RhinoArtisan Webinar

RhinoArtisan Webinar
March 12, 2025 – 5 PM CET

Whether you work in a jewelry manufacturing company, are a production manager or a jewelry designer, join this free RhinoArtisan webinar and learn how easily you can generate precise reports and create cost breakdowns.

During the webinar, you can expect to learn:

• Generating technical sheets: Create clear, structured documentation to communicate effectively with workshops and suppliers.

• Automatic cost and price calculation: Learn how to quickly input production costs and times to generate accurate reports.

•  Creating cost breakdown reports: Master breaking down jewelry components with materials, times, and costs for precise budget control.

•  Production process optimization: Get practical tips to streamline the workflow between design and manufacturing.

RhinoArtisan is a jewelry design plugin for Rhino that easily bridges the gap between design and production.

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Getting Started with VisualARQ 3 Webinar

March 5, 2025, at 5 PM CET
Online - Free Registration

Are you ready to take your Rhino modeling to the next level with BIM? Join Asuni's free “Getting Started with VisualARQ 3” webinar, where you’ll discover the Flexible BIM features VisualARQ adds to Rhino and how to easily create parametric architectural designs!

In just 60 minutes, you’ll learn:

• How VisualARQ integrates seamlessly with Rhino.
• Essential tools for modeling walls, doors, windows, stairs, and more.
• How to organize projects with the Level Manager.
• How to generate 2D drawings and quantity take-offs
• How to export your models to IFC.

This session is perfect for architects, designers, and Rhino users who want to enhance their workflow with BIM features while keeping Rhino's freedom and flexibility. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to refine your skills, this webinar will provide practical insights and hands-on demonstrations.

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Rhino User Webinar: The Vivobarefoot BIOME Project

Rhino User Webinar: 

The Vivobarefoot BIOME project
12 March 2025 at 4:00 PM (CET)

The Vivobarefoot BIOME project tackles the limitations of traditional shoe manufacturing by democratizing algorithmic inputs for both customers and designers. Using computational systems, the team developed a foot-centric workflow that converts Signed Distance Fields (SDF) into machine code for robotics and automated slicing. This streamlines production into scalable, efficient pipelines.

Partnerships with Volumental and ShapeDiver integrate advanced scanning and computational tools with Rhino and Grasshopper, creating sustainable, bespoke footwear solutions that balance design, material science, and hardware constraints.

Speaker: Peter Davis is a self-confessed computational nerd who has worked with artists, companies, and research institutes to bring innovative visions to life, from public space installations to custom products driven by client data.

After finishing his career as a professional breakdancer and selling his first company specializing in urban entertainment, Peter transitioned to a new creative industry. This led to co-founding a second company focused on computational design, 3D printing, AR/VR, and visualizations. ECCO eventually acquired the company to launch an innovation lab to revolutionize leather and shoe production. This career path has pushed Peter to explore 3D design, robotics, Industry 4.0 manufacturing, and even jet packs.

Now, Peter is automating bespoke products through AI-driven engineering. Products, structures, and entire machines are designed using computer algorithms and mass-produced in digital factories with industrial 3D printing. These objects are more advanced, efficient, and sustainable than traditional ones.

Links:

Vivobarefoot BIOME PR Briefing

Fast Company - World Changing Ideas 2024

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Practical AI for Rhino - Online Course by Sustainable Design Academy

Practical AI for Rhino

Online Course by Sustainable Design Academy

Learn to use AI Assistants in Rhino and Grasshopper to instruct tools like Ladybug, Honeybee, Karamba, and One Click LCA. You will learn to use chat-based instructions to run analysis, query results, and much more.

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Shape To Fabrication: Hackathon, Dev Day, Workshops and AEC Conference (London, 12-17 April)

Shape To Fabrication
London, UK
12-17 April

Shape to Fabrication (STF) is an architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) and design-focused conference presenting innovative real-world projects beyond the theoretical. The focus is on proven application and evidence-based project delivery.

