Peter Donders has been kind enough to share his latest "Alienometry" models, all done in SubD, imagining how aliens could look.
"The gold armor mask is to make them look more human,
no arms, no legs, all is mind controlled.
They hover on whatever gravity is available on whatever planet. They transport in the Mech Eggs.
Bringing the message, "There is no time only from point A to point B; the faster you can move, the less 'time' you need to get there." You could have been there in quantum space even before you went there.
The physical model will be 3D printed and hand-finished blue silver leaf and gold leaf, and come in two sizes: small 224 x 113 x 314mm and big 448 x 226 x 628mm. Available on demand.
Taking a stance against mass production and fast fashion, Gemme, an iconic jewelry brand, crafts unique 3D-printed pieces upon request.
In this interview, Alexander Drachenberg and Jennifer Greco, cofounders of Gemme, share how the company started, the unique concept they are presenting with their brand, and the different technologies powering their online store, such as Grasshopper, ShapeDiver, and Shopify.
It also covers the different aspects of their design workflow and their vision regarding their brand's future and the jewelry industry.
For the Cluster of Excellence Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture the Institute for Computational Design and Construction at Stuttgart University invites applications for multiple open positions:
Research Associates (m/f/d): Doctoral Researchers (E13 TVL) to conduct doctoral research in the Cluster of Excellence to complete a PhD in the research area of integrative computational design and digital fabrication in architecture or integrative computational design at the intersection of architecture, social science, and advanced visualization.
Research Associates (m/f/d): Architect (E13 TVL) to contribute to the design of highly innovative timber building demonstrators of the Cluster of Excellence in direct collaboration with our research and industry partners, including permanent building projects and temporary pavilions.
Candidates are required to have an advanced architectural, technical, or computer science degree. Previous experience in at least one of the research areas (PhD positions) mentioned above or in architectural practice (Architect positions) is expected, as well as a high level of commitment and dedication. Very good English skills are essential.
Applications (including CV, statement of interest, portfolio/work samples and a list of computational skills with indicated proficiency) should be submitted as one PDF file (max. 10MB) to: mail@icd.uni-stuttgart.de. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. The final application deadline is the 10th of January 2023.
As the University of Stuttgart strives to improve gender equality amongst its researchers, applications by women are particularly encouraged. Individuals with disabilities will be preferably employed where qualifications are deemed equal. All research associates will be employed through the University of Stuttgart's central administration.
Since 2009, many third-party plugins have been developed to enable the interoperability between Autodesk's BIM software Revit and McNeel's Rhino/Grasshopper to various degrees of success in use, performance (speed), and extendibility. With the release of Rhino 7 and the Rhino.Inside technology, Revit and Rhino/Grasshopper work together more seamlessly than ever (Rhino.Inside.Revit/ Grasshopper.Inside.Revit). This has opened up opportunities to combine both platforms' strengths in a flexible, efficient, and responsive way, but also means that almost the entire existing ecosystem of third-party plugins for Rhino/Grasshopper can be used in a shared workflow with Revit more conveniently. The Rhino.Inside technology also allows (third-party) developers to further push the limits by creating custom Grasshopper components (via C# and even Python) that can access the Revit API directly in the same runtime environment. Additionally, Rhino.Inside.Revit adds over 300 Revit-aware components to Grasshopper to query, modify, analyze, and create native Revit elements.
In this context, Junghwo Park, BIM Specialist at Umdasch Group Ventures, will tutor a Rhino.Inside.Revit online workshop at McNeel Europe.
What you will learn: The workshop is aimed at Revit users who want to learn about Rhino/Grasshopper or at Rhino/Grasshopper users who wish to learn about Rhino.Inside.Revit. It is also aimed at BIM creators, coordinators, and managers interested in parametric BIM workflows.
