Accessing grasshopper functionality

Hi!

My impression is that it's possible to access all of grasshopper's built in functions easily with python, but not with c#. Is this correct? In that case I would think python is superior for grasshopper scripting at the moment. Please correct me if I'm wrong!

How about accessing other plugins directly through c# or python, for instance weaverbird, lunchbox, karamba... any preferences here?

/Confused and optimistic

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on April 20, 2015 at 12:06pm

This is not correct. Whatever C# has access to, Python has access to and vice versa. Not everything in the Grasshopper SDK is public, so not all functionality is technically available to 3rd party developers, but whatever there is, is available to all.

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on April 20, 2015 at 12:07pm

What do you mean by "accessing other plugins directly"?

Permalink Reply by djordje on April 20, 2015 at 1:44pm

I think he is talking about python's node-in-code feature.

And yes, you can access not only grasshopper's native component but any other installed grasshopper plugin too (Lunchbox, Karamba...).

Karamba has Hacker's Guide, with examples on how to access karamba.gha functionalities through both c# and python.

Permalink Reply by Dean on April 21, 2015 at 12:49am