Botcha x Rhino 2024.0 released!

Digital footwear creation has never been easier 

then now with Botcha x Rhino!

Botcha's latest release brings you groundbreaking features with the all-new last and color management panels, seamless support, and deep integration for Rhino 8. Countless issues have been swiftly resolved, and existing workflows have been fine-tuned to maximize efficiency. Workflows have been accelerated, as many cutting-edge tools have been introduced that enhance both Rhino and Grasshopper. 

The Botcha x Rhino package includes the plugin for versions from Rhino 7 onward, as well as several Grasshopper components.

• Remapping from mesh, Brep, SubD to another object
• UV Editor
• Parametric modifiers
• And much more! 

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Getting to Know... Interstice: Democratizing 4D models!

Interstice aims to fill the gaps between stakeholders in the AEC industry by building custom solutions for complex challenges and guiding projects from concept through execution.

In this interview, Eric Guenther, Co-Founder and Principal of Interstice and Digital Practice Manager at FSE, talks about the company's origin and how the desire to explore beyond traditional structural engineering led to its formation. He discusses the potential of Mass Timber, highlighting its sustainability, aesthetic appeal, and cost-effectiveness. He talks about the challenges of specialization and siloing in the AEC industry and explains how Interstice aims to create innovative solutions that span across various domains, bringing cohesiveness to the industry. Enric also emphasizes the importance of tools like Rhino, Grasshopper, Python, and ShapeDiver in transforming project delivery and client collaboration.

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Forecasting girth growth of trees with Rhino and Grasshopper

In a pioneering research endeavor, a team at Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture at the Technical University of Munich focused on predicting the relative girth growth of tree trunks and branches within inosculated tree branching networks. Using Rhino, they rebuild initial topological branching skeletons based on the trees grown by farmer Axel Erlandson. Identifying water supply and usage points on the trees, researchers used Grasshopper to translate geometric instances into mathematical equations, adhering to the pipe model theory and circuit analogy. This enabled the calculation of water distribution across branches. The iterative growth process updated girth stands through a loop function. 

Rhino's efficiency in 3D modeling and seamless data transfer to Grasshopper empowers designers to use this tool for creating innovative living structures in urban settings. 

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RhinoArtisan 5.2 announced

 

2Shapes has just released RhinoArtisan 5.2, introducing Curator, a new feature defined as The Thematic Library of Elements. 

In 2Shapes words: "A curator is the keeper or custodian of a museum. We have developed this feature in the belief that inside any jewelry designer lays a curator, who safeguards the jewelry designer’s creations and works of art. These works of art only grow in prestige and value over time. 
Hence, our curator holds a treasure for every designer, by featuring an innovative library of elements that spans across a variety of themes, giving designers quick and efficient access to a variety of predefined elements".

From classic to contemporary designs, the Curator expedites your creation process by providing instant inspiration and ready-to-use elements.

Learn about this and other new features included in RhinoArtisan 5.2 here.

RhinoArtisan 5.2 is compatible with Rhino 6, 7, and 8.

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