This new revision is a much more comprehensive guide than the first edition, at almost 160 pages with over 70 new pages dedicated to creating your own customized scripting components.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The Grasshopper Primer - Second Edition
Shape To Fabrication 2 Videos Online Now!
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).
Sunday, March 22, 2009
'Finding’ The Sagrada Familia
On Monday, February 16th 2009 McNeel Europe organized a Rhino Users Meeting in Barcelona. The keynote speakers at the event were Federico Fargas and Maruan Halabi from the technical office at the Sagrada Familia.
LaN Live Architecture Network was kind enough to post some of the details.
LaN Live Architecture Network was kind enough to post some of the details.
RhinoScript and Grasshopper - tips and tricks updated
Ted Ngai has updated many of the interesting RhinoScript and Grasshopper examples on his blog, atelier nGai.
Rhino OS X - New Build
There is a new build available, Wenatchee 2009-03-21, with many new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.
Everyone is invited to download and use the OS X version of Rhino while it is in development.
Most of the core functionality has been ported from Windows and is very stable. There is still much to do to port the rest of the functionality and refine the interface. We don't expect the first commercial release to be ready for at least a year.
Don't worry if the build you are using is going to expire. New versions will be available every few weeks. There will be an newer one available before the expiration date.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Geometry in Architecture
Chris K. Palmer recently taught Geometry in Architecture at an undergraduate design build studio. Rhino, advanced Grasshopper and RhinoScript were the tools used for modeling, form finding and automated part drafting for CNC fabrication on 3-axis mills and laser cutters. The studio subjects were the language of pattern with an emphasis on Traditional Middle Eastern tilings and the combination of structure and ornament in architecture. He has been kind enough to share his work.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Grasshopper at Cornell
Woo Jae Sung taught a Grasshopper workshop at Cornell architecture on March 7th and 8th. He uploaded his course materials to his blog, hoping they will be helpful to all beginning Grasshopper wranglers.
Grasshopper video tutorials
Brian James has posted some video tutorials to help you get started with Grasshopper.
Connected Holes in Grasshopper
Inspired by the work of sculptor Erwin Hauer, Lars Renklint has been exploring how to generate these infinite continuous surfaces using Grasshopper. He has shared his adventures here:
RhinoMembrane - New release
Gerry D'Anza has released a new version of RhinoMembrane, an FEM form finder Rhino plug-in with options for pneumatics, trusses, and cables that makes it able to find any real equilibrated surface with tension or tensegrity system.
RhinoMembrane v1.22 adds support for tensegrity structures and mixed formfinding with URS (Update Reference Strategy ) and FDM ( Force Density Method ) plus a few new options like plot of reaction forces.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
New Seoul landmark designed in Rhino
Sanghoon Yoon, forwarded us these links, along with this comment:
"Recently there was a big architecture competition to design opera house in Seoul, and Rhino was used to design. Under the direction of dmp partners president, Seunghong Park, I did 3D modeling for rendering and mock-up. I used RhinoScript to develop the pattern."
News in English:
Project blog posts in Korean:
Istanbul Jewelry Show, March 18-22
Istanbul Jewelry Show
18-22 March 2009
Turkish Jewelry industry has become one of the leading countries in world production and exports thanks to the 5000-year-old heritage that inspires designs, creation of unlimited models, production capacity, flexible production, unmatched quality, competitive prices and the capacity to deliver in the shortest possible time.
Come visit Piramit Teknik booth (Hall 8, Stand 8143) to learn more about Rhino and Matrix 3D.
Wacom Application Day - Viena, March 24
Wacom Application Day - Viena (Austria), March 24
KKKC invites you to a presentation on the newest digital tools, where you will learn how to use Rhino in combination with the Wacom Cintiq series. Experts from Wacom Europe and McNeel Europe will answer all your questions and assist you also at the "fingerfood and hands-on session".
Bennett Linkage and Grasshopper
Daniel Piker has been busy exploring many different ideas with Grasshopper. Here he is exploring Bennett Linkages.
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.
Exhibition: from Pyramids to Spacecraft
Rhino user Architecture and Vision announced the first exhibition solely dedicated to its work, which will be shown in Chicago March 11 until April 24 and later in San Francisco April 30 until May 20, 2009.
Forum of New Technologies - South Eastern Europe
IB-PROCADD invites you to join the Forum of New Technologies that will take place in March in four southeastern European countries. The Universities in Zagreb, Sarajevo, Belgrade, and Skopje are going to be the central points of ideas and progress of 2D and 3D technologies.
New Customer Stories Architecture
Manuel Hidalgo has more than 50 years experience in descriptive geometry and has been teaching Architecture at the Universad Politécnica de Madrid. With more than 20 years' experience in CAD, he has chosen Rhino as the right tool for him and his students to represent any given form with total accuracy.
These are his 3 new additions (spanish text) to the Rhino Wiki:
See also the In-Situ papers by Luis Fernando García Lara, Architect.
Voronoi and more...
Dimitrie Stefanescu is studying architecture (3rd year) at "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism in Bucharest, where his main interest is in the blurry overlap of architecture and code/scripting.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Organic modeling - new beta
T-Splines 2.0 for Rhino Beta Released
Version 2.0 adds several new tools and workflows to generate organic surfaces and brings a full suite of polygonal modeling techniques into Rhino. Including:- Enhanced surface editing. The move, rotate, and scale manipulators feature exact numerical input, a clickable heads-up display, and other improvements.
- New grips. Directly edit using face grips, edge grips, points on the surface, and tangency handles.
- Hotkeys. Single key stokes can be assigned to both T-Splines and Rhino commands.
- Simpler surfaces. Support for triangle and other n-gon (pentagon, hexagon, etc.) faces.
