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by Dan Belcher (Last modified: 05 Dec 2018)
This guide covers all the necessary tools required to author Grasshopper components on Mac.
Oct 28, 2016. The demo version of Rhinoceros can always be used as a viewer of Rhinoceros files and other supported file formats. One Rhino 6.0 license works both on Windows and Mac. When you purchase a license of Rhino 6.0, it can be installed on both a Windows and a Mac computer. There are some significant differences between Rhino-6-Win and Rhino-6-Mac.
By the end of this guide, you should have all the tools installed necessary for authoring, building, and debugging Grasshopper components using RhinoCommon in Rhino for Mac.
Prerequisites
This guide presumes you have an:
Install Visual Studio for Mac
Visual Studio for Mac (formerly Xamarin Studio, formerly MonoDevelop) is required to build Grasshopper components on macOS. The core pieces of the Mono platform that are required are the Mono Framework and Visual Studio for Mac. Please check out the What are Mono and Xamarin? guide for more information.
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Install the RhinoCommon Extension
The RhinoCommon AddIn/Extension is required to debug your RhinoCommon plugins and Grasshopper components in an active session of Rhino for Mac. Additionally, it contains project templates to get you started creating components and plugins quickly.
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Next Steps
Congratulations! You have all the tools necessary to build a Grasshopper component on macOS. Now what?
Check out the Your First Component (Mac) guide for instructions building - your guessed it - your first component.
Footnotes
McNeel has announced that the popular 3D modeling and design application, Rhino 6 for Mac, is now available for testing.
The Seattle-headquartered software company said that the WIP (work in progress) is recommended just for testing and not for production or mission-critical work.
Rhino 6 for Mac with Integrated Grasshopper
As Architosh has written in the past, the big news about Rhino 6 was the integration of Grasshopper, the industry’s leading algorithmic-aided design (AAD) or node-based visual programming tool. Tools like Grasshopper—sometimes referred to as accessible programming for designers (APFD)—enable architects and designers to develop generative algorithms for building both 2D and 3D computer models and designs. Such tools have been in vogue for well over a decade and a half by key marquee design firms (eg: Zaha Hadid Architects) and architecture students worldwide.
01 – Rhino 6 for Mac WIP is available for download, use, and testing. It includes integrated Grasshopper.
Rhino 6 for Mac includes Grasshopper with multithreaded components, VB support, and more. It features a faster display using modern graphics hardware support, an updated Materials and Rendering system.
There is also a Raytraced viewport display mode, a faster and cleaner Make2D with more customizable results, and most of the new features and enhancements found in the already released Rhino 6 for Windows.
Grasshopper For Rhino 3dAvailabilityGrasshopper Rhino Plugin
Rhino 6 for Mac WIP is available for those who have a license of Rhino 5 for Mac. Users must first critically update their version of Rhino 5 for Mac to the latest version prior to installing Rhino 6 for Mac WIP.
Rhino 5 Grasshopper
The solution also requires macOS High Sierra or later. Users can report any problems on the Serengeti Mac forum.
Download Grasshopper For Rhino
To download Rhino 6 for Mac WIP go here.
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