Another interesting blog for Rhino users

They work for Her

The new wework|4her blog by the team at Zaha Hadid Architects has many interesting Rhino-related ideas.

Jarek on RhinoScript, Grasshopper, and more...

Jarek Bieda from HOK is kind enough to start sharing his in-house RhinoScript code. The first one is ArrayCrvPLUS, that adds new ways of arraying items along path curves or path curves on surface.

Check out Jarek's blog...

Stay tuned... He will be posting more as he gets the interface and error handling tuned up.

Rayflectar Graphics - Timer Utility, etc.

Thomas Anagnostou at Rayflectar Graphics has been kind enough to share the many tools he has developed for his own in-house use.

The latest is a Project Timers for automatic tracking of project time. This free utility helps keep track of time spent on Rhino projects and other documents.

Other free utilities and scripts include:

Units Converter Tool - Calculate conversions between units. This is a free utility that helps in conversion of multiple units at a once..

Gear Generator - Involute Gear Generator


Harmony - Manipulate clusters of objects
This is a script to distribute various transformation aspects to any number (cluster) of objects, such as distribution of:

• Equidistance (distribute object equally spaced)
• Alignment (align to any of x,y axis or to the curvature of a surface)
• Object displacement (controlled by surface deltas)
• Rotation (constant to any of x,y,z axis, or controlled by surface deltas)
• Scale (constant to any of x,y,z axis, or controlled by surface deltas)
• Jitter (displacement, rotation or scale randomness to any of x,y,z directions or controlled by surface deltas)

IsoMatch - Isometric view match
The user can draw any two planar lines representing the X and Y-axis of an axonometric view and the script will convert a perspective viewport to a parallel view with corresponding camera angle. If the user constructs the XY guides with a specific angle (eg 30-30) then the result will be an isometric view..

MinBox - Minimum Bounding Box
This is a RhinoScript to generate the minimum bounding box of any 3D object (or objects) including planar objects..

CameraLine - Manipulate Camera-Target
This simple Rhino script fits the current camera-target to any line segment. It is possible to either extract a line representing the current camera-target, or assign the camera to a new line. This is also a good way to have a number of lines (as a visual cue) of several possible camera locations. Use this tool to fine-tune focal distances (accurate adjustment of Depth-of-Field) for render engines such as Maxwell.

Details and download...

RhinoScript - Archimedean Spirals

Here is a new example that creates Archimedean Spirals using RhinoScript.

More RhinoScript examples, tips, and tricks...

RhinoScript workshop in Paris

On June 17-18 there will be a RhinoScript workshop for professionals organized by McNeel Europe in Paris.

Marc Fornes will teach how to get the most from RhinoScript starting from the basics (operators and functions, conditions, arrays) to the final analysis, description, reconstruction and tessellation of NURBS surfaces.

Marc Fornes, Architect DPLG, is the founder of THEVERYMANY, a design studio and collaborative research forum engaging the field of architecture via encoded and explicit processes. Rhino and RhinoScript expert, Marc collaborates with McNeel on a regular basis.

More information and registration here (french)...

Circle Packing RhinoScript - new version

Steven Janssen has posted a new vesion of his circle packing RhinoScipt on the Rhino wiki.

Details and download...

RhinoScript Updated

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