Day 1
Overview
Units and Documents
Useful GH Plugins for your BIM workflows
Datum
Selections
Get & Set Parameters
Revit materials
Day 2
Create Revit Element (System families)
Create form
Create family (Loadable families)
SubD to Revit
Rename Levels
Rooms and Areas
Structural Analytical Model
Day 3
Design Options
Topography
MakeHatch
Work sets
Clash Detection
Parametric BIM Design
Tips and Tricks
Course requirements: Basic knowledge of Rhino, Grasshopper, and Revit.
Online course fees: EUR 395,- (+VAT); full-time students and university teachers get a 50% discount (proof of status required). Please note that we will confirm your seat after your payment has cleared.
Maximum number of participants: 25. If there is no quorum, the course will be canceled two weeks before.
Course language: English
Educational seats are limited. Sign up now by contacting McNeel Europe!
The #glTF 2.0 format has become the standard format for 3D content. It is supported by widely used software (Blender, SolidWorks, Revit, Cinema4D, Maya, SketchUp, etc.) and 3D engines (Unreal Engine, Unity, Babylon.js, Three.js, etc.). Thanks to the ShapeDiver plugin for Grasshopper, you can now create glTF files via Grasshopper.
Edwin Hernandez has posted a newvideo tutorial in the ShapeDiver channel where he explains the glTF format, how to create glTF files with Grasshopper, and how and where to use these files (Facebook, SketchFab, Shopify, and even the metaverse!).
This book targets industrial design students, design professors, design practitioners, and others interested in industrial design (product design). It offers a guide or roadmap by providing: Design Templates, 7 Historic timelines, 50 Schemas, 100 Drawings, and Illustrations. Rhino (NURBS and SubD) was used to develop and illustrate all the 3D CAD concepts in the book, featured on pages 2, 7, 11, 57, 87, 101, 180, 206, and 207.
The book is available for purchase from the following links:
In this webinar edition, Footwearology will take us into the future, explaining how we will see a shift in how footwear designers, developers, and engineers will work.
Footwearology is a renowned research and training institute for footwear professionals. They provide various courses in Rhino and Grasshopper, specializing in the footwear industry.
They will transition from using 3D modeling software for designing separate shoes to using it for the creation of automated design systems that allow them to work much smarter and with much better results. They will demonstrate various options, both from a technical, biomechanical, and aesthetical perspective and discuss the future skill sets that will be required for footwear development teams.
Nicoline van Enteris one of the founders of Footwearology. She is a world-renowned technology forecaster and visionary thinker, working on developing full systems and workflows for digital design and manufacturing of footwear.
Luis Buginis a highly experienced computational designer. He joined the team of Footwearology last summer, researching data-driven design applications and additive manufacturing technologies for mass customization of footwear.
LIRA-SAPR software is a leading software in the Commonwealth of Independent States markets. LIRA-SAPR allows users to quickly analyze structures with different complex geometry (high-rise buildings, large-span structures, towers, masts, silos, coverings of various shapes, etc.). With over 30 countries worldwide, LIRA-SAPR is well-known as one of the best tools available for professional engineers for structural analysis and design.
LIRA-SAPR has been used in many projects, including significantly complex ones:
- Protective shell of a nuclear reactor for nuclear power plant - Hydroelectric power plant - Indoor ice arena - Government institution in Georgia - Different hotel complexes (Alliance Palace, Hilton Complex) - Evolution Tower and other unique objects
Nowadays, the traditional methods for model creation are too slow for structural analysis. Architects change their models almost daily and structural engineers should analyze various variants as quickly as possible. So, many choose parametric structural design instead of classical ways of model generation.
The possibilities are endless with the Grasshopper - LIRA-SAPR Live Link. This tool enables you to simulate buildings and structures of arbitrary shape parametrically. The developed plugin converts a Rhino model into an analysis model. It also allows you to perform static, dynamic, and design analysis. With the help of this link, you can also check different structural solutions and select the best one. This advantage becomes very important when the framework is often modified, and changes can be quickly and efficiently analyzed with FEA.
CrossGems is a professional jewelry software that allows you to design any complex model easily and quickly without having technical CAD knowledge.
