Win a scholarship for DesignMorphine’s master’s degree!

Whether you’ve already graduated or are about to graduate from college, getting a master’s degree is always an option you might consider to get ahead with your career and improve your current skill set. If you’ve ever thought about or are actively considering taking a master’s degree in the computational design field, then this may be good news for you. 

ShapeDiver will collaborate with DesignMorphine to provide one of three partial scholarships for their upcoming Master of Science in Computational and Advanced Design. A 9-month online program focuses on architecture and product design, fully accredited by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and accepted worldwide.

The scholarships will require students to apply before February 28, 2021. Each scholarship will grant up to €2900 to students who meet the criteria.

More information and applications...

Designing for Timber online workshop for architects by Design-to-Production, February 1-3

Designing for Timber workshop by Design-to-Production

Date: February 1-3

Time: 3 times 2 hours, 19h30-21h30 CET

Tutors: Evy Slabbinck and Martin Antemann (both Design-to-Production)

With climate change in mind, timber construction is the future! Building in wood is sustainable, efficient, and lightweight–and has a lot of architectural qualities. Join this workshop and learn all about the material, its detailing and fabrication, and how all this influences the planning process. Design-to-Production shares their knowledge in an interactive practice-based manner. And with a holistic approach enables participants to develop in-depth knowledge and confidence to design innovative timber structures.

Registration...

PAZ BSS - Archicad + GH

 

PAZ BSS - Archicad + GH
PAZ Academy (Parametric Academy Zurich)

Do you have a full-time job, family, friends, and a hobby? Do you want to continue learning and challenging yourself to become more confident and effective in your professional life?

If the answer is yes, the BSS - Building System Specialist Title is for you! You can learn alongside your daily job with personalized online training.

Take the power of Grasshopper to your daily BIM environment, to Archicad, and become a parametric Jedi in your office! 

How can you do it? Be part of the PAZ BSS four months of personal training, an intense but amazing shortcut, and a rocket to help your everyday workflow.

Ready for the change?  Register the BSS Journey and make a big change in your career.

Join the 2021 second edition from February 1st!

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Parametric structural design online workshop using SOFiSTiK in Grasshopper, March 15–17 (hosted by McNeel Europe)

Parametric structural design online workshop using SOFiSTiK in Grasshopper 

March 15–17, 2021

10 AM–5 PM CET

Hosted on Zoom by McNeel Europe

Today’s building industry is increasingly complex and specialized. Modern projects are highly driven by intensive collaboration between architects, structural engineers and other stakeholders. Especially in the digital era, architects, and engineers are separated from the building site. Hence, digital models are required to ensure a three-dimensional understanding of the scope of work. The challenge is, the architectural model and the structural model are not exactly the same. 

This workshop will give you an intro to parametric structural design using the connection between the powerful analysis software SOFiSTiK and the nearly endless parametric possibilities of the Rhino/Grasshopper world. An emphasis is on exploring methods of collaboration between architects and structural engineers. It is led by structural engineer and software developer Andrés von Breymann and Andreas Niggl from SOFiSTiK AG, along with BIM specialist Junghwo Park from Umdasch Group Ventures. 

Participants will probably be structural engineers having basic experience with Grasshopper, but others are welcome. You will expect to learn and achieve the following goals after the workshop:

• Get a basic understanding of how to set up the analysis workflow in SOFiSTiK
• Learn about the SOFiSTiK Grasshopper Interface
• Learn Grasshopper tips and tricks facilitating the analysis workflow
• Learn how to connect analysis with a BIM-model in Revit using Rhino.Inside

Day 1- Get to know the SOFiSTiK workflow

• Structural analysis with SOFiSTiK
• The SOFiSTiK Rhino Interface
• Interfacing Grasshopper and SOFiSTiK
• Useful Grasshopper Tips and Tricks

Day 2  - Dive deep into the SOFiSTiK Grasshopper world

• SOFiSTiK Grasshopper: Basic examples
• Connecting analysis with BIM using Rhino.Inside
• More SOFiSTiK basics: combinations, result evaluation, and reports

 

Day 3 - Shall we dance?

