THE MOST POPULAR AND RICH SERIES OF GRASSHOPPER SCRIPTS ║Vol. 7 — The Historic District
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║ THE MOST POPULAR AND RICH SERIES OF GRASSHOPPER SCRIPTS ║
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║ Vol. 7 — The Historic District ║
║ Three Periods of American Domestic Architecture ║
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║ Style 0: 1820 Federal / Greek Revival ║
║ Style 1: 1892 Victorian Queen Anne ║
║ Style 2: 1910 Prairie Four-Square ║
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║ Cornice RevSurface · Turret · Spindle Arrays · Stair Geometry ║
║ Lofted Columns · Sun-path annotated · Carriage House ║
║ 3 Inputs · 11 Outputs · 48 Material Layers · 1,631 Lines ║
║ © 2026 Wickerson Studios — www.wickersonstudios.com ║
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SOCKET TABLE — 3 INPUTS · 11 OUTPUTS
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INPUTS
┌──────────┬──────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CFG │ Text │ Key=value overrides — wire a Panel │
│ Bake │ Boolean │ Toggle — flip TRUE to bake to Rhino │
│ Style │ Integer │ 0=Federal 1=Queen Anne 2=Prairie │
│ │ │ Wire a Number Slider (integer, range 0-2) │
└──────────┴──────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
OUTPUTS — wire each to a Panel
┌──────────────────────┬──────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Geometry │ DataTree │ 48-branch geometry tree │
│ ArchitecturalReport │ Text │ Style, era, character-defining features │
│ MaterialsSpec │ Text │ Period-accurate materials + paint palettes│
│ NationalRegister │ Text │ NRHP criteria + integrity + nomination │
│ HistoricTaxCredit │ Text │ Section 47 HTC + state credit estimate │
│ SecretarysStandards │ Text │ Standards 1/2/3/4/9/10 compliance review│
│ SympatheticAddition │ Text │ Compatible addition design guidelines │
│ SiteContext │ Text │ Historic district setting + streetscape │
│ RestorationCost │ Text │ Line-item restoration vs new build │
│ MaintenanceSchedule │ Text │ Seasonal calendar + periodic schedule │
│ AppraisalNotes │ Text │ Historic premium + income approach value │
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THREE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES
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Style = 0 — 1820 FEDERAL / GREEK REVIVAL
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Symmetrical 5-bay facade. Low-pitched gable (4:12), centre chimney. Four
lofted-taper Doric columns with abacus capitals, full entablature, and
triangular pediment. Dentil course at cornice (LOD 4: individual blocks).
Quoin detail at all four corners with alternating courses. Elliptical
fanlight over entry door (piped interpolated curve, correct semi-ellipse
geometry). Sidelights flanking door. Louvred shutters on all windows.
6-over-6 windows with hood mouldings and pediments. Water table at grade.
Pilasters at corners. Centre-hall plan implied in symmetry.
Style = 1 — 1892 VICTORIAN QUEEN ANNE
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Asymmetrical massing with side wing. Turret: cylinder RevSurface drum +
conical RevSurface roof with correct curved profile. Cross-gable (steep,
over centre bay). Bay window projecting from south facade. Vergeboard
(bargeboard) along gable rakes as piped curves. Bracket array under porch
beam (LOD 4). Wrap porch with turned posts (lofted circle cross-sections,
variable radii for turned profile) and spindle array (individual lofted
spindles with waist detail). Rail cap + base boards. Asymmetric window
placement with hood mouldings. Stained glass inserts noted in spec.
Style = 2 — 1910 PRAIRIE FOUR-SQUARE
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Cubic massing. Hip roof with deep Prairie eaves (3 ft). Full-width porch
with battered (tapered) brick piers — lofted rectangles wide-at-base.
Grouped Prairie windows (horizontal bands of 3 casements) with continuous
head boards. Belt courses and string courses emphasising horizontality.
Craftsman dormer with gable and window. Brick base (first 3 ft) + lap
siding above. Square balusters (no turned work). Simple square Craftsman
entry door surround.
SHARED (all styles): Foundation + cellar, floor slabs, chimneys (centre for
Federal, paired for QA+Prairie), interior stair with newel post (LOD 3),
tread detail (LOD 4), carriage house with gable, picket fence with rails,
gate posts, RevSurface street trees.
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CFG PARAMETER REFERENCE
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lod=1..5 Detail level [default 3]
style=0..2 Overrides slider [default 0]
frontW=40 House width E-W ft [default 40]
depth=50 House depth N-S ft [default 50]
flr1H=11 Ground floor height ft [default 11]
flr2H=10 Upper floor height ft [default 10]
nFloors=2 Number of floors [default 2]
porchD=10 Porch depth ft [default 10]
yearBuilt=1892 Construction year [auto by style]
lotW=50 Lot width ft [default 50]
lotD=140 Lot depth ft [default 140]
conditionRating=3 Condition 1 (poor) to 5 (excl) [default 3]
QUICK EXAMPLES
"lod=4"
"style=1;frontW=48;depth=52;nFloors=3" 3-storey Queen Anne
"style=0;conditionRating=5;yearBuilt=1818" excellent Federal
"style=2;frontW=36;nFloors=2.5;lod=4" smaller Prairie
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48 MATERIAL LAYERS
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SHELL: 0 Foundation 1 Cellar 2 Ext.Wall 3 Int.Plaster 4 Floor 5 Stair
TRIM: 6 Cornice 7 Frieze 8 Column 9 Capital 10 Pilaster 11 Spindle
12 Rail 13 Bracket 14 Vergeboard
ROOF: 15 Main 16 Secondary 17 Chimney 18 Ridge 19 Dormer
20 Turret Drum 21 Turret Conical
WIN/DOOR: 22 Win.Glass 23 Win.Frame 24 Win.Hood 25 Fanlight 26 Sidelight
27 Door 28 Door Surround 29 Shutters
PORCH: 30 Floor 31 Ceiling 32 Post 33 Beam 34 Steps
DETAIL: 35 Quoin 36 WaterTable 37 String 38 Dentil
SITE: 39 Sidewalk 40 Lawn 41 Fence 42 Gate 43 Tree 44 Path
45 Carriage House
ANNOT: 46 Dimension 47 Grid
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