Thursday, March 28, 2019

"Urban Machines: Public Space in a Digital Culture" by authors Gernot Riether and Marcella Del Signore






Check out this new book, Urban Machines: Public Space in a Digital Culture by authors Gernot Riether and Marcella Del Signore.


Gernot Riether, Director of the School of Architecture and Associate Professor at the College of Architecture and Design at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Marcella Del Signore, Associate Professor at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) School of Architecture & Design, are the authors of more than 40 refereed papers, articles and book chapters. In their book, they explore the relationship between public space and information technology.

At the beginning of the 21st-century digital technology disrupted city life. Information and communication technologies have radically changed the way we inhabit and operate in urban space. Over the last few decades, an increasingly collaborative and interdisciplinary work developed by architects, artists, urban and media designers has defined a particular landscape of projects that engage information technology as a catalytic tool for expanding, augmenting and altering public and social interactions in the urban space. Through essays, case studies and conversations, this book discusses the impact of information technologies on the physical public space while providing an inspiring vision of possible future public space in a digital culture.



ISBN: 9788898774289
Available at Amazon and LIStLab!

What is RhinoFabStudio? 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.

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Time Machine V1.0 Workshop by DesignMorphine




Time Machine V1.0 is an intensive six-day design workshop using unique software like Grasshopper to produce complex designs and architectural projects deploying parametric workflow.

Participants will be provided with a set of tools and examples to build an aesthetic vocabulary that merges space and time into a new unicum that generates an unprecedented design result. It will cover software basics, complex geometry, hybrid mesh-NURBS modeling, animation design techniques, rendering, and final presentation.

To attend there is no previous software experience required. The final architectural project developed will be officially presented on the last day of the workshop and then exhibited on the public lecture.


Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Savanna3D R6 + 12 Grasshopper definitions




Savanna3D R6 contains more than 1,300 detailed 3D models in 3DM format + 12 Grasshopper definitions to create parametric models. These models, which include furniture, fixtures, 2D people, office equipment, TVs, and more, are ready to insert or import into Rhino 6 to give you a head start. And they have preset materials from Rhino 6. You can edit them as any other Rhino 6 object. All the materials are 100% included in Rhino 6.




Savanna3D R6 now includes Grasshopper definitions to create parametric models. Before you use any of the Grasshopper definitions included in Savanna3D R6, you should know these three things about the files!








Purchase Savanna3D R6 here!

*** You will get a download link from McNeel Miami by email ***



Computational Design Happy Hour - Thursday, March 28

Computational Design 

Happy Hour

Thursday, March 28 @ 5:00 PM-7:00 PM

RSVP NOW!

CORE studio at Thornton TomasettiRobert McNeel & Associates, and the Seattle Dynamo User Group invite you to join us at a gathering for computational designers.

Thornton Tomasetti’s New York-based CORE studio team is visiting Seattle to host AEC Tech 2019 | Seattle.

We’re taking the opportunity to get together with computational designers from the Seattle area to talk about emerging tech tools and current developments in architecture and engineering.
  • WHEN:    Thursday, March 28, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
  • WHERE:  Elephant & Castle: 1415 Fifth Avenue, Seattle WA
  • WHAT:     Food, drink, conversation, and ideas
Feel free to invite interested colleagues. See you there!
CORE studio at Thornton Tomasetti, Robert McNeel & Associates,
and the Seattle Dynamo User Group 


Core studio AEC Tech 2019: West Coast - This week!



It's your last chance to join CORE studio for AEC Tech 2019: West Coast Hackathon in Seattle this week. 

Dates: March 29-31, 2019
Location: UW Center for Education & Research in Construction (map)

AEC Tech 2019: Seattle is a three-day event featuring master classes by industry professionals, a mini-symposium, and a 26-hour hackathon! The goal is to produce a space for creative minds to build new technology, learn skills, and foster connections with like-minded individuals. 




Master classes are on Friday, March 29th from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Master classes are designed to teach participants new skills and build on existing ones that can be immediately applied to the Hackathon. 

Mini-Symposium featuring talks from local professionals on current updates in the industry will conclude the day's event.

The Hackathon will take place from Saturday, March 30th to Sunday, March 31st. Team formations will begin on Friday, March 29th at 5:30 PM and project pitches will happen the same day at 12:00 PM and 5:30 PM. 

