In case you missed our "Modeling Sunglasses in Rhino 5 for Mac" webinar last week, we have posted the video. Click here to watch it now.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Garden sculpture emerging from a slab
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| Grid 2 |
A 3D grid emerges from a 4-ton limestone slab. This garden sculpture by Messner Architects was designed with Rhino. Then the extracted data was the departure point for the CAM process.
Thursday, November 19, 2015
111 Murray Street - NY residential tower
Large architectural projects involve many different stakeholders. Typically these projects require countless hours of reworking the model and the supporting design information. Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) uses a parametric design process, which includes Rhino and Grasshopper, to create a dynamic design model. With KPF's parametric workflow, everything remains up-to-date, and the model is kept lightweight.
111 Murray Street is the latest residential tower designed by KPF to join the skyline of New York City skyscrapers. Using a harmonious blend of applications, the project design developed as a parametric model that was part of a larger building information modeling process. Design aesthetics and planning information link to create a dynamic model that responds to programming changes. Early on, the team was able to make design changes and see real-time analytics dynamically updated. Some of these analytics include:
- Wall-type panel counts used to inform fabricators of unit quantities
- Window-to-wall ratio values used to inform energy modeling efforts
- Floor areas used to maximize FAR
- Facade panel twist to inform design gestures
- Setout documentation for drawing set coordination
The computational workflow not only benefits KPF clients and employees but also has been noticed by KPF industry partners.
We continue to see these design workflows evolve.
Thursday, November 12, 2015
NERO - translate environmental conditions into data
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| NERO add-in for Grasshopper/Rhino |
NERO is a collaborative project led by Noumena with the aim to develop systems and tools to translate different environmental conditions into data. As part of this research, Noumena developed a first add-in NERO (V 0.6.2 beta) for Grasshopper.
NERO lets you extract data from a single image (JPEG format) and translate into Grasshopper and Rhino interface. You can visualize the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values from each pixel of the image. NDVI is directly related to the photosynthetic capacity and energy absorption of plants. It also can be used for other scopes.
NERO lets you extract data from a single image (JPEG format) and translate into Grasshopper and Rhino interface. You can visualize the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values from each pixel of the image. NDVI is directly related to the photosynthetic capacity and energy absorption of plants. It also can be used for other scopes.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
MicMacTools 1.0—scripted tools for Rhino for Mac
Mitch Heynick released the first version of MicMacTools. This is a set of Python scripted tools from his library put together specifically for Rhino for Mac. They are an outgrowth or subset of his MaqueTools toolbar for Rhino for Windows.
The tools should work in Rhino for Mac 5.1 or later. The tools are not recommended for 5.0.2 or earlier.
To see what tools are inside MicMacTools, read Mitch's PDF guide.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Charlotte Asherson “2300”
This amazing project is modeled entirely in Rhino by D2W's jewelry designer Dovydas for Charlotte Asherson, a graduate of Central St Martins in London.
Charlotte wanted her collection to look masculine and heavy, and had a few specific stone setting methods in mind, such as tension setting and channel setting. But making her collection traditionally from precious metal was not viable, so she turned to CAD and 3D printing.
From her initial sketches she worked with Dovydas to produce the entire collection using D2W’s Nylon SLS printers, finishing the prints to a high metallic finish and setting with Swarovski crystals.
Monday, October 5, 2015
RhinoNest 4.0 released
RhinoNest 4.0 - What's new! from TDM Solutions on Vimeo.
A new version of RhinoNest has been released. Give it a try at www.tdmsolutions.com/rhinonest/
Friday, September 25, 2015
Thea for Rhino - Showreel and promotion
Thea for Rhino integrated plugin takes full advantage of Thea Render functionality and lets you create high-quality photorealistic renderings within Rhino 5. With advanced features such as interactive render, true physical-based materials, innovative material layering, IES and HDRI light support along with a versatile rendering system comprised of biased, unbiased and GPU engines, rendering within Rhino has become really powerful.
Friday, September 18, 2015
Designing kayaks from scratch
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| The Ruby kayak |
Williamson Boat Design in Anacortes, Washington, uses Rhino to design and build kayaks from scratch.
Warren Williamson says that after he has the parts cut on a CNC machine, "The kayaks go together like a Swiss watch."
