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Rhino and Grasshopper Workflow Optimisation
A practical guide to Rhino and Grasshopper workflow optimisation, based on Michael Pryor’s MADCon tool-making session.
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Rhino and Grasshopper workflow optimisation is not about making everything more complicated. The best tools remove repeated effort, reduce mistakes and free up more time for design judgement.
Michael Pryor’s MADCon session is useful because it frames tool-making as a response to workflow pain. If a process keeps repeating, it may be worth turning into a clearer method, template or tool.
Workflow optimisation is most useful when it removes repeated effort and gives designers more time for judgement.
Start by spotting repetition
Before building anything, identify the repeated task. Is the team copying information between models? Rebuilding similar geometry? Renaming files by hand? Producing the same options with small changes?
- Write down the repeated task in plain English.
- Check how often it happens and who it affects.
- Decide whether a tool, template or checklist is the right answer.
- Test the workflow on a small example before rolling it out.
- Document enough that someone else can use it.
Tool-making as portfolio evidence
For candidates, workflow optimisation can be strong portfolio evidence. Do not just show the final script. Explain the problem, the old process, the new process and the benefit to the project or team.
Turn workflow skills into career evidence
If you are using Rhino, Grasshopper, Revit or computational tools, make the practical value visible in your applications.
- Browse BIM and digital design jobs
- Browse architecture jobs
- Use the Architecture Social resource library
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Make the workflow evidence visible
Before adding a tool to your CV, write the short story of what it improved.
- Name the repeated problem.
- Show the before and after workflow.
- Explain the benefit in practice language.
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