• Conceptual parametric structural design
• Design collaboration between architects and structural engineers
• Generation and analysis of volume models
• Parametric bridge design
• Future development and summary of the workshop

Online course fee: EUR 395,- (+VAT); full-time students and university teachers get a 50% discount (proof of status required). Please note, your seat will be confirmed after your payment has cleared.

Max. number of participants: 25. If there is no quorum, the course will be canceled 15 days before (February 28).

Course language: English

Educational seats are limited. Sign up now by contacting McNeel Europe!

PAZ BSS - Rhino.Inside.Revit

PAZ BSS - Rhino.Inside.Revit

PAZ Academy (Parametric Academy Zurich)

 

Do you have a full-time job, family, friends, and a hobby? Do you want to continue learning and challenging yourself to become more confident and effective in your professional life?

If the answer is yes, the BSS - Building System Specialist Title is for you! You can learn alongside your daily job with personalized online training.

Take the power of Grasshopper to your daily BIM environment, to Revit, and become a parametric Jedi in your office! 

How can you do it? Be part of the PAZ BSS four months of personal training, an intense but amazing shortcut, and a rocket to help your everyday workflow.

Ready for the change?  Register the BSS Journey and make a big change in your career.

Join the 2021 second edition from February 1st!

Details and registration...

Computational Design with Grasshopper Course

Knowledge is priceless!

We are excited to offer an online comprehensive Grasshopper Computational Design Course for Rhino 6 and 7 in English and Spanish!

For those interested in acquiring Grasshopper skills at your own pace, this online Computational Design with Grasshopper course is for you.

This course explores forms and design possibilities with Grasshopper’s tools and their relationship to Rhino. Watch a few of the projects you will be able to create after the completion of this course! The class will help you improve your workflow by covering modeling geometry, data structure, general concepts, data types, data matching, lists, trees, and of course, tons of creativity. It will provide you with a functional understanding of Grasshopper and parametric design thinking. Grasshopper’s preliminary design and concept development advantages come to life in numerous real-life examples throughout the course.

This online course is now available! It is free for teachers and students and offered at a discounted price for professionals using the following coupons:


Computational Design with Grasshopper in English - Click here

• Faculty members or students enjoy for free using this coupon code: EDUCATION_IS_PRICELESS_GH 
• Design Professionals enjoy 50% off using this coupon code: COMPUTATIONALGHENG50
  
  

Diseño Computacional con Grasshopper en Español - Clic aquí

• Profesores o estudiantes gratis con este cupón: EDUCACIONNOTIENEPRECIOGH

• Profesionales 50% de descuento con este cupón: DISENOCOMPUTACIONALGH

Check out Rhino3D.Education for the latest courses on Rhino, Grasshopper, and more!

New DesignMorphine webinars - February 2021

DesignMorphine has announced four new amazing webinars:

• February 6, 2021 - Bionic Articulations V1.0 Webinar by DesignMorphine
  
  
  
  
  

  Inspired by DesignMorphine’s Master Degree (Chapter 1–Prosthesis), Bionic Articulations V1.0 will focus on designing bespoke components that are integrated as prosthetic extensions of the human body. Students will learn to create high-resolution bionic ornamentation of the human body using dynamic digital sculpting. 

• February 7, 2021 - Contorted Compositions V1.0 Webinar by DesignMorphine
  
  
  
  
  

  Inspired by DesignMorphine’s Master Degree (Chapter 2–Corpuscle), Contorted Compositions V1.0 will explore parametric workflows that combine complex geometry design and procedural modeling using Grasshopper algorithms to create architectural spaces. Participants will be guided through different approaches for creating periodic surfaces and morphing them into compound pavilion topologies.
  
