In this tutorial, we’ll guide you through the new Grasshopper components introduced in Rhino 8. Our focus is to show you how to fully automate the creation of floor plans, complete with hatches and dimensions, all directly within Grasshopper.
Before we explore the newest feature, we will teach you how to create a 3D floor plan from a collection of single straight lines that we will convert into 3D geometry with the help of the Flexibility plugin. You will also discover some other cool components that come with it.
The first Rhino 8 feature in Grasshopper that we will cover in this tutorial is Model Hatch. You will learn how to apply a hatch pattern to the floor plan of the walls we created. We will also cover how you can adjust and customize the hatch pattern.
In the next part, you will learn how to import, adjust, and create customized linetypes and how you can display them directly in the Rhino viewport from Grasshopper.
Moving forward, we’ll show you how to create dimensions for the floor plan. In this part of the tutorial, you will learn how to import annotation styles, and adjust their text, dimensions, arrows, and unit settings.
Give it a try and share your favorite features with us!
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