> I suspect I picked up most > of geometry-sense while playing with Lego during ages 3~8
I personally noticed a great increase of my 3D spatial perception after spending a huge amounts of time playing "Quake III Arena" online. Not recommended thought... highly addictive. On Feb 13, 10:45 am, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Juan, > > I've read the Bentley book a while back at Siggraph. The graphics are > fantastic, but the explanations didn't go very deep. I'm afraid I > don't have any alternatives for you though, I suspect I picked up most > of geometry-sense while playing with Lego during ages 3~8. There must > be excellent books out there on geometry, but I think those will only > cultivate your factual knowledge, not your insight. > > Learning to use Grasshopper essentially amounts to the same thing as > learning to use any programming language. The actual language-syntax > is only a small part of this process, far more important is the > ability to break apart a problem into smaller chunks and a solid grip > on how data is stored inside a system. > > Sorry for being no help whatsoever, > David > > -- > David Rutten > [email protected] > Robert McNeel & Associates > > On Feb 13, 1:22 am, Juan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > I am no expert by any means, but since I was introduced to > > computational design in my master studies I have had the impression > > that the software that you are using is more or less irrelevant if you > > can articulate your ideas in a clear geometrical language. I have done > > scripting in maya, tried houdini for its procedural workflow and right > > know Im very interested in grasshopper. However I really feel like my > > geometrical language is seriously lacking when I see some of the > > projects that you guys generate. With this in mind I would like to > > risk it and ask how/where can I find information that can enable me to > > start thinking in a better way? I have seen the bentley geometry for > > architects book in my ex-office, but well its a bit expensive. Maybe > > there is a internet repository of algorithms or something similar that > > can help people like me, that did not have the luck to have a good > > partner/teacher willing to share this information and instead is > > trying to learn on his own based on web tutorials and the like. > > > Hope that I made sense. > > > Best, > > Juan
