Rhino User Meeting Basel 2025 (March 28)

Rhino User Meeting Basel 2025

📅 When? March 28, 2025
📍 Where? Hosted by McNeel Europe and Herzog & de Meuron at Scala Basel

Looking for a day packed with innovation, creativity, and hands-on action? 

Join us for the Rhino User Meeting in Basel and dive into the latest and greatest in Digital Design and Fabrication.

Here’s the deal:

👉 Learn from industry pros in Architecture, Design, Footwear, Automotive, 3D Printing, Robotics, AI and more!
👉 Discover cutting-edge updates on Rhino 8, Grasshopper, and other tools.
👉 Check out live demos and get inspired by exhibitors showing off what’s possible.

💡 Bonus? It’s not just all tech talk—there’s networking and drinks to wrap up the day! Perfect for meeting like-minded folks and making connections.

🎟 Tickets:
General: €95 (early bird until March 1st, then €135)
Students: €45 (early bird until March 1st, then €75, with proof of educational status)

🚀 Interested in exhibiting? Drop an email to carlos@mcneel.com.

Check out what went down at past events: https://events.mcneel.eu/
Mark your calendar—we’ll see you there! 

#rhino3dbasel2025

Preliminary agenda and tickets...

POC Helmet with Gyroid Lattice Design by Cademy xyz

Free Workflow Webinar 7 by Cademy

In this session, we will learn to 3D model the POC Bike Helmet in Rhinoceros, apply the Gyroid Lattice structure in Grasshopper, and create stunning renderings in KeyShot. 

Here’s your opportunity to dive into surfacing modeling and computational design workflows using Rhinoceros and Grasshopper, two of industrial design's leading 3D modeling tools.  

Date: 2 February at 17:00 (UTC/GMT)

Register to get access to the YouTube stream link and exercise files. Don’t miss out!

BEAM IFC: Streamlined IFC Integration in Rhino

MKS DTECH introduces BEAM IFC, a new integration to the tool designed to enhance coordination and data exchange across AEC disciplines.

This advanced feature brings robust IFC import, export, and visualization capabilities to Rhino, seamlessly connecting BIM workflows with your design process.

IFC Import and Export

BEAM IFC supports IFC2x3 and IFC4, enabling you to import and export IFC files with ease. Preserve all geometry and metadata, ensuring data integrity throughout your workflows. Choose from two flexible import methods:

• Worksession Reference: Import IFC files as read-only underlays for coordination.
• Direct Import: Bring IFC files directly into your Rhino models for further editing and development.

Enhanced Data Access with BEAM Panel

The upgraded BEAM Panel organizes parameters into property sets, offering clearer access to critical data. Detailed units for lengths, areas, and volumes are now displayed, enhancing precision and usability in your projects.

Class-Driven Layer System

BEAM IFC introduces a class-driven layer system to simplify browsing and managing imported IFC data. Layers are automatically structured based on IFC classifications, mirroring the IFC hierarchy. This intuitive system provides a clear, organized framework for navigating and handling complex models directly within Rhino.

Experience the Future of BIM Workflows

With BEAM IFC, MKS DTECH continues to empower designers and engineers with tools that bridge gaps between platforms and disciplines. Whether you're streamlining collaboration, managing complex data, or integrating BIM processes into Rhino, BEAM IFC delivers the precision and efficiency you need to elevate your projects.

BEAM IFC page...

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Grasshopper UK User Group Meeting | 12 February 2025

Grasshopper UK User Group Meeting

Join us at our hosts, Zaha Hadid Architects, for the Grasshopper UK User Group Meeting. Following a welcome from the Grasshopper UK Meeting organizers Simply Rhino, we’ll have presentations from our hosts, Zaha Hadid Architects, and our guests from Buro Happold Engineers and Chaos, the developers of Enscape and V-Ray. At the end of the meeting, there will be time for conversations and networking.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Location: Zaha Hadid, 101 Goswell Road, London, EC1V 7EZ
Time: 18:30-20:30
Meeting Date: 12 February 2025

Presentations: 

• Vishu Bhooshan – Zaha Hadid Architects
  Integrated Design: technologies for research-enabled architectural practice; by Computation and Design (CODE) group of Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)

• Norbert Gräser – Chaos
  Enscape and Enscape Impact
  
  
• Rob May + Dr Al Fisher – Buro Happold
  Supercharged Design Workflows with Rhino and Grasshopper

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Rhino User Webinar: Grasshopper and Python in VIKTOR

 

Rhino User Webinar

Combining the Power of Grasshopper and Python in VIKTOR

28 January 2025 at noon (CET)

In this webinar, delve into the powerful integration of Grasshopper, Python, and VIKTOR to revolutionize automation and design processes. Discover how these tools can improve your workflows, support collaboration, and bring your design capabilities to the next level.

