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Installing Spaceshase plugin for Grasshopper. link copied

Sometimes the standard Grasshopper library does not support specific functions that you need. On the website Food4Rhino there are a large amount of plugins you can download for not only Rhino but also Grasshopper. This tutorial will look at how to download and install the Spacechase plugin for Grasshoppe. 

Downloading the SpaceChase grasshopper plugin

Make sure you have Rhino 8 installed.

Most plugins for Grasshopper can be downloaded from Food4Rhino, a website with open-source plugins for Rhino and Grasshopper. Most plugins can be installed using the following steps. However, it is always recommended to take a look at the instructions in the description of the plugin.

Browse for www.food4rhino.com

This step-by-step instruction is only applicable on Windows PC.

Use the search option on the Foo4Rhino website to find the Spacechase plugin in. Once you find the correct page with the plugin click on the Spacechase icon to open the Spacechase download page. To download the plugin, you first need to login or if you haven’t registered yet you will have to make an account. You can use your TU e-mail adress for making the account

Once you are logged in you can download the Zip file.

The ZIP file will be placed in your download directory. Make sure you extract the ZIP file by right clicking on the file and selecting extract. The ZIP file contains not only the plugin but also several example files. Extract all these files.

Make sure you extract the files first. Don’t use the files directly from the ZIP file. 

Install the Plugin

Once the files are extracted you can use them to install the Spacechase plugin.

There is a very simple method of installing the plugin. Open Rhino and Grasshopper. Select the SpaceChase036.ghpy file and drag it to the Grasshopper canvas and drop it there.

After you drop the file, the plug-in will be installed but you must first restart Rhino before you see the plug in. Restart Rhino and open Grasshopper and the plug-in will be available on your tool bar.

The plugin can now be used.

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Food4Rhino contains many plugins which are often free to download. These are plugins are developed by a community of researchers, universities, companies, specialists and enthusiasts. Many of these plugins form the basis for an advanced analytical and explorative approach to design.