Core and Features
All objects are linked in real time to automatically adapt when edited, allowing you to delete or modify Boolean operations or any of the 100+ CrossGems tools and keeping the parametric history in all cases. Additionally, this feature applies to Rhino gumballs, allowing you to reset transformations (move, scale, and rotate) applied to model parts and restore deleted document objects at any time, including SubD objects and Meshes, while maintaining compatibility with Rhino's Record History function.
It can also be used as a traditional modeler without the parametric system, adding the modeled objects as normal Rhino geometry.
For the most advanced users, all the tools in Rhino are also available in Grasshopper, making it one of the most versatile software in the Rhino world.
Interface
CrossGems can be run with its own interface, simplifying the workflow and as a Rhino plugin while keeping all the parametric features for users used to Rhino UI. The Command History Panel, available in Rhino and CrossGems UI, is the visible part of this system that allows the user to interact with and manage all the model components.
Rendering
It also includes a rendering material library with over 300 materials and grounds for the integrated physics-based render Cycles.
Materials and grounds are assigned with a single click, displaying the object weights in real-time while using any tool or simply selecting objects in the document. Furthermore, CrossGems will automatically swap materials when changing display modes to achieve the best quality for every situation.
Compatibility
CrossGems is capable of importing and converting gems from other software, such as RhinoGold and Matrix, as well as importing Panther files while maintaining 100% parametric history.
About CrossBytes 3D
CrossBytes' background goes back to the origins of RhinoGold, developing from RhinoGold 3 to RhinoGold 6.5 for more than ten years. Finally, the company was acquired by a multinational. At this point, CrossByte created Panther 3D, the world's first parametric jewelry software from Rhino and Grasshopper. CrossGems is its evolution in every respect.
"Throughout all these years we have learned thanks to listening to users and we can say that we have built a program with jewelers and for jewelers within the reach of anyone and we intend to continue doing so, so if you have any requests, doubts, or suggestions feel free to email us at hello@crossbytes3d.com."
Learn parametric design without prior coding experience in just eight weeks
Krzysztof Wojslaw from LearnGrasshopper will guide you through the transformation from an "old-school" engineer with zero programming experience to an engineer of the future who can automate manual tasks and have much more fun at work.
Krzysztof Wojslaw, the training author, will answer all questions connected to the learning platform and how to start with Grasshopper completely from scratch.
The 2Shapes team is happy to announce 2Shapes Design 4 for Rhino, the newest version of the jewelry design plugin for Rhino. Developed by the industry leaders that made RhinoGold and Clayoo, this new version gathers all the experience learned over the years, solving the needs of jewelry design professionals.
2Shapes 4 for Rhino includes many improvements and new features that make it one of the most powerful programs on the market today.
Construsoft is a leading supplier and developer of BIM (Building Information Modeling) software and related services. Their portfolio includes products and applications that provide an accurate, detailed, and data-rich 3D environment for the design and construction industry.
They were interested in creating a free online application that would allow them to showcase their knowledge for calculating and optimizing the design of metal structures. They knew Grasshopper was a powerful tool to build such an application, but they needed a way to host these files online and make them available to anyone via a web browser. Recently, they found out that ShapeDiver could give them these capabilities and even allow them to use third-party plugins such as Karamba3D and Geometry Gym.
In this interview, ShapeDiver talks with Construsoft's team and discusses the topics surrounding this powerful online tool called Optinave.
This new Simply RhinoV-Ray video tutorial shows you how to simply create, adjust, and render an architectural scene using V-Ray 6 for Rhino and Rhino 7.
Rhino and Lands Design will be presented at the ASLA 2022 Conference, November 11-14, the world's biggest gathering of landscape architects with more than 6000 attendees yearly.
The presentation by McNeel Europe and Asuni will introduce parametric landscape design, including environmental analysis and optimization. The session;s content will focus on the algorithmic design generation and analysis of Lands Design landscape objects (LIM) in Grasshopper. The analysis will include CO2 sequestration, shading, and solar radiation (Ladybug Tools) of trees, as well as optimization processes based on analysis results.