  
• February 13, 2021- Kinetic Correlations V1.0 Webinar by DesignMorphine
  
  
  
  
  

  Inspired by DesignMorphine’s Master Degree (Chapter 4–Kinesis), Kinetic Correlations V1.0 will investigate generative swarm-based systems, vectors, vector trails, and particle systems in Houdini. Participants will learn how to create and develop visually inspiring generative formations built on parametric principles and computational rules. 
  
  
• February 14, 2021 - Scripted Synergies V1.0 Webinar by DesignMorphine
  
  
  
  
  

  Inspired by DesignMorphine’s Master Degree (Chapter 5–Cosmogony), Scripted Synergies V1.0 will introduce agent-based assemblies and systems through custom coding in Grasshopper. Participants will get a basic understanding of scripting and algorithm design using C# and object-oriented Programming. 

New Rhino 7 videos by SimplyRhino UK - SubD, QuadRemesh, and Rendering/Denoiser/PBM rendering

SimplyRhino UK has been kind enough to share three videos with the content covered at its last UK User Group Meeting in December.

Rhino 7 – SubD Modelling in Rhino for Mac

A quick look at the new SubD modelling metaphor in Rhino 7. This is shown in Rhino for Mac but is equally relevant to Rhino for Windows. In this video, Phil Cook from Simply Rhino looks at three areas where a SubD workflow could have advantages over NURBS.

Watch the video...

Rhino 7 – Rendering, Denoiser and Physically Based Materials

In this short video, Phil Cook from Simply Rhino looks at Rendering improvements in Rhino 7. This includes the Cycles Raytrace Render and adding Denoiser elements with the new Package Manager in Rhino 7. Finally, the new Physically Based Materials are discussed.

Watch the video...

Rhino 7 – QuadRemesh – a quick introduction

QuadRemesh is a great new tool in Rhino 7 for reverse engineering and mesh retopology. In this short introductory video, Phil Cook from Simply Rhino runs through the basics of QuadRemesh and shows an example of how this can be helpful in reverse engineering.

Watch the video...

A Rhino promotion we couldn't resist

 

Sometimes people like us. Elite Modeling School seems to and made a YouTube video about it.

Honestly, we didn't pay this fellow.

What 3D Modeling Software Should I Use? 10 Reasons to Use Rhino as your CAD Software...

Parametric Design Webinar (Rhino + Grasshopper) - February

Parametric Design Webinar

15-25 February 2021

Are you interested in gaining Parametric competency to push your design skills to the next level?

Are you ready to learn a very exciting and powerful tool that will take your ideas and concepts to a whole new realm?

This Parametric Design Webinar will provide you with the necessary knowledge and ability to use Grasshopper, a free visual programming plugin in Rhinoceros.

If you already know Grasshopper and would like to uplift your parametric knowledge, you can choose option 2.

• Option 1: General Webinar for Beginners - 8 Days / 16 hours in total: Start 15 February
• Option 2: Intensive Webinar for Intermediates - 4 Days / 8 hours in total: Start 22 February

Time Zone: CET/Berlin Germany Time

Language: English

Participants receive a certificate of participation at the end of the webinar.

Complete details, registration, and webinar link...

xNURBS Rhino plugin V5 released

 xNURBS announces the availability of Version 5. V5 includes several enhancements, e.g., producing better surfacing quality, exporting a set of C/RhinoCommon APIs etc. V4 customers can get a free upgrade to V5. The following is a short answer to Why xNURBS?.

Key Features of xNURBS:

• Unlimited capacities for solving NURBS: Its optimization algorithm can solve virtually any NURBS surface in a matter of milliseconds (regardless of how complex the constraints are.).
• High-quality surfaces: For a given set of constraints, xNURBS’ optimization algorithm uses an energy-minimization method to generate the smoothest NURBS surface among all possible solutions. The generated surface quality is outstanding.
• xNURBS is one super powerful NURBS tool that fixes virtually all surfacing issues for existing CAD software.
• Easy-to-use: It uses one simple UI for all kinds of NURBS modeling.
• Super robust: xNURBS is rock solid and works flawlessly.
• Native CAD surfaces: xNURBS is based on NURBS, i.e., the native CAD surfaces, which can be directly used for any CAD modeling operations without any geometry translation.

