Computational Food Design: Teaching Rhino & Grasshopper with Edible Briefs

The recording of our Educator’s Lab webinar: Computational Food Design: Teaching Rhino & Grasshopper with Edible Briefs is now available!

In this mouth-watering session, architect and Authorized Rhino Trainer Jose Antonio Carrillo reveals how he fuses architecture, gastronomy, and digital fabrication with Rhino 8 and Grasshopper to make computational design instantly tangible and engaging for students.

He walks us through his first food-inspired architecture project, the touching story of how the Ribbon Chapel shaped one of his designs, and how these inspirations evolved into chef collaborations, award-winning student outcomes, a demo that both teaches and inspires you to design your own cakes, and his latest cross-disciplinary research.

If you’re seeking fresh teaching strategies, new ways to engage students, or just love seeing computation meet cuisine, this recording is a must-watch.

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Rhino User Webinar: Archicad/Grasshopper Live Connection Workflow

 Rhino User Webinar Live and Interacting

Archicad/Grasshopper Live Connection Workflows

December 10, 2025 - 4:00 PM (CET) 

In this webinar, Gregor Doblinger from Delugan Meissl Associated Architects | DMAA will demonstrate a complete workflow using the Grasshopper–Archicad Live Connection. He will showcase the roof design of the Badischen Staatstheater as a live case study, covering shape-finding processes in Rhino/Grasshopper, adaptive base geometry parametrically linked to Archicad, and strategies for maintaining design flexibility while detailing complex structures.

The session will also explore key Archicad functionalities and tips within Grasshopper—including beams, element properties, AC nodes, and generating 2D plans—and insights into workflow structure and live visualization with Enscape.

About the speaker:
Gregor Doblinger is an Austrian architect and computational design specialist with extensive experience leading housing projects and collaborating on large-scale cultural and urban developments. He studied at the technical school for carpentry in Hallstatt before studying architecture at the Vienna University of Technology, where he completed his thesis. Since 2020, he has contributed to numerous high-profile projects with DMAA. His work spans architecture, computational workflows, and interdisciplinary design, including jewelry design collaborations.

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Rhino at The Architect Show 2025 in Athens with ErgoCad

 

We are pleased to announce that our authorized Rhino reseller ERGO CAD will be the Grand Sponsor of The Architect Show 2025, one of the leading events for architects in Greece and Cyprus. 

The exhibition will take place on December 6–7 at the Athens Metropolitan Expo, located at the Athens International Airport.

ERGO CAD  will be present with booth 38–40 and a dedicated workshop area, where the team will meet with visitors interested in Rhino.

They will also offer live presentations and special promotions exclusively for attendees. This participation creates a great opportunity for architects, designers, and industry professionals to connect directly with ERGO CAD and learn more about Rhino’s capabilities.

We are delighted to share this news with our community and encourage anyone attending the event in Athens to visit ERGO CAD’s space.

Dates: December 6–7, 2025
Location: Athens Metropolitan Expo
Booth: 38–40

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Getting to know… Frame Maker: Custom-fit Eyewear for On-Demand 3D Printing!

Industrial designer Andrés Roppa, founder of Frame-Stock, shares how he’s reshaping eyewear design through Rhino, Grasshopper, parametric modeling, and 3D printing. In this ShapeDiver interview, he explains how his tool Frame Maker converts 2D outlines into ready-to-prototype 3D frames, making customization faster and more accessible. Especially when combined with ShapeDiver and the App Builder. Explore real-world applications like Vision Now, the balance between automation and creativity, and how emerging technologies are redefining the future of the industry.

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Rhino User Webinar: Instrumenting the Design Process

Rhino User Webinar

Instrumenting the Design Process: How R&D Creates Better Design Tools

December 3, 2025 - 4:00 PM (CET) 

In this live webinar we will have the opportunity to have an end-to-end look at iterative toolmaking with designers and domain experts. Join the webinar if you are interested in co-defining the data model, using system and workflow architecture inside Grasshopper, instrumenting prototypes for real-time feedback, and converging toward a robust, user-friendly plugin. We will show patterns, pitfalls, and handoffs that turn exploratory routes into maintainable, documented, deployable tools at scale. 

