New RhinoFabStudio - UP Guadalajara

We would like to welcome Universidad Panamericana campus Guadalajara (UP) as a new Certified RhinoFabStudio. 

Universidad Panamericana is located in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It has over 40 years of experience in handling CNC machines and CAD software including Rhino. They offer both 3D modeling services (licenses and training) and the needed equipment to their engineering students (undergraduate, graduate) to develop their engineering and design projects. 

Some of their equipment includes manufacturing plastic injection casting, machines for the furniture industry, manufacturing of dies for metal cutting, laser cutting, among other applications.

For more information, please contact Emma Berber.

What is a RhinoFabStudio? A RhinoFabStudio™ (fabrication studio) is a small-scale digital workshop, certified by McNeel, with an array of Rhino and Rhino compatible software and computer controlled tools and training. These tools cover the various leading-edge industrial methods and materials needed to design, analyze, and fabricate almost anything.

AA Istanbul Visiting School - Tectonic Symbiosis, Istanbul Bilgi University (Turkey)

AA Istanbul Visiting School

Tectonic Symbiosis

June 13-22, 2016, Monday–Wednesday 

Eski Silahtarağa Elektrik Santralı

Kazım Karabekir Cad. No: 2/13

34060 Eyüp 

Istanbul (Turkey)

AA Istanbul Visiting School, in collaboration with Istanbul Bilgi University, is a unique learning experience. Continuing its expertise on generative design methodologies and large-scale prototyping techniques, the program will investigate patterns of emergence, differentiation, and complexity in natural formation processes.

In contemporary architecture, a significant diversion from linear parametric tools toward generative design simulations is taking place. Design and analysis processes reflect this shift by focusing on simulations. In this program, attention will be on the process of design generation as opposed to the final form. The design agenda of the program will revolve around the design and fabrication of a one-to-one scale pavilion.

The program will be two phases:

Stage 1: Participants will gain an understanding of formation processes in nature, coupled with core concepts related to complexity. During this stage, basic and advanced tutorials on generative design algorithms and analysis tools will be provided. Participants will be introduced to advanced fabrication techniques. Building on its core methodology, AA Istanbul VS will perform as a team-based workshop promoting collaboration and research.

Stage 2: Participants will propose design interventions based on the skills and knowledge gained during the first stage. They will produce study models of various scales, finally following with the fabrication and assembly of a full-scale working prototype.

The design agendas of AA Athens and AA Istanbul Visiting Schools will directly create feedback on one another, allowing participation in either one or both programs.

Prominent features of the program and skills developed:

• Participants will be part of an active learning environment where the large tutor to student ratio (4:1) allows for personalized tutorials and debates.

• The toolset of AA Istanbul includes but is not limited to Rhinoceros, Processing, and Grasshopper, as well as analysis software.

• Participants will have access to digital fabrication tools such as 3-axis CNC router, laser cutter, and 3D printer.

• Design seminars and lecture series will support the key objectives of the program, disseminating fundamental design techniques and relevant critical thinking methodologies.


Eligibility
The workshop is open to current architecture and design students, PhD candidates, and young professionals.

Accreditation
Participants receive the AA Visiting School Certificate with the completion of the program.

Applications
The AA Visiting School fee is £600 per participant, which includes a £60 Visiting Membership fee. Discount options for groups or for those wishing to apply for both AA Istanbul and AA Athens Visiting Schools are available. Please contact the AA Visiting School Coordinator for more details. Or, you can find more information on application and discounts from this link: http://ai.aaschool.ac.uk/istanbul/apply/

The application deadline is 30 May 2016. The only requirement is the online application form and fees.  No portfolio or CV.

Online application...

More info...

Contact details:
Elif Erdine (AA Istanbul Visiting School Programme Director)
Email: elif.erdine@aaschool.ac.uk
AA Visiting School Coordinator:
Email: visitingschool@aaschool.ac.uk

Rhino 3D Colombia and Almacen Yamata in Furniture Fair

Join Almacén Yamata and Rhino3D Colombia in Feria M&M Tecnología e Industrial, stand #290, pavilion #17. Almacén Yamata has the distribution for CNC machines including laser and embroidery. 

