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Davide Scialò replied to Gerd Fechter's discussion Which programming language should I focus on: VB or Python?

"so we can say that Python is ideal for fast scripting and that C#/vb is better for durable scripts (like making a gh component)?"

Oct 24, 2012

Moshe Nissan replied to Gerd Fechter's discussion Which programming language should I focus on: VB or Python?

"lets see: blonde wife = VB Red Head = C# brunnete = Python Extra marithal Affair = Python do it (yes/no) = YES! yes learn Python! "

Oct 24, 2012

jonah hawk replied to Gerd Fechter's discussion Experiences with Interaction between Grasshopper AND 3ds Max, Maya OR Houdini???

"I've used max for years. There is a lot you can do without using the sdk. As with Maya/Mel, Max has a scripting language that is pretty robust. This is not a particle example but it's Max and GH exchanging data in near real…"

Jul 9, 2012

Giulio Piacentino replied to Gerd Fechter's discussion Python: Mesh or Plane form Polygon with more than 5 vertices

"Thanks Gerd! do you think there is a way to make those hexagon planar On the other hand, maybe you could have a look at these two…"

Jul 5, 2012

Gerd Fechter replied to Gerd Fechter's discussion Python: Mesh or Plane form Polygon with more than 5 vertices

"thank you for your answer!!! i did it by polylines and i had to see, that in the case of the soccerball they re not all planar. it´s always the others fault: the other 3d app created the hexagons of the soccerball out of triangles by strange…"

Jul 5, 2012

Giulio Piacentino replied to Gerd Fechter's discussion Python: Mesh or Plane form Polygon with more than 5 vertices

"Hi Gerd faces with more than four sides are usually called n-gons. If you were able to create a 5-sided mesh face in Rhino, there would be a good chance that you could do that in Python, too. But Rhino does not allow that at present. It might be…"

Jul 1, 2012

Gerd Fechter posted a discussion

Python: Mesh or Plane form Polygon with more than 5 vertecies

I want to transfer data form another 3d app to grashopper. the other app is polygon-based and can work with polys, that have more then 5 vertices. grashopper seems to have problems, when it comes to polys with more than 5 vertices. i tried different methods in python. just look at the attatched files. there is a gh file and several dmp files. they must be saved in the same folder because of relative path-references. the dmp files contain all the witten out data in a binary-format. would be…See More

Jun 28, 2012

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Burke replied to Gerd Fechter's discussion Parametric Architecture with Grasshopper - PRIMER: another merchant than deastore? in the group Parametric Architecture with Grasshopper - PRIMER

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May 3, 2012

Damien Alomar replied to Gerd Fechter's discussion Which programming language should I focus on: VB or Python?

"If you get the impression that the language you choose doesn't matter from my post, then I think you've taken it the wrong way. The language you choose matters, but possibly not as much as you think. Starting out its important to…"

Jan 10, 2012

Giulio Piacentino replied to Gerd Fechter's discussion Which programming language should I focus on: VB or Python?

"Good point --- sorry if I went off topic! - Giulio_______________giulio@mcneel.com"

Jan 10, 2012

Danny Boyes replied to Gerd Fechter's discussion Which programming language should I focus on: VB or Python?

" More importantly, where do stand on blondes or red heads? "

Jan 10, 2012

Giulio Piacentino replied to Gerd Fechter's discussion Which programming language should I focus on: VB or Python?

"Execution speed is important, but one should also always consider writing/editing time (our human time counts after all). In this respect, Python is considered the "glue" language: it can do everything but works best to tie things together…"

Jan 10, 2012

David Rutten replied to Gerd Fechter's discussion Which programming language should I focus on: VB or Python?

"Blonde, definitely. If nothing else it's easier to colour blond hair so even if you pick wrongly the transition will be less work. -- David Rutten david@mcneel.com Poprad, Slovakia"

Jan 10, 2012

Danny Boyes replied to Gerd Fechter's discussion Which programming language should I focus on: VB or Python?

"This seems a good a place as any to ask this question as its along similar lines. I've been married to a brunette for 6 years and I was thinking about having an extra marital affair as a way of learning something new. What I was…"

Jan 10, 2012

Giulio Piacentino replied to Gerd Fechter's discussion Which programming language should I focus on: VB or Python?

"To elaborate on stats a little more, let's ask google (this is not a precise stat but might give an idea): - searching "site:grasshopper3d.com Vb" yields 39'800 results (includes Vb.Net and wrongly VbScript, that cannot be used…"

Jan 10, 2012