This document discusses scripting in Python for generative design. It defines key programming terms like algorithm and language. It explains that scripting uses an imperative approach and notes elements of scripting include variables, conditionals, loops, functions, and classes. Benefits of scripting are listed as complex data structures, arbitrary loops, compound conditionals, custom functions, and object-oriented programming. The document introduces Python syntax and notes the RhinoCommon API for Python scripts in Rhino.

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Week 4 – Scripting in Python
Danil Nagy
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Terms
• Algorithm – a set of instructions for a computer.
• Computer program – a set of algorithms that work together for a specific purpose.
• Programming – the process of writing computer programs.
• Programming language – a system developed to represent computer programs.

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Visual programming Text-based programming
Types of programming

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is a functional approach
Visual programming

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is an imperative approach
Scripting

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Scripting
• Script – a single passage of code for doing a specific task.
• Scripting – the process of writing computer scripts.

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1. Variable
2. Conditional
3. Loop
4. Function
5. Class
Elements of scripting

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Elements of scripting

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Elements of scripting

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Elements of scripting

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Elements of scripting

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Elements of scripting

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1. Complex data structures
2. Arbitrary loops and stopping conditions
3. Compound conditionals
4. Custom functions
5. Classes and object-oriented programming
Benefits of scripting

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Hello Python!

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Python syntax

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Python syntax

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Python syntax

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Python syntax

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Python syntax

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RhinoCommon
https://developer.rhino3d.com/api/RhinoCommon

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Demo