Rhino user group in DC

A new Rhino user group, RhinoDC, is forming in the Washington, DC area. Join today on LinkedIn!

Organic seating design

Belgium furniture Peter Donders designed this striking aluminum chair with T-Splines for Rhino. The chair is cast in one piece in a 3D printed sand mold.

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PanelingTools new release for Rhino 5 WIP

A new release of PanelingTools plug-in for Rhino 5 WIP (32 and 64-bits) is now available for download.

New in this release:

• Added notch option to ptFinEdges and ptExtrudeEdges command to create notches and waffle structures.
• Added local space bounding for distributing 2D variable panels.
• Added base and shift options for paneling custom patterns.
• Added support to morph multiple objects in the 3D custom variable distribution.
• Added the ability to define a local bounding space for the 3D custom variable distribution.
• Added option to distribute variable mean curves in the 3d custom variable distribution command with user defined bounding space.
• Updated ptPanelGridCustom command options to be consistent with ptPanel3DCustom command.
• Updated prompts to be more clear.
• Fix a memory leaks and a crash bug.

Fun stuff:

• We appreciate your participation and feedback at the PanelingTools community and discussion group. Please feel free to post you questions and share your experiences and work.

The Business of 3D Modeling: Interview with Dot San

From the Shapeways blog:

As we see awareness of the potential for 3D printing spread and the Shapeways community grow, we are also starting to see more and more businesses run off the back of the Shapeways shops. Alongside the people creating items to sell, we are also seeing an increasing number of people who want to get their ideas 3D printed, but do not have the necessary CAD skills to make it happen for themselves. To fill this need Shapeways has set up a place in the forums for people to seek out 3D Modelers, and a place for 3D modelers to promote their services. What started as a small number of people wanting help to make their item real, has turned into a constant flow that has now become a revenue stream for some members of the Shapeways community.

One of the Shapeways community members tapping into this stream is Dot San aka Vijay Paul. Vijay has helped a number of people realize their ideas with his 3D modeling mastery. His reputation, communications skills and reliability has been transposed into a steady stream of to the point that he has built his business with the majority of his referrals now coming through Shapeways, our 3D Modeler Needed and 3D Modelers for Hire forums.

"If the job requires it I use a number of different software but Rhino 3D and a Dell laptop are my main tools, I’m self taught and have been using Rhino3D for over 10 years."

Read the complete interview here...

Superyacht! Super size? Nope!

To appeal to owners who wanted the luxury of an 80-meter yacht but still wanted to pull into smaller moorings, Bill Prince Yacht Design designed this 60-meter superyacht in Rhino to meet their demands.

Advanced structural design allowed a glass wall measuring 1.5 meters high by 15 meters long on both sides of the full-beam main saloon and dining area. The yacht is full of outdoor relaxation spaces, with fold-down side platforms and a swimming pool that can be converted to additional deck space. More style is added by finishing the sheerline/bulwark in matte aluminum.

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New Programming Interface for Rhino

Yeti is a live-programming interface for Rhino. Using Yeti you can build a parametric model through code and see changes instantly.

Download links and details here.