Guides

All the guides available for developing for Rhino or Grasshopper.

General

Guides that apply across platforms and SDKs

Overview

Getting Started

Fundamentals

This Site

Scripting

Guides on using scripting features in Rhino 8 and above, that apply to all programming languages

Getting Started

Script Editor

Script Component

Python Scripting

Scripting: Python
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C# Scripting

Scripting: C#
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Editor Features

Explorer
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Search & Replace
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Terminal
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Problems Tray
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Debugger
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Templates
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Examples
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Help
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Publishing

Advanced

CPython Runtime and Language Server
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Language Libraries
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VisualStudioCode Extension
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RhinoCommon

The cross-platform .NET plugin SDK for Rhino.

Overview

Getting Started

Installing Tools (Windows, Mac)
Your First Plugin (Windows, Mac, Cross-Platform)
Plugin Installers (Windows, Mac)
Distributing a Rhino Plug-In with the Package Manager

Fundamentals

RhinoCommon Geometry

Rendering

Advanced

Zoo

Cloud Zoo

Rhino.Python

Quickly add functionality to Rhino or automate repetitive tasks.

Overview

Getting Started

Your First Python Script in Rhino (Windows, Mac, Grasshopper)
Where to get help…
Troubleshooting Installation

Python Editor for Windows

Python in Grasshopper

Fundamentals

Python in Rhino

Rhino.Python 101

   Introduction
   Where to find help
   1. What’s it all about?
   2. Python Essentials
   3. Script Anatomy
   4. Operators and Functions
   5. Conditional Execution
   6. Tuples, Lists, and Dictionaries
   7. Classes
   8. Geometry

Download the Rhino.Python 101 Primer as a single PDF

Intermediate

Custom Dialogs in Eto

Other Resources

openNURBS

Read/Write Rhino 3dm files in your application.

Overview

Getting Started

Fundamentals

Advanced

C/C++

Native SDK for Rhino for Windows plugins.

Overview

Getting Started

Fundamentals

Advanced

Rendering (RDK)

Zoo

Troubleshooting

Grasshopper

Create custom Grasshopper components and plugins.

Essential Algorithms and Data Structures for Grasshopper

Python Scripting in Grasshopper

Grasshopper Plugins

What is a Grasshopper Component?
Installing Tools (Windows, Mac)
Your First Component (Windows, Mac)
Developer samples on GitHub
Developer discussions on Discourse
Distributing a Grasshopper Plug-In with the Package Manager

Plugin Fundamentals

In Depth

Advanced

RhinoScript

RhinoScript is a scripting tool based on Microsoft’s VBScript language. With RhinoScript, you can quickly add functionality to Rhino for Windows, or automate repetitive tasks.

Overview

What are VBScript and RhinoScript?

RhinoScript 101

   Introduction
   Where to find help
   1. What’s it all about?
   2. RhinoScript Essentials
   3. Script Anatomy
   4. Operators and Functions
   5. Conditional Execution
   6. Arrays
   7. Geometry
   Download the RhinoScript 101 Primer as a single PDF

Fundamentals

Intermediate

Advanced

Troubleshooting

Other Resources

Compute

Getting Started

Compute: Features

Production Deployment

Deployment to Production Servers

Hops

Developer Services

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