About the speaker:
Ashkan Rezaee is a designer and toolmaker who blends architecture with technology to create innovative solutions in AECO industry. With a master's degree in Computational Building Development and Fabrication and a background in Architecture Engineering, Ashkan has a strong foundation in sustainable design and environmental simulation practices. His academic journey also includes a deep dive into fabrication tools and methods, enabling him to bridge the gap between design and production seamlessly. His current role is Sustainability Specialist and Software Developer at Henning Larsen in Copenhagen.

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Rhino User Meeting Graz - November 26, 2025

Come join Rhino3D-Shop, McNeel Europe and TU Graz for a Rhino User Meeting in Graz on November 26, 2025, from 13h to 18h.

An informal gathering of Rhino and Grasshopper users in the fields of Design and AEC (Architecture, Engineering & Construction).

Location:

TU Graz
HÖRSAAL HS I
Raumnr. : ATK1120H
Alte TechnikRechbauerstraße 12 / 1. Kellergeschoß
8010 Graz

Date & Time:

November 26, 2025
13:00 - 18:00h

Program:

• 13:15 - 13:30h: "Einleitung" - Gerald Sodl von Rhino3D-Shop
• 13:30 - 14:00h: "Neu in Rhino WIP" - Carlos Perez von McNeel Europe
• 14:00 - 14:30h: "Design for Life" - DI Dr. Jan Kokol von IMAGO Design
• 14:30 - 15:00h: "Nutzung von Grasshopper jenseits der algorithmischen Modellierung" - DI Petrus Gartler von perzgartlerdesign e.U.
• 15:00 - 15:30h: "Modellieren und Skripten mit Rhino - Bachelor-Lehre an der TU Graz" - Prof. Urs Hirschberg vom Institut für Architektur und Medien der Technischen Universität Graz
• 15:30 - 16:00h: Break
• 16:00 - 16:30h: "Design Einhandmischer - Robo Lichtskulptur - Betonform Schalung" (vorläufiger Titel) - DI David Stelzer von HTBLVA Graz - Ortweinschule
• 16:30 - 17:00h: "Rhino Inside Revit" - Carlos Faveri Marchi vom Institut für Architektur und Medien der Technischen Universität Graz
• 17:00 - 17:30h: "MetalArtDesign" - Alexander Schreilechner von metalartdesign
• 17:30 - 18:00h: Get together

Language: German

Included: snacks & drinks

We look forward to your participation! Free registration here...

Rhino User Webinar: From Code to Craft - New recorded webinar now available!

 If you were unable to attend the latest Rhino User Webinar live, it is now available to view!

Get guided by Peggy Yu as she walks you through how computational design drives innovation in art and furniture. Explore two fascinating projects: first, a robotic interactive sugar-printing experiment, where Grasshopper translates human sound into precise robotic motion; then a deep dive into the Pat-chair, a case study showing how computational tools shape both the form of the piece and its digital manufacturing toolpath.

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Master Surface Design with Rhino + KeyShot by Sabit

Take your design presentation skills to the next level!

This professional course by Sabit will guide you through the complete workflow of creating high-quality 3D surfaces in Rhino and rendering them with stunning realism in KeyShot.

You’ll learn how to design smooth, precise surfaces suitable for visualisation, prototyping, and production, and how to make your models stand out with photorealistic materials, lighting, and composition.
Whether you design consumer products, jewelry, footwear, or concept models — this course gives you the essential techniques to turn your 3D ideas into striking visual results.

Software requirements: Rhino and KeyShot. (demo available).

