SimplyRhino Hardware Configuration for Rhino 6

SimplyRhino has been researching the best hardware configuration to run Rhino 6 for Windows and is sharing the results on their website.

They also have reviewed a PNY mobile workstation using Rhino v6 and V-Ray 3.6 for Rhino. Watch the video (delivered by Phil Cook), along with full text regarding the content (including how Rhino 6 takes full advantage of the high-spec GPU).

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XirusCAD for Rhino 6 at DEVELOP3D LIVE in Boston

Mirrakoi is exhibiting at DEVELOP3D LIVE in Boston (October 2, 2018) to announce XirusCAD for Rhino 6 and the new starpoint-features that are soon included in XirusCAD. 

Super-smooth starpoints can be created with a few mouse clicks from n-gons with 3, 4, 5 or 6 edges with G2 or higher continuity. XirusCAD enables instant smooth freeform modeling: the intuitive creation of smooth Y-branches or bridges between patches has never been easier! XirusCAD for Rhino provides a complete toolset for intuitive and instant high-quality smooth freeform modeling and enables direct surface, tangent and curvature control, SubD, full NURBS compatibility and more. 

XirusCAD is available for free at https://mirrakoi.com/xiruscad-for-rhino/.

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Algorithmic modeled cakes

It's not often that we get to use delicious and Grasshopper in the same sentence.

Dinara Kasko is a former architect who became interested in patisserie. Kasko began designing cakes with extraordinary shapes. "I like sharp, straight lines."

She is now using algorithmic modeling to build her cakes. She programs and scripts the cakes, then models and prints a kit to pour the silicone mold on a 3D printer.

See what happens when an architect designs cakes...

NYC Workshop - Rhino technology in the cloud and beyond

Our team at McNeel is conducting an exciting workshop for developers. We will be introducing Rhino.Inside™ technology to embed Rhino and Grasshopper technology inside other applications and web services. We also will be exploring the stateless REST API provided by Rhino Compute™, the cloud-based geometry service.

A hackathon follows the workshop where you can explore all the new ways to access Rhino technology. Listen to the experts and engage in the discussion!

If you need robust geometry access in your development projects, this is the workshop for you.

Where: Core Studio's AEC Tech 2018, New York City
Presenter: Dale Fugier, Rhino developer support lead
When: Thursday, October 25

Register today!

Biomimicry and computational design in a facade

Gaurav Goel announced the publication of his first article in Window & Facade Magazine India.

This article talks about how biomimicry and computational design has influenced the discourse of facade design and is illustrated with one of Gaurav's design projects from a London competition.

Gaurav holds a master's degree in architecture from the University of Nottingham and a master's diploma in parametric design from Spain.  In 2016, Goel founded Parametric Curiosity, an architecture studio and social media blog for sharing digital explorations in parametric design.

Goel's research interests lie in form finding, temporary and permanent pavilion installations, form optimization, digital fabrication with CNC and 3D printing, architectural facades and other geometrical explorations using computational tools such as Rhino and Grasshopper.

You can read the article Biomimicry Inspired Facades & Computational Design on pages 58-62 in the magazine's July-August 2018 edition. 

Print seamless patterns on fabric in minutes

Digital patterning, such as GeminiCAD Systems,  reduces the manual steps typically associated with 2D pattern making.

The recently introduced ExactFlat Monarch software system adds the ability to apply texture-mapped graphics directly to the pattern with perfect flow matching. With Eastman automated cutting systems, the data is used to print and cut perfectly aligned pattern pieces ready for assembly.

This YouTube video demos the software ExactFlat Monarch as it is used for furniture manufacturing.

Watch 3D Design to Patterns in Minutes....

Garden Thorn irrigation system

Here is a fun product from a Rhino user, Handy Camel. It's their contribution to combating global warming with water conservation.

The Garden Thorn is a spike made of recycled plastic. It's a nifty irrigation device that injects water three to six inches underground and eliminates runoff and evaporation, so plants get the water they need at the roots.

The Garden Thorn spike is placed in the ground, not on the surface like soaker hoses. There is no runoff or evaporation.

 
It is an easy-to-use, underground irrigation system requiring:

• A garden hose
• A rubber mallet to protect the thorn when tapping into the ground
• A hose end-cap for one end of the hose

The spike is hammered in the ground near the plant. When snapped in place, the needle at the top of the Garden Thorn punctures the hose. The pressurized water is injected down into the spike and out a hole at the bottom, watering the roots and soil directly around the plant.

