Online Resources

"Grasshopper is a graphical algorithm editor tightly integrated with Rhino’s 3-D modeling tools, allowing designers to build form generators from the simple to the awe-inspiring."  The team at Mode Lab put togherthe a fundamental 3rd edition of what you need to know when starting with Grasshopper.

Autodesk learning-by-doing platform on Generative Design with Dynamo for Revit. The site hosts an impressive series of downloadable definitions. 

An overview of the basic and most commonly used concepts : "Essential Mathematics for Computational Design introduces design professionals to foundation mathematical concepts that are necessary for effective development of computational methods for 3D modeling and computer graphics."

"DeCodingSpaces workshop on Urban Analysis, Synthesis and Design Exploration in Grasshopper hosted by: eCAADe2018, Poland – Łódź, 18.September 2018."

"A foundational course for tech-savvy designers who want to learn how to use Grasshopper for computational design."

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"Catalog of lecture notes, technical tutorials, and other content from an advanced computational design course at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) "

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Lesson from Autodesk University (video to the full class at the end) : " The layout for this year's Autodesk University exhibit hall was designed through the application of generative design, letting the main stakeholders discover a novel and high-performing design strategy. " 

A comprehensive collection of tutorials about various parametric design techniques for Rhino and Grasshopper on youtube, carefully sorted from the the basics on. 

Parametric House is company of computational designers that offers pay-per-use course, besides the impressive collection of tutorials FOR FREE on youtube.

the textbook to start from

synthax and logic of how dynamo thinks

dig into Python in Dynamo, much similar to the Dynamo Primer