Hull Design & Fairing Training in the Netherlands

Hull Design & Fairing Training
Leeuwarden, The Netherlands 
19-22 January 2016

Goal: Design high-quality hulls with Rhino fast and flexible

Rhino enables accurate, flexible, and fair hull design with “Rapid Hull Modeling Methodology”. This method is developed by RhinoCentre in cooperation with other professionals in the marine industry.

After years of offering training and services to leading companies in the marine industry worldwide, RhinoCentre finally developed the unique training modules: Prepare 2D input and Hull Design and Fairing Level-1 and Level-2.

These three modules are now combined in a three-day event that unveils the mystery of Class-A fairing to any designer, engineer, naval architect, or shipyard. 

One free extra day lets you work on your own project with our assistance.

Complete details and registration...

SIR Manufactura Digital- México, D.F., a new RhinoFabStudio

Welcome SIR Manufactura Digital, a new Certified RhinoFabStudio. 

SIR Manufactura Digital, located in Mexico D.F., has over 20 years of experience in handling CNC machines and CAD software. They offer both 3D modeling services (licenses and training), and machining (purchasing your own equipment).

SIR Manufactura Digital has been an ARTC since 2004. They offer the needed equipment for their customers to develop their projects. 

Some of their equipment includes manufacturing plastic injection casting, machines for the automotive industry, manufacturing of molds for chocolates, creation of wax models and molds for footwear, and manufacturing of dies for metal cutting, among other applications.  

For more information, please contact Adrián Juárez.

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.

Getting Started Live - Q&A tech support sessions

 

Getting Started Live - Q&A tech support sessions

You've downloaded and installed Rhino. Now, what's next? Bring your questions and issues to these live technical support sessions designed to get you started using your Rhino for Windows or Rhino for Mac.

Check the schedule and sign up here.

We will:

• Introduce the interface, basic terminology, and modeling workflow
• Create a model together
• Review tech support resources, training options, and best practices
• Open Mic Questions (or you can chat them)

Submit your questions, issues or problems when you register, so we can include them in our presentation.

Session may be longer/shorter depending on attendance and questions. If we cannot get you an answer during the live session, we will research and follow up with you after the presentation.

See the schedule...

"Sunglasses" webinar video now available

 

 

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.

 

 

How to fit in the neighborhood

It is refreshing to see architecture that considers its surroundings. For the Soho neighborhood in New York, BKSK could have just stuck in a statement building -- a fine piece of architecture, but not necessarily compatible with its neighbors. Instead BKSK blended with the historic neighbors, echoing at one end the small punched openings of the 1850 building next door. Then the design transitions to the large windows of a curtain wall, echoing the 1872 cast iron building also near by.

BKSK used a variety of software, including Grasshopper, to design the facade modulation.

Details in The Architect's Newspaper...

Garden sculpture emerging from a slab

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.

Messner web site ....

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.  

More KPF projects....

SeaHorse Hydrostatics 1.44b released

It's time for an updated SeaHorse. Some internal polishing has been done, but nothing to tell your friends about. New outputs are more important: 

• Location of CoB and CoF in relation to WL length, as well as their World XYZ coordinates. 
• Displacement-length and speed-length ratios should give more performance indicators for your hulls. 
• Displacement speed is also added as an output, according to classic theory and light craft method presented in Dave Gerr's book. 

Known bugs: Hull entry and exit angles still misbehave, sometimes computed correctly, sometimes showing weird values. VIZIBLE is working on implementing a better IQ for getting the correct angles. 

Lastly, the donate button collected 30.02 euros so far. 

Download from food4Rhino...

Meet Pearl, the fabricated elephant and runway star

The architectural firm of Payette is having some fun by challenging themselves with their fabrication process. As part of Payette's circus theme, Pearl was a hit on the runway of the IIDA New England 2015 Fashion Show on November 5th.

Details and fun videos ....

Grasshopper in biology and living materials

MIT's Tangible Media Group, bioLogic, is applying Rhino and Grasshopper to nature.

Working with biofilm, a thin film of bacteria that adheres to a surface, bioLogic introduced a living cell as a nano actuator, or instigator. BioLogic's vision is a world where these actuators are grown from nature, instead of engineered in factories.

They grow and harvest the living cell actuators in a biolab, assemble them by a micron-resolution bio-printing system, then transform them to Second Skin. This biological skin responds to body temperature and perspiration. In their project video you can see the flaps open around the heat zones, enabling sweat to evaporate and cool down the body. Think of the possibilities for sportswear.

BioLogic used Rhino and Grasshopper to simulate shapes and generate tool paths.