The Complete Rhino Guide For Beginners illustrates the foundation of design and modeling within the Rhino 3D environment, taking students from beginner to intermediate level in the principal functions and methods in Rhino and Grasshopper while creating a beautiful architecture project.
Course Introduction
The Complete Rhino Guide is a series created by registered architect and founder of the I Am The Studio platform—Brandon Aaron Gibbs, AIA—to give designers a comprehensive creative+technical foundation with modeling and design in Rhino.
New designers in Rhino often get lost in modeling after a few steps because they lack the foundation and a creative approach to applying modeling techniques. In this beginner’s course, students will be immersed in the technique and design within the Rhino 3D world, learning about the various geometries, functions, drafting, and parametric capabilities to start Rhino projects. Students will then develop an architectural project with Voronoi parametric surfaces to be documented in orthographic views—rendering the project in the latest V-Ray.
New or intermediate students in Rhino will appreciate the up-to-date skills in Rhino and Rhino plugins from this course, where they will get key insights and workflows to manage and create beautiful designs in the Rhino environment.
In this webinar, LINK IO, the computational design department in LINK Arkitektur, will present how they connect multidisciplinary design and engineering tools through Rhino and Grasshopper. We will get a sneak peek into LINK EP*, an in-house Rhino/Grasshopper plugin that serves as the backbone of the toolbox.
The toolbox leverages other tools on the market such as Speckle, OneClick LCA, and others. The overview of the structure will define how to make these different systems interact with each other. Afterward, a live demo of the toolbox will be presented.
*working title LINK Early Phase
About the presenters:
#Mathias Sønderskov Schaltz Mathias is a trained hybrid architect and engineer who works on the technical parts of the design, in particular with facades, daylight, and master plans. As an expert in daylight simulations and computational design, he tries to bring typical late-phase knowledge into early-phase sketching. #Fabian Sellberg Fabian Sellberg is an architect with a background as a backend developer focused on data-driven design and early-phase LCA studies. He is currently working with computational design and developing the internal and external tools used at Link Arkitektur.
Learn how Rodrigo Aranha Lopes, a Brazilian architect and surfer living in Portugal, created this award-winning project that aims to change surfboard manufacturing with the help of parametric design, cloud computing, and subtractive manufacturing.
At the beginning of the structural design process, there are two common approaches to defining geometries: Create complex and parametric geometries directly using Rhino and Grasshopper or leverage the power of Rhino.Inside to transfer geometry directly from Revit.
Now, with CondorShell, engineers can easily export geometry and data from Rhino and Grasshopper to SAFE V20.3.0, making the structural analysis and design much faster. With CondorShell, engineers can create workflows to automate design tasks in the design of foundations and the design of slabs in CSI SAFE.
CondorShell is a Grasshopper-based component just released by Artificial Intelligence Optimization Software, LLC (AIOS). CondorShell 1.0.0 is available to download beginning October 10.
CondorShell comes in two versions: Basic and Pro. There is extensive documentation as well as short videos and examples that illustrate the use of every single CondorShell component. Both versions will help you establish more efficient workflows, saving valuable time during design.
CondorShell Basic: Available using the PackageManager in Rhino, this free version features 20 components that support the creation of your SAFE model. See the 1-minute video tutorial, How to Install CondorShell Free Limited Version.
CondorShell Pro: To experience the full capabilities of CondorShell, users can upgrade to the paid version which provides 54 additional components that facilitate the creation of complex geometries in your SAFE model. To activate the Pro version, follow the installation instructions in the 3-minute video tutorial, Installing CondorShell.
Digital Fabrication in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry, requires the combination of various toolchains and software platforms, across the boundaries of multiple scientific, socio-economic and technological domains, into efficient pipelines for integrated computational development and project delivery. Over the past 6 years, the NCCR Digital Fabrication at ETH Zurich has greatly invested in the development of COMPAS, a comprehensive open-source computational framework written in Python, that aims at streamlining these multi-disciplinary workflows and the integration of state-of-the-art tooling to simplify their adoption by architects, designers and researchers from within parametric design environments.
