Ann Arbor, MI, USA, and Novosibirsk, Russia, December 17, 2009 – The University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and LEDAS Ltd., an independent provider of variational design tools, component technologies, and software development services for CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM market, today announced that LGS 3D geometric constraint solver will be used for scientific research in the field of robotics.
Wesley McGee, a Researcher/Lecturer in Architectural CAD/CAM technologies at the University of Michigan Taubmann College of Architecture and Urban Planning explains: "My current work, along with Dave Pigram of Pratt Institute includes developing robotic scripting applications using Rhinoceros 3D software. We are very interested in LEDAS Rhino Assembly plug-in and the geometric constraint engine it based on. One area we are investigating is the development of kinematic simulation of our robotic workcell in Rhino. We currently use several competing products to handle this, but to have a system completely based in Rhino would provide a lot of freedom. While our scripts are currently very successful at generating robotic code, we still simulate using an offline simulation package. We believe using the LGS 3D engine we may be able to build an offline simulation plug-in for Rhino."
Monday, December 21, 2009
Rhino Assembly at University of Michigan Taubman College
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Dutch Marine Industry user meeting
Representatives from the leading companies in the Dutch marine industry recently gathered to network and learn from each other how they're using Rhino in their current processes. Through the presentations and discussions that followed, participants learned how they can minimize hours with better integration of Rhino into their workflow of designing and manufacturing yachts and merchant ships.
RhinoCentre organized the event along with the help of TU-Delft University of Marine Technology. Organizers invited McNeel staff to listen in and join the discussion.
Firms represented include:
Friday, November 20, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Art exhibition by Rinus Roelofs in Spain
If you happen to be in Tudela (Navarra, Spain), don't miss the "Metamorfosis" exhibition by Rinus Roelofs.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Grasshopper primer, Spanish edition
Francisco Calvo – Katherine Cáceres from Tectónicas Digitales have translated the Grasshopper primer by Andrew Payne (Lift Architects) to Spanish.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Rhino User - Scott Schneider, New Deal Studios
Scott Schneider is a digital set designer and lead artist at New Deal Studios. A few of the films he has worked on include: The Aviator, Night at the Museum 2, The Dark Knight, Whiteout, Watchmen, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Iron Man, I Am Legend, Live Free or Die Hard, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Reign of Fire, The Scorpion King, The One, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Blade, The X Files, Alien: Resurrection, Men in Black, A Dangerous Woman, Jurassic Park, Edward Scissorhands and many more.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
ImportExtender for dental applications
Monday, October 12, 2009
RhinoLabsTools Update (October 12, 2009)
The RhinoLabsTools plug-in has been updated to include a new ExplodeLinetype command, which will explode curves with non-continuous linetypes into their component parts.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
RhinoScript.org - updated
The RhinoScript.org site now features RhinoScript and Grasshopper script libraries, extensions to the gallery and user profiles.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Import Dental Models into Rhino
CIMSystems has released a beta version of ImportExtender for Rhino to import different file formats that come from different specific dental software: .c3s; .cdt; .st; .art; .cof; .xtl; .nmdl; and .scn.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Rhino/Grasshopper Study Session #4 - Tokyo
Rhino and Grasshopper Study Session #4 will be August 20 at Noiz Architects Tokyo office.
Friday, July 31, 2009
MachStudio direct export from Rhino
Monday, July 27, 2009
RhinoScript Labs update (July 27, 2009)
RhinoScript is a scripting language based on Microsoft's VBScript language.
With RhinoScript, you can quickly add functionality to Rhino, or automate a variety of repetitive tasks.
The Labs version of RhinoScript contains additions and modifications to the version of RhinoScript included with Rhino 4.0 SR6.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Grasshopper tools in C#
Grasshopper includes an impressive list of components, however, when design tasks become more advanced, you might need a custom component. With scripting components, the user can design their own custom components.
Giulio Piacentino, an architect based in the Netherlands, has been kind enough to share his custom C# components.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Form vs. Shape Advanced Training - now with video
Friday, May 15, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
RhinoScript Labs Update (April 20, 2009)
RhinoScript is a scripting language based on Microsoft's VBScript language. With RhinoScript, you can quickly add functionality to Rhino, or automate repetitive tasks.
The Labs version of RhinoScript contains additions and modifications to the version of RhinoScript included with Rhino 4.0 SR5.
The following new functions have been added to the Labs version of RhinoScript:
AddPlanarMesh - Creates a planar mesh from a closed, planar curve.
BoxMorphObject - Bounding box morphs an object.
ClosedCurveOrientation - Returns the orientation of a closed, planar curve.
CurrentDetail - Returns or changes the current detail view in a page layout view.
CurveNormalizedParameter - Converts a normalized curve parameter to a curve parameter.
CurveParameter - Converts a curve parameter to a normalized curve parameter.
DetailNames - Returns the detail views of a page layout view.
DimStyleLengthFactor - Returns or changes the length factor of a dimension style.