Next course start: November 18, 2025

Duration: 6 hours

Language: English

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Modeling Topography & Grading in RhinoLands (2D/3D)

If you’re already designing in Rhino, this session shows how RhinoLands extends your native workflow for terrain and grading, no context switching, no workarounds.

Why it fits right into Rhino

• Linked 2D ⇄ 3D: Edit contours or surfaces and see updates reflected across both views—instantly.
• Automated QTOs: Get quantity take-offs for cuts, fills, paths, and other terrain operations—generated automatically.
• BIM-ready output: Produce precise BIM models you can bring into Revit or Archicad via IFC, or push directly to Revit with Rhino.Inside.Revit.
• For AEC teams: Architects, civil engineers, and landscape architects all benefit from a consistent Rhino-native approach to topography.

🔗 Join the webinar: Modeling Topography & Grading with RhinoLands (2D/3D)

Secure your seat—register now.

Footwearise 2025 ON DECEMBER 4 & 5 by Footwearology

FINAL COUNTDOWN TO FOOTWEARISE ON DECEMBER 4 & 5!

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Footwearise 2025, organized by footwearology, is the event for footwear innovation, ,bringing together all parties that contribute to a better footwear supply chain, where shoes can be made local-for-local, on demand, personalized, without waste and with end-of-life systems. 

This year the theme is "Fusing Fit, Feel and Fabrication": when digital technology makes it possible to fully personalize shoes through mass customization, then the lines between the orthopaedic industry, the sports industry and the fashion industry are blurring, opening up new perspectives and opportunities.

After two successful editions in Barcelona and one in Portland, this 4th edition will take place in Alicante, the heart of the Spanish shoe industry, at a spectacular location: CIUDAD DE LA LUZ FILM STUDIOS.

Buy your tickets here...

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Computational Food Design: Teaching Rhino & Grasshopper with Edible Briefs

Educator's Lab Webinar

Computational Food Design: Teaching Rhino & GH with Edible Briefs

Tuesday, November 25, 2025 - 4:00 p.m. CET

How do you make computational design instantly tangible and unforgettable for students? In this Educator's Lab webinar, architect and Authorized Rhino Trainer Jose Carrillo (American University in Dubai) reveals a classroom-proven framework that fuses architecture and gastronomy to teach Rhino 8 + Grasshopper with clarity, high engagement, and chef-industry collaborations. Jose shares concise teaching methods, standout student outcomes, awards, an edible Grasshopper live demo, and case studies you can adapt tomorrow. He also opens his research and professional pipelines, demonstrating how computational design connects architecture, gastronomy, AI, and art to produce fabricable, edible, and publishable results.

About the speaker:

Jose Carrillo is an architect, educator, and Ph.D. researcher in computational food design. He explores how AI, biomaterials, and digital fabrication can reframe how we see, taste, and build. An Authorized Rhino Trainer and associate professor at AUD since 2015, he founded @archEatable to teach Rhino + Grasshopper across architecture, art, and culinary practice. Jose coaches architects, artists, and chefs on computational workflows that move from screen to fabrication and plates. His work has been exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale, Art Dubai, and the Sikka Art & Design Festival.

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

 

Rhino.Inside.Revit online workshop

Tutor: Junghwo Park

December 10 - 12, 2025

10 AM - 5 PM CET (Barcelona)

Hosted on Zoom by McNeel Europe

Since 2009, numerous third-party plug-ins have aimed to improve interoperability between Autodesk’s BIM software Revit and Rhino/Grasshopper. Introduced with Rhino 7, Rhino.Inside.Revit significantly advances this integration by adding over 300 Revit-aware components to Grasshopper, enabling users to query, modify, analyze, and create native Revit elements directly within Grasshopper.

Rhino.Inside.Revit also provides a powerful translation API for building custom conversion workflows between Revit data and Rhino geometry and metadata. Its advanced geometry conversion API ensures accurate translation of complex Rhino shapes into Revit, and it is fully accessible through Grasshopper’s Python and C# scripting components.