AEC Tech Hackathon is an event for all levels of programmers, developers, engineers, architects, and others. It's an opportunity to collaborate, network, build new relationships, and generate new ideas and processes for the AEC community.






Thursday, March 21, 2019

The Holographic Technology of Echo Flowers



The Holographic Technology and its digital fabrication system have been developed exclusively within Rhino over the past 20 years.

Simple ancient geometry drawing techniques were used to develop this interesting system based on the research of cymatics in three-dimensional spaceThe Sophia Construct, its flagship, is a reflection of the dodecahedron and one example of the infinite variations of the holographic modular architectural shell structure.

Anyone over the age of 7 is able to learn this simple construction technology with the help of Rhino. You can download all the models, files, and pictures here to print or laser cut under the conditions of a reflective payment.


Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Marine Design & Engineering Meeting Barcelona - May 8, 2019


Facultat de Nàutica Barcelona
May 8, 2019

As a naval architect, engineer, yacht designer, 3D modeler or software developer, this is a unique event you cannot miss: A collaboration between McNeel, Facultat de Nàutica UPC, and Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Navales y Oceánicos.

In Barcelona, at the historic Facultat de Náutica at Pla de Palau, international industry experts will present their latest projects and their state-of-the-art CAD/CAM/CAE/VR toolsets.

Keynote speakers include Steve Baer (Robert McNeel & Associates), Menno Deij - van Rijswijk (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands - MARIN), Iuliu Prepelita (Seanaptic Ltd.), Liam Woolley (Pivot / Goldfish), Gerard Petersen (RhinoCentre NL), Stéphane DARDEL (NDAR / Orca3D / ExpressMarine), Matthieu Arnold (Ship-ST), Ramón Cárceles (VisualARQ by Asuni), Dariusz Sawicki (Prometso), Javi Ferrín and Adriá Fradera (De Antonio Yachts).

Get hands-on with live software demonstrations from solution providers in hull design and fairing, parametric engineering, CFD, piping, virtual and augmented reality, visualization, product configurators, and much more. 

Confirmed exhibitors are icreatia, Mindesk, NDAR, Seanaptic Ltd UK, ShapeDiver, Ship-STVARJOOrca3DExpressMarine, Packhunt.io, Maverick Render and VisualARQ.

Meet the McNeel staff and learn more about the new functionalities in Rhino WIP (SubD, Cycles, QuadMesh, Voxels) and Rhino's royalty-free developer tools, Frameworks and Ecosystem (RhinoCommon, Rhino.Inside, Rhino Compute, RhinoVR, YAK, Grasshopper, food4Rhino).

Early Bird tickets until April 15. Register now!



* Want to be a speaker or an exhibitor? Contact carlos@mcneel.com.


Seanaptic 3.0 release


Seanaptic for Rhino lets naval architects model parametric ship structures with extreme efficiency.

Seanaptic 3.0 is now available with dozens of improvements and new features, including a 3D Components Management module for Weight Tracking of all items on board. This can replace spreadsheets and other table tools with parametric linked 3D representations. 

There's a 90-day free trial available and a free version for students and universities.


Monday, March 18, 2019

Announcing Ennoble: Evolutionary software for crystal and gemstone designs


Ennoble - a plugin set for crystal and gemstone designs brought to you by D. Swarovski Distribution GmbH. Now available to download.
Design with the connected Swarovski Crystal catalog, including the latest collections, integrated as intelligent Rhino block instance component libraries.
Enjoy the following generative design and engineering tools for Swarovski components in Rhino, now available for both Rhino 5 and 6:
  • Accurate component geometries and real-world manufacturing data such as preset tolerances and security distances, allowing for precise placement, integration, and modification of crystal components. All can be adjusted to your production parameters.
  • Automated placement for NURBS (curves, polysurfaces, solids), subdivision surfaces and polygon meshes, using generative algorithms, evolutionary solvers and parametric techniques for optimal integration.
  • Innovative creative control through a variety of pavé simulation tools for curves and surfaces/mesh geometries, such as spray-on brushes as well as color and texture based circle packing modifiers.
  • Automated cavity and innovative structural creation allow designs to transform into production-ready, self-sustaining geometric structures with accurate crystal cup settings.
  • Advanced tools for fabrication and rapid prototyping geometry optimizations.

