Human (Formerly HDT Utilities)

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I'm pleased to announce a brand new update to the Grasshopper Plug-in formerly known as HDT Utilities, and now called Human!

Why the name change? My colleague Marc Syp at NBBJ pointed out that no one knew what HDT meant (Heumann Design/Tech, but that was unclear) and that I was missing an opportunity to follow the typical animal naming scheme for something more memorable. Any similarity to my own name is, of course, a pure coincidence.

On to the good stuff: what does it do?

There are two sets of components with different functions:

Human.gha

Extends Grasshopper's ability to create and reference geometry including lights, blocks, and text objects. Also enables access to information about the active Rhino document, pertaining to materials, layers, linetypes, and other settings.

Includes the following components:

(Those in bold are new components with this release)

Object Creation
- Bake Geometry with Attributes
- Create Hatches
- Create Justified 3d Text
- Create Lights
- Place Blocks
- Create Object Attributes
Document Information
- Font Table
- Material Table
- Layer Table
- Hatch Pattern Table
- Linetype Table
Document Modifications
- Create/Modify Layers
- Create/Modify Materials
Miscellaneous
- Box-to-Box Transform
- Delete Objects on Layer
- Dynamic Item Selector
- Custom Preview with Variable Lineweights
Reference
- Dynamic Geometry Pipeline
- Explode Hatches
- Explode Blocks
- Get Object Attributes
- Light Properties
- Sort Objects by Type
- Text Object Info
- Get Objects by Selection
- Get Objects by Layer

TreeFrog.gha

This add-on includes a set of components to aid in the advanced manipulation of data tree structures.

Includes the following components:

Assign Paths
Graft by Data
Match Paths
Path Description

See the images and reference files for a detailed explanation of the function of these components. I have not yet added the reference information for the newer components, but hopefully will get to it soon.

I'd also like to acknowledge the creators of Horster Reference, the first Grasshopper add-on to expose advanced reference functionality. These components definitely build on the work they have done, although they take a slightly different approach. Check out their plug-in if you haven't already done so, it may suit your needs better than this one!

To install:

In Grasshopper, choose File > Special Folders > Components folder. Make sure you delete all earlier versions of HDTReference.gha, TreeFrog.gha, and Human.gha if there are any. Save the gha file to that directory.
Right-click the file > Properties > make sure there is no "blocked" text
Restart Rhino and Grasshopper

Website: http://www.food4rhino.com/project/human
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Latest Activity: Jun 6

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Import Text 2 Replies

I´m trying to import Text Object from rhino, with the "text object info". but how to import the text to grasshopper??????, i tryed to use the "data" parameter from the primitive tab, but i cant…Continue

Started by jorge sainz de aja. Last reply by jorge sainz de aja May 17.

Negative path? 2 Replies

Is it on purpose?Continue

Started by Fred Becquelin. Last reply by Fred Becquelin Oct 2, 2012.

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Comment by amir on April 27, 2013 at 7:38pm: just want to say the great tools have saved me again.

:)

you keep saving my the time and trouble of leaving my GH comfort zone... which is both great and bad (for learning..) i guess.

so again, thanks a lot

:)

Comment by phillip on April 11, 2013 at 6:07am: ...though I expected you to go for this guy with the new logo:

Comment by phillip on April 11, 2013 at 6:05am: Great work! Solves a lot of issues when interacting between GH and RH objects.

Thanks.

Comment by Landscape on April 9, 2013 at 10:07am: Many many many thanks for this amazing release!! ;-)

Comment by Andrew Heumann on April 9, 2013 at 9:03am: Food4Rhino is taking forever to update! Here are all the latest components - remember to delete any old versions before installing.

Human.zip