SimplyRhino UK Architectural Training

SimplyRhino UK, organizer of the Shape To Fabrication events, has developed a new Rhino course geared to professionals in the architectural and engineering industry.

This comprehensive, fast moving two day class starts with a brief refresher on Rhino basics before moving on to discuss NURBS topology in detail and looking at a range of tools and strategies particularly useful to architectural professionals.

Key plug-ins for Rhino including ArchCut, RhinoTerrain, T-Splines and V-Ray render will also be introduced.

Details here...

Shed more light on Rhino

RhinoCentre Netherlands has developed three advanced display settings that you can download now for free from his blog. Gerard Petersen, Naval Architect and owner of RhinoCentre says: "Every now and then I discover that I take some features of Rhino for granted and cope with them for several years until I find out that it is far from optimal. Shaded display mode for example is my default perspective view for years now and there's always a voice in my head whispering that it is strange that symmetrical models, ship hulls for example, show better from one side..."

Read more here...

User News: FoilKayak

FoilKayak, AS will start shipping the Flyak, the world's fastest kayak, in May 2008.

Product Design & Development magazine explains how Rhino was used to design the world's fastest human powered watercraft.

Brazil r/s 2.0 Beta 13a Now Available

Dozens of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.

Details and download...

RhinoAir - new version

The RhinoAir plug-in adds support for Air, TweakAir, and BakeAir to Rhino 4.0's list of supported renderers.

What's new:
- Render shading and lighting to texture maps with BakeAir
- Baked maps can be applied to a model and viewed in Rhino
- Export a model to a VRML file with baked maps

RhinoAir is designed to be compatible with other rendering plug-ins that may be already installed.

Details and download...

PanelingTools for Rhino - first WIP

The first Work-In-Progress (WIP) version of the new PanelingTools plugin for Rhino 4.0 SR3 is now available from Rhino Labs.

For architectural designer, structural engineers and building fabricators who need to rationalize free-form design into components that they can fabricate and assemble, PanelingTools is a Rhino 4.0 plug-in that has a variety of tools to panel complex NURBS surfaces, polysurfaces, and solids. There are built-in patterns like triangular, box or diamond. Also any pattern can be user-defined.

Like all Rhino Labs tools, the PanelingTools is free for all Rhino 4.0 users.

Details and download...

Rhino Scripting Resources

Pablo C. Herrera does an exceptional job of keeping track of what is happening around the world related to Rhino scripting in architecture, and many other topics related to architectural digital design and fabrication. I highly recommend that you subscribe to his blogs. (Note: His blogs are in Spanish but most of the links go to English sites.)

Here is a recent posting on Arquitectura y Programación.

Workshop Handouts
Computational Design Solutions, Griffith+Snavely
Learning RhinoScripting, IAPA
RhinoScript 101, David Rutten, McNeel
RhinoScripting Introduction Podborsek+Snooks+Stuart-Smith
Soluciones de Diseño Computacional Griffith+Snavely+Cardoso
Soluciones de Diseño Computacional Griffith+Cardoso+Herrera
Scripting Handout, David Rutten
Scripting and Computational Geometry, Stylianos Dristas

Script Workshop Notes
Biothing, Alisa Andrasek
Code&Form, Marius Watz
Columbia University+Pratt Institute 2006/2007 Studios
Computational Design Solutions (2006), MIT
Crisis Fronts Studio Script Library, Pratt Institute (2008)
Digital Design+Production Scripts (2008), IAPA
Fundamentos, Declaraciones, Variables, Datos, Pablo C. Herrera
Intro to RhinoScript (2008), Universidad Ball State
Rhino.Scripting Short Tutorials, Universidad Kassel
Soluciones de Diseño Computacional, (2006) UCh, Santiago
Soluciones de Diseño Computacional, (2007) UCh, Santiago
Soluciones de Diseño Computacional, (2008) UPC, Lima
Theverymany, Marc Fornes
Topography/Volume Study: Aggregate Landscape Pattern Study
From Parametric Design to Digital Fabrication, Ohio State University

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Machine Tools Show - Sweden

May 6-9 - Machine Tools, Göteborg, Sweden

Machine Tools, one of the most important industrial fairs in Sweden, will give you an overview of latest machinery, equipment, and tools.