We have a little art on the water.
Google photos of the Cayenne kayak ...
Just for fun, here's a YouTube of Warren Williamson kayaking the Skookumchuck Rapids for Pygmy kayaks.
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Winners!
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Level 2 Rhino for Mac online course, Sept 21-30
Fall is a perfect time for improving your Rhino skills before the end of the year distractions are upon us.
Our new Level 2 Rhino 5 for Mac online course begins on September 21st. Kyle Houchens will be the instructor for this course. Kyle is a very talented industrial designer, skilled instructor, an Authorized Rhino Trainer, the owner of the The Outside Digital Design, and a McNeel Technician.
Dates/Times:
- Orientation: Monday, September 21, 9:00am-10:30am
- Training Days: Tuesday-Wednesday, September 22-23 and
Monday-Wednesday, September 28-30, 9:00am-1:00pm
Note: All times listed are Pacific time zone. Calculate your time zone.
For a sample of Kyle's online Level 2 training, see this video. Password: Test
Live training sessions let you to ask questions and interact with the class and instructor. In our usual format, all sessions will be recorded and posted for your study and review. If you cannot make a session, you will be able to catch up at your convenience.
Hope you will join us for the first ever, Level 2 Rhino 5 for Mac Online Course.
Teknologia'15 - Helsinki (Finland)
Teknologia'15
October 6-8, 2015
Helsinki (Finland)
Helsinki (Finland)
Visit the AN-Cadsolutions at Booth (7H7) to learn more about using Rhino in combination with one of these: Blueprinter M3 3D-printer, Felix 3D-printer, Roland ARM-10 3D-printer, MassPortal 3D-printer, DAVID SLS-2 (with automatic rotaty table), Sense 3D-scanner, RhinoCAM, and SolidThinking.
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Alihankinta - Tampere (Finland)
September 15-17, 2015
Tampere (Finland)
The
international Subcontracting Trade Fair presents the key areas of industrial subcontracting, namely the metals, electronics, plastics and rubber industries as well as industrial ICT solutions and consulting services. Sales and marketing as well as new
materials and techniques will be the themes of the trade fair.
Visit the AN-Cadsolutions booth (C124), to learn more about using Rhino in combination
with one of these: Blueprinter M3 3D-printer, Felix 3D-printer, Roland
ARM-10 3D-printer, MassPortal 3D-printer, DAVID SLS-2 (with automatic rotaty
table), Sense 3D-scanner, RhinoCAM, and SolidThinking.
Friday, August 21, 2015
Rhino Projects: Building a Gaming Console with Dave Schultze
Authorized Rhino Trainer, Dave ‘Professor3D’ Schultze is proud to announce the release of his seventh online course for lynda.com, Rhino Projects: Building a Gaming Console. Running 1 hour and 20 minutes, this course is a new lunch-hour/project-focused format designed by the educational gurus at lynda.com to be watched in one sitting.
In the 10-video course, you will advance your Rhino modeling and workflow skills by learning how to build a game console. Students will learn some powerful ‘Killer Dave Tips’ to help them create parts quickly and intelligently, so they get results fast and have maximum flexibility for changes. The final design geometry will have a case, screen, cords, vents, and logos — just like the real thing.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Analyze wood assemblies
Other improvements included:
- Report generation
- Grid display
- Choice of solver
- Major and minor bug fixes
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Take the stress of out of your designs...
...with Scan&Solve in Rhino, of course.
To make it easier, here are some new tutorials, white papers, and case studies.
Rhino for Mac Event in Singapore
Rhino for Mac Workshop/Hands-on Demo
Date: 29 August 2015
Time: 10:00 AM-Noon
Fee: No charge, but registration is required... Sign up today!
FreeForm Solution, an authorized Rhino dealer and training center, is hosting a free Rhino for Mac event. Attend this presentation to learn more about 3D designing with Rhino for Mac. Feel free to bring your MacBook along so you can spend some hands-on time with Rhino!
Event Outline:
1. Background
2. Rhino in OS X vs. Windows
3. User Interface
4. Software Demo
5. Tips & Tricks
6. Modeling of a Sofa
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Urban Network Analysis Toolbox in the news
Henry Grabar, a journalist on urban topics, recently wrote an interesting introduction and analysis of UNA for Rhino.