In this workshop, Junghwo Park, BIM Manager at Doka GmbH, will introduce participants to Rhino.Inside.Revit, a powerful framework that integrates Rhino and Grasshopper directly within Autodesk Revit. Participants will gain a basic understanding of Rhino.Inside.Revit, learn about BIM management use cases, and explore parametric BIM workflows with Rhino.Inside.Revit and selected Grasshopper plugins for design automation.

Day 1

• Overview – Introduction to Rhino.Inside and its limitations
• Useful Grasshopper Plugins for BIM workflows
• Revit Units vs. Rhino Units
• Project Framework and Documents
• Selections and Filters
• Coordinates
• Creating Revit Elements

Day 2

• Creating Forms
• Revit Materials
• Creating Families (Loadable Families)
• Getting & Setting Parameters
• SubD to Revit Conversion
• Revit Topology (Rooms, Areas, and Spaces)
• Analyzing Revit Elements

Day 3

• Views and Sheets
• MakeHatch Command
• Details and Annotations
• Parametric BIM Design
• Structural Analytical Model
• Clash Detection
• Tips and Tricks

Course requirements: This workshop is intended for Revit users who want to learn how to integrate Rhino and Grasshopper into their workflows, as well as for Rhino and Grasshopper users who wish to explore the use of Rhino.Inside for Revit. Basic knowledge of Rhino, Grasshopper, and Revit (version 2024.3) is required.

Software requirement: Rhino 8, Revit 2024.3

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!

Shape to Fabrication 2025 - Conference Presentation Reports Published

Shape to Fabrication took place earlier this year in London, and the organisers, Simply Rhino, have now published all of the technical write-ups of the presentations that took place during the 2-day AEC-focused conference. 

These written reports serve both as a reminder of the project-focused presentations for those who were able to attend the conference and a reference for those who were not at 2025’s 9th iteration. 

The Shape to Fabrication Conference and accompanying workshops will return in 2027 for their 10th iteration, with exciting plans being made for this special 10th birthday event!

Complete Report here...

Rhino User Webinar: Free Form to Fabrication - New recorded webinar now available!

 

If you were unable to attend the latest Rhino User Webinar live, it is now available to view!

Get guided by Ignacio Fuentes-Cantillana Monereo and learn from him the fundamentals of SubD in Rhino and Grasshopper —how its geometry enables complex forms with crisp creases—through a quick form-finding exercise and real project examples, then jump to fabrication: panelization, machine-learning-aided layout, and how SubD data drives milling and robotic workflows to deliver complex results.

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Kangaroo Physics online workshop, December 1-3 (McNeel Europe)

 

Kangaroo Physics online workshop

Tutor: Ping-Hsiang Chen

December 01–03, 2025

10 AM-5 PM CET (Barcelona)

Hosted on Zoom by McNeel Europe

Ping-Hsiang Chen, former computational designer at Zaha Hadid Architects, will lead a three-day online Kangaroo Physics workshop hosted by McNeel Europe.

This course introduces Kangaroo Physics, the live physics engine in Grasshopper, covering interactive simulation, form-finding, optimization, and constraint solving. Participants will learn to simulate material behavior, analyze geometry, and create animations, while exploring core concepts like constraints, particle systems, and material properties.

The workshop will also cover the application of Kangaroo to various geometry types, including NURBS, Mesh, and SubD.

On completion of this course, participants are expected to be able to:

• Use Kangaroo for form-finding with various constraint setups
• Explore practical applications of physics-based modeling
• Work across different geometry types, including NURBS, Mesh, and SubD
• Create custom geometry behaviors using Kangaroo and new features in Rhino 8
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Day 1 – Fundamentals of Physics-Based Modeling

• Introduction to physics-based modeling concepts.
• Overview of Kangaroo solvers and basic setup.
• Understanding goals and forces.
• Exploring constraints and element interactions.
• Case study: Grid shell and wood bending systems.
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Day 2 – Form Finding and Geometry Optimization

• Introduction to tensegrity structures.
• Exploring origami and folding behaviors.
• Introduction to Mesh and SubD geometry in Rhino.
• Using Subdivision and QuadRemesh for Geometry Optimization
• Form-finding with Mesh with Kangaroo.