- Box modeling tools. Including subdivide face, insert edge, delete face, weld points, extrude edge, fill hole, merging and many more.
- Smooth/mesh toggle. Toggle display between a coarse mesh and a smooth surface for easy and quick editing.
- Primitives. New T-spline box, plane, sphere, torus, cone, and cylinder primitives.
- Symmetry. Supports axial and radial symmetry.
- Thicken. Turn your T-spline surfaces into a solid with one click.
- Higher quality surfaces. The new, smoother star points yield surfaces that are more aesthetically pleasing, easier to offset (they are G1 smooth), and convert to fewer NURBS patches.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Structural Modeling and Analysis Tools
Jon Mirtschin is exploring new techniques and developing new tools for designing and analyzing structures. For example, one tool links Rhino and Grasshopper with structural analysis programs to explore shape and form.
Grasshopper job in Brooklyn
Situ Studio, a digital design/fabrication studio located in Brooklyn, is looking for someone with proficiency in Grasshopper, scripting, ParaCloud or other similar programs to help develop a digital model of a complex interior millwork project. The goal is to develop a system for outputting shop drawings and/or cutsheets for CNC manufacturing.
Maximum 4-week long project.
Send resume and relevant work samples to work@situstudio.com
Grasshopper Live at Lynden High School
Last Monday, March 2nd, Zach Downey did a live webcast workshop for Dave Weidkamp's students at Lynden High School.
New V-Ray for Rhino webinars, classes, etc.
Need to do more than get your feet wet with V-Ray for Rhino?
There are many new options, including webinars, online training, and classroom training.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Driving Dimensions Labs launched
LEDAS Ltd, a provider of computational software components for computer-aided design (CAD) systems, has launched the Driving Dimensions Labs web site. Driving Dimensions Labs is the space for new technology where visitors can see some of LEDAS prototypes in action.
Driving Dimensions Labs contains several movies that demonstrate Driving Dimensions prototypes working in different CAD environments. They are not yet in beta stage, but users can see how the idea of dimension-driven design can be implemented in different CAD systems.
Many Rhino users can save time by using a bottom-up constraint-driven assembly design. Forward kinematic animation is only one of the features LEDAS does research when prototyping Driving Dimensions for Rhino.
LinceoVR 3.0 for Rhino
Linceo VR 3.0 is real time rendering software with instantaneous camera matching for immediate contextualization of 3D models in the real world. LinceoVR 3.0 uses state-of-the-art lighting techniques to generate and display – in real time – exceptionally realistic images in computer graphics, using HDRI and OPENEXR lighting and Ambient Occlusion for realistic shadows.
Floating...
Check out Marina Housing Ltd's web site. Most of the floating buildings are modeled in Rhino.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Rhino at Scanplast Göteborg, 10-12 March
Scanplast, Design Engineering and Electronix in the Swedish Exhibition Centre.
10-12 March 2009 - Göteborg.
Visit Marinesoft booth (B03:42) to learn more about Rhino 4, RhinoCAM, Rhinophoto, reverse engineering tools, Datakit converters and additional Rhino plugins.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
RhinoCAM 2.0 - major service release
RhinoScript Labs Update
The Labs version of RhinoScript contains additions and modifications to the version of RhinoScript included with Rhino 4.0 SR5.
RhinoScript is a scripting tool based on Microsoft's VBScript language. With RhinoScript, you can quickly add functionality to Rhino, or automate repetitive tasks.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
New RhinoAir
A new version of the RhinoAir plug-in for rendering with Air from Rhino 4 is now available. What's new:
- Dynamic view changes for interactive preview rendering (IPR) TweakAir has a new option to automatically update the view used for high-quality preview rendering when the corresponding Rhino view changes.
- Instancer shaders AIR 8 introduces a new instancer shader type that creates new objects on-demand at render time. The RhinoAir help file includes detailed instructions on using the new tree instancer for growing trees at render time.
- Light channels: save a separate output image for each light
- Shader parameters for per-object environment maps
- Many additional options now update in the interactive view
- New help file section with tips for rendering large images
- New common product licensing policy: anyone with an Air license can now use BakeAir and TweakAir.
Details and demo download...
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Marine students save at Westlawn
The Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology has instituted a number of measures designed to help students cope with education costs and encourage them to keep studying. These include controlling tuition costs and finding ways for students to obtain Rhino and Orca3D at a lower cost.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Parametrics in Rhino?
Gijs de Zwart has posted an excellent example of how to use Grasshopper to parametrically drive design alternatives. You will find a detailed explanation, videos, and sample files on the RhinoCentre blog.
Rhino Job in Port Orchard, WA
SAFE Boats International LLC, a manufacturer of high performance aluminum boats, is looking for an experienced Rhino user to be responsible for 3D modeling and parts development on SAFE Boats product line.
Rhino OS X - New Build
There is a new build available, Wenatchee 2009-02-27, with many new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Rhino 4 SR5b Released
Rhino 4 Service Release 5b is now available to download. Owners of Rhino 4 are encouraged to download and install SR5b today. SR5b contains dozens of stability and crash fixes, as well as enhancements to many commands, including:
- Printing
- DWG file import and export
- OBJ file import
- STEP file export
- SolidWorks file import
- Smart Tracking
- UnrollSrf
Gemvision and Stuller join forces
Long-time third-party Rhino developer, Gemvision and jewelry industry supplier giant, Stuller, Inc. have joined forces to provide Gemvision's leading-edge jewelry design tools to the retail jewelers around the world.
The Geometry of Bending
Check out architect Mårten Nettelbladt's blog, The Geometry of Bending. His tools include Rhino and Grasshopper.
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