Rhino3D Colombia team will be present in the stand sending Rhino and RhinoCAM files to the CNC and laser machines. 

Place: Bogota, Colombia

Date: March 9 - 12, 2016

Stand: #1312
Pavilion: #17

For more information, contact Andres Franco.

What is a RhinoFabStudio? A RhinoFabStudio™ (fabrication studio) is a small-scale digital workshop, certified by McNeel, with an array of Rhino and Rhino compatible software and computer controlled tools and training. These tools cover the various leading-edge industrial methods and materials needed to design, analyze, and fabricate almost anything.

Pauhu pavilion - Tampere Architecture Week 2015

 

Project coordinator: Henri Käpynen

Architectural design: Toni Österlund (Geometria), Lisa Voigtländer

Client: Tampere Architecture Week
Location: Tampere, Finland

Read about the Pauhu pavilion, completely designed with Rhino/Grasshopper, using VisualARQ for the creation of the construction drawings. 

From the Pauhu Press Release:

"Pauhu pavilion was realized as a voluntary project as a part of Tampere Architecture Week, in Finland, bringing together architecture and design students and professionals in addition to a number of different sponsors. Tampere Architecture Week is an annual event about architecture and urban planning, intended to add interest and discussion about the built environment. The theme in 2015 – interaction – aimed to increase the possibilities for interaction between citizens themselves and between architects and citizens.

Functioning as an open stage for free expression and performance, Pauhu pavilion aims to highlight interaction as one of the most crucial subjects in our ever more privatied and secluded cities. The name “Pauhu” refers to the distant roar generated by the Tampere rapids, by the city around the pavilion, as well as by the artists and presenters the pavilion is hosting. The interlace of public, private and communal interests was essential and absolutely crucial in making Pauhu possible.

Along with its intended use as an active open-stage for public debates and performances Pauhu aims to promote forward looking thinking in architecture focusing on the innovative use of wood. The construction process fuses conventional and tested building methods with state-of-art digital design and fabrication processes. The pavilion was designed using algorithm-aided design methods as a detailed and accurate parametric 3D-model, from which all construction information and fabrication data was derived from.

The inner smooth form of the pavilion is inspired by the flowing waves of the rapids, as well as the intricate plywood sculptures by the legendary Finnish sculptor Tapio Wirkkala. The smooth interior is seemingly carved out of a solid block of rough wood, which is emphasized by the contrasting colour tones. The interior is generated as a ruled surface by a rotation of plywood strips along the width of the pavilion, and while it appears to be doubly curved, the strips are all flat, un-bent and rectangular in shape. The plywood strips are connected to notches on an array of CNC-milled supporting arches. The heights of the individual strips vary according to their overlap, which allows for the optimization of material usage The resulting expressive shape forms an eye-catching frame and a backdrop for the presenter, while being a simple structural implementation using minimal amount of CNC-milling.  

The outside of the pavilion is clad with a three-dimensional wood texture. The structured paneling is a new product innovation by Jukola Industries, called Grafwood. The texture invites passers-by to touch and feel the unusual material. The appearance light and shadows on the dark façade lives with the rhythm of the day and weather conditions.

The construction of the pavilion took eight days from a group of architecture students, and it was built off-site and brought to location on a truck. The pavilion is a temporary construction, scheduled to remain in its location until the end of 2016 as part of the city’s project to liven up one of the central streets of Tampere".

 

Colombiatex de las Americas 2016

Join Almacén Yamata and Rhino3D Colombia in Colombiatex de las Américas 2016, stand #1312. Almacén Yamata has the distribution for CNC machines including laser and embroidery. 


Rhino3D Colombia team will be present in the stand sending Rhino and RhinoCAM files to the CNC and laser machines. 

Place: Plaza Mayor - Medellín, Colombia

Date: January 26 - 28, 2016

Stand: #1312

For more information, contact  Andres Franco.

What is a RhinoFabStudio? A RhinoFabStudio™ (fabrication studio) is a small-scale digital workshop, certified by McNeel, with an array of Rhino and Rhino compatible software and computer controlled tools and training. These tools cover the various leading-edge industrial methods and materials needed to design, analyze, and fabricate almost anything.