DimStylePrefix - Returns or changes the prefix of a dimension style..
DimStyleSuffix - Returns or changes the suffix of a dimension style..
DivideCurveEquidistant - Divides a curve such that the linear distance between the points is equal.
ExtrudeCurveTapered - Extrudes a curve to a taper.
GetMeshFaces - Prompts the user to pick, or select, one or more mesh faces.
GetMeshVertices - Prompts the user to pick, or select, one or more mesh vertices.
IntersectSpheres - Calculates the intersection of two spheres.
IsDetail - Verifies that a detail view is on a page layout view.
IsLayout - Verifies that a view is a page layout view.
IsLayoutObject - Verifies that an object resides in either layout or model space.
IsPointOnMesh - Verifies that a point is on a mesh.
Layer State Methods - Several new layer state methods were added.
LineCylinderIntersection - Calculates the intersection of a line and a cylinder.
LineSphereIntersection - Calculates the intersection of a line and a sphere.
MakeCurveNonPeriodic - Makes a periodic curve non-periodic.
MakeSurfaceNonPeriodic - Makes a periodic surface non-periodic
MeshVertexFaces - Returns the mesh faces that share a mesh vertex.
ObjectLayout - Returns or changes the layout or model space of an object.
PlaneSphereIntersection - Calculates the intersection of a plane and a sphere.
ProjectCurveToMesh - Projects one or more curves onto one or more meshes.
ProjectPointToMesh - Projects one or more points onto one or more meshes.
RemoveCurveKnot - Deletes a knot from a curve.
RemoveSurfaceKnot - Deletes a knot-line from a surface.
ResetMaterial - Resets a material to Rhino's default material.
ReverseSurface - Reverses the direction of a surface object.
ShootRay - Shoots a ray at a collection of surfaces.
SurfaceNormalizedParameter - Converts a normalized surface parameter to a surface parameter.
SurfaceParameter - Converts a surface parameter to a normalized surface parameter.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
PanelingTools New Release for Rhino 4.0 SR5
A new release of PanelingTools plug-in for Rhino 4.0 SR5 is available for download.
New Commands:
- ptSerializeObjects. Adds serializing tag or name to objects (points, curves, surfaces, etc) relative to:
- Selection order.
- World coordinates.
- User-defined direction.
- Reference surface.
- ptExtrudeEdges. Extrude paneling edges normal to a base surface or by a user-defined direction.
- ptOffsetEdges. Offset paneling edges using base surface.
- ptFinEdges. Fin paneling edges using base surface.
Added features:
- Added "Connect" option to offset points command to draw connecting lines.
- Added the ability to define more than one polyline in the 2d pattern manager per pattern.
- Labels for faces and edges have now a new prefix which is layer name.
- Changed the name of command ptRemoveOverlap to pCleanOverlap.
- Added overlap tolerance to ptCleanOverlap command that:
- Deletes grid points that are within tolerance in the u direction.
- Moves points within tolerance in v direction to overlap.
Bug fixes:
- Fix out of memory bug when reading older files. This was due to a bug in the file I/O of previous release. You may loose saved data when you open older data (such as patterns), but reading the file shouldn't cause an out of memory bug. If it does, load protect against PanelingTools (use PluginManager) before opening the file.
- Fix preview bugs in the 2d pattern manager.
- Fix a bug when loading PT scripting file for Monkey (.synaxml).
Monday, March 16, 2009
Grasshopper VB Scripting Primer
Dr Patrick Janssen, Department of Architecture at the National University of Singapore, is developing a Grasshopper VB Scripting Primer for his students. He has been kind enough to share it, but he is looking for your feedback on how it can be improved.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Fun with Grasshopper
Daniel Piker has been having fun with a Cellular Automata Heightfield (and other things) in Grasshopper.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Escape from Berkeley?
Rhino user, Jack McCornack is looking to change the way we fill up our tanks. And if he figures out how to get up to a hundred miles per gallon he could win the 10 million dollar Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE.
Sponsored by Mother Earth News, Jack with his now famous car, Max, has already won the Escape from Berkeley (by any non-petroleum means necessary) last October.
Josh Zepps from Brink on Discovery's Science Channel tracked down Jack to learn more about how a guy in his garage in Southern Oregon is taking on the automotive giants for the industry's biggest prize.
Friday, January 16, 2009
3DPaintBrush adds Rhino 3DM support
The latest version of 3DPaintBrush now directly imports Rhino's native 3DM files.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
ArrayCrvPLUS - new version
Jarek Bieda has just posted version 2.0 of ArrayCrvPLUS for Rhino 4.0 SR4.
ArrayCrvPLUS enables new ways to distribute items along path curves or path curves on surfaces ( polysurfaces, meshes ). It will array any number of items along any number of curve paths. Parameters can be adjusted with preview functionality. In addition, while arraying curves or points, ArrayCrvPLUS can automatically create Loft/Sweep1 surfaces or InterpolatedCurves based on created array of profile items.
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