How to design a serpentine wall

 

Are you looking to elevate your architectural design skills? Iamthestudio launched their new course, Design a Serpentine Modular Wall. Discover how to design a serpentine modular wall and learn the secrets behind designing optimized modular systems in Grasshopper.

• Discover the principles of parametric design and algorithmic thinking that drive the creation of exceptional architectural masterpieces such as the Serpentine Pavilion by the architecture firm BIG.
• Design, optimize, and fabricate a serpentine-inspired modular wall, incorporating innovative techniques for efficient construction and assembly. 
• Master using Grasshopper to bring your creative ideas to life.
• Apply fabrication techniques like Excel exporting and unit rationalization for effective construction workflow.
• Understand how to create parametric design systems that allow you to adapt and iterate quickly.

The course is taught by Brandon A. Gibbs, AIA, an accomplished architect and educator passionate about merging art and technology in architectural design. Brandon has years of experience in computational design, digital fabrication, and programming. He has worked with organizations like the Design Research Lab and Zaha Hadid Architects. Brandon is well-equipped to guide you through creating effective parametric designs and computational systems and his teaching style is engaging and comprehensive, ensuring that you understand the techniques and develop the skills to apply them in real-life projects.

Enrollment is open now for $49.99 or free for 14 days with a trial to the monthly membership to Iamthestudio. 

Enroll in the  Create A Serpentine Modular Wall course today and take your architectural vision to the next level!

 

Rhino User Webinar - Tekla Live Link: Grasshopper and Tekla

Rhino User Webinar

Tekla Live Link: Grasshopper and Tekla

June 6, 2023, at 4:00 PM CEST

This webinar focuses on using Rhino and Grasshopper to create or modify Tekla BIM models using TeklaLiveLink. The presentation includes a general overview of the basic components, further reading, and a few use cases for bridge design.

About the speakers:

• Ronan Pieters graduated in 2015 from Ghent University and holds a diploma in Civil Engineering. On the job at SBE, he searched for new ways to improve bridge design procedures. Currently, his projects start with a central geometric model (in Rhino and Grasshopper). From this model, exports are made to both FEM software and BIM software (hence the TeklaLiveLink).
  
  
• Steven Walschaerts has an experience of 12 years at Tekla. As a draftsman at SBE, his drive for project acceleration pushed him to use programs such as Rhino and Grasshopper. Using these automations, he managed to speed up model creation for bridge and large industrial steel structures.

Complete details and registration...

 

3D printed surgical guides combined with monitored guidewires for placement of cervicothoracic pedicle screws

 

Rhino and its medical plugin Rhino3DMedical have been used on a technical note in a study on the accuracy and safety of 3D-printed surgical guides for the placement of cervicothoracic pedicle screws. The study was led by the Neurosurgery Department of Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho and Pagaimo Medical from Figueira da Foz, Portugal.

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food4Rhino webinar: TRfem and TRmesh (June 1 at 5 PM CEST)

food4Rhino webinar: TRfem and TRmesh

June 1 at 5 PM CEST

TRfem and TRmesh are a pair of new Rhino plugins for simulation, particularly for the volumetric 3D heat transfer solver for Rhino. They feature solving for interior/exterior boundary conditions, with result slicing, isosurface extraction, and other import/export capabilities. In this webinar, Mathias will provide a comprehensive introduction to heat transfer simulation in Rhino, covering essential concepts such as thermal flux, dissipation, transmittance, U-values, and related quantities.

TRmesh is the associated tetrahedral meshing plugin for TRfem. TRmesh features several tetrahedral meshers, from well-established ones to others inspired by Poisson disk sampling and Metropolis sampling techniques. TRmesh thus enables the generation of high-quality tetrahedral finite element meshes efficiently. As any finite element-based volumetric simulation relies on quality tetrahedral meshes, TRmesh's functionality is also crucial for simulations other than heat transfer. During the webinar, we will guide participants through the complete finite element workflow, showcasing a practical case study focused on insulation evaluation and building heating and energy efficiency analysis.