Meet Pearl, the fabricated elephant and runway star

The architectural firm of Payette is having some fun by challenging themselves with their fabrication process. As part of Payette's circus theme, Pearl was a hit on the runway of the IIDA New England 2015 Fashion Show on November 5th.

Details and fun videos ....

Grasshopper plugin developer joins Proving Ground

Grasshopper plugin developer David Stasiuk is joining Proving Ground as Director of Applied Research.

David has actively contributed to the computational design world with several significant tools and plugins. His most recent tool, Cocoon, adds advanced mesh creation and refinement capabilities to Grasshopper.

David has extensive experience in applying data-driven workflow and cutting-edge technology in research and practice. As part of his PhD research at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, David explored a wide range of topics, including parametric workflows, advanced geometry, interoperability, fabrication, and complex material assemblies.

In his work as a specialty consultant at Method Design, he developed 3D structural connection models for 1050 unique stone panels in the Louisiana State Museum and Sports Hall of Fame designed by Trahan Architects.

Nathan Miller, Founder and Managing Director of the Proving Ground, adds, "I have known Dave for several years and have been eager to collaborate with him. I couldn't be happier to have him on board in these early days of Proving Ground. A data-driven building industry requires the unique combination of practical experience and innovative thinking. Dave brings all that and more to the table. I look forward to working with him to develop new solutions for our clients and the building industry!"

To check out David's work, visit his web site Bespoke Geometry.

TED: How to build a pop-up theater

For the 2014 TED Talks in Vancouver, BC, Canada, TED wanted a pop-up -- a temporary theater set erected inside a ballroom at the Vancouver Convention Center. A reusable 1,200 venue,  assembled in about a week.

The Rockwell Group took a little over a year to design the structure.

Rockwell Group. Michael Fischer and JT Bachman worked on the TED Theater. "While my role was more as project manager," Fischer says, "JT was the one who built and developed the Rhino model. Some of it was from my direction, given my theater experience, but in other ways it was from JT's initiative. We'd meet to review the model, and I'd go, 'Wow, where did that come from? That's really cool. Let's run with that.' "

TEDBlog and timelapse video .... 

Architectural Record article .... 

Designing kayaks from scratch

The Ruby kayak

Williamson Boat Design in Anacortes, Washington, uses Rhino to design and build kayaks from scratch.

Warren Williamson says that after he has the parts cut on a CNC machine, "The kayaks go together like a Swiss watch."

We have a little art on the water.

Google photos of the Cayenne kayak ...

Just for fun, here's a YouTube of Warren Williamson kayaking the Skookumchuck Rapids for Pygmy kayaks.

Fab Lab goes mobile

Thanks to a Career Technical Education (CTE) revitalization grant through the Oregon Department of Education, Sherwood High School is taking its Fab Lab on the road. Bowman Fab Lab, run by high school teacher John Niebergall, travels from school to school by RV. The mobile Fab Lab takes technology and course ideas directly to students and teachers. It provides equipment, teaches students how to use it, and shows teachers how to build a career program.

During the visit, students will be able to try out the technology. The Fab Lab teaches how to use Rhino and and how to use a CNC program.

Based on MIT's Fab Lab model, the Bowman Mobile Fab Lab is equipped with a 3D printer, laser cutters, microcontroller boards, vinyl cutter, and laptops with Rhino software. The participating schools get a CNC vinyl cutter, plus at least one month's materials to get started.

More info and video on the traveling lab ...

Custom guitars with RhinoCAM

Occasionally we venture out of our office cubby holes and visit people who actually use Rhino. When we took a field trip to a local CNC user group, we discovered David Myka Custom Guitars. David Myka's specialty is custom guitars, both acoustic and electric. Every instrument is a unique project. To achieved his desired tonal results, David Myka individually matches the wood pieces and tunes them where needed.

To help, David Myka uses Rhino 5 and RhinoCAM. He likes the combination of the two and the work flow. Using his html background, David has written a custom fretboard design tool using RhinoScript.

Rhino open house in Tampere (Finland)

Authorized Rhino Reseller An-Cadsolutions invites you to its Open House on May 26th (from 9 to 18h) in Tampere, Finland.