Presenters at the conference represent an international field of architects, engineers, designers, fabricators, and software developers, all working at the cutting edge of their industries within AEC and design.

The 9th iteration of Shape to Fabrication is presented in partnership with the School of Architecture and Cities, University of Westminster, and the 2-day conference is taking place at the University of Westminster’s Marylebone Campus, London, on the 16th & 17th April 2025.

What else is happening?

The Shape to Fabrication 2025 Workshops take place the day before the conference on Tuesday, 15 April. 

Preceding these will be the Rhino New Dev Day hosted by McNeel. 

Additionally, our Shape to Fabrication friends, Thornton Tomasetti | CORE studio, are delivering an AECtech Hackathon at Foster + Partners the weekend before Shape to Fabrication 2025. 

Here’s a reminder of all the dates you need to know:

• 12-13 April 2025 – AECtech Hackathon
• 14 April 2025 – Rhino New Dev Day
• 15 April 2025 – STF Workshops
• 16-17 April 2025 – STF Conference

*Please note that tickets for each event are separate, so make sure you book for each individual event you wish to attend.

Shape To Fabrication details and tickets...

Rhino User Meeting Basel 2025 (March 28) - Only 10 days left for early bird tickets!

Rhino User Meeting Basel 2025

March 28

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 20+ 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.

👉 Confirmed Exhibitors: spherene, KeyShot, Chaos, Speckle, Asuni, Revizto, Skawo3D

💡 Bonus? It’s not just 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)

Check out what went down at past events: https://events.mcneel.eu/

Mark your calendar—we’ll see you there!

#rhino3dbasel2025

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Online training: Maritime Hull Design and Fairing - New editions in March and May 2025

Online Training

Maritime Hull Design and Fairing

New editions in March and May 2025

Rapid Hull Modeling for Ships / Yachts / Workboats / Multihulls

Class-A Fairing – Final Design – Fairing for Production – Hull Optimization – Reverse Engineering – Hull from GA/ Lines-Plan – Advanced Analysis – Modeling Strategies – Developable Hulls

Rhino enables accurate, flexible, and fair vessel hull design with the Rapid Hull Modeling Methodology.

Naval architect Gerard Petersen from RhinoCentre developed this method in cooperation with other professionals in the marine industry. After years of offering training and services to leading companies in the marine industry worldwide, RhinoCentre developed three unique training modules to guide you in modeling, fairing, and reverse engineering vessel hull shapes.

Three training modules are covered in four live training sessions of two hours. Between the live sessions, you practice the exercises as self-study with the instructional videos and written-out exercises.

Sign up now for the March or May editions...

Rhino for Designers by Pivot

 

Rhino for Designers: A Course by Pivot 

March 27-28, 2025, from 9 AM To 4 PM

Intermediate Level

This course covers key topics for designers, such as combining solid and surface modeling, solving complex fillets and blends, and achieving smooth surface transitions.

With Rhino as the primary focus, you'll explore various workflows, tools, and principles through hands-on examples. Additionally, you'll get an introduction to Grasshopper, learning how to apply it to practical modeling tasks like generating patterns, creating panels, and using attractors.

By the end of this course, you'll have a deep understanding of the processes involved in creating high-quality models.

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MIA Robotic Hand - Recorded webinar now available

 

If you missed the latest Rhino User Webinar, it is now available!

Learn how the award-winning MIA Hand, a robotic hand for amputees, was designed by the Italian company Elastico Disegno to be worn with pride and help the user overcome practical difficulties in daily life.

During the webinar, you will see how SubD and PTC Creo played a key role and how Grasshopper was used for the customization.

Watch the video now...

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Online workshop: Introduction to parametric design with Grasshopper, Consteel and Pangolin (March 26, 2025 - 09-16h CET)

Online workshop 

Introduction to parametric design with Grasshopper, Consteel and Pangolin
March 26, 2025 (09-16h CET)

Learn the fundamentals of parametric design in Rhino with Grasshopper, the Pangolin plugin, and Consteel’s in-built scripting environment, Descript. This training explores how these tools work together to expand your design possibilities, combining the best of both platforms for innovative solutions.

