Each year members of the more than 1,200 worldwide Fab Labs gather to share, discuss, collaborate and create communities around the different local and global interests of digital manufacturing, innovation, and technology.
This year, the FAB14+ conference takes place in Toulouse, France, July 16-22 at the Pierre Baudis Convention Center with “Fabricating Resilience” as its central topic. Form2fab, Authorized Rhino Reseller and Trainer, will be exhibiting (stand CH13) and holding a series of workshops on "Digital Design and Fabrication with Grasshopper". Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about generative design and digital fabrication!
Version 1.4 of RhinoNC is now available and compatible
with Rhino 6at 64-bit.
RhinoNC is the modular CAM for every 2.5
to 5 axis milling requirement.Due
to the different needs of manufacturing companies, the software is designed
with the flexibility necessary to respond over time to the growing demand for
end-user performance. Companies
that currently have simple needs might keep using RhinoNC in the future byadding the planned functions or strategies, thus enhancing it from time to time.
Do your energy choices make a difference in your building design? Find out with the cove.tool plugin.
This Rhino/Grasshopper plugin churns through building performance calculations and design options to weigh the energy costs vs. optimization. You can use cost optimization to select the highest performing building for the least cost.
Cove.tool recently improved their energy modeling plugin with their Architecture 2030 dashboard. Architecture 2030 directly links to the API to log the firm's performance. Cove.tool also added parametric Grasshopper workflow definitions.
Tech 2018, its sixth annual event, is a four-day experience for professionals in the AEC industry and more! The 2018 theme, Interpolations, focuses on the injection of innovative processes, technologies, and workflows that are rerouting the way the industry works, designs, and thinks.
The Hungarian architects, T2.a Architects, use Rhino and Grasshopper to design a configurable apartment complex.
DANUBIO, located on FOKA Bay on the Danube, is a new residential development in Budapest.
Its uniqueness is its customizable floor plans. Before purchasing, residents can define the design by how much floor space they want, their outdoor-indoor ratio, and the orientation of their home. Using Grasshopper enabled the architects to develop a script for the algorithm. The design is adjusted during the design process when a new resident enters the community.
Read the ArchDaily articleto see some new concepts in mass customization...
Marine Design Workshop: Orca3D + ExpressMarine by Stéphane Dardel
22-24 October 2018
10.00h - 18.00h
McNeel Europe S.L.
Roger de Flor, 32-34 bajos
08018 Barcelona (Spain)
Join us for a 3-day Orca3D + ExpressMarine workshop, co-organised by McNeel Europe and Nick Danese Applied Research, at McNeel Europe’s Barcelona offices, 22-24 October.
Orca3D is a naval architecture plugin for hull design, hydrostatics and intact stability, performance prediction and weight tracking.
ExpressMarine, now in its version 2, enables ship designers to build up parametric 3D models of marine structures rapidly. The main advantage of the plugin is a dramatic reduction of modeling time, but more fundamentally, it allows developing the 3D structural model very early in the design process.
In this three-day workshop participants acquire an in-depth understanding of the scopes of Orca3D and ExpressMarine. They go through hands-on exercises, from initial hull design, foundations of fairing technics, hull fairness assessment, hydrostatics and stability checks, to creating a parametric structural model with ExpressMarine. Discover the synergy offered by these complementary plugins, for example through the automatic update of the structural model from an updates Orca3D hull form.
Course Requirements: Although open to all, the course is more directly intended for ship designers/ naval architects, professional and academic.
A reasonable proficiency with Rhino is expected from participants.
Any modern PC running Rhino 6 will be ok in the context of the training workshop. Software Licenses: Orca3D and ExpressMarine licenses can be provided free of charge for the duration of the training. Course Fee: EUR 795 (+VAT). Please note that your seat is only confirmed once the payment clears. Full-time students and university teachers (proof of status required) will get a 50% discount. Maximum Number of Participants: 10 participants. If there is no quorum, the course will be canceled 15 days before. Language: English
Educational seats are limited. Sign up now by contacting McNeel Europe at tech.eu@mcneel.com ...