More info on the bioLogic project ...  

NERO - translate environmental conditions into data

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.

Evolute T.MAP new release

EvoluteTools T.MAP beta is a plugin providing mesh parametrization for Rhino, including:

• Remeshing using pure quad or pure triangle meshes
• Texture mapping of quadrangular or triangular patterns with minimum distortion
• Design of smooth curve networks on free-form surfaces
• User-guided alignment with curves or principal curvature directions

Check out what's new at the Evolute blog...

Download from food4Rhino...

EasyJewels3D, a new plugin for jewelry design

EasyJewels3D offers a wide range of tools to optimize jewelry design with a focus on taking the most out of construction history in Rhino 5.

Modifying a surface without having to reset the gems, along with many other specifically oriented tools make it possible to dramatically reduce the time to complete a project, both during concept design and model definition.

Learn more about EasyJewels3D by watching these videos.

More information...

Blog (Italian only)...

Volvox - Point Cloud data in Grasshopper

Volvox lets you create, edit, and analyze Point Cloud data.

The plugin is developed in the frame of the DURAARK project.

DURAARK (Durable Architectural Knowledge) is a collaborative project developing methods and tools for the semantic enrichment and long-term preservation of architectural knowledge and data. It focuses on establishing working practices and links between semantically rich BIM models and unstructured Point Cloud data.

Download Volvox from food4Rhino

Power2Play - Power to build a Seahawks guitar for Paul Allen

Once again, Sherwood and Kelso High Schools are advancing education with their fab labs. (Just search in this blog for Sherwood and you'll see several posts.)

The two schools have collaborated with the Power2Work foundation to build a custom electric guitar and case. Commissioned for Paul Allen and the Seattle Seahawks 12s, it is one of the first guitars designed and manufactured through its program.

Projects are multi-school collaborations, where students experience a professional work environment. By engaging high school shop teachers and other partners, they've outfitted over 30 high schools throughout Oregon, Washington, and Alaska with digital fab labs. With the Power2Work's goal to teach meaningful skills, kids learn to build everything from guitars to houses.

A few fun facts about the Seahawks guitar:

• The guitar case was manufactured out of old Sherwood High School bleachers. 
• The pickups are Normandy Extreme Shielding Twangshifter.
• The guitar is three kinds of wood: alder, black walnut, and maple.
• The custom body artwork was donated by Shelby Tiffany.

Article in GeekWire ....

Thea for Rhino contest

Thea Render announces the beginning of a new contest for Rhino users! Everyone is invited to join the contest for winning Thea for Rhino licenses.

Details...

Rhino Level 1 training in Istanbul, Turkey

RhinoTürkiye has organized new Rhino 5 Windows Level 1 training starting October 26th, in Istanbul. 

Complete details and registration (in Turkish)...

Workshop in Barcelona: Recursions

Recursions 

27-29 November 2015

In this Noumena workshop, you will explore iterative strategies through parametric design. The main tool for the course will be Grasshopper and Anemone. Anemone is a simple but effective plugin for Grasshopper that enables you to create loops in a simple and linear way. You will explore strategies such as iterative growth, L systems, fractals, recursive subdivisions, and more.

This workshop by Noumena will be at Green Fab Lab, Barcelona. Noumena is a collective group focused on design, research, and education based in Italy and Spain.

More information ....

LAST CALL: Free Webinar of Rhino for Mac

McNeel Europe

October 2015
10:00 am (CEST)

If you want to have a quick view of Rhino 5 for Mac, do not miss this free one-hour webinar. There are very few seats left. Sign up now!

- Spanish: October 19, 2015 - FEW SEATS LEFT! Sign up...
Panelist: Rodrigo Bárcena

- French: October 20, 2015 - FEW SEATS LEFT! Sign up...

Panelist: Vanessa Steeg

- Italian: October 21, 2015 - FEW SEATS LEFT! Sign up...

Panelist: Giuseppe Massoni

- German: October 22, 2015 - VERY FEW SEATS LEFT! Sign up...

Panelist: Verena Vogler

- English: October 26, 2015 - ALMOST SOLD OUT! Sign up... 

Panelist: Rodrigo Bárcena

Iris - WebGL Exporter, now also for Rhino 5 for Mac

Iris is a free Work In Progress file export plugin for Rhino 5 x64 for Windows, Rhino 5.1 for Mac OS X, and Rhino WIP (Windows and OS X). Iris generates a JSON document that is parsable and viewable through WebGL in a modern web browser. The objectives for the plugin include:

• A fast and easy way for Rhino users to distribute their designs with the least amount of dependencies possible.
• Conversion of as many Rhino Object Types and Features as possible in a static scene.