Come see the latest solutions for 3D modeling, scanning, 3D printing and CNC milling, including Rhino, RhinoCAM, Rhino3DPRINT, Blueprinter 3D-printer, Felix 3D-printer, Roland ARM-10 3D-printer, David SLS-2 3D-scanner, RangeVision 3D-scanner, Sense 3D-scanner, Roland CNC- and engraving machines, Azon flatbed printer, MicroScribe digitizer, Wacom, and 3Dconnexion products.

Details and registration...

dECOi architects winner in Architizer A+ Awards

Architizer has announced its A+Awards. In its third year, the awards are a global architectural award program with multiple categories and judges.

One Main in Boston is the Popular Choice Winner in the Architecture +Materials category. Designed by dECOi architects, One Main is the penthouse offices of an investment group.

The focus was on green building and clean energy technologies. The interior elements were milled from sustainably forested spruce plywood using numeric command machines. As much as possible, the typical industrial components were replaced with articulate milled timber. For example, the door handles were customized carvings, but still less expensive than the standard stainless steel D-handles. This method also provided a radically streamlined delivery of a highly crafted interior.

The entire project was nested onto 1200 4x12 ft plywood sheets and milled using a small 3-axis CNC router. dECOi provided the actual tooling paths without plans or sections. Only 3D instructional files were provided for over 1 million linear feet of cut.

Raphael Crespin commented, "This project would not have been possible without Rhino."

The Architizer winners ....

Primo, generative custom coffee tables

Photo by Simplexio

Madalin Gheorghe from Studio Simplexio has created Primo, a series of custom coffee tables that combine generative design principles with flexible computer-aided manufacturing systems. Its intricate geometry is derived from a space-partitioning algorithm called Voronoi, which deals with matter aggregation at cellular levels in nature. The different parameters constitute a complete design from which the coffee table emerges. Based on the varied parameters an infinite number of coffee table iterations are generated. At the same time, it is all part of a unified aesthetic.

Design by Hamid Nicola Katrib. Photo by Alex Melente Photography.

The purpose of the research was to design and fabricate a furniture piece that can adapt to any room, dimension, or body anatomy. The Grasshopper plugin is a great tool because it is a powerful visual programming language, easy to use, and can deal with complex approaches. Without it, the complex shapes wouldn't be possible to draw or fabricate.

By combining the low unit cost of digital fabrication with the flexibility of customization, we've created modules that function both together and separately. More...

Join us at  Generative Furniture Design, www.GFD3D.com  or www.RhinoFabStudio.com too.

iRhino ranks high with Marc Fornes

Situation Room
Storefront for Art and Architecture, NYC
Photo: Miguel de Guzmán

In their Tech Specs Core77 interviewed ten designers, discovering what software they used daily. Other questions covered their computer setups, most-used software, favorite apps, and biggest tech gripes.

The final interview was with Marc Fornes, founder of the design studio THEVERYMANY. Marc specializes in structures generated through computational design and fabrication. Trained as an architect, he is now interested in computation and code development as a way to generate form, shape, and installation in architecture.

Marc's favorite app? "With Rhino 3D, there is an app that we use a lot call iRhino. It allows us to send a model to someone with no clue how to use 3D software. We use that one quite a bit."

Marc's most used software? "Rhino 3D is the main software that we use. Inside Rhino, we have code editor in which we write our code -- we use the Python language. The application is just a way to visualize what we do."

Core77 publishes articles, discussion forums, event calendars, job listings, and various other services for industrial designers.

The Core77 Marc Fornes interview ...

HAL Robot Programming & Control plugin for Grasshopper (for ABB, KUKA and Universal Robots)

HAL 5.3 is the new version of the HAL Robot Programming & Control plugin for Grasshopper. This new version is fully compatible with Rhino 5 32- and 64-bit, and runs on Grasshopper 0.9.007x versions.

This update introduces:

• Support for GCode via the Program Importer component, to allow you to convert code from any external CAM solution to ABB Rapid, KUKA KRL, or Universal Robots URScript.
• Support for stationary tools and mobile reference systems for ABB and KUKA robots. In addition, it is now possible to not only modify the reference system of every target of a tool path but also to alternate between mobile and stationary tools at any time.
• A new massive robot library includes 85 high-quality robot presets, and a new feature in the Robot Creator component allows you to save your preset.
• Real-time monitoring of any ABB RAPID variable declared in a module.
• Constant speed motion interpolation for Universal Robots.
• Fixes for HAL 5.0, including bugs in KUKA KRL and Universal Robots URScript and graphical glitches.