Day 3 – Advanced Applications and Workflows using Kangaroo

• Simulating inflation and pneumatic structures.
• Geometry optimization using Kangaroo.
• Applying Kangaroo for fabrication workflows.
• Understanding and managing collision detection.
• Geometry packing and spatial optimization.
• Advanced modeling workflows with Kangaroo.

Course requirements: The class is designed for participants who have completed the Grasshopper Level 1 course or regularly use Grasshopper in their daily work and are familiar with its basic data structures. An intermediate level of proficiency in Rhino is also recommended.

Software requirement: Rhino 8

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!

Introducing Carbonfly: CO2-based CFD for Indoor Air Quality in Rhino and Grasshopper

Carbonfly is a free and open-source Python library and Grasshopper toolbox designed for CO₂-based indoor airflow and air quality simulation. Developed by researchers at Institute of Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Building (E3D) - RWTH Aachen University, Carbonfly brings the power of scientific scientific Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) into the visual programming environment of Grasshopper, making professional indoor environmental modeling more accessible to architects, engineers, and design practitioners.

Carbonfly integrates OpenFOAM through the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), enabling full CFD workflows to run seamlessly on Windows machines commonly used in architectural and engineering practices. Users can prepare boundary conditions, build simulation cases, and run CFD processes directly within the Rhino & Grasshopper environment.

The toolbox provides predefined boundary conditions tailored for indoor airflow simulations, including mechanical supply and exhaust, window-driven natural ventilation, and dynamic human respiration. Additional helper tools assist in estimating wind-driven ventilation and air exchange rates based on building physics standards.

Carbonfly also includes documented examples of mechanically ventilated rooms, naturally ventilated spaces, and dynamic breathing scenarios, offering an intuitive learning path for new users.

By combining the strengths of Rhino & Grasshopper in parametric modeling with the high-fidelity physics of OpenFOAM, Carbonfly creates a streamlined workflow for user-centered, healthy building design - all without leaving the Grasshopper interface.

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Rhino and Orca3D at METS Trade, Amsterdam, 18-20 November

 

METSTRADE 2025
NDAR booth 05-257, Hall 5
18-20 November 
Amsterdam
The Netherlands

METSTRADE is a prime opportunity to connect, exchange ideas, and explore the latest marine innovations for naval architecture and shipbuilding.

Meet the NDAR Team at Hall 5, booth 05-257 and learn from them the latest developments in Orca3D, the powerful naval architecture and marine design plug-in for Rhino3D.

🔍 What's new? The NDAR Naval Architecture Solution combines the Rhino3D platform with marine plug-ins Orca3D, ExpressMarine, VisualARQ and all Rhino3D plug-ins, seamlessly integrating specialist applications GHS, ShipWeight, MAESTRO Marine, NavCad.

📅 Let’s Meet! To ensure dedicated time to your specific needs, please schedule a meeting in advance with the NDAR Team:

• 📧 Email: ndar@ndar.com
• 📞 Phone: +33 (0)4 92 91 13 24

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Meeting Notes from October’s Grasshopper UK UGM by Simply Rhino

 

Simply Rhino have published their meeting notes following the recent Grasshopper UK UGM that took place at Sybarite in London on the 8th of October.

If you were not able to join the meeting in-person then you can read up on the presentations that were enjoyed from Sybarite (SKP Chengdu Façade and the Möet & Chandon Bar), Eckersley O’Callaghan (SKP Chengdu Façade and the Engineers Arcade), VisualARQ and LandsDesign.

More information here...