Grasshopper VB workshop materials

WooJae Sung recently taught a Grasshopper VB Scripting workshop at Harvard GSD. He has been kind enough to share his course work and has made it available for download on his site.

Available in English and Korean.

Details and download...

Bongo 2.0 Beta 7 Now Available

You are invited to try the Bongo 2.0 animation plug-in for Rhino 4.0. This is the seventh Beta version of Bongo 2.0 for Rhino 4.0 and 5.0.

The beta is open for all Rhino users!

Download Bongo 2.0 Beta 7 from here.

MadCAM 4.3 released!

MadCAM 4.3 is a free service release for existing madCAM 4.x users.

A partial list of new functions in madCAM 4.3:

• Contour remachining: (Expert-level)
  Automatic rest material contour machining calculated from previous cutter. This function works for 3-axis, 4-axis, and simultaneous 5-axis.
• Axis of revolution: (4-axis and Expert-level)
  New option for calculating towards or away from the axis of revolution. This makes it possible to cut the inside of a shape with 4-axis or 5-Axis tool paths.
• Profiling: (4-axis and Expert-level)
  New option for keeping the cutter perpendicular to curve when using 2D-profiling in 4-axis.
• V-carving: (4-axis and Expert-level) New V-carving option when using From boundary Curves.

• madCAM License: Two new certificates for Entry + Remachining and 4-axis + remachining. You can buy each bundle or upgrade from the Entry level or 4-axis version.

Details, videos, and download...

See madCAM at EuroMold Frankfurt!
 

Online Grasshopper course in December

We're pleased to announce that we are now offering an Introduction to Grasshopper online course.

Join Andres Gonzalez from our McNeel Miami office as he takes you through some introductory tutorials.  This course is for design professionals who are looking to efficiently learn concepts and features of Grasshopper at an accelerated pace in an instructor-led online environment.

The online course will meet for a total of four sessions.  We will have a short orientation to cover the GoToTraining module.  The Grasshopper training sessions will be split into three half-day sessions.  Details are following:

• Orientation: Thursday, December 1 (9:00am-10:30am PST)
• Training:  Monday-Wednesday, December 5, 6, 7 (9:00am-12:30pm PST)
• Cost: US$150.00 - Seats are limited; sign up early.

Register...

Composites and Architecture

Kreysler & Associates has a new blog to further innovation and inspiration in the world of digital fabrication and composite technology through the dispersal of information they find intriguing.

Enjoy...