Released on 2022-Feb-22. Provides 87 components. Created by Co-de-iT (Computational Design Italy). Features 0 video tutorials.
froGH is a sparse collection of components born out of necessity or play in our daily Grasshopper experience.
Mesh
| Extract Mesh Edges (f_MEdges) Extract Mesh Edges as Lines | |
| Extract Mesh Faces (f_MFaces) Extract Mesh Faces (by index) as Mesh | |
| Mesh Connectivity - Edge Proximity Map (f_MC-EPM) Mesh edge-centered Topological connectivity map | |
| Mesh Connectivity - Edge Proximity Single (f_MC-EPS) Mesh Topological connectivity for a single edge | |
| Mesh Connectivity - Face Proximity Map (f_MC-FPM) Mesh face-centered Topological connectivity map | |
| Mesh Connectivity - Face Proximity Single (f_MC-FPS) Mesh Topological connectivity for a single face | |
| Mesh Connectivity - Vertex Proximity Map (f_MC-VPM) Mesh vertex-centered Topological connectivity map | |
| Mesh Connectivity - Vertex Proximity Single (f_MC-VPS) Mesh Topological connectivity for a single vertex | |
| Mesh Closest Vertex Index (f_MCVi) Closest vertex index in a mesh (absolute and face-relative) for a given list of points | |
| Mesh De-Noising (f_MDN) Reduces noise in a mesh (i.e. from scanned pointclouds or messy ones) algorithm by Paul Bourke - 1997 - http://paulbourke.net/geometry/polygonmesh/ | |
| Meshes Extract Edges with tolerance angle (f_MmEEA) Extract Mesh edges with specific angle tolerance. Optimized for many meshes | |
| Mesh Extract Edges with tolerance angle (f_MsEEA) Extract Mesh edges with specific angle tolerance. Optimized for a single mesh | |
| Mesh Faces To Vertices Values (f_MF2VVal) Converts per-face into per-vertex values | |
| Mesh Isocurves (f_MIso) Generates isocurves on colored quad meshes | |
| Mesh Point Orientation (f_MPOrient) Tells on which side of an orientable mesh a given point is in case of a closed mesh, True corresponds to the point being inside of the mesh | |
| Mesh Pseudo-Curvature (f_MPC) A quick and dirty method to evaluate something like curvature on triangulate meshes This one seems to have a penchant for peaks and valleys | |
| Mesh Rebuild Normals (f_MReNorm) Rebuilds Mesh Normals | |
| Mesh Report (f_MRep) Generates a report on a Mesh geometry. Previews naked edges | |
| Mesh Subdivide Quad Faces (f_SubMQF) Subdivides a Quad Mesh Face in a custom UV number of sub-faces | |
| Mesh To C# Snippet (f_M2CS) Generates C# code for a given Mesh | |
| Mesh Unlooper (f_MUnl) Opens closed Mesh loop strips | |
| Mesh Vertices To Faces Values (f_MV2FVal) Converts per-vertex into per-face values | |
| Reduce Mesh (f_RedMesh) Reduce Mesh polygon count |
Geometry
| Adaptive Fillet (f_AdFlt) Fillets a polyline proportionally to the segment length and angle | |
| Clusterize Points By Distance (f_PtsCBD) Clusterize a list of points by distance | |
| Divide Curve By Tangent Angle (f_DivTanAng) Adaptively Divides a Curve By Tangent Angle threshold | |
| Flapper (f_Flap) builds flaps on a planar mesh naked edges Suggested use with mesh strips Automatic compensation for overlaps | |
| Frenet Serret Frame (f_FSFrame) Solves the Frenet-Serret Frame (Tangent, Normal and Binormal) for a Polyline | |
| Is Polyline Clockwise (f_PlCW) Determines if a Polyline direction is clockwise in its plane | |
| L Polyline From Plane (f_LPP) Generates an L shaped polyline (X-O-Y order) from a Plane | |
| Plane From L Polyline (f_PLP) Generates a plane from an L shaped polyline (X-O-Y order) | |
| Points In Sphere (f_PtsSph) Detects Points within a Sphere of given center and radius Use this in case of dynamic sets to search For fixed sets, use the RTree version | |
| Points In Sphere (RTree) (f_PtsSphRT) Detects Points within a Sphere of given center and radius in a given RTree Use this for fixed search sets For dynamic search sets use the other Points In Sphere | |
| RTree Closest Point (f_RTreeCP) Returns the Closest Point to a given RTree | |
| Signed Vector Angle (f_SVAng) Computes angle between vectors with direction-dependent sign clockwise is -, counter-clockwise is + | |
| Smallest Enclosing Circle (f_SEC) Finds the Smallest Enclosing Circle for the given points in the given plane original code Copyright (c) 2020 Project Nayuki https://www.nayuki.io/page/smallest-enclosing-circle | |
| Sort Points By Angle (f_PtsByAng) Sorts a list of points by angle from their average point | |
| Surface QuadTree By Curvature (f_SQTreeK) Subdivides iteratively a surface based on local curvature | |
| Surface QuadTree By Curve (f_SQTreeC) Subdivides iteratively a surface based on a set of curves | |