This webinar is aimed both at Rhino novices and experts, with or without previous exposure to finite element simulation.

Speaker: Mathias Fuchs is a Mathematician with ample experience in applied geometry, statistics, and simulation. He's been Senior Researcher at the CODE group, Zaha Hadid Architects, London, and is now an independent programmer specializing in numerical algorithms for geometry and Rhino.

Mark your calendar on LinkedIn events and watch the webinar on YouTube live...

Master parametric design course without scripting

Do you want to master parametric design in Rhino without scripting? Udemy is offering 2023 Complete Parametric Design with Rhino 3D: Zero to Hero, an online micro-course using entirely real examples. In this course, you will learn how to design and develop simple to advanced Rhino models with the minimum amount of commands. The examples are a selection of buildings designed by industry leaders, all developed from scratch using a photo as input!

The course includes various exercises for you to practice and sharpen your skills.

What you'll learn

• Understand the parametric concepts in Rhino from the beginner level through real examples.
• Uplift your design skills to new heights and develop your parametric/futuristic projects using complex geometrical modeling techniques quickly.
• Instantly analyze and extract the critical design features from any photo/sketch you see and develop a fully immersive 3d model.
• Explore new ways to think and design complex shapes with simple tools and commands.
• Learn parametric, organic, and futuristic modeling techniques from scratch applicable across design disciplines, scales, and problem contexts.
• Explore efficient modeling workflow with a minimum number of commands.
• Receive the essential inspiration to practice through exercises.
• Experience multiple approaches to solve common modeling problems.

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Climate Action Tools Workshop this Saturday

Climate Action Tools Workshop

Saturday, May 27

12-3 pm EST

Designers' choices significantly influence the environment with escalating climate challenges. With this in mind, the LANDAU drew inspiration from the ASLA Climate Action Plan and developed innovative solutions to aid in making sustainable choices. Combining Rhino, Grasshopper, and Land Kit offers various ways to deal with site planning, deeper analysis, design automation, and more. 

The Climate Action Tools Workshop, a free workshop by LANDAU, will focus on workflows and techniques that allow you to estimate and visualize your project's response to climate-related issues. Using custom tools and Land Kit workflow, this workshop will equip you with specific examples and showcase the possibilities of computational design to become an essential tool when addressing climate change in site design. 

Follow along in these sessions, engage in interactive demos, and see how the LANDAU team has used computational power to automate design processes and leverage data.

The first section will discuss biodiversity and how our planting decisions, water management decisions, and carbon footprint affect short-term and long-term biodiversity. This section will briefly cover ways to think about biodiversity using Plant Kit. 

The second section will focus on water management. Evaluating water can be challenging during the design process, but the workflows and tools presented in this section start to show how Land Kit makes this process easier and faster.

The third section will focus on the Carbon Calculator. This tool allows you to estimate the carbon footprint of materials as you design and make changes. Additionally, we will discuss the data used in this calculator and how it is used to estimate your project's carbon footprint.

More details...

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CrossGems 1.2 released

CrossGems 1.2 is a free update for all CrossGems and Panther users that, in addition to bug fixes, includes new tools and features to simplify workflow and offer more design versatility.

The main features of this version are:

• Real-time distances between gems and cabochons
• Manually placed parametric gems and cabochons
• Break history (de-parametrize objects)
• Auto hatch tool
• Object on curve tool
• Auto splop tool
• Planify curve tool
• Flow by curve tool
• Auto blend curves tool
• Ring resize tool
• Bangle resize tool

See the full changelog here...

Download CrossGems from food4Rhino...

3D footwear creation in Rhino with Botcha

Footwear designers constantly seek efficient workflows and tools to enhance their creative process. This Rhino + Botcha workflow offers valuable features that can significantly improve footwear development. 

