Learn Rhino Python without knowing Python Paperback – March 13, 2026

This book is about Python in Rhinoceros, and we will start from scratch, so you only need to have basic knowledge of Rhino. It doesn't matter if you have never programmed before or if you come from the world of Grasshopper (GH) and have never used the Python component.If you come from GH, you will have seen that a definition that starts out clear and clean, with its components neatly arranged, can turn into a mess of cross-connections and duplicate components. Remember that this is the first thing you think when you open a composition that you did not create yourself.This does not mean that you will stop using GH if you read this book, quite the contrary, but you will have better control over the complexity of that environment.The practical part of this book is that you will not abandon GH or rewrite your compositions in Python, but rather you will learn to create components in Python for the more complex parts (filters, loops, etc.), leaving the visual part within GH, which is what makes this programming environment within Rhino unique.And if you don't like GH and don't use it because you prefer to program with lines of code or because you've never used it, you can also use this book with Rhino's Python editor. Although I hope that in the end you will see the full potential of the combination of Rhino + Python + GH.In short, we will take advantage of the visual aspects of Rhino and GH, and use Python where detailed control of the elements of the algorithm being worked on is required. Read more