Sunday, March 17, 2019

Food4Rhino News

Food4Rhino, the plugin community server by McNeel, with more than 460 Rhino and Grasshopper apps and 200 resources, recently reached 3,500,000 downloads!

Check out the newest developments in AEC, jewelry, visualization, CAD/CAM, robots, CFD, FEA, environmental analysis, marine, AR/VR/MR, footwear, games, volumetric modeling, structural optimization, product configurators, form-finding, urban and landscape, BIM translators, GUI customization, and much more!

Here are some recently added new apps:



Magnetizing Floor Plan Generator: An exploration of various ways of generating floor plans for public buildings.



Wallacei: An evolutionary engine to run evolutionary simulations in Grasshopper through highly detailed analytic tools.



OpenNest: Nesting in Rhino 6 and Grasshopper.

Kiwi!3D: Isogeometric analysis in Rhino.

Smart Menu for Rhino: A customizable, productive and easy-to-learn GUI tool.

CreateQuadMesh: Create quad meshes using the Instant Meshes and QuadriFlow open source meshing projects.

Seanaptic: Model parametric ship structures with extreme efficiency.

Mastering Surfacing in Rhino: This book is written for anyone who wants to improve their surfacing skills and achieve curvature continuity surfaces without plugins and expensive CAD software.




Trammel: Design a 5-way Archimedes trammel by adjusting slider lengths and widths for physical clearance.




PedSim: Run simplified pedestrian simulation in real time in Grasshopper for demonstration purposes.

Friday, March 15, 2019

MECSPE 2019 - Parma (Italy)




MECSPE2019
March 28-30
Fiere di Parma
Italy

MECSPE2019 is the leading event for industry 4.0 manufacturing. Visit the Cimsystem booth (Hall 3 - Stand F26) to learn more about RhinoNC, the most complete CAM solution perfectly integrated into Rhinoceros which can generate continuous toolpaths from 2,5 axis to 5 axis.


Thursday, March 14, 2019

Seatec 2019 - Carrara (Italy)




Marina di Carrara
Carrara (Italy)
Stand D857 - Pavilion D
Medvillage MarketPlace - Stand E1034 - Pavilion E

Seatec, the exhibition of technology, components, design and subcontracting applied to yachts, conceived and organized by IMM CarraraFiere, hosts its 17th edition on April 3-5, 2019.

NDAR will exhibit at Seatec 2019 at two booths: D857 and E1107. Visitors can learn about the latest updates and new features of leading marine software products such as ShipConstructor, Express Marine, GHS, MAESTRO, NavCad, ShipWeight, Orca3D & Orca3D CFD, AutoFEM, and Rhino.


V-Ray Next for Rhino


We’d like to introduce V-Ray Next for Rhino, the first smart renderer made for designers.

V-Ray becomes a project control center and expands the capabilities of Rhino and Grasshopper with photorealistic rendering, scene intelligence, and asset management.

Everywhere you look V-Ray Next is faster. Thanks to the optimized materials and overall performance gains in V-Ray Next, rendering speeds are now up to 50 percent faster than before. Improvements to GPU rendering offer another 200 percent, further extended through V-Ray Scene Intelligence, which can show specific improvements up to seven times.

V-Ray Scene Intelligence, introduced in V-Ray Next, automatically analyzes a 3D scene to optimize some of the most common decisions a designer makes. For instance, the new Adaptive Dome Light (ADL) now offers more accurate, image-based environment lighting that’s up to seven times faster. This is especially helpful for interiors, where it removes the need to add separate light portals at windows and openings.

V-Ray Scene Intelligence has also improved the V-Ray camera, which can now set exposure and white balance automatically, allowing for picture-perfect renderings every time. No-input denoising is also available through the new NVIDIA AI denoiser, which removes image noise almost instantly, giving an immediate sense of lighting. This type of denoising is perfect for interactively finetuning the scene's look.

Powerful Asset Management

The new asset management system acts as a new project control center, helping designers streamline workflow and coordinate across projects. Now, you can manage all V-Ray scene assets intuitively, and use the live preview function to fine-tune the look of lights, textures, and materials from a central location.