Codify: Parametric and Computational Design in Landscape Architecture by Bradley Cantrell and Adam Mekies
Codify is a series of essays that explores what it means to use, modify, and create computational tools in a contemporary design environment.
Essays written by leading academics and professionals provide snapshots of digital practice.
The sections examine the role of computational tools in landscape architecture through historical accounts, theoretical arguments, and potential. Filled with case studies that include scripting and digital analysis, the implementation of smart algorithms, and custom applications, the book leads you to new methods of organizing, understanding and quantifying data that allow for smarter, sustainable landscape architecture.
Rhino Compute is a cloud-accessible geometry calculator for developers. Compute allows access to the Rhino's geometry library through a stateless REST API via the McNeel cloud. You can access 2400+ RhinoCommon API calls from outside Rhino as an online web service, including:
Advanced Design Workshop by Luigi Memola London, UK August 14, 2018 from 12:30 pm to 5:30 pm The Advanced Design Workshop is a special event brought to you by Luigi Memola, 3D Artist and Concept Designer. Luigi explains his process and techniques used in the creation of his personal work. He will cover topics on the design process, addressing the designer’s need to increase the quality of their work and reduce communication time of an idea from one department to another. He will also push designers to research and develop the appropriate tools and techniques to enhance the creative process.
This workshop is an introductory course on the development, control, and feasibility of complex geometries through design parameters using Grasshopper, the most advanced generative modeling software for architecture and design.
This workshop is for architects, designers, engineers and anyone interested in parametric modeling tools.
What is a RhinoFabStudio?A RhinoFabStudio™ (fabrication studio) is a small-scale digital workshop, certified by McNeel, with an array of Rhino and Rhino compatible software and computer controlled tools and training. These tools cover the various leading-edge industrial methods and materials needed to design, analyze, and fabricate almost anything.
Rhinoforyou, Authorized Rhino Reseller, will show the latest news about Rhino, Grasshopper and VisualARQ at BtoBIM (Thursday 5th July 2018 at Icam Nantes), at booth nº3.
Proving Ground's custom software development kit connects Rhino and its geometry and computational design platform with Revit and its building information modeling platform.
This is a great conference to catch up on the current state of BIM with a double track of presentations and expert speakers in architecture, engineering, and construction. See how the integration of many digital tools has affected both large and small projects.
See a stellar line-up of over 30 speakers and earn 5 AIA CEUs.
The Twelfth Annual USC BIM Conference Thursday, July 12, 2018, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm USC, School of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Course description: In this class you'll learn to create and edit accurate free-form 3D NURBS models. This fast-moving class covers most of Rhino's functionality, including the most advanced surfacing commands. You'll learn concepts and features of Grasshopper at an accelerated pace in an instructor-led hands-on environment. The advantages of using Grasshopper in preliminary design and concept development come to life when the students create their models on a 3D printer and a laser machine.
For more information please contact Jackie Nasser or call 305-513-4445.
What is a RhinoFabStudio?A RhinoFabStudio™ (fabrication studio) is a small-scale digital workshop, certified by McNeel, with an array of Rhino and Rhino compatible software and computer controlled tools and training. These tools cover the various leading-edge industrial methods and materials needed to design, analyze, and fabricate almost anything.