Download Iris - WebGL Exporter from food4Rhino...

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.

Explanations, download, and installation instructions ....

Modeling and 3D Printing workshops in Barcelona

Workshop: De la servilleta a la mano con Rhino

October 22 and 23, 2015

Barcelona

iCreatia, in collaboration with FabCafe Barcelona, and Betahaus, has organized two workshops in Barcelona that show the sketching-3D / modeling-3D printing workflow. Felixprinter and Roland 3D printers will be shown live.

Día: 22 de Octubre en el FabCafe

Horario: de 16 a 20h.

Lugar: Calle Bailén, 11 (Barcelona)

Inscripción obligatoria:

http://fabcafe.com/barcelona/events/rhino3d

Día: 23 de Octubre en la Betahaus

Horario: de 10 a 14h.

Lugar: Carrer de Vilafranca, 7 (Barcelona)

Inscripción obligatoria:

http://www.eme3.org/2015/eme3_2015/de-la-servilleta-a-la-mano/

Use of Interior Space for Furniture Arrangement

The RhinoFabStudio at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana invites you to a conference about the Use of Interior Space for Furniture Arrangement.

Francesc Salla Martínez, from McNeel Europe, will deliver a lecture intended primarily for architecture students. It is open to public and free of charge. Francesc will address his conference on the preparation of an architectural model for the design of an interior space with Rhino 5 and VisualARQ.

Register here! 
Date: October 19, 2015 
Time: 2:00 pm-4:00 pm  
Location: Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia. Aula #314, Bloque 9 

Organized by: Rhino3D Colombia - UPB
For more information call (+57 4) 412 3015 or contact Andres Franco

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.

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.

Complete project info...

Mesh2Surface new release

With the latest version, the Mesh2Surface plugin for Rhino provides even more control over the reverse engineering process. The state-of-the-art 3D deviation analyzer can be used as part of the construction process with Mesh2Surface, but also is a complement to any other resurfacing method. The latest version also provides many other improvements to simplify reverse engineering in Rhino. 

Check out the video or visit www.mesh2surface.com for more information...

Download Mesh2Surface from food4Rhino, or buy it...

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/

TED: How to build a pop-up theater

For the 2014 TED Talks in Vancouver, BC, Canada, TED wanted a pop-up -- a temporary theater set erected inside a ballroom at the Vancouver Convention Center. A reusable 1,200 venue,  assembled in about a week.

The Rockwell Group took a little over a year to design the structure.

Rockwell Group. Michael Fischer and JT Bachman worked on the TED Theater. "While my role was more as project manager," Fischer says, "JT was the one who built and developed the Rhino model. Some of it was from my direction, given my theater experience, but in other ways it was from JT's initiative. We'd meet to review the model, and I'd go, 'Wow, where did that come from? That's really cool. Let's run with that.' "

TEDBlog and timelapse video .... 

Architectural Record article .... 

Lasertec, El Salvador - RhinoFabStudio

We would like to welcome Lasertec, a laser cutting and engraving company in El Salvador, as an Authorized RhinoFabStudio. Lasertec specializes in creating and fabricating your ideas. 

Visit their RhinoFabStudio site, the place where they share and display their work and the work of their students and clients. Stay in touch with their Facebook page to learn about their upcoming events.

For more information, please click here ...

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.

Marine Design training in Oslo (Norway) by Pivot Produktdesign AS

Rhino for Marine at Pivot Produktdesign AS
Oslo Norway, October 30th to November 1st

Course Outline: The course focuses on choosing the right strategy for a given task and using Rhino to its full potential. 

Much attention will be paid to topics specific to hull modeling, model quality, and surface analysis. 

Structure: This three-day course starts with a brief refresher on Rhino basics. Then we will move on to topology and using various tools to create high quality CAD models. 

Maxwell Render can be part of the curriculum if realistic rendering of vessels in the water rendering is a priority.

The course is adaptable, so we can include your specific modeling tasks upon request.

Prerequisites: You should have at least three months experience using Rhino, or have completed McNeel’s Rhino Level 1 training. However, experience with other modeling software will make up for little or no Rhino experience.

Level: Beginner/intermediate.

Trainers:

Fredrik Wenstop - An industrial designer and certified Rhino trainer. He has experience in both product engineering and architecture. 

As an industrial designer, Fredrik gained his architectural skills while working at Snøhetta Architects in Oslo. Since then he has been involved in several building projects, and held training courses for several architect and design offices in Norway.

