Surface Components | Grasshopper Component Guide

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This page provides an overview of Grasshopper components used for working with surfaces.

Surfaces are essential elements in fields such as architecture, product design, and structural design, and form the basis of many geometric workflows.

From generating surfaces from curves to subdivision, trimming, evaluation, and analysis, surface components support a wide range of operations.

Below, surface-related components are organized with links to detailed explanation articles for each one.

Please refer to the appropriate components efficiently based on your specific goals and workflows.

• [Grasshopper] How to use Evaluate Box to obtain points and planes at specified positions in a box
• [Grasshopper] How to use Deconstruct Box and Domain Box to acquire and create box ranges
• [Grasshopper] How to use Mesh Surface to convert surfaces to meshes
• [Grasshopper] How to use Brep | Curve to get intersections between brep models and curves
• [Grasshopper] How to use Solid Intersection to obtain intersection between models
• [Grasshopper] How to use Brep Closest Point to create a point at the closest location on a brep model
• [Grasshopper] How to use Fillet Edge to round corners and edges in models
• [Grasshopper] How to use Solid Union to join intersecting models
• [Grasshopper] How to use Cone to create cones
• [Grasshopper] How to use Surface | Line to find intersection points between surfaces and lines
• [Grasshopper] How to use Trim Solid to trim a model with another model
• [Grasshopper] How to use Loft Options for setting up Loft
• [Grasshopper] How to use Brep Wireframe to retrieve frame data of a model
• [Grasshopper] How to use Split Brep to divide models between breps
• [Grasshopper] How to use Surface Split to divide surfaces with curves
• [Grasshopper] How to use Surface Closest Point to find a closest point on a surface from a given point
• [Grasshopper] How to use Surface Points to get control points on a Surface
• [Grasshopper] How to use Project to project curves onto surfaces and breps
• [Grasshopper] How to use Region Union to merge intersecting areas of closed curves and plane surfaces
• [Grasshopper] How to use Region Difference to subtract difference in area between closed curves or plane surfaces
• [Grasshopper] How to Use Twisted Box to Create a Twisted Box from 8 Points
• [Grasshopper] How to Use Twisted Box to Set and Create Twisted Boxes
• [Grasshopper] How to Use SubD from Mesh to Create SubD from a Mesh
• [Grasshopper] How to Use SubD to Convert and Set Models as SubD
• [Grasshopper] How to Use Extrusion to Set an Extruded Model
• [Grasshopper] How to use Box for Setting and Creating Boxes
• [Grasshopper] How to use Revolution to create a rotating body
• [Grasshopper] How to use Brep | Plane to get the intersection of an object and a plane
• [Grasshopper] How to use Center Box to create a box
• [Grasshopper] How to use Divide Domain² and Isotrim to divide surfaces and domain² ranges
• [Grasshopper] How to use Sphere to create a sphere
• [Grasshopper] How to use Voronoi 3D to create three-dimensional Voronoi cells
• [Grasshopper] How to use Volume to obtain the center of gravity and volume of an object
• [Grasshopper] How to use Brep to set Brep objects
• [Grasshopper] How to use Cylinder to create a cylinder
• [Grasshopper] How to use Pipe to create pipes from curves
• [Grasshopper] How to use Surface to set surfaces
• [Grasshopper] How to use Area to get the center point and area
• [Grasshopper] How to use Brep Join to combine Brep models
• [Grasshopper] How to use Offset Surface to offset a surface
• [Grasshopper] How to use Extrude to add thickness to surfaces and curves
• [Grasshopper]How to use the Evaluate Surface to obtain information at a specified position on the surface
• [Grasshopper]How to use the Cap Holes to fill holes in Brep objects
• [Grasshopper]How to use the Divide Surface to create division points on a surface