Last call for entries - Reshape

Reshape 18| Sensing Materialities Competition

Entries due August 31st

Through their online platform Reshape promotes research, design, and production of digital ideas, exploring implications and applications of technology and innovation. Reshape 18 | Sensing materialities is focused on customized garments or products, promoting healthy living for individuals in everyday life.

Annually Reshape launches a competition organized by Noumena in collaboration with IN(3D)USTRY From Needs to Solutions and Fira Barcelona to foster the use and adoption of additive and advanced manufacturing on wearable and product design. This year's forum is October 16-18.

Designers, makers, and artists are invited to submit their ideas and design proposals for the Reshape challenge.

Submit your design before August 31st!...

Reviving Tacoma's wooden dome

The renovation of the Tacoma Dome, in Tacoma, Washington, United States, is now underway. When measured by volume, the Tacoma Dome is the largest wooden dome arena in the world.

More than 25 million people have enjoyed world-class entertainment and events at the Tacoma Dome for the last 35 years. This summer, the dome will be enhanced with more than $30 million in capital improvements.

The dome structure and new upgraded seating layout were modeled in Rhino for 3D-review and visualization. The model walk-through is a short clip by DIG showing the model build-up.

Model walk-through in a time-lapse rendering

3D printing and concrete

Benjamin Dillenburger, a professor for Digital Building Technologies at ETH Zurich, has created this video on the hot topic of 3D printing and concrete.

He is printing the concrete framework using complex geometries and creating lightweight, prefabricated concrete slabs.

Watch the video of prefabricating a light concrete roof...

Scan&Solve for Rhino 6 released

Scan&Solve Pro for Rhino 6 has been released!

Scan&Solve Pro allows structural simulation of bonded assemblies consisting of any collection of solid geometry (polysurfaces, extrusions, meshes) within Rhino 6. It also supports advanced material models such as wood and bonded orthotropic composites. Now offering perpetual licenses in addition to affordable subscription licenses!

To download...