See the Gardening Products review.com...

XXXII International Fair of Bogotá (industrial exhibition)

The XXXII International Fair of Bogotá aims at the new technologies applied to productive industries. It has become a center of business and industry contacts that encourages commercial exchange. It is a favorable scenario for the exhibition of machinery, equipment, technological advances, supplies, machinery for construction, capital and intermediate goods, raw materials, components and services to an infinite market for development and industrial growth.

Join Rhino3D Colombia and Almacenes Yamata and learn how 3-D design is combined with new technologies, and how new ideas can be generated using Rhino, RhinoCAM, and Grasshopper. 

Date: September 24-28, 2018
Time: 9:00 AM-7:00 PM
Place: Main entrance: Carrera 37 No. 24 -67, Bogotá
Visit us at Pavilion 1, Level 1, Stand 232, CORFERIAS.

Register here!

For more information, please 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.

Rhino for Educators Workshop at Construct3D 2018

Construct3D 2018 is a 3D printing, digital fabrication conference, and expo focused on academic use, best practices, and professional development opportunities for faculty, staff, and students. This year, Georgia Tech hosts the event.

The Rhino for Educators Workshop is a comprehensive, one-day introductory class, where you will learn the basics of creating and editing accurate 3D models. This fast-moving class covers how to start using Rhino to develop models for both rendering and digital fabrication. The day will start with an introduction and progress rapidly to more advanced surfacing commands and preparing models for 3D printing. This class is designed to be “hands on.” However, feel free to join us even if you do not have a computer.

Location: Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI),
813 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332
Venue: GTMI Auditorium
Date: Friday, October 5, 2018
Time: 9:00 am-4:00 pm
Instructor: Mary Ann Fugier, Director of Education and Training,
Robert McNeel & Associates

Spaces are limited - Register now!

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Karamba3D Workshop - November 28-30 in Vienna

Location: Vienna, Austria

Venue: Sichtart e.U., Mariahilfer Straßer 112/1/9 Vienna 1070

Dates: November 28-30, 2018

Time: 10:00-18:00

Course Fee: Professional EUR 750 (+VAT), Student EUR 375 (+VAT) 

Led by plugin developer and structural engineer Clemens Preisinger, along with Zeynep Aksoz and Matthew Tam from the expert Karamba3D team, this three-day workshop will focus on methods of setting up structural systems in the parametric environment of Grasshopper. Participants will be guided through the basics of analyzing and interpreting structural models, to optimization processes and how to integrate Karamba3D into C# scripts.

This workshop is aimed toward beginner to intermediate users of Karamba, but advanced users are also encouraged to apply. It is open to both professional and academic users.

Karamba3D is a parametric structural engineering tool that provides an accurate analysis of spatial trusses, frames, and shells. Karamba3D is fully embedded in the parametric design environment of Grasshopper, a plugin for the 3D modeling tool Rhinoceros. This makes it easy to combine parameterized geometric models, finite element calculations and optimization algorithms like Galapagos.

Course Outline

• Introduction and presentation of project examples
• Optimization of cross sections of line-based and surface-based elements
• Geometric optimization
• Topological optimization
• Structural performance informed form finding
• Understanding analysis algorithms embedded in Karamba and visualizing results
• Complex workflow processes in Rhino, Grasshopper, and Karamba3D

Requirements

• The workshop will be taught in English.
• Basic Rhino and Grasshopper knowledge is recommended.
• No knowledge of Karamba is needed.

Places are limited to a maximum of 10 participants with limited educational places. A minimum of 4 places is required for the workshop to take place. The workshop will be canceled if this quota is not filled by October 15th.

Participants must bring their own laptops with either Rhino 5/Rhino 6 and Grasshopper installed. A 90-day trial version of Rhino can be downloaded from Rhino.

Karamba ½ year licenses for non-commercial use will be provided to all participants.

Registration...

RhinoLink for Wolfram Language

RhinoLink is a prototype Wolfram Language paclet that provides a two-way communication link between McNeel and Associates' Rhino and Mathematica or Wolfram Desktop.

With RhinoLink you can:

• Script Rhino with Wolfram Language code
• Create Grasshopper components that encapsulate Wolfram Language code
• Control Rhino content with Wolfram Language interfaces
• Source Rhino geometry from Mathematica
• Include Wolfram Language code directly in Grasshopper structures
• Use Rhino as a geometry server from Wolfram Language

RhinoLink currently supports Rhino 6 for Windows and Mathematica versions 11.0+.

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