Grasshopper: A Modeling Software Redefining The Design Process (by Parametric Architecture)

"Grasshopper was created in a perspective to extend in those area where Rhino could not! It is a versatile plugin that takes design complexities to a new-found level by exceeding the limit beyond Rhino. Although, Rhino is a strong software tool in itself that has the capability of editing, analysing, and dealing with some of the most intense of architectural design and detailing."

Read here the complete article by Parametric Architecture...

xNURBS Rhino plugin API Package (C, RhinoCommon, Rhinoscript and Grasshopper)

xNURBS announces the availability of API Package. Users can now run xNURBS inside the code they develop or run xNURBS without showing the xNURBS UI. The API package includes the C/C++ APIs and the .NET APIs (i.e., RhinoCommon, Rhino.Python, Rhinoscript, and Grasshopper). The APIs are a subset of the fully-fledged APIs from XN Kernel.

The API package is freely available to customers with a xNURBS Rhino plugin license key.

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 straightforward 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 and download...

Rhino + Lands Design course by Asuni (October-November 2021)

Rhino and Lands Design together provide a complete package for landscape design, modeling, and documentation. 

Asuni has organized a course on Rhino and Lands Design for the last quarter of 2021. The course is ideal for those landscape architects and designers who are not familiar with Rhino. It provides them the basic knowledge of landscape drawing and modeling with Rhino and Lands Design.

• The class comprises six modules and a total of twelve hours
• Scholars and students can benefit from a 50% discount on this course
• Course start date: October 19, 2021
• Time: 17h-19h GMT+2 (10h-12h US Central Time)
• Language: English
• Price: 360€+VAT (Students 50% off)

Complete info and registration... 

Four Ideas For Customizing Everyday Products with 3D Printing (& Grasshopper)!

As 3D printing becomes more and more accessible to everyone, its opening new opportunities to innovate in different industries. With 3D printing, you can create (almost) anything: from a large house to a small object that you can use in your everyday life.

In this video tutorial, Edwin Hernandez, Lead Computational Designer at ShapeDiver, shares 4 Ideas For Customizing Everyday Products with 3D Printing (& Grasshopper)! So let's dive straight in!

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Falko, a finite element analysis tool for Rhino, now available

Falko is a finite element analysis plugin for Rhino by ixRay.

You can use both the Rhino UI or Grasshopper components to create FEA models.  FEA attributes and loads are assigned to layers, tessellation, and intersection of NURBS curves, surfaces, and meshes are done by the pre-processor. 

Features include linear, non-linear, buckling, earthquake with spectrum response. 

Falko has been developed with Grasshopper and parametric modeling in mind, but Grasshopper knowledge is not needed. 

Download your free trial license.

Available on food4Rhino...

Enscape’s ENVISION 21 online event (September 28-30, 2021)

Enscape’s ENVISION 21 online event

September 28-30, 2021

An incredible lineup of speakers and over 30 sessions scheduled that include insights from industry experts, customer corners, influencer sessions, technical lounges, and more!

During the course of three days, you can expect to:

• Discover how the world’s best Enscape users optimize their design workflow with 3D real-time rendering and virtual reality.
• Learn new and innovative ways to create immersive experiences and bring ideas to life.
• Hear first-hand about what’s in store for the future of Enscape

Exchange insights and engage with industry experts:

• Keynote speaker Wolfram Putz from GRAFT Architects, who will be talking about future trends.
• Michael Drobnik from Herzog & de Meuron and Florian Kohlbecker from Kohlbecker Gesamtplan GmbH, who will weigh in on the future of real-time rendering and virtual reality in architecture.
• Stewart Hicks (University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)), John Bouweis, and Gautier Pelegrin (Viewport Studio), who will showcase Enscape for Rhino.

Check the full agenda and the list of speakers, and register for free...

RhinoRobot 4 is released

 

RhinoRobot 4 is out now with new features and enhancements, glTF export for simulation visualisation on any platform, including AR/VR devices.

Version 4 new features:

• Double linear axis
• Floating license option (internet connection necessary)
• 5x faster collision detection
• External axis movement filtering

Check it out on food4rhino, kinematiq.net and via the PackageManager in Rhino 7...

Enscape 3.1 with NVIDIA DLSS support and a new material library

Enscape, a 3D real-time rendering and virtual reality plugin for Rhino, is now available with new features that enable 3D renderings to be quicker and easier and provide fully immersive experiences for designers and their clients.

New Material Library

Designers can choose from over 200 predefined high-quality materials, such as wood, fabric, brick, and tile. These materials can also be imported into the Enscape Material Editor, where various elements can be edited to get the look and feel desired for projects.

New Panorama Gallery

It is easy to share and group multiple 360 panorama images simultaneously, entirely through the web browser, to create a personalized experience when presenting designs. Clients can navigate a project from a web link or even a QR code and visualize multiple rooms or compare different design options.

NVIDIA Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) Support

Users can now enjoy improved real-time performance of walkthroughs and higher frame rates with much lower GPU requirements. The deep learning-based upscaling technique renders internally at a lower resolution but outputs a clean and sharp high-resolution image for high-quality videos and high-performance virtual reality walkthroughs. DLSS is available to users with an NVIDIA RTX graphics card.

With Enscape 3.1, users will also enjoy:

• An improved Material Editor
• Simplified assets
• Ray-traced sun shadows

Rhino users can try Enscape 3.1 for free for 14 days...

Learn more about Enscape for Rhino...

Learn more about Enscape 3.1...

Exporting Data from Rhino to Twinmotion

In this Simply Rhino UK video tutorial, senior Trainer Phil Cook takes a look at exporting data from Rhino to Twinmotion using the new Datasmith Rhino Exporter.

Improved Rhino to Twinmotion workflow

The new Direct Link, which also uses the Datasmith file format, makes it very easy to have Rhino and Twinmotion open together and push design changes in Rhino to Twinmotion for evaluation.

Watch the video tutorial...

Rhino workshops online in Spanish

     Learn Rhino with Darco's online workshop

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: September 6-10, 2021 - Online

Time: 2 pm-6 pm (Mexico City time)

Price: US $380

Register here!

Rhino Advanced

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: September 20-24, 2021 - Online

Time: 2 pm-6 pm (Mexico City time)

Price: US $380

Register here!

Questions? Contact Alejandro del Razo

at alejandro.delrazo@darco.com.mx

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Unconventional Ways You Can Use Grasshopper As A Prototyping Tool

While Grasshopper has been developed primarily as a parametric modeling tool, its robust API and embedded features allow it to be used as a powerful software prototyping environment. If you’re handy with a little C# or Python, Grasshopper can become a sandbox for creative coding!

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Parameterization of Structural Calculations and BIM Models

Parameterization of Structural Calculations and BIM Models
Online Course in Spanish
Construsoft

In this online course, you'll learn different working methodologies and use tools such as Grasshopper, Karamba, Tekla Structures, and Pangolin. These tools will allow you to automate the design and calculation process to obtain the best structural solution possible. From some initial conditions and through the use of genetic algorithms and visual programming, you'll be able to process thousands of possible solutions to obtain the most optimal one.

More information and registration...