Unparalleled Grasshopper Support

V-Ray Next for Rhino launches with the most comprehensive Grasshopper toolset on the market, bringing new abilities to the parametric design tool. With live interactivity, designers can use V-Ray from within Grasshopper to produce stunning visualizations of abstract curves and repeating patterns, without exporting anything back to Rhino. You can also now animate sunlight, cameras and Grasshopper definitions from the V-Ray timeline. Definitions stay parametric throughout the rendering process, in both Grasshopper and Rhino.



Wednesday, March 13, 2019

AA Visiting School Istanbul - Robotic Mediations



AA Istanbul Visiting School, in collaboration with Istanbul Bilgi University, is a unique learning experience. The program builds on its expertise in generative design methodologies and large-scale prototyping techniques from previous years while bringing together a range of experts from internationally acclaimed academic institutions and practices, Architectural Association, Zaha Hadid Architects, and others.

AA Istanbul Visiting School investigates the inherent associations between form, material, and structure through the rigorous implementation of innovative design and fabrication techniques. The key objective of the program is the design and fabrication of a 1:1 scale prototype using robotic fabrication techniques.

Applications

The AA Visiting School requires a fee of £695 per participant, which includes a £60 Visiting Membership fee. Please contact the AA Visiting School Coordinator for more details. 

The deadline for applications is 24 June 2019. No portfolio or CV, the only requirement is the online application and fees.


MSc in Computational Design and Digital Fabrication


From the collaboration between the Architecture Departments of Innsbruck University and the University of Nicosia, the MSc in Computational Design and Digital Fabrication investigates the relationship between computational tools and architectural design. It focuses on programming languages as the basis of computational design methods and digital fabrication tools, attaining a coherent understanding of the relationship between coding, design intent, and built form.

The program goal is to offer prospective participants the opportunity to develop computational design skills and hands-on cutting-edge fabrication techniques while acquiring mature analytical thinking on the theory and applications of computational tools in architecture along with creative problem-solving working methods.

The program is based on a Distance Learning Structure and will be using Rhino and Grasshopper extensively.


Workshop on compute.rhino3d at AEC Tech 2019, Seattle


Master Class Workshops at AEC Tech 2019, Seattle
Dates: March 29-31, 2019
Location: UW Center for Education & Research in Construction (map)

Instructors:
Steve Baer, Robert McNeel & Associates
Will Pearson, Robert McNeel & Associates

Learn how to use Rhino and Grasshopper's functionality from anywhere software can run with Internet access. This will include writing both standard applications and browser-based applications that use compute.rhino3d to perform advanced geometry calculations.

Other workshops
  • Building .Net Integrations: Want to get more out of Grasshopper?
  • Building Web Applications: Tie together a web interface with calls to an external server.
More details.

Master classes are being offered on Friday, March 29th from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Master classes are designed to teach participants new skills and build on existing ones that can be immediately applied to the AEC Hackathon








Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Free 3D Design Webinar: Creating 3D Patterns with Grasshopper


Following the Car Body Design exclusive webinar Introduction to Grasshopper for Designers held back in December, Car Body Design has partnered with Novedge to present a new Rhino/Grasshopper webinar, titled Designing 3D Patterns with Rhino and Grasshopper, that will be this Wednesday, March 13 at 11:00 PDT.


The webinar is free, and those who are interested in participating can register here.

Monday, March 11, 2019

Exploring forms with Rhino 6 and Grasshopper





Come see the latest on 3D modeling and form finding with Rhino and Grasshopper during a free presentation by the director of RhinoFabStudio, Andres Gonzalez. In this presentation, he will show some basic processes, as well as a few advanced tricks for modeling complex free-form shapes in Rhino, and an introduction to generative data-driven design with Grasshopper.

DATE:      March 18, 2019
TIME:      6:00 – 7:30 PM
PLACE:    MDC – Miami Dade College - Kendall Campus Room 6359

For more information, please contact Hector Ceballos or Jackie Nasser.


What is RhinoFabStudio? 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.

Human-Centric Performance Simulations in Architecture (humARCH)



HumARCH poses the notion of computational simulations as an appropriate and integrated method to explore human-space interactions before building construction and to support an evidence-based architectural design process that moves beyond intuition in daylighting and wayfinding. 

