Monday, July 6, 2009
Form vs. Shape Advanced Training - now with video
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Savanna3D - is shipping
Savanna3D is a broad and useful set of blocks created for Rhino 4.0 or above. It contains over 1,000 detailed 3d models, in 3DM format, grouped by type or function. These collections bring together an extensive and complete library of Rhino blocks prepared for architectural and interior design purposes. Now you can improve your space design productivity with various collections of commonly used objects.
Savanna3D is available from Rhino dealers worldwide.
- The commercial user price is US$/€195.
- Introductory offer US$/€145 until 30-Sept-2009.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Master in Advanced Design of Spaces and Materials - Barcelona, 2009-2010
VisualARQ for Rhino - Beta 7

VisualARQ for Rhino Beta 7 is available to download now, including new features and many bug fixes. This beta version is near feature complete, so it's your chance to contribute.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Flamingo 2.0 Service Release 1 Available
Flamingo 2.0 Service Release 1 is now available for download.
Bug Fixes:
- Cast shadows can now be turned off and on using a script.
- Crash Fixes:
- Cancelling a rendering sometimes crashed.
- Processing the lights in the scene prior to rendering sometimes crashed.
- Flamingo sometimes crashed when reading a Rhino model.
- Cancelling a rendering sometimes crashed.
- Evaluation version installer did not work with the Rhino 4 evaluation version installer. This is fixed.
- Flamingo control panels now remember their previous locations.
- Flamingo render window will now be visible if you mimize Rhino while rendering and then restore it when rendering is complete.
- Groundcover works on closed curves and polylines.
- Light Dome manager: Opening the light dome manager incorrectly collapsed the light dome tree in the Environment manager. This is fixed.
- Lights with falloff values set are now rendered correctly.
- When the License Manager cannot be contacted, Flamingo displays a message instead of crashing.
Monday, June 29, 2009
You're invited to the opening
RhinoGold 2.0 announced

TDM Solutions is proud to announce RhinoGold 2.0.
RhinoGold 2.0 has many new and interesting features that can help you design faster and better. In addition, the existing tools have been improved as well. These are some of the new features:
- Fleximetrical Technology: allows creating parametrical objects to be edited without the complexity of the standard linear parametrical tree of parametrical softwares.
- Performance “Optimization” for Gems: this functionality simplifies the gem shape, it improves x24 the performance
- Gem creator: allows creating any gem shape using a curve.
- Paves: powerful tools for pave design, in Automatic, Along UV and Dynamic Mode.
- Jewelry Vault and Library: users can create their own component libraries to use them in future design, they can be edited.
- Relief Studio: 3D organic shapes from curves in meshes or surfaces.
- 3D Textures: from an image, creates easily a 3D texture on an object.
- Rendering Compatibility (and includes jewelry material library for Flamingo, Brazil r/s and Hypershot). more details...
- Animation Studio: allows creating videos in seconds using Real Time Render or your favourite render engine.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
3D Modeling workshop in Dubai, 3-5 July
- Workshop Details:
Friday, Saturday and Sunday (3rd, 4th & 5th of July)
Friday: 2 pm to 6 pm.
Saturday and Sunday: 10 am to 2 pm. - Instructor: Maher El-Khaldi is a PhD researcher and a class instructor at Georgia Institute of Technology, Design Computing group. He received a Master of Science in Design and Computation from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2007. Maher taught Rhinoscripting at Georgia Tech’s College of Architecture in collaboration with Rajaa Isaa, a Rhino programming developer, and Matt Swarts, Phd student at Gatech. Maher is also Computation Director at Shape Architecture Practice + Research.
- Fees: Professionals 1000 AED/ Students 500 AED.
- Location and address: http://www.shelter.ae/
- Further details and space registration: Click here and contact maher@shape-arc.com or saadia@shelter.ae.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Rhino OS X - New Build
There is a new build available, Wenatchee 2009-06-24, with many new features, enhancements, and bug fixes with the main focus on new 2-d functionality.
Everyone is invited to download and use the OS X version of Rhino while it is in development.
Most of the core functionality has been ported from Windows and is very stable. There is still much to do to port the rest of the functionality and refine the interface. We don't expect the first commercial release to be ready for at least a year.
Don't worry if the build you are using is going to expire. New versions will be available every few weeks. There will be a newer one available before the expiration date.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Rhino 4.0 SR6 Release Candidate 2 Available
Rhino 4.0 Service Release 6 Release Candidate 2 is available for download.
This is pre-release software. If you are not comfortable running pre-release software, please do not download this build.
This release candidate has been tested by our internal testing staff and is believed to be stable, reliable, and suitable for use in production. As with all release candidates, however, there may be problems that we didn't uncover in our own testing. We expect several thousand people to download and test this Service Release and report any problems they have.
When we are satisfied that there are no major problems with this release, we'll release the Service Release officially.
Please report any crashes you experience using the McNeel Error Reporting dialog box that will appear. Report any other problems to our support team.
Bug Fixes:
- Starting Rhino on Vista Improved: previous releases of Rhino 4.0 sometimes would only start when run as Administrator. SR6 should start without administrator permissions.
- Crashes Fixed in BooleanUnion, EdgeSrf, Flow, Installers, InterpCrvOnSrf, Loft, and PanelingTools.
- Many other bugs have been fixed, too.
WF_094 Rhinoscripting Seminar in NYC