In this 3-day workshop, Tom Van Mele of Block Research Group and Gonzalo Casas of Gramazio Kohler Research will introduce participants to COMPAS by providing an overview of the functionality of the core framework, the extension packages, the UI system, and its relation to CAD software. Together with the participants they will then step-by-step explore an example application focused on the modeling, equilibrium analysis, and robotic fabrication of a discrete assembly.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Use the geometry kernel and core data structures of COMPAS.
Exchange data between different processes, plugins and tools.
Design a simple discrete element model, identify the interfaces between the blocks, and manage block interactions with a specialized data structure.
Calculate the required conditions for equilibrium.
Analyze and explain the kinematic structure of a robot model based on its URDF model.
Apply fundamental building blocks of robotics (forward and inverse kinematics, cartesian and kinematic planning, planning scene).
Design and plan stereotypical assembly processes (e.g. bricklaying) in simulation, and execute them in a simulated robot environment.
Day 1: Focus on core framework
Overview of COMPAS framework
Geometry & Data structures: deep dive into the geometry kernel.
Packages & Extensions: an overview of the ecosystem.
Integration with CAD: geometry representations and artists.
Remote Procedure Calls: leveraging the entire Python ecosystem from within the CAD.
Plugins & Tools, creating and distributing Grasshopper components in pure python.
Discrete element Models: Blocks, Interfaces, Equilibrium
Parametric generation of discrete wall geometries using the assembly data structures.
Definition of boundary conditions and interfaces recognition;
Equilibrium evaluation of the assembly sequence using the solvers available in COMPAS Masonry;
Global equilibrium of the structure subject to self-weight and after the application of different loading conditions.
Robotic fabrication:
Fundamental concepts of robotics: control modes, positioning and singularities, robot coordinate frames and transformations
Description of robot models and the URDF format.
Forward Kinematics and Inverse Kinematics (analytic and numerical solvers).
Robotic backends: ROS (Robot Operating System) and the MoveIt! Motion planning framework, Pybullet, pure-python solvers.
Path planning: Cartesian and kinematic path planning. Goal constraints definition.
Planning scene manipulation. Dynamic end-effector attachment and detachment.
Prototypical structure of pick and place applications.
Sequencing and planning of a discrete element model for robotic fabrication.
Robot control (ABB and UR).
Day 3: Integrative project
Procedural generation of curved wall geometry.
Conversion to assembly data structure.
Methods for interface detection.
Stability assessment of intermediate assembly stages.
Stability assessment of complete structure.
Path planning for robotic assembly.
Fabrication simulation.
Course requirements: Participants are expected to be familiar with Rhino/Grasshopper and have at least a basic knowledge of python programming.
Online course fees: EUR 395,- (+VAT); full-time students and university teachers get a 50% discount (proof of status required). Please note that we will confirm your seat after your payment has cleared.
Max. number of participants: 25. If there is no quorum, the course will be canceled two weeks before.
Course language: English
Educational seats are limited. Sign up now by contacting McNeel Europe!
In this 100% Free live online training session, Krzysztof Wojslaw from Learngrasshopper.com will explain in detail the whole process of learning Parametric design step by step, entirely from the beginning. He will prove that even without programming experience and lack of time for studying, it is possible to understand parametric design in just eight weeks. Thanks to skills built based on eight fundamental steps, you will be able to automate your design tasks and have much more fun at work.
Only registered users will get special gifts:
Mind map with the proven learning process, which saves hundreds of hours spent on studying
Links to documents, tutorials and practical exercises
Paz Academy is back and they have a new training center in Zurich Central with a delicious PAZ AEC Menu. Their first course will take place on October 13 and is Rhino & Grasshopper.