Watch the video to learn how the remapper, modifiers, and UV functionalities can help streamline the 3D footwear development process.

More information about Botcha for Rhino...

Symposium ArchitectureNature – NatureArchitecture: neglect construct care, June 16 at TU Munich

 

Image: Point could of a tree in Munich by LiDAR scanning, Hadi Yazdi, 2023

ArchitectureNature - NatureArchitecture symposium

June 16, 2023, 

9 am-7 pm CEST

at the Technical University Munich

ArchitectureNature - NatureArchitecture critically gathers current and retrospective views on the city's green infrastructure. The three major fields of Soil, Water, and Plants provide the thematic structure. Within each thematic area, the three fields of action Construct, Care, and Neglect address contrasting and complementary principles in dealing with urban nature.

Organisation: Ferdinand Ludwig, Sandra Bartoli, Silvan Linden, Andres Lepik

Speakers: Elena Ferrari, Frank Koch, Fahim Amir, Amina Chouairi, Verena Vogler, Daniel Köhler, Harald Kraft, Marije Van Lidth de Jeude - Oliver Schütte, Marie Davidová, Wilfried Middleton, Miriam Ferstl

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2Shapes 4.1 for Rhino now released

2Shapes has just announced the release of 2Shapes for Rhino – Version 4.1. This update brings a range of enhancements and new features that will elevate your Rhino design and modeling experience to new heights. 

Among the general performance improvements and multiple bug fixes, there are a few significant improvements that make version 4.1 an essential upgrade: 

• Seamless integration with 2Shapes Next, the in-store jewelry design platform
• Compatibility with new Free, Business, and Unlimited Plans
• Complete integration of Moissanite

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Parametric Design Made Easy - Free Grasshopper workshop (June 13 at 1 PM CEST)

 

Parametric Design Made Easy - Free Grasshopper workshop

June 13 at 1 PM CEST

Whether you’re a designer, architect, engineer, or creative professional, this free and interactive workshop will equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to get started with a parametric design using Grasshopper.

Registered users will receive preparatory materials, including glossaries, component lists, and Grasshopper files that will be used in class, as well as homework assignments with solutions after the classes.

Save your seat at https://learngrasshopper.com/workshop/

IAAC Global Summer School (July 2023) - Join the GSS23 Educational Experience

Global Summer School

July 3-28

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is glad to announce a new online edition of the Global Summer School (GSS) program! This July, the GSS will inaugurate the 15th edition of this globally interconnected summer educational program, reaching students and professionals worldwide to learn and develop projects toward the use of advanced architecture tools.

Within the GSS23 experience, participants can choose between four different online modules, participating in their preferred ones thanks to a flexible workshops model enabling a link between the extraordinary GSS network of faculty, institutions, and industry collaborators.

IAAC GSS offers four online workshops exploring our digital routes within an agile format to investigate the impact of innovative tools that broaden the traditional boundaries defining a new advanced architecture at different scales. Architects, designers, and engineers will be able to conduct multi-level investigations focusing on Computational Design, Design for Robotics—remotely controlling robots in IAAC, Urban Analytics and Environmental Design.

During the GSS23 program, each participant can pick a single module or enroll in the full program, tracking a personal learning path, and being exposed to a virtual class environment. The GSS participants will interact with IAAC faculties, learn new design and fabrication tools, and connect to Global Lectures with experts from the AEC sector throughout July 2023.

Since 2020, the GSS online program gathered together 400 participants ready to engage in a multidisciplinary experience and improve their skills module after module, guided by expert faculties and in collaboration with other participants. This summer, be part of GSS by submitting your application here within May to join GSS with an early bird fee or apply by June 28th as the ultimate deadline. 

Explore the GSS23 program, apply through the GSS application form, and learn more about the GSS previous editions from the official IAAC GSS profiles on IG and Facebook.

Bamboo Bridging - AA São Paulo

Join the AA Visiting School São Paulo 2023 for this 10-day workshop! 