Workshops Factory is conducting a 4-week Rhinoscripting Seminar in New York City.
Dates: July 22-August 12 (Wednesday evenings)
Location: Studios GO
This class will offer the opportunity for architects and designers to begin to understand and utilize the algorithmic process as a tool for design by way of Rhinoscript. Scripting is not considered a means to an end but rather a valuable tool used to make certain tasks less tedious and certain decisions more informed. More...
Monday, June 22, 2009
Shanghai Aquatic Sports Center and Grasshopper

The SASC – Shanghai Aquatic Sports Center was renamed by the mayor. Now it is called SOSC – Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The SOSC includes a gymnasium, a natatorium and an outdoor diving stadium. It will be completed and in use in 2011.
Since most of the design was done using Grasshopper, ZHANG Yan has been posting progress reports on www.grasshopper3d.com. The façade and roof mockup are finished. For all the details, see:
Bongo 2.0 - WIP 2 available
You are invited to try Bongo 2.0, animation for Rhino. The second work-in-progress version is now available.
New 2.0 features include:
- Inverse Kinematics
- Improved timeline and keyframe editor
- Curve editor
- Multiple animations per file
Flamingo nXt - New build
Flamingo nXt Work-in-Progress Build 8 is now available. New features and enhancements include:
- Alpha channel support
- Save as high-dynamic range image
- Displacement mapping and normal mapping
- Improved tiling
- Two-point perspective
SIGGRAPH 2009 - Booth 2030
From artists to engineers, from lone developers and designers to large, established companies, SIGGRAPH is the only conference and trade show that draws everyone from around the world and across the multiple disciplines who work in the computer graphics industry.
Come see us in Booth 2030.
Please visit us and our Rhino partners:
- Robert McNeel & Associates - Booth 2030
- Caustic Graphics - Booth 2026
- T-Splines, Inc - Booth 2028
- Lightspeed Design Group - Booth 2034
- Studica, Inc - Booth 2016
- Academic Superstore - Booth 2626
Location: New Orleans, LA
Date: August 4-6, 2009
There is a limited supply of free Exhibits Only passes available. Register online here and use code "rhino3d".
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Autodesk Inventor 2010 supports Rhino
Crisis Modes: Protocols + Future Ecologies - NYC August 2009
RhinoScript and Grasshopper workshops in London - July
SimplyRhino UK has organized new Grasshopper & RhinoScript workshops in London with David Rutten (Robert McNeel & Associates) as the instructor.
- July 8-9: 2 day VBScript and RhinoScript programming class
- July 10: 1 day Grasshopper course
More user stories from the Lyon User Meeting: La Philharmonie de Paris, skate parks and photos...