Visit Marinesoft - Booth D04:21 to learn more about Rhino 4.0, RhinoCAM, and reverse engineering tools.

T-Splines for Rhino new service release

T-Splines 1.3 for Rhino is now available many enhancements, some optimization, and a few bug fixes.

Details and download...

You will also find some new T-Splines and Rhino 4 jewelry tutorials in Spanish and English here...

Modeling & Visualization Conference

The 2008 VisMasters Design Modeling and Visualization Conference in Boston, May 12-13, features 17 session covering topics from both the Architectural Visualization and Design and Information modeling fields.

See the Rhino and related products include Explict History, ArchCut, PanelingTools, Brazil, AccuRender nXt, Maxwell, V-Ray, Hayabusa, and VisualARQ... and Rhino for OS X.

Details and sign up...

ParaCloud for Rhino workshops in NYC

ParaCloud™ powers Rhinoceros with generative design capabilities and provides parametric control to accurately and intuitively edit your design for fabrication, construction and performative studies. ParaCloud™ powers Rhino with: Parametric Behavior Modeling, Surfaces and Ribs unfolding, Parametric Shells and Ribs structures, Parametric Components Population, Rhino Blocks Generative Population, Simplified Numeric Control over Spatial Geometry.

• ParaCloud Professional Workshop: New York, 12-13 May 2008
• ParaCloud Free Seminar: New York, 14 May 2008

Orca3D second WIP announced

Orca3D is a marine design and analysis plug-in for Rhino 4.0 from the Advanced Technology Center at DRS C3 Systems, Inc. All Rhino users are invited to try the second Work-in-Progress (WIP) release.

Orca3D currently includes tools for hull modeling and fairing, as well as intact hydrostatics and stability. New capabilities will continue to be added.

Details and download...

TECNOGOLD 2008 São Paulo, Brasil

TECNOGOLD 2008 São Paulo Brasil. Jewellery, Watch & Clock Trade Show, Start : Thursday 24 April 2008, 12:00 End : Saturday 26 April 2008, 18:00 was a big success this year. If you were not able to attend, here are the pictures.

Save video card details to a file

If you are you are encountering display problems in Rhino, it is extremely helpful if we have all of your video card details. This new Rhino script saves a file that you can send to tech support with a description of problem you are encountering.

Details and download...

Training Schedule Update

Rhino commercial training schedule

Rhino training is available worldwide. Choose from a variety of classes including Level I, Level II, Rhino 4.0 Upgrade, and many more.

New classes include:
Australia - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane & Perth
Montana - Rhino for jewelers
New York - RhinoGold
Acapulco - RhinoGold at DIMé 2.0 Conference

Schedule...

Teachers and students: You may attend one of our three-day Level I commercial classes on a no-charge space-available basis at our offices in Barcelona, Irvine, Miami and Seattle.

Free 3-D workshops for educators

Teachers: Learn how to bring 3-D modeling to your design, drafting, graphics and technology curriculum without the burden of learning another software product. Click on the date for more details. (Space is limited, sign up early.)

Watch this web page for further details and additional cities. To host a workshop at your school, email Jody.

Zoo 4.0 New Version

New features include:

• Support for Routed Networks: With Rhino 4.0 SR3 and later clients, the Zoo can be found across routed networks. The client finds the Zoo using a DNS entry or a local registry key. See the help file that installs with Zoo 4.0 for configuration details.
• New product support: The Zoo supports Bongo 2.0 and Flamingo 2.0 CD-Keys.
• Backward Compatible: The new Zoo can replace your existing Zoo, and will work with all existing clients.
• Help File with updated configuration information.

Details and download...

The Loremo

The Loremo, designed with Rhino, needs only 2 L. diesel/100Km (118 mpg) and has all the comfort of German cars: airbag, ABS, ESP and air conditioner starting at less than 15,000 €.

At flexiCAD.com you'll find the complete article originally published at German magazine Digital Engineering Magazin

Save plug-in details to a text file

This script save the names of loaded and unloaded plug-ins to a text file. It may be useful when you are debugging scripts or having problems with Rhino. Details and download...