HAL 5.3 is available on food4Rhino and the HAL web site...

Art on architecture

Panel wall during construction

Sheffield Hallam University, UK, is incorporating their art into a building facade with the help of Rhino. The three-story carving is installed on an exterior wall of the university's new 'Heart of the Campus' building. The basalt panels, a product of Rockpanel, total approximately 13 kilometers of machining on CNC routers for the engraved panels, with a tolerance of .5 mm.

The CNC routing was done at the The Cutting Room, using Alphacam, with Rhino for prep and trimming drawings and files.

Artist: Christopher Tipping
Architects: HLM Architects
Installation: Stone Systems

Workshop: Additive & Subtractive Manufacturing Using Rhino

With this workshop, you will gain hands-on experience working with both MecSoft's Additive and Subtractive manufacturing software products running inside Rhino 5.

Date: 15 January 2015
Time: 8:00 am-5:00 pm

Location: SCAD Museum of Art

To register for this workshop, please go to Registration

Note: Everyone must bring their laptop with the needed software preinstalled. Participants will use RhinoCAM to program tool paths and also send the toolpaths to cut a part on a milling machine.  Participants will also use Rhino3DPRINT, a product to enable 3D Printing from inside Rhino, to work with point cloud data and mesh models to get them ready for 3D Printing. 

Instructor: Uday Honnalagere is the Technical Support Manager for MecSoft Corporation. He started as an Application Engineer and has been with the company since 2005. He is responsible for providing technical support and training for end users. Uday holds an MS degree in Industrial Engineering from Arizona State University majoring in CAD/CAM.

Registration: Conferences on 16-17 January 2015

Conferences: List of presenters

Workshops: View all the workshops

Presentation:  Plug-ins for Rhino

Design and Digital Fabrication

Date: January 15, 2015
Time: 8:00 am-5:00 pm

Location: SCAD Museum of Art

To register for this workshop, please go to Registration

Topics covered include what is needed (materials, equipment, hardware, and software), funding options, and many student samples of successful projects that meet the needs of industry. Areas of interest covered include (but are not limited to) CAD/CAM, 3D printing, laser etching, 3D scanning, PlasmaCAM, CNC modeling and rural school opportunities with digital collaboration.

Four outcomes for session participants:

• Use a school’s current computers for digital fabrication and rapid prototyping.
• Determine which digital design and fabrication hardware and software are appropriate in school fab lab studios and maker spaces.
• Expose students to high-demand and high-paying careers.
• Implement and run a certified RhinoFabStudio

Note 1: Each student must bring a computer with Rhino 5 for Windows installed.

Note 2: Watch the video Technology Education.

Instructor: John Niebergall. Over the course of John’s 30-year career in public education, he has taught Engineering, Architecture, CAD/CAM, and Woodworking. In all of these classes, he has provided his students with hands-on, contextual, real-world learning experiences. He has coached his students in robotics where they became national champions.

Registration: Conferences on January 16-17, 2015

Conferences: List of presenters

Workshops: View all the workshops 

Presentations:  Plug-ins for Rhino

Universidad ICESI - a new Authorized RhinoFabStudio

Join us in welcoming Universidad ICESI as a new Authorized RhinoFabStudio. ICESI has developed innovative academic programs and encourages students to search for knowledge through the "Active Learning" method, in order to produce better, well-prepared professionals. ICESI is recognized as one of the most important and renowned universities in Colombia due to its rigorous academic standards and its wide and diverse range of undergraduate and graduate programs.

For more information on ICESI's RhinoFabStudio, please contact:
Lina Marcela Quintero Villareal.


What is a RhinoFabStudio? A RhinoFabStudio™ (fabrication studio) is a small-scale digital workshop, certified by McNeel, with an array of Rhino and Rhino compatible software and computer-controlled tools and training. These tools cover the various leading-edge industrial methods and materials needed to design, analyze, and fabricate almost anything.