| Text To Geometry (f_T2Geom) Converts text into geometry (Polylines, Curves or Surfaces) use single-line fonts for best results in fabrication | |
| Trilateration (f_TriLat) Finds intersection of 3 spheres with algebraic method (faster than geometric intersection of solids) |
Data
| Bake Attributes Enhanced (f_Bake++) Bakes objects with attributes (such as color, material, layer, object name, isocurve density) Option for baking into groups | |
| Centered Domain (f_CDom) Generates a domain of length L, centered in 0 | |
| Create RTree (f_CRTree) Creates an RTree from Points, PointClouds or Meshes | |
| DataTreeGraph (f_DTG) Generates a graphics representation of a Data Tree inscribed in an input Circle Original VB | |
| Deconstruct Block From ID (f_BlDecon) Deconstructs a Rhino Block from its name | |
| Deconstruct Dot (f_DotDecon) Deconstructs a Rhino Dot Object (best used in combination with Deconstruct Block) | |
| Double Shift (f_DShift) Performs a double shift on a list - with optional wrap | |
| Font List (f_FontL) Lists System Fonts | |
| Indexes From List (f_iFromL) Generates a list of 0-based integer indexes from a given list of data | |
| IndexesFromNumber (f_iFromN) Generates a list of 0-based integer indexes from a given amount | |
| Mass Boolean (f_MassBool) Mass boolean operator on a list of values | |
| ObjectLayer (f_OLay) Gets the Layer of a Rhino referenced object | |
| Serial Branch Path (f_SBPath) Retrieves the data tree path and data for a specific branch serial index | |
| Symmetric Domain (f_SDom) Generates a (-X, X) domain | |
| Toggle Autostop (f_TAS) Stops a Toggle (reverting its status from True to False) when a condition is met | |
| Weighted Random Choice (f_WRC) Generates weighted random sequences from a given list of values and weights |
View/Display
| Camera Control (f_CamCon) Controls Rhino camera from Grasshopper | |
| Camera Report (f_CamRep) Gets information about Rhino active camera | |
| Custom Material (f_MatC) Create Custom Render Materials | |
| Custom Mesh Wires Display (f_CMWD) Render-compatible custom Mesh wires display | |
| Named Views To Cinema 4D (f_NV2C4D) Translates Named Views Data for Cinema 4D | |
| Orient To Camera (f_O2Cam) Creates a Camera-aligned Plane centered on a given point | |
| PointCloud Display (f_PCD) Render-compatible Point Cloud display | |
| Slider Value display (f_SlVDisp) Display Slider values on screen | |
| Turntable (f_TT) Simulates a turntable animation around selected objects | |
| View Capture To File (f_VC2F) Saves a bitmap of the selected Rhino viewport - with options Make sure this object is on top of all other objects (i.e.executes last) | |
| Zoom To Object (f_ZToObj) Zoom Rhino camera to frame selected object(s) | |
| Custom Mesh Vertices Display (f_CMVD) Render-compatible custom Mesh vertices display | |
| Weighted Spheres Cloud Display (f_WSCD) Render-compatible Weighted Sphere Cloud displaySuitable for volumetric scalar field display |
File I-O
| COM Port Writer (f_COMpW) Sends data to a COM port | |
| Directory Reader (f_DirRead) Returns the list of Files and subdirectories in a Directory Double click the component to update | |
| Export Curves to AI (f_AIexp) Export curves to Adobe Illustrator format, retaining layers | |
| GH File Path Info (f_GHFilePath) Provides info on current Grasshopper Document file name and path Useful for exporting files with the same name as the gh file and in the same directory | |
| Load STL Binary File (f_STLBinLoad) Loads a Binary STL Mesh file | |
| Path Generator (f_PathG) Generates a path based on local directories such as Desktop, Documents, GH file path | |
| Read File From URL (f_URLr) Reads a file from a URL | |
| Save GH File (f_GHSave) Saves a copy of the current GH file If no custom name and/or directory are supplied, the ones of the current document are used | |
| Save String To File (f_Str2File) Saves a text sequence to a file |
Mesh-Create
| Fast Mesh From Polyline (f_FMesh) Creates a fast mesh from a closed polyline | |
| Mesh Bridge (f_MBridge) Builds a Mesh Bridge between lists of points | |
| Mesh Offset Weighted (f_MeshOffsetTheProperWayWhyIsThisNotTheNorm) Offsets a Mesh using weighted normals | |
| Polylines Mesh Loft (f_PMLoft) Lofts polylines with the same number of vertices into a mesh | |
| Space-Filling Polyhedra Generator (f_SPHGen) Creates a space filling Polyhedron |
Topology
| Clusterizer (f_Clstr) Groups topology data into clusters of indexes | |
| Topologizer (f_TLN) Solves line network topology | |
| Topology Inverter (f_TInv) Invert topology tree indexes ex. in a network, from nodes sorted by lines to lines sorted by node and vice - versa |
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