Botnica Vessel as a Luminous 3D Print

Gerard Petersen from RhinoCentre (authorized Rhino reseller) was faced with fabricating a 3D printed model for the TS Shipping company.

The challenge was to 3D print the well-known and ice-breaking vessel Botnica making it special as those beautiful, but old school, scale models of ships and yachts.

Using Rhino and fabricated by Shapeways, the result is as unique as the whole story behind it.

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RhinoCAM 2019 released

MecSoft Corporation has announced the latest version of MecSoft’s fully integrated CAM plugin for Rhinoceros 5 and 6, RhinoCAM 2019.

Release highlights include:

• 2½ Axis – Improved feature-based machining, new drag knife cutting method, new cornering options in profile machining
• 3 Axis – Improvements in flat area machining, new trochoidal entry motions for high-speed machining, improved cut connections and performance improvements
• 4 Axis – Smoother motion outputs in the post-processor
• 5 Axis – Nutating head support and local coordinate plane programming 
• Simulation – Tool shank collision detection and early error detection
• Free TURN module included in certain 2019 MILL configurations
• Other productivity and user interface enhancements
• NEST has been enhanced to add 3D object nesting

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Rhino at the Sydney Design Festival 2019

On the occasion of the 3rd Italian Design Day and of the Sydney DesignFestival 2019, the Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney (an official body of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) has invited Arturo Tedeschi, architect and computational designer, as a guest speaker of the event Inside Italian Design: Beyond the Glossy Cover. Arturo Tedeschi,  based in Milano (Italy) and worldwide known for his avant-garde work and for the best seller AAD Algorithms Aided Design, promotes a new approach that merges innovative fabrication techniques, algorithms, virtual reality, and AI.

Arturo develops all his projects using Rhino and Grasshopper.

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