What to expect:

• User Interface: How to create a VIKTOR web app using Python based on your Grasshopper model.
• Data Connection: Learn how to use the VIKTOR API to pull/push data directly into Grasshopper.
• Advanced Visualizations: Discover how to create dynamic dashboards using Python and Plotly.
• Structural Analysis: Perform advanced analyses by pushing geometry from Grasshopper to VIKTOR.

The session will cover practical demonstrations showcasing the synergy between Grasshopper, Python, and VIKTOR. It will also provide access to ready-to-use scripts for your projects, bringing a deep dive into advanced design and automation capabilities.

About the speaker:
Stijn Jansen, VIKTOR's Chief Product Officer, has a background in aerospace engineering and expertise in parametric design, knowledge-based engineering, and civil, geotechnical, structural, and offshore engineering.

Stijn specializes in automating design processes to make engineering work faster, better, and more enjoyable. At VIKTOR, he works closely with customers and teams to create impactful solutions, empowering engineers to focus on solving complex challenges.

Complete details and registration...

Master in Parametric Design, Spring 21st Edition by Controlmad

MaSTER COURSE IN PARAMETRIC DESIGN

A unique study program to introduce you to the world of computational design, the state-of-the-art field for product design, architecture, landscape, engineering, digital fabrication... through creating physical and digital parametric models using as main tools Grasshopper for Rhino and CNC machines and 3D printers.

The course is divided into two parts: 

• Part I, 24 March-30 May: Rhino, Grasshopper, Kangaroo, Karamba, Python, AI, visualization (Fully online)
• Part II is optional to take, 2-26 June: Digital Fabrication (Onsite at Controlmad or online, as you wish)

You may choose multiple ways to take it:

• Entire course onsite or remotely
• Just Part I online
• Hybrid: Part I online + Part II onsite.

The last early bird fees are available!

Rhino.Inside.Revit online workshop, 10-12 February 2025 (McNeel Europe)

 

Rhino.Inside.Revit online workshop

Tutor: Junghwo Park

10–12 February 2025

10 am–5 pm CET

Host: McNeel Europe 

Since 2009, numerous third-party plugins have been developed to improve interoperability between Autodesk’s BIM software Revit and McNeel’s Rhino/Grasshopper, with varying success in user-friendliness, performance, and extensibility. The release of Rhino 8 and the introduction of Rhino.Inside (Rhino 7) has significantly enhanced integration, enabling flexible, efficient workflows and easier use of the extensive ecosystem of Rhino/Grasshopper plugins in shared workflows with Revit. Rhino.Inside .Revit also allows developers to create custom Grasshopper components (using C# or Python) that can directly access the Revit API within the same runtime environment.

The 3-day workshop, led by Junghwo, is designed for Revit users interested in learning Rhino and Grasshopper, as well as Rhino and Grasshopper users looking to explore Rhino.Inside.Revit. It also targets BIM creators, coordinators, and managers seeking to implement parametric BIM workflows. Participants will gain a foundational understanding of Rhino.Inside, explore BIM management use cases and learn BIM workflows using Rhino.Inside, alongside useful Grasshopper plugins for parametric BIM design.

Day 1

• Overview – Rhino.Inside Intro and Limitations
• Useful GH Plugins for your BIM Workflows
• Revit Units vs Rhino Units
• Project Framework and Documents
• Selections and Filters
• Coordinates
• Create Revit Elements

Day 2

• Create Form
• Revit Materials
• Create Family (Loadable Families)
• Get & Set Parameters
• SubD to Revit
• Revit Topology (Room, Area and Space)
• Analyze Revit Elements

Day 3

• Views and Sheets
• MakeHatch
• Details and Annotations
• Parametric BIM Design (Bridge & Building)
• Structural Analytical Model
• Clash Detection
• Tips and Tricks

Course requirements: Basic knowledge of Rhino, Grasshopper, and Revit.

Online course fees for each course: 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 for each course: 25. If there is no quorum, the course will be canceled 15 days before.

Course language: English

Educational seats are limited. Sign up now by contacting Verena!

Foveate - New Interactive 3D Presentation and Collaboration Tool for Rhino and Grasshopper

Foveate is a 3D Platform for creating Interactive Presentations, Digital Twins, Walkthrough Tours, and more from your Rhino files.

Foveate is built for architects, designers, and engineers using Rhino to explain complex spatial ideas, all on a link. Learn more on food4Rhino.

Foveate can losslessly compress and optimize your Rhino and Grasshopper designs up to 80% and render them in a real-time 3D environment with PBR Materials, 8K HDRs, and Post-Processing FX like Rhino’s Arctic Mode, all without needing to code.

Combine your Rhino CAD models, renderings, and drawings into one immersive presentation.

Easily drag and drop multiple .3dm, .glb, .fbx, .pdf, .png, .jpg, and more from Rhino/Grasshopper into the collaborative web-based scene creator and share your vision with dynamic lighting, HDR Environments, Real-time Visual FX and Camera Paths.

Comment on your Rhino designs in 3D.

Foveate’s Moments system lets teams use Rhino comments directly in 3D, saving countless hours and miscommunications when compared to redlining screenshots.

