

Make sure your definition fits the limitations of your free account, in particular in size and computation time of the solutions. Make sure they are included in the list of supported third-party plugins. Pay attention to which Grasshopper plugins you are using.

Internalize any referenced Rhino geometry! You are only uploading a Grasshopper definition, therefore you cannot rely on a Rhino document in your definition. Most of them are common sense, for example: Once you have created a free ShapeDiver account, you will be able to start uploading your Grasshopper definitions to ShapeDiver! There are a few guidelines that you might want to check before uploading, to avoid any bad surprises. Uploading a Grasshopper definition to ShapeDiver We recommend this beginner tutorial from Parametric House, among many other excellent ones. Youtube is full of great resources to get started with Grasshopper. Check out our video about what Grasshopper plugins are for more information.

In particular, you will also be able to download and use any free Rhino and Grasshopper plugins, including the ShapeDiver plugin for Grasshopper. In this period, you can use all the functionalities of Rhino without restrictions. If you want to give Rhino and Grasshopper a try, you can enjoy a generous 90-day free trial by downloading the latest version of Rhino straight from the website.

Rhino is an affordable but powerful software with a strong community and an ecosystem of tools that any developer can build on top of the core software, making it even more powerful and full of application-specific functionalities. If you are wondering what Grasshopper is, you are in luck because we have created a quick introduction video to get you started: Īt ShapeDiver, we love Rhino and Grasshopper. ShapeDiver lets designers upload parametric 3D models created with Grasshopper.