Marine Design Workshop: Orca3D + ExpressMarine by Stéphane Dardel 11-13 July 2018 10.00h - 18.00h McNeel Europe S.L. Roger de Flor, 32-34 bajos 08018 Barcelona (Spain) A 3-day Orca3D + ExpressMarine workshop, co-organised by McNeel Europe and Nick Danese Applied Research, will be at McNeel Europe’s Barcelona offices, 11-13 July. Orca3D is a naval architecture plugin for hull design, hydrostatics and intact stability, performance prediction and weight tracking. ExpressMarine, now in its version 2, enables ship designers to build up parametric 3D models of marine structures rapidly. The main advantage of the plugin is a dramatic reduction of modeling time, but more fundamentally to allow developing the 3D structural model very early in the design process. In this three-day workshop participants acquire an in-depth understanding of the scopes of Orca3D and ExpressMarine. They go through hands-on exercises, from initial hull design, foundations of fairing technics, hull fairness assessment, hydrostatics and stability checks, to creating a parametric structural model with ExpressMarine. The workshop is the occasion to discover the synergy offered by these complementary plugins, for example through the automatic update of the structural model from an update Orca3D hull form. Day 1
Course Requirements: Although open to all, the course is intended for ship designers/naval architects, professional and academic. A reasonable proficiency with Rhino. Any modern PC running Rhino 6. Software Licenses: Orca3D and ExpressMarine licenses can be provided free of charge for the duration of the training. Course Fee: EUR 795 (+VAT). Full-time students, university teachers (proof of status required) will get a 50% discount. Please note your seat is only confirmed once the payment clears. Register before July 10th to get a 25% discount on the course fee. Use VOUCHER25/10 to apply for the discount.
Maximum Number of Participants: 10 participants. If there is no quorum, the course will be canceled 15 days before. Language: English
Educational seats are limited. Sign up now by contacting McNeel Europe!
The scientific co-chairs of AAG2018 (22-25 Sep 2018 - Gothenburg) invite poster submissions on topics of interest to the AAG community. We encourage the submission of work in progress research. The poster review committee will review the submissions and send out poster acceptance notices by July 24th. Up to 40 posters will be accepted. Posters will be printed on A0 paper on site and exhibited. There will be a time slot in the program for a poster session where poster authors can present their work in the exhibition and discuss it with attendees. The poster venue is a key element of sharing in progress and experimental work and to getting feedback from the AAG community.
Advances in Architectural Geometry (AAG) is a conference where both theoretical and practical work linked to new geometrical developments is presented. It involves architects, engineers, computer scientists, mathematicians, software and algorithms designers, and contractors. Its aim is to connect researchers from architectural and engineering practices, academia and industry. AAG has become a reference both in research and in practice and is supported by the direct participation of the most renowned architectural design and engineering offices along with research laboratories.
The symposium is a biennial event, previously held in 2008 and 2010 in Vienna, 2012 in Paris, 2014 in London, and 2016 in Zurich. In 2018 it will take place at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg from 22-25 September 2018.
Goswin Rothenthal will show how he used F# and Rhinoceros to construct an associative digital 3D model for the manufacturing of the cladding of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Dome.
Using Python scripting or visual programming inside CAD apps is common. Goswin will show how hosting the FSharp Interactive REPL inside another app can improve the scripting experience with type checking, error highlighting and autocompletion. Goswin is an architect, façade engineer and software developer working at Waagner Biro. He specializes in the design, analysis, optimization, and automation of architectural façades of non-regular geometries.
Wood Tech, Rhino3D Colombia, and McNeel Miamiinvite you to visit our stand and workshops at the 2018 edition of The Design Fair in Medellín, Colombia, from June 22-24, and discover the new design trends! Join Andres Gonzalez, Ovidio Cardonona and Julian Oquendo in the Computational and Parametric Modeling Workshops with Rhino 6 and Grasshopper. For information about these seminars, please click here. Also, have some fun playing SudoHopper3D, a card game that allows students and teachers to learn in an entertaining but challenging environment. Date: June 22-24, 2018 Time: 10 am - 8 pm Place: Centro de Convenciones y Exposiciones Plaza Mayor Calle 41 #55 - 80, Medellín, Colombia
What is aRhinoFabStudio?A RhinoFabStudio™ (fabrication studio) is a small-scale digital workshop, certified by McNeel, with an array of Rhino and Rhino compatible software and computer controlled tools and training. These tools cover the various leading-edge industrial methods and materials needed to design, analyze, and fabricate almost anything.