RhinoScript for Rhino 4.0 SR3 Updated

This Labs version of RhinoScript contains additions and modifications to the version of RhinoScript included with Rhino 4.0 SR3. Details and download...

Flamingo 2.0 Release Candidate 1

Flamingo 2.0 is nearing release. We've fixed all the bugs we know about.

Download Flamingo 2.0 Release Candidate 1, and give us your feedback today.

Flamingo 2.0 will operate exactly like this Release Candidate - including any bugs you experience - unless you report the bugs promptly.

New in Release Candidate 1:

• Installer: Most custom Flamingo 1.1 libraries are now migrated to Flamingo 2.0.
• Ambient Light: The ambient light setting did not work as expected. This is fixed.
• Crashes: many bugs that caused crashes have been fixed.
• Installer: 33 installer bugs have been fixed.
• Light fixture library: A failure bug when creating a library has been fixed.
• Light fixture properties: Dimming the light in Raytrace mode did not work properly. This is fixed.
• Lights: Five failure bugs in the Light Properties dialog box have been fixed.
• Post-Processing: The post processing changes are now saved in the file.

Download now, and send us your feedback.

Report problems on the Flamingo Newsgroup, or to Technical Support.

Using RealFlow with Rhino

David Rutten wrote a plug-in to import RealFlow data into Rhino. Here are a few examples.

Details and download...

User News: Reichel-Pugh Yacht Design

Visione is a 147-foot high-performance cruiser that was designed by Reichel-Pugh using a combination of analysis-based surface modelers and Rhino 3D design software.

Reichel-Pugh Yacht Design, based in San Diego, CA, specializes in designing world-class racing yachts. The company’s designs have won 17 major competitions so far this decade, including nearly every major Grand Prix-level sailing contest on the planet. Details...

DIMe 2.0 - Design students in Mexico

DIMe 2.0 is a major event that will gather design students and teachers from many different universities and the industry in one place: Acapulco, Mexico.

Details...

Rhinophoto beta available

Rhinophoto is a Photogrammetry plugin for Rhino and provides automatic 3D digitizing from a set of photographs. You can now perform 3D digitalization with your Camera...

Details and download...

Rhino 4.0 upgrade guide

This new PDF upgrade guides show you how to take advantage of the new Rhino 4.0 functionality.

Download...

Rhino Training for the Marine Industry

May 13-14: Vijfhuizen, Netherlands

Details...

New tutorial site

If you haven't discovered Ivan Vuzem's Rhino tutorials web site, check it out.

You can watch for his latest additions on the right side of this page.

Brazil r/s 2.0 Beta 12 Now Available

Dozens of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.

Details...

Rhino OS X - new build

There is a new build available, Wenatchee 2008-04-22, with the following changes:

New features:

• You can now import and export FBX files. This is a port of the Windows import/export code. We do not have Mac applications to test the resulting files. Please report problems on the support forum.

Bug fixes:

• You can now disable localization languages in the Rhino application Get Info box.
• View changes, camera changes, and active layer changes mark document as changed.
• The DragMode command no longer crashes when choosing World, View, or UVN mode.
• Fix crash when trying to save to read-only directory.
• Disable Save button when a read-only directory is selected in the file save dialog.
• Files imported from external formats now have the typical Top/Front/Right/Perspective views set.
• Fix crash when file import fails.

More details...

rhinoreverse™ 2.8.0 released

rhinoreverse is fully integrated in Rhino 4.0. It enables the user to transform digitized surfaces (point meshes) to NURBS surfaces. New features include:

• Powerful "healing" algorithm - RRHeal
  Already existing NURBS-face models can be healed: Small gaps, steps and overlaps will be filled automatically.
• Relief surfaces - RRRelief
  In geography and architecture large relief surfaces are given in STL format, but for engineering tasks often NURBS face data are needed. To transform them, the method RRRelief was designed.
• Complex Patches - RRPatch
  In order to create complex patches, RRPatch allows adding curves in order to define the inner shape of the patch. A tolerance-based interpolation algorithm generates joinable surfaces.

More details and download...