UNA is a mapping tool by MIT's City Form Lab. Its uniqueness is its ability to add weight to the origin and destination points of a city network. These factors can be populations, subway connections, or other data available for the city. The information can be model pedestrian flow, predict how suitable a location of a building is for its use or other issues where spatial patterns are helpful.
More information is in MIT News on the MIT Singapore Design Center, where researchers created this tool.
The plugin is free and in beta version. City Form Lab is looking for feedback and suggestions.
Next City is a nonprofit organization that provides daily online coverage of leaders, policies, and innovations in cities.
Next City article....
Monday, August 10, 2015
Doing the impossible... The Lexus Hoverboard
Need we say more...
Can you find the Rhino screen shots? Hint 4:06.
Friday, July 31, 2015
New book: Advanced Numerical Simulation Methods
Advanced Numerical Simulation Methods: From CAD Data Directly to Simulation Results
Author: Gernot Beer
This book is about changing the paradigm of numerical simulation. Until now simulation required the generation of a mesh and this has meant a major effort and also a source of errors. In many cases an accurate description of the problem geometry is available as Computer Aided Design (CAD) data.
This book will show how the generation of meshes can be avoided completely by using CAD technology. This includes using CAD data for the description of the geometry of the problem directly without approximation by a mesh and applying the functions that CAD programs use (non-uniform rational B-Splines or NURBS) to the description of the unknown.
The book starts with an easy to follow introduction to NURBS and the standard data exchange format used by CAD programs. This is followed by an application to finite element shell analysis. For the solids modeling the boundary element (BEM) is used since this is the only way mesh generation can be avoided. A computer program written in Octave/MATLAB, that has full 3D capabilities, is introduced and used to demonstrate various steps in the analysis. Applications are in solid mechanics. Both linear and non-linear analyses are discussed and many practical examples are given.
The book is designed to provide a starting point for scientists that want to work in this exciting new area of research and for practitioners to learn how the "pain" of numerical simulation can be eased.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Rhino for Mac Online Course Begins August 3rd
August 3-13, 2015
Join us for our Level 1 Rhino 5 for Mac online course beginning on August 3rd.
- Orientation:
Monday, August 3 (9:00am - 11:00am Pacific) - Training:
Tuesday-Thursday, August 4-6 and
Monday-Tuesday, August 10-11 (9:00am - 1:00pm Pacific)
- You will need the latest Rhino 5 for Mac version installed. Rhino 5 for Windows will not be acceptable for this class.
- You will need a stable and fast Internet connection.
- You will need the Rhino 5 Level 1 Training Guide and Models as well as the Rhino 5 for Mac User Guide. You may print the PDF for your reference. Download here.
- All "live" sessions will also be recorded and posted to a private Vimeo classroom album. You may watch/stream the videos for your review for up to three months following the class.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Thea Render 1.5 for Rhino
Thea Render 1.5 brings a slew of new features and, of course, the Thea for Rhino
plugin has been updated to reflect new additions.
A few new features are:
A few new features are:
- Versatile interactive rendering system comprised of biased, non-biased, and GPU engines
- Rhino clipping plane, sun study, and camera animation support
- Render individual channels for post processing
Friday, July 3, 2015
Loop de Loop
One deviation from the large architectural projects we expect from KPF is this intriguing furniture line, Loop de Loop. All modeled in Rhino and rationalized in Grasshopper.
The five-piece collection, designed by William Pederson, founder and partner of KPF, works for both outdoors and indoors with its polyester mesh and powder-coated carbon steel rods. The non-elastic knit is deforms equally, no matter the person's size.
Each piece is a single loop of 5/8" high strength tubular steel, passing one end of the loop through the other -- Loop de Loop!
In a New York Times article, Pedersen elaborated, "We digitized them into a program that uses CNC technology to bend the 5/8-inch high-strength carbon-steel rods into continuous loops. There are 40 individual commands, and every inch or so along each tube the computer commands a change in the bend. It's like squeezing a tube of tooth paste: You change the pressure, and it changes the angle."