Robotic Fabrications – Circular Saw Tactics Architectural Association Hooke Park (UK) 26 July – 5 August, 2018 roboticfabrications.aaschool.ac.uk Robotic Fabrications Visiting School is a series of architectural experiments based at the Architectural Association's Hooke Park campus. Operating as an experimental research branch of the AA’s Design + Make programme, Robotic Fabrications reinvents and hijacks traditional making techniques and tools – applying them to innovative processes for architecture. This year’s programme, Circular Saw Tactics, will operate on small timber sections with precision and high speed, producing exquisite components. The weapon of choice – a circular saw – will gain an augmented level of control when wielded by the large KR-150, allowing users to perform operations with surgical precision. In Phase 3 of the visiting school, participants develop the skin of the foundry. To generate large composite wing structures, participants will test this new tool and the robot to their limit – fostering the cross-fertilization of manual and automated skill. The pace of Robotic Fabrications is furious. By merging timber construction with cutting-edge robotic fabrication and 3D scanning technologies, the programme offers a hands-on introduction to the world of robotics through the format of a 10-day visiting school. Robotic Fabrications is open to current architecture and design students, young professionals and anyone interested in the relationship between fabrication and technology. Application Deadline – 13 July 2018
Digital Design and Production in Architecture workshop Politecnico di Milano From Tuesday July 3rd To Friday July 13th , 2018 The workshop Digital Design and Production in Architecture, organized by INDEXLAB – Politecnico di Milano, offers a new vision of architecture and its manufacturing methodologies. While 20th Century architecture focused on mass production and serial repetition of its components, today’s architecture will be strongly characterized by varied and unique elements, industrially produced through advanced CNC fabrication machines. At the same time, the rise of novel programming platforms for design generates processes and algorithms that allow the control of form and technological aspects from the first conceptual stages of the design till the construction phase. This makes it possible to integrate aesthetics and functionality, structural resistance and energy performance within one coherent design process. In defining such “design to production” workflow, both fabrication and material limits and potentials play a crucial role in generating competitive logical construction systems. Robots and CNC machinery contribute to the redefinition of design methodologies and construction processes, transferring most of the manufacturing from the building site to industrial production, where advanced components, integrating structure and envelope, can be designed and fabricated into complex solutions with high aesthetic and functional value. The workshop aims to bring together visionary companies, advanced designers, and innovation-oriented students to envision new synergies between academic research, architectural practice and industrial production.
Are you interested in gaining Parametric competency to push your design skills to the next level? Are you ready to learn a very exciting and powerful tool that will take your ideas and concepts to a whole new realm? These Parametric Design Workshops will provide you with the necessary knowledge and ability to use Grasshopper, a free visual programming plugin in Rhinoceros. The workshop will also include a hands-on parametric project. If you already know Grasshopper and would like to increase your parametric knowledge, then you can choose option 2.
Option 1: General Workshop for Beginners - 16 hours: Start 14 July 2018
Option 2: Intensive Workshop for Intermediates - 8 hours: Start 21 July 2018
CG Specialist Anastasia Zhivaeva will explain in this 45-minute webinar the process of setting up a project in simple steps.
Find out the principles of creating fast, effective and efficient visualizations. Anastasia will show you the essential tips and tricks every V-Ray Rhinouser should know. Learn how to set up the camera, environment, lighting, shading, atmospheric effects, rendering settings and much more.
Here's a sneak peek of Galaxia, this year's Temple for Burning Man. Get a preview of one of the most stunning parametric art projects presented by the lead artist Arthur Mamou-Mani and Aaron Porterfield.
The Desert Arts Preview is an event where featured artists share their inspiration and hopes for their work-in-progress. Learn more about this interesting project that matches 3D modeling tools like Rhinoceros and Grasshopper with fabrication tools like laser cutters and 3D printers. An exclusive window into the development, building and creative process of this timber module structure.
Python, the flexible programming and scripting language that is supported by so many applications, allowing your work to be reused in different environments, is now supported on ShapeDiver.
Now for you, Proving Ground has new machine learning examples with the LunchBoxML plugin for Grasshopper.
Last year, Proving Ground introduced LunchBoxML – a machine learning plugin for Grasshopper and Dynamo that uses the Accord Framework. Now, LunchBoxML introduced a few new examples to show the application of Gaussian Mixture and Neural Network components.
