Grasshopper for Rhino - new version

Grasshopper 0.5 for Rhino 4.0 is now available to download.

This major new release has a huge list of new features and enhancements, including:

• C# and VB.NET scripting components.
• BarGraph component for real time visualization for large amounts of numbers.
• Fibonacci sequence component.
• Jitter component.
• More Interval(2D) components.
• Rotate plane component.
• Circle/Arc center and radius extractor.
• Explode curve component.
• Rectangle and Polygon components.
• Plane surface component.
• Flip surface component.
• Curve region union component.
• Mass addition, Mean (average) and Truncate components for dealing with large amounts of numbers.
• Mathematical intersection components (Ray-plane, Plane-curve, Ray- Surface, Curve-ray etc.).
• More options for the Loft component (Loose, Tight, Rebuild etc.).
• Curve Perpendicular frames component now provides true 'zero-twisting- frames'.
• New file format (see this wiki page for details)
• Component search popup dialog. Double click on the canvas (on an empty spot) and start typing.
• Better help topics for some components.
• Memory footprint has been reduced significantly.
• Enhanced notes.
• Bug fixes.

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TurboCAD supports Rhino 3DM

TurboCAD v15.2 with its new Rhino 3DM import/export file filter was just released.

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Qube! render farm management enhanced

PipelineFX, makers of Qube!™, a leading render farm management software, announced that it has released updates and enhancements to Qube! interfaces to several digital media applications.

Qube!'s interface for Rhino provides an easy way to submit, prioritize and manage renders.

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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:

• Added ptPanel3DCustom command to create 3D panels bounded by 2 grids (and surfaces if any). The input of the 3D patterns can be curves, surfaces and polysurfaces of any shape.
• Added orientation feedback and "Flip" option to ptOrientToGrid command. The command uses one grid and optional reference surface.
• Refined the 3D pattern manager.
• Re-written the splitting algorithm for pulled panels (edges and faces). It should be more robust.
• Fixed a divide surface by direct distance bug. If the default distance is too low, it used to take very long time.
• Fixed another divide surface by direct distance bug for closed surfaces.
• Added Solids layer to the user-defined 3D patterns. It joins unit pattern surfaces when applicable.
• Fix brick 2D pattern bug.

Sophie3D viewer released

XOSystems has released Sophie3D, a Flash based 3D viewer. With a few simple steps, you can publish your Rhino models to the web.

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