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Gimbal for a drone
Now, Rhino 5 for Mac is used to design carbon composite gimbals for aerial photography. For those not familiar with drones, a gimbal is the mechanism that keeps the camera horizontal in a moving vessel, such as a drone.
Jacek Witalinski learned Rhino and designed his prototype in two weeks from start to finish, with the aid of a few tutorials. "It was my first drawing using this excellent tool."
See his project at DIY Drones ...
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Level 1 Rhino 5 for Mac Online Course starts May 12
May 12-19, 2015
Join us for our Level 1 Rhino 5 for Mac online course beginning on May 12th.
- Orientation: Tues, May 12 (9 am - 11 am Pacific)
- Training: Wed-Fri, May 13-15 and Mon-Tues, May 18-19 (9 am - 1 pm Pacific)
- You will need the latest Rhino 5 for Mac version installed. Rhino 5 for Windows will not be acceptable for this class.
- You will need a stable and fast Internet connection.
- You will need the Rhino 5 Level 1 Training Guide and Models as well as the Rhino 5 for Mac User Guide. You may print the PDF for your reference. Download here.
- All "live" sessions will also be recorded and posted to a private Vimeo classroom album. You may watch/stream the videos for your review for up to 3 months following the class.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Singapore National Stadium, Singapore
Stadium of the Year 2014 winner, Public Vote #8, Jury Vote #3
Location: Singapore
Design: Arup Associates, DP Architects
The Singapore National Stadium's architecturally appealing roof structure is comprised of a series of 3D triangular trusses. For this design, Arup needed to fully integrate both the architectural and structural design. They established a common interface to transfer the parametric intelligence between the various software. Software that included Digital Projects, Rhino, and Oasys GSA (Arup's structural analysis package). The linking optimized the roof's form with the varied truss depths, layout to arch rise, and other geometry defining parameters. With this efficiency, the team could iterate through the varied possible design solutions.
Friday, March 20, 2015
LastElf new features
New
features for verifying two lasts:
- 2D section comparison
- 3D last comparison
New features for orthopedic lasts and customized lasts.
PatternElf released
PatternElf is a new footwear plugin for Rhino 5 developed by DES. PatternElf has two design procedures, 3D/2D and 2D Only.
3-D/2-D
- Reverse engineering for shoe lasts, meshes to NURBS.
- 3-D last flattening, halves design procedures (Merge, Length, Spring, Lasting).
- Imports ImagineElf3D files, creates 2D halves / 2D curves / 2D patterns automatically.
- Drawing curves on 3D lasts, 2D halves, or simultaneously.
- Pattern design by Pattern Engineer (same with 2D Only design procedure).
2-D Only
- Designs 2D sketch on halves.
- Creates 2D patterns from 2D sketches.
- Pattern design by Pattern Engineer
- Object-oriented pattern design (Allowance, Stencil, Notches...)
- Object-oriented pattern morph (Spring, Match, Straighten, Crease...)
- Process (History) editor.
- Exports to cutting machine. (HPGL format)
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Tecnológico de Monterrey - Campus León
Tecnológico de Monterrey - Campus León
Authorized RhinoFabStudio
The University Tecnológico de Monterrey, located in León, Mexico, offers educational programs in their RhinoFabStudio León.
For more information, please contact Xavier Martinez or call +52 477 710 9000.The University Tecnológico de Monterrey, located in León, Mexico, offers educational programs in their RhinoFabStudio León.
Xavier Martinez is the Director of the Industrial Design Program of the University. He gives a great explanation of what the degree is about in this video.
Visit their RhinoFabStudio León site which is a place were they share and display the work of their students.
Visit their RhinoFabStudio León site which is a place were they share and display the work of their students.
What is a RhinoFabStudio? A RhinoFabStudio™ (fabrication studio) is a small-scale digital workshop, certified by McNeel, with an array of Rhino and Rhino compatible software and computer controlled tools and training. These tools cover the various leading-edge industrial methods and materials needed to design, analyze, and fabricate almost anything.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
New RhinoGold 5.0
RhinoGold 5.0 is now shipping, featuring professional rendering that makes use of CPU and GPU acceleration and real-time visualization.
Modeling improvements and new tools include Cluster Studio, Dynamic Taper, Twist & Bend, Automatic Pave, Channel Studio, and Pattern Studio.
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