In this Grasshopper tutorial for beginners, we will create a parametric shade for a series of rectangular windows and then analyze their shadow projection using the Ladybug plugin.

In this Grasshoper Ladybug example file, You can analyse the path of sun rays by tracing their direction.

In this grasshopper example file, you can Create a Spherical Helix Curve around a Ramp and then use the Dendro Plugin to create a Parametric Railing for it.

In this grasshopper example file You can design a kinetic facade based on a series of rotating panels. These panels can rotate according to a point attractor or the location of sun (Ladybug Plugin).

In this grasshopper definition, first we model a parametric tower, then we use the Ladybug plugin and do a radiation analysis for the tower. The city we chose for this analysis is Chicago.

In this grasshopper definition, we will use the Ladybug Plugin to import the sun path based on an epw file and the n rotate a series of circles towards the sun.

In this tutorial, we are going to teach you how to use the Ladybug Plugin from scratch.