Built for iterative design.

Rhino users move fast. That’s why a Foveate Interactive Presentation can be easily updated and any asset can be replaced with one button click. This removes the headache of creating and updating design presentations with last-minute changes.

Spatial communication simplified.

Tired of clients not ‘getting it’? Foveate lets Rhino users walk their clients through a model in realtime, without the choppiness of screen-sharing, using the innovative Present Mode.

Watch how Foveate can supercharge your Rhino projects with this short tutorial... 

Register for a free webinar...

 

Webinar: RhinoArtisan and KeyShot

Learn how to go from design to reality in jewelry through this free webinar, organized by 2Shapes. From creating intricate pieces to applying custom materials, you’ll discover how RhinoArtisan and Keyshot seamlessly integrate to streamline your workflow as a jewelry designer.

Registration (English session)...

Registration (Spanish session)...

The Bill Please: A new well-being quantity takeoff interface for Rhino and VisualARQ

The Bill Please: A new well-being quantity takeoff interface for Rhino and VisualARQ

The Bill Please (BP) is an integrated interface within the hybrid Rhinoceros-VisualARQ workflow, designed to generate precise and detailed quantity takeoffs for every modeled geometry. 

In a BIM-oriented framework, BP is engineered to extract any type of quantity, offering the flexibility to select from various measurement units to meet specific requirements, including weight computation. 

The following types of quantitative analyses are supported:

• Component-based and subcomponent-based analysis (VisualARQ components)
• Quick mode, "space-to-space", leveraging VisualARQ's va_spaces
• Surface-based analysis, utilizing the "Paint Mode" to extract quantities (areas) from individual geometric faces (Rhino and VisualARQ native geometries)

The Advanced Mode for multilayer components (va_wall, va_roof, va_slab) enables accurate quantity calculations for each layer. BP also supports the use of custom QTO templates and the creation of structured category sets (worksheet name) to generate reports in XLS format.

Advanced features include editing aggregated reports thanks to a double checklist (selected and aggregated items), enabling efficient navigation and precise identification of every computed element. Each geometry is tagged with a comprehensive descriptive text string (GUID, component name, dimensions), with the option to define a prefix from the available properties.

Harness the power of BP to enhance and streamline your quantity takeoff workflows!

Download The Bill Please from food4Rhino...

Check also the Instagram and YouTube pages...

Parametric Project: a newsletter by Isma Sanz

Parametric Project is a newsletter by Isma Sanz.

It offers insights into how design is being redefined: Revit, Grasshopper, Python, and AI.

Join Isma's community of computational designers who are disrupting the future...

Free online workshop: Controlling Advanced Revit Families Using Grasshopper - 15 January 2025 at 20h CET

Controlling Advanced Revit Families via Grasshopper (by learngrasshopper.com)

15 January 2025

20-22h CET

Second free workshop in Rhino.Inside.Revit series. 

After getting familiar with Direct Shapes, we will head to control advanced Revit families using Grasshopper, as every Revit user struggles with families creation. In this workshop, you will:

• Learn New Skills: Learn how to control advanced Revit families and connect Grasshopper to Revit to work faster and smarter.
• Talk to an Expert: Ask Japhy Walton (Application Specialist at Robert McNeel & Associates),  who stands behind Rhino.Inside.Revit
• Get Useful Resources: Download Grasshopper files with family examples and a PDF of the presentation to help with your projects.

If you are a Revit user, you can not miss this event.

Claim a free place...

Coding Rhino Geometry with C# in GH - Online Course

Learn to code in C# and gain the power and freedom needed to stay out of the box with our new Create Rhino Geometry by Coding with C# Language Inside Grasshopper course! Enroll in this course now and gain access to tutorials on C# coding in Grasshopper.

This course teaches you to create Rhino Geometry by coding with C# language inside Grasshopper.

You will begin by learning the basics of coding in C#, starting with the syntax and building up to the basics of object-oriented programming to understand and use RhinoCommon API efficiently. 

After that, you will apply what you learned by creating and manipulating geometry using the RhinoCommon API.

DURATION: 10 Hours (not counting homework time)

 

Enroll here now!

Rhino3D.Education offers online courses in Rhino, Grasshopper, computational design, GhPython, C#, PanelingTools, RhinoCAM, V-Ray, and more. Check it out!

A fun read of Rhino's history

Galo Canizares has published Rhinoceros: A Brief History of a Ubiquitous Tool - ScienceDirect, his research into the history of Rhino in an open-access journal.

It's a weighty dialog and history of Rhino and its cultural implications, with a different focus than typical articles about Rhino. Per Canizares, the broad effect of Rhino is not just technical but also community-focused.

The background information was gleaned from various publications, the Rhino discourse forum, food4Rhino, and press releases.

Galo Canizares is a designer, writer, educator, and the author of Digital Fabrications: Designer Stories for a Software-Based Planet.

Rhinoceros: A Brief History of a Ubiquitous Tool - ScienceDirect...