Liam Woolley - A design engineer with education from the automotive sector.

His specialty is developing and prototyping products and special fabrications within architecture. Liam also has long-time experience with rendering and visualizations, 3D modeling, and optimization through FEA.

Complete details...

Refugees Welcome House

Check the latest project by Dimitry Demin, Refugees Welcome House, done in Rhino and Grasshopper:

"For whatever reasons people may seek refuge in Central Europe, it is our task and responsibility to face these challenges. This also includes the question of adequately accommodating the new arrivals shortly before winter comes. We feel convicted to make a substantial contribution to answering these questions with an aesthetically sophisticated, technologically advanced and economical solution.

It seems obvious that integrating people seeking asylum into society from the first day on is preferable to seclusion, since these people literally went through hell to get there. And regardless of how we will admit them, most of them are going to begin a new life here with us. It is left to policy makers to create a system for integration, but as members of a global society, we are all called upon to contribute and act.

Our proposal within the scope of architecture is to provide buildings, which are temporary, modular, cost-effective and quick to assemble, yet can be built in individual configurations. In the cooperative field between architecture and industry the experiences and technologies to implement such concepts exist already. Computational methods can be applied to solve and control the technical requirements of components and to develop strategies, making buildings more adaptable and resource-efficient."

More details...

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.

See the new showreel here...

And read more about the September promotional price...

Lightweight internal structures - Two new Grasshopper plugins

Two new Grasshopper plugins are focusing on creating lightweight internal structures. 

Computational techniques, new materials, and fabrication processes are joining forces to create strong yet light lattice structures.

Intralattice is a set of open source Grasshopper components for generating solid lattice structures within a 3D design space.

More info on Intralattice .....

Exoskeleton is a free plugin for creating meshes. It is currently two components: Exo Wireframe and Cytoskeleton.

• Exo Wireframe thickens lines and nodes into watertight meshes. It solves the nodes using a convex hull and stitches the hulls together with polygonal struts.
• Cytoskeleton thickens the edge network of any existing mesh into a thickened mesh. The topology of the base mesh enables the production of a clean quad mesh whose vertices are all an even valence. 

More info on Exoskeleton ....

Designing kayaks from scratch

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.

Winners!

Fast Company announced the winners of their Innovation by Design Awards. We are pleased to see so many of our clients as part of the winners and the finalists. Names such as fuseproject, NewDealDesign, Dyson, Pensa, Whipsaw, LUNAR, Veryday, Leatherman Tool Group, Navdy, Tactus Technology, Fiskars, Skully, Teague, Rockwell Group, SOM, Sasaki Associates, PriestmanGoode, Svigals + Partners, NBBJ, James Carpenter Design Associates, Michael Maltzan Architecture, IDEO, MIT Senseable City Lab, Joris Laarman Lab ....

Details of Fast Company awards finalists ....

Call for RhinoVAULT case studies and survey

The Rhinoceros® plugin RhinoVAULT emerged from research on structural form finding using the Thrust Network Analysis (TNA) approach to intuitively create and explore compression-only structures.

Call for case studies and survey

Block Research Group (BRG)is looking for convincing case studies. If you can answer one of the following questions with yes, we would love to hear from you:

• Did you use RhinoVAULT in the design process for a real structure or building?
• Did you use RhinoVAULT for a student design project or master thesis?
• Did you use RhinoVAULT to design and build a model, prototype, or pavilion?
• Did you use RhinoVAULT as a teaching tool in your class?

Please send an email to rippmann@arch.ethz.ch with details or a download link (via wetransfer, Dropbox, etc.) until September 20th.

BRG also created a short and simple survey form (will take less than three minutes) for anybody who has used RhinoVAULT and is willing to share their experience.

Link to the RhinoVAULT survey: http://goo.gl/forms/ZNg5fGYUc2

Prize

All of the participants will be entered into a drawing for a copy of the book Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization (Cool extra: The book will be signed by some of the book’s authors!)

The winner will be notified and announced on the blog.

We look forward to hearing from you! (rippmann@arch.ethz.ch)

Level 2 Rhino for Mac online course, Sept 21-30

Image credit: Kyle Houchens, The Outside

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.

Sign up today!

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.

Register here...

Teknologia'15 - Helsinki (Finland)

Teknologia'15 

October 6-8, 2015
Helsinki (Finland)

Whether you work as an engineer or as a research scientist, R&D expert, a manager or in manufacturing, this is the one event you cannot miss. The newest products, the latest technologies, and the unique opportunity to strengthen your network create an atmosphere where fresh ideas develop.

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.