2 more speakers from recent Rhino User Meeting Lyon have kindly shared their presentations:
- Gaetan Kohler (Hugh Dutton Associés) showed us how he used Grasshopper for the design of La Philharmonie de Paris (Ateliers Jean Nouvel). See the video here.
- Rolland Melet (Recreation Urbaine) showed incredible skate parks modelled in Rhino and other sports installations. See his presentation here.
We have also posted some photos from the meeting here. Enjoy!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Crisis Modes - a Grasshopper workshop in New York City
Crisis Modes is a one-week intensive design workshop being offered in New York City. The workshop will take place in a studio setting and will be devoted to exploring relational design strategies and digital design methodologies for speculative infrastructures. The format of the workshop will include daily intensive workshop sessions focusing primarily on Grasshopper. Read more...
Dates: August 17-21, 2009
Location: New York City
About Crisis Modes - a combination of talent and expertise from Michael Chen and Jason Lee of Crisis Fronts, and Ronnie Parsons and Gil Akos of Studio ModemodeLab.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Rhino Job in Indonesia - Shoe industry
Pou Chen Group is seeking a manager in Indonesia.
The position requires:
1) Older than 25.
2) Graduated from a senior high school.
3) At least 3 years experience of shoe modeling with Rhino.
4) With experience of communicating with customers independently has higher priority.
Apply the job or has any questions? Please email to GREEN_YI822@HOTMAIL.COM
ParaCloud offers online workshop for Rhino users
ParaCloud is offering a special online workshop for Rhino users interested in Generative Design and Fabrication.
Review methods for creating ribs with notching for laser cutting, unfold components for 3D printing and shop drawings, generative patterns and more. GEM is easy to learn. In less than two hours you'll be up to speed with the latest in Generative Design - without scripting of any kind. The workshop fee is $355 including a ParaCloud GEM license.
The workshop is delivered via GoToMeeting in two sessions, scheduled according to availability.
ASGvis offers free webinars
A variety of webinars are being offered by ASGvis, from tips and tricks on using V-Ray to tech support and sneak peeks at new product features! Their experts are trained to provide the latest information to help you. Webinars are free!
Upcoming dates:
- Texturing and Decals with V-Ray for Rhino
Thursday, June 18, 2009 1:30PM-2:00PM EDT - Changing your approach to design with T-Splines and V-Ray
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 1:30PM-2:30PM EDT - Large Scene Rendering with V-Ray for Rhino
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 1:30PM-2:00PM EDT
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Jewelry modeling tutorial 3-in-1 DVD bundle
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Driving Dimensions for Rhino
NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia, Jun 9, 2009 - LEDAS Ltd., an independent provider of variational design tools known as Driving Dimensions plugins for different CAD platforms, today announced the beta release of its new plug-in Driving Dimensions 0.1 for Rhino. With this plug-in, Rhino users get a powerful tool for bottom-up assembly design and kinematics simulation with assembly constraints compatible with the capabilities of mainstream MCAD software packages.
Details and free download...
Monday, June 8, 2009
Aeroplane modeling with Rhino by Equation Models kits
In the recent Rhino User Meeting Lyon 2009, Géry Gueville from Equation Models kits made an incredible presentation and showed us the entire process how he manufactures aeroplane models, from the initial blueprints and surfaces to the final kit, including profile generation, curvature analysis, assemblies, CNC milling and visualization.
Download the full presentation here (PDF 13,3 Mb).
Architecture et formes complexes version 1.0

Architecture et formes complexes version 1.0
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris La Villette
25 June 2009
This event organized by Cadlantique and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris La Villette is a great opportunity to learn how top engineering and architecture companies are using the latest 3D technologies and construction techniques to bring the most complex shapes into reality.
Speakers include:
- Entreprise SETEC
- PAOLO CASCONE ingénieur/architecte
- Entreprise B+G Ingénierie
- Cabinet d'architecture ARCHITECTURE STUDIO
- DAVID RUTTEN architecte, concepteur du programme Grasshopper
Sunday, June 7, 2009
PanelingTools for Rhino 4.0 Updated
A new release of PanelingTools plug-in for Rhino 4.0 is available for download. New in this release:
- New commands:
- ptGridSurfaceDomain. It divides a surface by its UV domain. Divide method can be byNumber, byArcLength or byCordLength. There are options to select base point and change UV directions. The command also supports history.
- ptPlanarLips to create variable offset of planar (unrolled) faces.
- ptChanegeGridDensity. Helps increase and decrease grid density in U and V directions.
- ptExtendGrid to extend a paneling grid by user-defined distance in U and V directions.
- New functionality:
- Added an option to ptDivideSurfaceUV to divide the surface by CordLength. The command already support dividing byNumber and ByArcLength.
- ptUnifiyFacesDirection (previously ptUnifyFacesNormal) has new options to adjust the faces U and V directions to match the base surface.
- It is now possible to project paneling edges/faces in a user-defined direction. Use "PanelShape=Projected" in ptPanelGrid command
- Bug fixes:
- Few bug fixes and refinements to ptUnroll commands.
- Fix and I/O crash bug.