This course will introduce the foundational concepts of the parametric environment in Rhino (with Grasshopper and Pangolin) and explore Descript, showing how each can be applied to enhance parametric design possibilities. 

• Navigate the Rhino and Grasshopper interface for parametric design
• Explore Consteel’s Descript environment for in-built scripting
• Connect Grasshopper and Consteel through live scripting using a simple beam example
• Create a parametric transmission tower model, from wireframe geometry to Consteel model analysis
• Create and investigate a hall structure with a canopy, interpreting Consteel results in Grasshopper
• Compare and optimize a simple truss design in Grasshopper and Descript, 

Complete details and registration...

AA DLAB 2025

Taking place from July 21 to August 8, 2025, the AA DLAB returns for its 20th year, offering a cutting-edge three-week program. Hosted at the Architectural Association’s London HQ, DLAB explores the integration of advanced computational design, analysis, and large-scale prototyping techniques. The program brings world-class tutors and lecturers from institutions and firms such as Zaha Hadid Architects, Grimshaw Global, Foster + Partners, and TU Delft.

This year, DLAB will investigate sustainability, material reuse, and robotic 3D printing, aiming to transform found materials into cohesive architectural structures. The program highlights waste reduction and innovative fabrication techniques by integrating discarded or locally sourced materials, demonstrating how advanced technologies can support sustainable architectural practices.

Applications and more information...

Grasshopper fundamentals course

 

Algorithms and Data Structures in Grasshopper

Asynchronous learning (Free)

Join our new course, Algorithms and Data Structures in Grasshopper, which introduces effective methodologies to develop complex algorithms using Grasshopper. It also extensively covers the tree data structure of Grasshopper, and its core data organization and management tools. 

The course assumes basic knowledge of the Grasshopper interface and is suitable for students and professionals of all disciplines.

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Apply to ITECH MSc today and transform design and construction!

 

 Are you curious about the future of design, engineering, and construction?

The ITECH MSc Program is accepting applications from students across diverse disciplines until February 15th, 2025 (23:50 MEZ/CET).
 
The Integrative Technologies and Architectural Design Research (ITECH) MSc Program is known for its interdisciplinary, research-oriented, experiment-based education shaped around contemporary aspects of the built environment and practice.

The international program spans two years, featuring a group design research project in the first year and a Master's thesis project in the second year. Additional seminar modules provide a strong foundation and exploration of individual interests while encouraging teamwork and collaboration.
 
In all its phases, ITECH integrates intensive, critical, and analytical approaches with cutting-edge computational techniques, structural and climate engineering, and advanced fabrication and construction technologies in the architectural design process.

The program invites applications from a broad spectrum of fields, including architecture or architectural science, civil/structural engineering, urban planning, biology or biomimetics, material science, computer science, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, and related engineering and natural science fields.
 

For more detailed information, please visit the ITECH website

food4Rhino webinar: Managing IFC Data in Rhino with BEAM (February 13 at 5 PM CET)

food4Rhino webinar: 

Managing IFC Data in Rhino with BEAM
February 13 at 5 PM CET

Join us for an in-depth webinar showcasing the powerful IFC capabilities of BEAM in Rhino. This session will cover everything you need to know about managing IFC files within Rhino, including importing and exporting IFC data, visualizing and editing information in the BEAM Panel, and optimizing data preparation for smoother workflows. Additionally, we’ll explore how advanced users can use Grasshopper to attach properties and write IFC files directly.

This webinar will demonstrate how BEAM enhances IFC management within Rhino, providing seamless tools for importing, exporting, and organizing IFC data. Discover how BEAM empowers users to work with industry-standard formats, ensuring accurate data exchange and collaboration across disciplines.