October is Structural Calculation Month, so don't miss the unique courses and cultural events:
October 18 - Karamba 3D. Parametric structural engineering.
The book is not only a presentation of the fundamentals of parametric design but also a practical guide to Rhino and Grasshopper with exercises that readers can download for practice. The manual also covers the connections between generative design and BIM through Revit and Archicad.
Antoine Maes is the lead computational designer at A2M architecture in Brussels.
He's a computational design consultant and Grasshopper teacher for architecture offices and a lecturer at the University of Liège.
In the community, he's better known forhis animations and for co-developing theTapewormplugin for Grasshopper.
The webinar will display some ways of animating different objects and basic behaviors in Grasshopper. Behind the scenes of some of Antoine's animations, a few animation tricks will be revealed.
As a bonus, we'll see a way of animating multiple successive actions from one slider only.
Follow along with Edwin Hernández as he shows you how easy it is to visualize Grasshopper files in AR with the help of ShapeDiver and any mobile device!
Join Andres Gonzalez for a free short chat open to the general public about learning 3D Parametric Design for Jewelry with Rhino and Grasshopper, and learn how to automate Rhino 7 using Grasshopper to improve the possibilities of discovering new forms and reduce the time modeling repetitive families of 3D objects.
Date: September 30, 2022.
Time: 10 a.m.
Place: Auditorio Ignacio Vieira
Escuela de Arquitectura y Diseño, UPB, in MedellÃn, Colombia.
Visit this link and take a look at some simple exercises.
We have done it before with a group of students from TEC of Monterrey, campus Guadalajara and you can look at the resultsof the students that were learning Parametric Design for the first time!
Andres is the head of the McNeel Southeast US and Latin American Division and founder of Rhino3D.Education. He is also the worldwide director of RhinoFabStudio and the Generative Jewelry & Fashion Design community GJD3D.
Rhino3D.Education offers online courses in Rhino, Grasshopper, Computational Design, GhPython, PanelingTools, RhinoCAM, V-Ray, and more. Check it out!
Macu4 is a Swiss startup using parametric design and 3D printing to radically transform how arm prosthetics are made. They saw that traditional offerings were not only heavy to wear and expensive, but the whole process took too much time. They knew they could shorten the entire process by using parametric design to easily customize each patient's forearm and then 3D printing to manufacture each part. The only missing link was finding a solution allowing them to host their Grasshopper file on their website and output the suitable production file for every patient. So how did they solve it? Read along to find out!
We noticed this nice list of various Rhino.Inside and Grasshopper integrations, BIM in Grasshopper Ultimate Software List. This post by BIM Corner includes information on Tekla, Revit, Archicad, BricsCAD, Quadri, RhinoInsideCadwork, VisualARQ, Geometry Gym, and MKS BEAM.
We have a Getting Started web site to help you get going in Rhino. It's full of short video tutorials. Most are less than five minutes long. The various topics include tutorials on navigation, selecting objects, modeling strategies, and Grasshopper basics. Both Windows and Mac are covered.
The Land Kit plugin for Grasshopper is a great way for landscape designers, architects, and engineers to take advantage of Grasshopper for landscape design workflow. Learn about Topo Kit, topographic site design tools that include features like retaining walls, plan areas, and dynamic analysis. Find out how to save lots of time designing custom paving and patterns with Paving Kit. And finally, learn how you can create ecological and rules-driven design explorations with Plant Kit.
For the past six years, MPDA has proudly trained generations of computational designers to explore technology efficiency. Using Grasshopper as an educational tool, MPDA is oriented to the integration of computational tools and digital manufacturing technology in building systems and architectural design. During the master, several plugins from the Grasshopper ecosystem are used, some of them with specific workshops by the authors themselves.
Founded in 1980, McNeel is a privately-held, employee-owned company with sales and support offices and affiliates in Seattle, Boston, Miami, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Rome, Tokyo, Taipei, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, and Shanghai with more than 700 resellers, distributors, OEMs, and training centers around the world.
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