The Gaussian Mixture model demonstrates an unsupervised learning algorithm to group 3D panels based on geometry attributes for size and shape.
The Neural Network example demonstrates a simple supervised learning algorithm that uses training data about space attributes (area, length, and width) and their resulting classification (office, conference, etc.).
The Accord.NET Framework is a .NET machine learning framework combined with audio and image processing libraries written in C#. It is a complete framework for building production-grade computer vision, computer audition, signal processing, and statistics applications.
The IaaC is a center of research, education, production, and outreach. Based in Barcelona, Spain, the Institute's mission is to envision the future habitat of our society and build the present. Following the digital revolution at all scales, from bits to geography, from micro-controllers to cities, from materials to the territory, the IaaC is an experimental and experiential center where one learns by doing, through a test of methodology that promotes real solutions.
The Master in Robotics and Advanced Construction (MRAC), co-directed by Alexandre Dubor and Aldo Sollazzo, seeks to train a new generation of interdisciplinary professionals capable of facing our growing need for a more sustainable and optimized construction eco-system. The Master focuses on the emerging design and market opportunities arising from novel robotic and advanced manufacturing systems, by offering an international and multidisciplinary environment where engineers, designers, architects, artisans, and industry partners rethink the construction industry.
For MRAC, IaaC announces two full scholarships at ABB and CRICURSA, followed by a remunerated three months internship in their facilities in Barcelona.
Students will learn to:
manipulate and integrate robotics and advanced manufacturing process
create and generate a parametric design for mass customization in the connected industry 4.0
integrate computer vision and sensor feedback for complex material systems and fabrication processes
explore the potential of computational optimization, artificial intelligence, and machine learning
understand and integrate the potential of autonomous robot systems
develop new applications of augmented reality and connected mobile devices
propose new digital design and building technologies for both prefabrication and on-site construction
The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is well known for its contributions to research in global environment, geo systems, and climate. ELiSE Leichtbau is a technology brand of the AWI. The ELiSE team focuses on lightweight design and optimization based on the biologic research on algae skeletons and collaborates with major companies in the automotive and aerospace industry, among others. The Bremerhaven (Germany) team is searching for a software developer as soon as possible for the following tasks: - contribution to the development of a modular software architecture for the parametric generation and assessment of geometries - assistance in the development of a Grasshopper plugin - design of an upcoming software in a planned start-up Qualifications: - Bachelor's or Master's Degree (or similar) in a study program related to computer science or engineering - advanced knowledge of C# - experience with microservice architectures - experience with graphics applications - experience in agile software development with continuous integration - experience in CAD kernels (RhinoCommon, Parasolid,...) The job offer is limited until August 31, 2019, with the option of a long-term extension and the prospect of a key developer position in the start-up. If you are interested in a challenging software development in an open-minded, young group, please contact AWI directly or find further information on the position (in German): https://www.awi.de/nc/arbeiten-lernen/jobs/stellenangebote/software-entwicklerin.html
*Students with C# and Grasshopper skills are also welcome to apply to a part time job by contacting daniel.siegel@awi.de
In the past, marine design with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) was expensive and required the expertise of a specialist. Now Orca3D Marine CFD has changed all of that, coupling the power and ease-of-use of Rhino, Orca3D, and Simerics MP.
Register for this webinar to see how accessible Orca3D Marine CFD can be. It takes just minutes to set up and start an analysis, and it is practical to run on ordinary engineering laptops or desktops.
Introduction to Jewellery Modeling and 3D Printing by Chesco Díaz 16-17 June 2018 Instituto Gemológico Español C/ Alenza, 1. 28003 Madrid
The IGE (Instituto Gemológico Español) is organizing an introductory course to Jewellery Modeling and 3D Printing. Chesco Diaz, jewelry modeler, Rhinoceros and Rhinogold authorized trainer, and IGE teacher will show the typical working process from the design to the printing of the jewellery piece.
Course Fee: EUR 100. IGE members will get a 15% discount.
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