The workshop proposes a new resilient bridge to reinstate this important infrastructure to help reinvigorate the local tourist economy.

Augmented Reality technology and the fabrication of lightweight and efficient geometries built with bamboo will be used. The design and fabrication of these parametric structures will again be led by architects Prof. Kristof Crolla and Mr. Garvin Goepel, using analog and digital techniques.

The aim will combine bamboo construction and digital technologies based on digital design research to implement bending-active bamboo shell structures. 

Students will work on physical prototypes of these low-tech building systems on location at the beach. The prototypes will be designed and developed in Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, Kangaroo, and Karamba, and they will be fabricated aided by Fologram, holographic devices (Microsoft HoloLenses), and handheld smartphones.

Apply here!

Location: Beach town of Barra the Sahy, São Sebastião
Date: June 30 to July 9, 2023

Fee: £695 

For additional information, visit this link.

Questions? Contact Franklin Lee at subdvstudio@gmail.com

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Rhino User Webinar - Discrete Aggregations: Workflows Between Houdini & Rhino

 

Rhino User Webinar

Discrete Aggregations: Workflows Between Houdini & Rhino

June 1, 2023, at 4:00 PM CEST

In this workshop, we will explore how Rhino + Grasshopper can take advantage of Houdini’s solvers to generate physics-based aggregations of complex rigid bodies. The workflow will leverage the ease of modeling in Rhino, Houdini's simulation power, and Grasshopper's interoperability capabilities, taking advantage of the best of each world.

Alfredo Chavez is an Architect and Computational Designer born in Spain. His approach focuses on blending technologies from different fields and exploring their applications to the AEC industry. He holds an M.Arch in Architecture from the University of Seville and an M.Arch (Design and Research Lab) from the Architectural Association.

Over the past six years, Alfredo’s interest in design, digital/robotic fabrication, and programming has led him to work on a wide range of projects and collaborate with companies such as Autodesk and Zaha Hadid Architects. Alfredo is part of Heatherwick Studio, where he is a member of the Ge-Code/Applied Research team.

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Digital Landscape Architects conference

Anhalt University is hosting the 24th annual International Conference on Information Technologies in Landscape Architecture, known as DLA Digital Landscape Architecture. This highly anticipated conference, taking place at the Dessau Campus from May 24th to May 27th, will showcase the latest advancements in landscape architecture.

Rhino, Grasshopper, and Lands Design will have a prominent presence with two workshops specifically designed to highlight their power and potential landscape architecture. Landscape Modeling and BIM Workflow with Lands Design and How to Analyze the Environmental Impacts of a Landscape Project will provide invaluable insights and practical knowledge for professionals and enthusiasts, demonstrating how these software tools can revolutionize the field.

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food4Rhino webinar: Wasp - Combinatorial Design Toolkit (May 25 at 5 PM CEST)

food4Rhino webinar: Wasp - Combinatorial Design Toolkit
May 25 at 5 PM CEST

Wasp is an open-source Grasshopper plugin for combinatorial design which allows users to represent and design with discrete parts. This is possible thanks to the combination of geometric and topologic data into a Part data structure. The toolkit's core relies on a set of aggregation procedures, allowing the generation of large structures from the bottom-up combination of different parts, mediated through top-down constraints and design drivers. Currently available procedures include stochastic aggregation, graph-grammar aggregation, and field-driven aggregation, enabling approximation of both geometric and performance-based drivers with discrete parts.

The webinar will introduce the context and ideas behind the development of Wasp, and will then demonstrate its primary usage, as well as some application examples using more advanced features.