During an intense 5-day program, students gain theoretical input and engage in independent learning, group work and exposure to state-of-the-art industry and research-based simulation tools. 

Sunday, March 10, 2019

AEC Tech 2019: West Coast Hackathon, Seattle



Have you heard? CORE studio at Thornton Tomasetti has announced that they are bringing their AEC Tech 2019: West Coast Hackathon to Seattle for the first time! You don't want to miss this!

Dates: March 29-31, 2019
Location: UW Center for Education & Research in Construction (map)

AEC Tech 2019: Seattle is a three-day event featuring a day of master classes by industry professionals, a mini-symposium, and a 26-hour hackathon!  The goal is to produce a space for creative minds to build new technology, learn skills, and foster connections with like-minded individuals. 




Master classes are being offered on Friday, March 29th from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Master classes are designed to teach participants new skills and build on existing ones that can be immediately applied to the Hackathon. 

A Mini-Symposium featuring talks from local professionals on current updates in the industry will conclude the day's event.

The Hackathon will take place from Saturday, March 30th to Sunday, March 31st. Team formations will begin on Friday, March 29th at 5:30 PM and project pitches will happen the same day at 12:00 PM and 5:30 PM. 

AEC Tech Hackathon is an event for all levels of programmers, developers, engineers, architects, and others. Additionally, it is an opportunity for attendees to collaborate, network, build new relationships, and generate new ideas and processes for the AEC community.





Thursday, March 7, 2019

Grasshopper UK User Group Meeting at Arup Manchester - April 4, 2019

Daniel Edmiston and Mark Joynson – Structural Engineers | Building Engineering | Arup

The second Grasshopper UK User Group Meeting of 2019 will take place at Arup’s Manchester offices, on April 4.

The meetings follow a simple format of at least one presentation from a customer with experience in their field, followed by group discussion and informal pleasantries.

Confirmed presenters are the hosts, Arup, and architects Bauman Lyons.


Merging culture with technology

Sitka High School junior Asa Demmert watches over the computer numerical control router carving his paddle. (KCAW Photo / Enrique Pérez de la Rosa)

A 3D modeled Tlingit paddle. The perfect marriage of culture and technology. 

Mike Vieira, the Design and Fabrication instructor at Sitka High, has co-developed a paddle carving project with Charlie Skultka Jr., a traditional arts instructor with the Sitka Tribe of Alaska.


Sitka High School's paddle carving projects were designed in Rhino, tool pathed in Aspire, and manufactured on a ShopBot.

It's an example of evolving art and sustaining the culture of the Tlingit people. 

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

AA Visiting School Dubai 5.0



AA Visiting School Dubai 5.0
In5 Design, Hai d3, Dubai Design District
Friday, March 29–Saturday, April 6, 2019

AA Visiting School Dubai (AAVS DXB) continues to explore boundaries of innovative technologies in the search for novel tectonics, contextual to the Middle East.

The fifth edition of the workshop will advance the findings of previous workshops, exploring additive manufacturing as a means to seed exciting, sustainable constructions. The groups will examine generating, testing, and constructing components of the scaled constructions in light of the principles of Stereotomy, the art and science of cutting 3D solids into particular shapes, to enable the assembly of structurally stable structures.

Throughout an experimental design process, AAVS DXB will arm participants with core skills in generative design, digital manufacturing, and visualization. The workshop will explain the future of high-performance environments and form-making and will conclude with project presentations and an exhibition of outcomes.


Free workshop in London (May 8, 2019): BIM Workflow in Rhino with VisualARQ and Grasshopper


This 3-hour workshop will introduce you to the main tools VisualARQ adds to Rhino for developing an architectural project, producing the 2D documentation drawings and delivering a BIM model for other AEC applications.

What will you learn?

  • How to work with parametric architectural objects
  • The Level and Section manager that let you work and organize the model at different levels and sections
  • How to produce 2D drawings from the 3D model
  • How to generate dynamic BIM objects driven by Grasshopper (also known as “VisualARQ Grasshopper styles”) with unlimited options of design
  • How to automate many modeling tasks through the VisualARQ components built for Grasshopper 
  • How to add custom data to geometry and list in schedules
  • How to deliver BIM models and collaborate with other tools through the IFC import/export capabilities