Sjoberg_Adaptive Components:Grasshopper vs. Digital Project

When designing at various levels of detail and resolution, there is an inherent need for an equally varied spectrum of digital modeling tools. Digital project allows for a greater precision at the scale of connections, whereas Grasshopper allows for an easier conceptual and algorithmic modeling at an architectural scale.
     The advantage at the detail scale for Digital Project comes from its system of references vs a coordinate grid. This allows for the ability to transfer the sets of references associated with a part from one position to another. This creates a whole new part based off of the logic of the original but responding to its new set of inputs. The automatic boolean functions of Digital Project are also an advantage in detail modeling because it does not allow you to create overlapping forms that would be unbuildable in reality.
Grasshopper however, is a powerful visualization tool, allowing for the user to work off of parameters that can be easily adjusted and manipulated. The Advantages of Grasshopper at larger scales comes from the ability to create forms based off of algorithmic vs. reference based parameters. The issue grasshopper presents at the detail scale is one of overlapping and disconnected  surfaces, making it less favorable for designing the parts that would in reality solve this problem. Grasshopper creates logics and because of this it is best used at a conceptual level.
It is conceivable that throughout the course of one project, both programs would be used. Grasshopper for example could set up a truss logic for a facade, and Digital Project could be used to create the components based off of the output from Grasshopper.