Speaker: Andrea Rossi is an architectural researcher and computational designer. He is currently a research associate at the Experimental and Digital Design and Construction chair at the University of Kassel while also completing his doctoral dissertation at the DDU Digital Design Unit at TU Darmstadt. His current focus is on combinatorial and circular design strategies, robotic fabrication, and architectural biomaterials. He is the developer of Wasp. Previously, he was a research associate at ETH Zurich, a robotic fabrication specialist at Coop Himmelb(l)au and IndexLab - Politecnico di Milano. In addition, he taught courses and workshops on digital tools and fabrication in Italy, Germany, Austria, USA, and Israel, as well as on several online platforms.

Image Credits: F. Dannecker, A. Rossi, J. Keller, A. Yavuz, S. Uzkal, M. Wang, Z. Rui, R. Qin, Z. Xia, M. Gilles, M. Javadi, T. Pardini, N. Jakimavicius, C. Yuan, T. Xu, T. Hristov, A. Corre, T. Feng, R. Nong.

Mark your calendar on LinkedIn events and watch the webinar on YouTube live... 

Free Rhino/Grasshopper Teacher Workshop

Rhino/Grasshopper Teacher Workshop (Online)
20-22 June 2023 from 10:00 AM-5:00 PM CEST
Hosted by McNeel Europe

We invite you to a free online Rhino/Grasshopper teacher workshop. The course is aimed at tutors, teachers, and professors at academic institutions in the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) with intermediate Rhino knowledge and basic or no experience using Grasshopper.

Course Syllabus:

Using Rhino, you will be guided through a series of exercises highlighting NURBS and SubD modeling, rendering with Rhino 7, and we’ll focus on tools specially developed for teachers. Grasshopper is a graphical algorithm editor tightly integrated with Rhino’s 3D modeling tools. We will introduce the interface basics and guide you through simple exercises. We will also share our teaching experience to help you plan your own Rhino/Grasshopper classes.

All training materials will be made available to you to use in the session.

Places are limited and sessions will not be recorded so please enroll if you have complete availability during those dates and you will be present at each session.

A certificate of completion will be issued.

Course Requirements:

• Proof of status
• 150 words of motivation statement
• Rhino 7 license (90 days trial or educational license)

Sign up now!

Nor-shipping, Marine Tradeshow in Oslo

 

Nor-shipping

6-9 June 2023

Oslo (Norway)

NDAR will be present at Nor-shipping, the meeting place for globally leading maritime players, technology innovators, investors, and all the stakeholders interested in realizing ocean opportunities. 

Meet the NDAR crew at Booth D06-50 to learn about new workflows, strategies, implementation schemes, and processes and get advice for naval architecture and shipbuilding software solutions.

Making an appointment in advance is highly recommended.

Email: ndar@ndar.com, or call +33 (0) 4 92 91 13 24.

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Footwear Design online course, June 14-16 (McNeel Europe)

Footwear Design 

Online Course

Rhino 7 Windows or Mac

June 14-16, 2023

10 am-5 pm CEST

Tutor: René Medel

Host: McNeel Europe (Barcelona)

This course covers the essential skills needed for 3D Footwear design. You will learn how to develop all the parts, starting with the shoe last, using Rhino and Grasshopper. This process includes using the right topology for each shoe component in the most efficient way and defining the best strategies to model all the parts and components. By the end of the course, you will know how to manage and visualize your footwear design and how to prepare fabrication files for prototyping.

René Medel, an industrial designer specializing in footwear design, tutors the course. He is part of the framas Group innovation team, a German manufacturer of high-performance plastic components for the footwear industry.

Day 1

• Introduction to Footwear Design in Rhino Topologies. NURBS vs. Mesh vs. SubD Shoe Last creation (NURBS vs. SubD)
• From a scratch
• Reverse Engineering from a Scan (Mesh)
• QuadRemeshing to SubD
• Low-Poly SubD Pulling
• Last Alignment
• Last Measuring (Rhino + Grasshopper)
• Last Grading
• Last Modifications: Toe Shapes and spring + Heel Lift

Day 2

• Footbed creation
• Insoles
• Midsoles
• Outsoles
• Lattice Structures
• SubD tools: Bridge, Perforation, Edging (Rhino + Grasshopper)
• SubD Multipipe (Rhino + Grasshopper)

