3D structural scheming and analysis generation

Using Rhinoceros as a sketch tool for 3D structural scheming and analysis generation

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Instant mixed reality experiences from Rhino and Grasshopper with Fologram

Fologram for Mobile is available now on the App Store and Google Play to help designers create augmented reality experiences for sharing, learning, modelling and making instantly from Rhino and Grasshopper. Fologram works by streaming your Rhino and Grasshopper models to unlimited connected mobile (and HoloLens) devices over WiFi. Connecting a device is as simple as clicking a button and scanning a generated QR code. No model preparation, game engines, or scripting is required. Advanced users can use Fologram to build powerful interactive augmented reality applications by using tracked devices, gestures, and markers as inputs to parametric models. See a demo of Fologram in the video below:

Fologram for Mobile is a standalone augmented reality platform for the classroom, studio, and workshop. Users can download the Rhino plugin and Fologram for Mobile to stream models, connect multiple devices and work with all Grasshopper components entirely for free. Saving models to a device and working with unlimited Grasshopper parameters can be unlocked with a subscription.

More information here...

Grasshopper tutorials by Andrew Heumann

Looking for Grasshopper tutorials? Check out Andrew Heumann's series on learning Grasshopper, for beginner to intermediate Grasshopper users. Each YouTube session is around 30 minutes.

Andrew is a frequent poster on the Grasshopper users' web site and a digital artist.

Getting to Know Grasshopper with Andrew Heumann...

Face Shield 3D model

Controlmad has been kind enough to share its face shield design (3DM and DXF) with the community.

You can manufacture up to 10 units per hour with a laser cutter. Details here.

Also, check the Coronavirus Makers web site for many other free designs of medical devices and protection systems.

Essential Guide to C# Scripting for Grasshopper

We're delighted to share the release of the 1st edition of the Essential Guide to C# Scripting for Grasshopper. This latest publication by McNeel is intended for designers experienced in Grasshopper visual scripting, who would like to take their skills to the next level to create their own custom scripts using the C# programming language. This guide does not assume nor require any background in programming. It includes a description of the C# component in Grasshopper, an overview of C# programming basics, and a detailed review of the RhinoCommon geometry. It also includes a few examples of design algorithms implemented using C# in Grasshopper.

Download C# Guide text and Grasshopper examples...

RhinoCAM 2020 released

MecSoft Corporation announced RhinoCAM 2020, the latest version of MecSoft’s fully integrated CAM plugin for Rhinoceros 5 and 6.

Release highlights include:

• New G-code editor module for previewing and editing G-code files
• New Profile-Nesting module for nesting profile tool paths
• New Mill-Turn module for C axis mill programming on a lathe
• Fixtures – Ability to define fixtures in all CAM tool paths
• Many features and feature improvements in 2 ½, 3, 4 & 5 axis machining
• Simulation – Taper tool holder collision as well as fixture collision detection
• Other productivity and user interface enhancements

For more information, see What’s New in RhinoCAM 2020.

You can request free demo software downloads of RhinoCAM.

Bella Render for Rhino plugin

Diffuse Logic is pleased to announce an open beta for its Bella for Rhino plugin.

Bella is a new state of the art spectral renderer, written from a clean sheet to achieve unmatched realism. By adhering to a physics-based approach, Bella produces photographic-quality images, while avoiding the need for typical confusing settings.

The Bella for Rhino plugin (available for Windows & Mac) integrates Bella directly with Rhino, with little need to learn anything new. In its initial iteration, the plugin supports seamless translation of Rhino settings, materials, and environments, whether rendering directly in a Rhino viewport or using the Render command.

We invite all to join us as we move forward from this initial release, to give feedback as we add more Bella-specific features, and then integrate Bella's native node-based system with Grasshopper.

Complete press release...

Tekla Grasshopper Link Glass Dome Model - video

Controlmad's summer workshop in Design & Parametric Fabrication (Madrid) - June 17-July 9 or July 8-30, 2020

Controlmad's summer workshop in Design & Parametric Fabrication (Madrid), is organized so that any student without previous knowledge in 3D modeling or Rhino, may get a solid base for going into parametric design. For that, the workshop uses Grasshopper, a free graphical algorithm editor tightly integrated with Rhino’s 3D modeling tools. Unlike RhinoScript, Grasshopper requires no knowledge of programming or scripting, but still allows designers to build form generators from the simple to the awe-inspiring. It is used at many famous architecture offices like Zaha Hadid or Norman Foster and at the Sagrada Familia (Barcelona), one of the most technologically advanced buildings in the world.

Students not only learn how to model and render but also will implement various strategies to obtain structures of complex models, analyze, calculate, interact with the physical environment, etc. with the chance to manufacture different models with CNC technology, like cutting laser Trotec and 3D printers. The final goal is to create, design, and 3D model a cool object, prototype, or sculpture using Rhino and Grasshopper, get a fast render with V-Ray, and make it real with digital machines.

The course is scheduled in five units over four weeks.

1st edition: June 17-July 9, 2020
2nd edition: July 8-30, 2020

Complete details and registration...

Grasshopper-SOFiSTiK webinar on parametric bridge design recorded

Complex Steel Bridge Design Through SOFiSTiK and Parametric Modelling

SOFiSTiK and FINLEY Engineering Group recently held a webinar on parametric bridge modelling:

The SR 826/Palmetto Expressway and SR 25/ Okeechobee Road Interchange Improvement Project in Miami-Dade County, Florida, includes the design and construction of three new flyover ramps. It provides additional routes with a direct connection at the existing interchange while also improving safety and alleviating traffic. Each new ramp is composed of twin continuous steel box girders with spans ranging from 140’ to 230’ with a total bridge length of 7,241’. Four steel straddle bents are required in locations where the substructure cannot be founded beneath the girders due to obstructions from existing roadways or the Miami Canal. Each flyover ramp has unique geometric constraints including a varying deck width, curved girders with radii down to 330’, varying superelevations, and complex gore area framing that are modeled explicitly in 3D with a refined analysis in SOFiSTiK.

Download the recorded webinar...

Grasshopper-SOFiSTiK interface documentation...

New in ShapeDiver: Copy Model Settings & Re-upload GH files

Over the past months, ShapeDiver has added many new features. From lights and shadows to environment settings and camera controls. All of this implied more time for creating the perfect scene. However, a Grasshopper definition update meant doing it all over again.

Because of that, ShapeDiver has added two new features: Copy Model Settings and Re-Upload Models.

The Copy Model Settings is available on the standard model "Upload" page, making it possible to search through your old models and also the public models uploaded by other users.

The Re-Upload is located below the models that appear on the ShapeDiver Dashboard. When re-uploading a model, the form automatically fills the viewer settings from the previous version.

If you have any doubt or wish, don't hesitate to let them know using the forum.

More information here...

Seanaptic 5.0 - Accelerator for ShipConstructor

The new release of Seanaptic 5.0 includes the Accelerator for ShipConstructor module, developed in partnership with SSI Corporate, leveraging the powerful SSI Genesis API. 

The Accelerator for ShipConstructor module allows direct export of parametric Seanaptic ship structures into ShipConstructor with no compromise on quality but with an unparalleled reduction in detail design man-hours. Save up to 80% of the effort and time required to generate a full structural marine project!

A 3-month trial is available at https://www.seanaptic.com/shipconstructor-accelerator

Free academic version.

4.500.000 downloads on food4Rhino!

Food4Rhino, the plugin community server by McNeel, with more than 560 Rhino and Grasshopper apps and 250 resources, reached today 4,500,000 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!

Thanks to all contributors!