Everyday Tasks
The fastest way to feel Rook’s value isn’t asking it to design something — it’s handing off the work that surrounds designing. The naming, sorting, tidying, and setting-up that eats your time but isn’t the creative part.
Here are the kinds of things to give Rook.
Organize
Section titled “Organize”“Organize these layers and name them sensibly.”
“Take the objects I’ve selected and sort them onto layers by type.”
“Put everything that isn’t on a named layer somewhere sensible.”
Rook reads what’s there and brings order to it — so you’re not dragging objects between layers by hand.
Clean up
Section titled “Clean up”“Clean up the blocks in this file — find duplicates and unused ones.”
“Purge anything that isn’t being used.”
“Straighten out this Grasshopper canvas and group the related bits.”
The housekeeping that’s easy to put off, done in one pass.
Set out
Section titled “Set out”“Lay out a 5 × 8 array of these so I can start designing.”
“Set up a grid and reference planes for a 30 × 20 metre site.”
“Place section markers every 5 metres along this curve.”
Rook builds the scaffold; you do the design on top of it.
Inspect
Section titled “Inspect”“What’s in this file — layers, counts, anything unusual?”
“What’s the total area of the floor slabs?”
“Is anything in this definition erroring, and why?”
Quick answers about a model, especially one you didn’t make yourself.
Prepare a hand-off
Section titled “Prepare a hand-off”“Set things up cleanly, then I’ll take it from here.”
“Get this ready to send to a consultant — tidy layers, sensible names.”
Rook is good at getting a file into shape — for you to keep working, or to pass on.
The thread running through all of this: Rook clears the path so you can design. When you do want help with the design itself, see How to Ask for Things.