Day 3

• Heel Counters
• Upper Design + Flattening
• Lacing & Closure
• Logos & Lettering
• PBR Materials
• Rendering in Rhino
• Exporting for Augmented Reality (AR)
• Gravity Sketch Importing
• Exporting to 3D Printing (ShrinkWrap WIP)
• Plugins suggestions (Rhino + Grasshopper)

Course requirements: Rhino Intermediate Level, Grasshopper Basic Level, Footwear Design Basic Level

Online course fee: 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!

Rhino User Webinar - Between the digital and the sculptural: Combining Traditional Methods and 3D Technology

Rhino User Webinar

Between the Digital and the Sculptural: 

Combining Traditional Methods and 3D Technology

31 May 2023 at 4:00 PM CEST

During this webinar, Ana Bridgewater (Abalon) will showcase her process for creating a sustainable and functional decorative lamp with high-quality sculptural and visually appealing lighting. Incorporating Rhino into her workflow, she combines traditional manual work with digital tools. The lamp is made from repurposed hardwood and ceramics, showcasing Ana's commitment to using sustainable materials in her designs.

Ana has been working with porcelain as a designer and sculptor since 2004. In 2015, Ana relocated to London to establish herself and continue her creative work and has gained international recognition for her sustainable designs. Her work draws inspiration from nature, particularly sea animals such as corals and diatoms, as evidenced in her latest designs.

Complete details and free registration...

Diffusion Models V1.0 Webinar by DesignMorphine

Diffusion Models V1.0 is designed for creative professionals and enthusiasts who want to break into this exciting and rapidly evolving AI design field.

This course will dive into applying the fascinating world of machine learning and AI to creative purposes. Learn how to use various techniques and algorithms to generate realistic and artistic images and 3D models from data. 

To understand the theory and principles behind these techniques the class will:

• Train a model using Google Colab for text to 3D to generate 3d models of basic objects like chairs directly from text prompts. 
• Bring the model into Rhino for editing, fixing, and alterations. 
• Use various AI techniques and Stable Diffusion to create visualizations in the form of images and animations of 3D models in multiple styles. 

Participants will experiment with different datasets, parameters, and styles to create unique and original outputs. And they will apply skills to create varied projects using machine learning-generated assets and scenes. 

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Mastering Grasshopper Tekla Live Link: Discovering Hidden Options and Effective Workflow Tips (May 16 at 14h CEST)

This session explores some of the most interesting and non-intuitive components in Grasshopper Tekla Live Link, as well as uncovers some hidden options that can help streamline your workflow. Sebastian Lindholm (Trimble) and Krzysztof Wojslaw (LearnGrasshopper.com) on May 16 at 14:00 CEST will share their expert tips and tricks for working effectively with Live Link, allowing you to get the most out of this powerful tool.

Free registration...

 

First BIM Bootcamp and New Technologies of the AECO Sector in Spain, by Miautics (in Spanish) - starting in September 2023

The first BIM Bootcamp and New Technologies of the AECO Sector in Spain, structured and directed by Miautics and promoted by Upgrade Hub, is already prepared. Intensive Training as BIM Expert/Manager, BIM App Developer, IFC Specialist, Computational Designer, CGI Archviz Expert, Digital Architecture Designer, and Urban Data Analyst. 

Miautics begins the alliance with Upgrade Hub, the number one community in the creating bootcamps with this powerful program, which starts in September 2023, oriented to the most advanced procedures and demanded by the best companies in the AECO Sector.

Complete info and registration (in Spanish)... 