Details...

5 Things You Didn't Know You Can Do with Grasshopper!

Watch the latest ShapeDiver video and discover five things you didn't know you could do with Grasshopper and ShapeDiver (ft. Rooster, Squid, and OpenNest).

Links to a video description and to view...

AA Emergent Technologies & Design (EmTech) Graduate Programme 2021-22 - Applications now open!

Applications are now open for Emergent Technologies and Design (M.Sc. / M.Arch.) 2021-22.

AA Emergent Technologies & Design (EmTech) Graduate Programme investigates new architecture and ecology synergies through the critical intersection of computational design and fabrication. 

Emergent Technologies and Design Programme (inaugurated in 2001) is open to graduates in architecture and engineering who wish to develop skills and pursue knowledge in architectural design science that is located in new production paradigms.

EmTech's focus is on exploring experiential and social potentials of new material and spatial configurations for architectural and Ecological Urban Designs situated in the dynamic contexts of emerging biomes. The programme stimulates critical thinking through experience of research driven design projects that are developed in an intellectually rigorous and creative studio environment.

More information about EmTech can be found here. 

Apply for Emergent Technologies & Design (M.Sc./M.Arch.) 2021-22. 

Contact: Dr. Elif Erdine (Director)  elif.erdine@aaschool.ac.uk
Dr. Michael Weinstock (Founding Director)  mweinstock@aaschool.ac.uk

Applications are open for Emergent Technologies and Design (M.Sc. / M.Arch.) 2021-22.

The early application deadline for EmTech MSc/ MArch Programme is Friday, 29 January 2021.

Bursaries are available to cover fees. 

Nemo for ship design is back in the water!

Nemo, the Grasshopper plugin for ship design, is back in the water! 

Nemo provides multiple tools to generate lines plan, compute hydrostatics, perform resistance prediction, extract structural data, produce 2D drawings, and exchange data with other external software. Nemo also includes free tools to create parametric shapes such as Naca profiles, hydrofoils, keels, rudders, blade propellers, and sail plans. 

Nemo is now available for purchase with commercial or educational licenses. 

The following license levels are provided to fit every need, depending on user activity : 

• Free (Designer) 
• Level 1 (Section + Hydrostatics + Visualization) 
• Level 1 + 2 (Section + Hydrostatics + Visualization + Resistance + Structure) 

 This new release brings Mac OS + Windows Support (Rhino 6 + 7), new Export components (MaatHydro + FineMarine), and new Structure tools.

 Details, updates, and features...

Rhino online training in Spanish

  Learn Rhino with Darco's online courses

Rhino Basics

By the end of this course, participants will have acquired the necessary knowledge to model, edit, and manipulate basic 3D elements and assemblies with Rhino. (The course is taught in Spanish).

Date: January 18-21, 2021

Time: 9 am-1 pm (Mexico City time)

Price: USD$250 + taxes

Register here!

Rhino Advanced

With this course, students will learn the use of advanced modeling methods, which allows the creation of complex and multi-component surfaces, and provides tools to diagnose and correct surfaces. Methods to personalize software use and collaborative work will be presented. (The course is taught in Spanish).

Date: January 25-29, 2021

Time: 9 am-1 pm (Mexico City time)

Price: USD$250 + taxes

Register here!

Both courses are for professionals of architecture, design and fabrication, manufacturing, and 3D design. Students who complete the course will receive a course completion diploma.

Questions? Contact Fernanda Aguilar at fernanda.aguilar@darco.com.mx

Check out Rhino3D.Education for the latest courses on Rhino, Grasshopper, and more!