Speakers:

– Mikael Santrolli: My architectural path has always been driven by the intersection of design and technology, beginning at Zaha Hadid Architects and continuing at Foster + Partners. Working for almost a decade in BIM and computational design roles opened my eyes to how technology could elevate not only the end result but the entire design process. Recognizing that coding and programming were essential to fully realizing this vision, I immersed myself in software development, bridging the gap between architectural creativity and technological capability.

Now, at MKS DTECH, I am committed to simplifying digital workflows and empowering architects to achieve new levels of efficiency and innovation. BEAM, a project I’ve deeply invested in, bridges Rhino and Revit and IFC, transforming how architects manage and share data across platforms. This tool goes beyond technical interoperability; it empowers architects to focus on what they value the most, the creative process, free from cumbersome software constraints.

At MKS DTECH, I aim to develop solutions that address real challenges architects face, making technology a true ally in the design process.

– Mauro Sabiu: As an architect initially trained in traditional practices, my career took a transformative turn upon joining Perkins+Will and later Zaha Hadid Architects. These experiences ignited a passion for revolutionizing the architectural industry, not just through experimentation but by leveraging it to create good buildings. A significant part of this journey has been my dedication to enhancing the everyday work life of architects. From my insider perspective, it’s clear how much time and effort are consumed by repetitive, tedious tasks that distract from what architects truly love: Design.

Beyond the realm of design, my goal has always been to enrich the overall design process. This can be achieved only through knowledge, which unavoidably intertwines with technology. A prime example of this integration is BEAM, an interoperability tool I’ve supported that bridges Rhino and Revit. This tool streamlines the interoperability process, freeing architects to focus more on creative design.

Currently, at MKS DTECH, my primary objective is to ensure that our outcomes are not just successful but also that the process of creation is enjoyable. I strive to make every day in the architectural field not just a task but a rewarding experience, enhancing both efficiency and job satisfaction for myself and my colleagues. This journey is about more than just constructing buildings; it’s about building a better way of working through technology and innovation.

Free registration...

Shape to Fabrication Workshops for 2025

Shape To Fabrication London (organized by SimplyRhino UK) is back!

Simply Rhino, the organizers of the AEC and design-focused Conference Shape to Fabrication, have announced the full lineup of workshops that will take place the day before the two-day conference. 

The carefully curated selection of workshops feature the latest technologies delivered by industry leaders. The intention is that those attending an STF 2025 Workshop will complete their session having gained knowledge, developed existing skills, and made new connections. 

Workshop places are limited, there are discounts for students, and all the workshops are booking now. 

Following these exciting workshop announcements, the full Shape to Fabrication Conference line-up will be revealed in the coming weeks! 

This 9th iteration of Shape to Fabrication takes place in London, UK, in April 2025.

Each event needs its own registration, so click on the links for complete info...

Grasshopper and Python in VIKTOR - Recorded webinar now available

 

If you missed the latest Rhino User Webinar, it is now available!

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.

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Rhino for Jewelry Design: Presentation and User Meeting in Paris (France)

 

Rhino for Jewelry Design: Presentation and User Meeting in Paris 

February 21, 2025

Location: La Haute Ecole de la Joaillerie 

58 rue du Louvre 

75002 Paris

Rhinoforyou (Rhino Authorized Reseller) and EasyJewels3D (plugin developer) are organizing two sessions in collaboration with La Haute Ecole de la Joaillerie in Paris to present the latest developments in Rhino and EasyJewels3D for the jewelry industry.

Come and meet experienced professionals such as Max Mazlo (designer and manufacturer), Gianfranco Guzzo (programmer and designer), and Aurelio Perugini (designer). Learn from their experience and get customized advice tailored to your needs.

During the session, participants can also take part in a hands-on workshop with practical exercises.

To participate, please bring your computer with Rhino 8 installed (Windows only). You can get a 90-day evaluation version. 

Places are very limited. 
Language: French.

Registration deadline: February 18.

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