KeyShot for Rhino - Online in English and Spanish

New online course on Rhino3D.Education, check it out: 

Essentials in KeyShot for Rhino 7

The Essentials in KeyShot for Rhino 7 online course is now available in English and Spanish. It's still a WIP (work in progress), and new chapters will be added weekly, so for a limited time, take advantage of the WIP introductory price and get 50% off with code: KEYSHOT50OFF

KeyShot is one of the fastest and most user-friendly programs for creating photorealistic images and animations. During this course, you can explore and experiment with materials, textures, lights, cameras, and editing to obtain quality results in your Rhino projects.

Dulce Chavez, the author of the course, has designed this course for beginners, so join her and learn step-by-step how to merge Rhino and KeyShot for your projects!

Enroll now while the course is still a WIP and save 50%!

Register here!

Plus, upon conclusion, you will receive a certificate of completion for this course. Get started today!

Questions? Contact Dulce at dulce@mcneel.com

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Naval 3D Modeling with Rhino - Level 1

 

The first of a three-part series dedicated to naval modeling with Rhinoceros, this course will take you from a beginner to an intermediate level. At the end of the course, you will feel confident to create your first designs.

The course explains how to move easily through the software interface and provides detailed explanations to discover and manage all the basic geometries used in naval applications. It also defines a consistent workflow for an organized design with Rhinoceros and contains a bonus lesson explaining how to export your models to Maxsurf.

The last part is dedicated to the hands-on development of a daysailer boat 3D model.

The course is video-based and on-demand and can be followed at your own pace. It contains videos, quizzes, and downloadable documents and gives access to the course’s classroom, a virtual place to interact with the instructor and fellow students.

Students completing the course will receive the Course Certificate.

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Intelligent Generations V1.0 Webinar by DesignMorphine

Intelligent Generations V1.0 is about creatively and playfully harnessing the power of different computational design techniques, including AI technologies, to iterate through ideas quickly and make 3D models that directly come from AI-produced code. You will use Python code from ChatGPT in combination with your brain to create generative Grasshopper definitions inspired by the logic in AI-generated imagery. The class will use screenshots of our generatively designed 3D models to feed back into text-to-image AI systems to visualize different possibilities for viewing designs. Throughout this process, evoke the spirit and ethos of Bob Ross in the 21st century by sketching ideas with the contemporary mediums of computation, pixels, and 3D geometric information via artificial and human intelligence.

Starts July 30.

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Controlmad's Summer Workshop: Design and Parametric Fabrication

 

Controlmad's Summer Workshop: Design and Parametric Fabrication

July 3-28, 2023

Type of training: Hybrid

This course is focused on getting knowledge in 3D modeling with Rhinoceros and parametric design with Grasshopper, obtaining actual results with the construction of a large-scale prototype as a final project thanks to digital fabrication tools.

Students will not only learn how to model in 3D but will also implement various strategies to obtain structures of complex models, analyze, calculate, and interact with the physical environment, with the opportunity of manufacturing different models with CNC technology, like cutting laser, milling machine, and 3D printers. The final goal is to create, design, and 3D model a cool object, prototype or sculpture using Rhino and Grasshopper and make it real with the digital machines we have.

This VI edition will be in a hybrid format: Part I will be entirely online. Part II (optional) can be followed online or onsite:

Part I Online (3 weeks):

• 3D Modeling with Rhinoceros
  
• Parametric Design with Grasshopper I
• Parametric Design with Grasshopper II
  
  

Part II Onsite or Online (1 week):

• Digital Fabrication Systems (28 hours)
  
  

Part II Onsite or Online (1 week):

• Digital Fabrication Systems (28 hours)

More information and registration...

Getting to know... CyBe: 3D Concrete Printing meets Grasshopper!

In this interview, ShapeDiver talks with CyBe, a Dutch technology company revolutionizing the construction industry with its state-of-the-art 3D concrete printing technology. Explore how they use this technology to create affordable housing while reducing the carbon footprint of their projects.

You'll also learn about the different types of printers they offer and how their proprietary software tools streamline the printing process. Dive into how they use Grasshopper and ShapeDiver to create online configurators that any client can easily use.

Read the complete interview...