food4Rhino webinar: Designing Landscapes in Rhino with RhinoLands (June 18, 2026, at 4,PM CEST)

food4Rhino webinar: Designing Landscapes in Rhino with RhinoLands

June 18, 2026, at 4,PM CEST

Discover how RhinoLands brings professional landscape design tools directly into the Rhino environment.

In this webinar, explore how Rhino users can expand their 3D workflows to design terrains, planting plans, gardens, urban spaces, and BIM-ready landscape projects. Whether you are an architect, landscape architect, urban designer, or a Rhino enthusiast interested in outdoor environments, this session will demonstrate how RhinoLands helps you move seamlessly from concept to detailed landscape documentation—all while staying inside Rhino.

What you’ll learn

• Terrain Modeling: How to easily create, edit, and manipulate complex topographies.
• Plant Databases & Vegetation Objects: Utilizing a vast, intelligent library of plants and materials.
• Parametric Workflows: Streamlining repetitive tasks and changes using dynamic landscape objects.
• Rhino Integration: Leveraging Rhino’s native modeling power alongside specialized landscape tools.

Speakers

• Elham Ghabouli – Landscape Architect and Lands Product Manager at Asuni
• Francesc Salla – Architect and VisualARQ Product Manager at Asuni

Free registration...

Nature-Render 2.3 for Rhino Released

📢 Nature-Render is a real-time physics renderer that supports rendering effects such as HDR, caustics, depth of field, Scatter, Proxy and volume lighting. It was developed by the team behind the acclaimed Sunflower sunlight analysis plugin. 

 Key Highlights of This Update 

• New Scatter and Proxy Features: Generate large quantities of low-poly proxy models that render as high-detail, complex geometry. Use minimal system resources to create and render vast 3D scenes in Rhino while maintaining smooth performance, even with large-scale environments.
  
  
  
  
  
• Dedicated Grass Tools: Developed specialized scatter and proxy tools for grass. Includes commonly used grass types with specific optimizations, allowing you to generate and render large, realistic grassy areas with a single click—infusing your designs with breath, rhythm, and vitality.
  
  
  
  
  
• Innovative 3D Noise Texture for Scattering: Introduces the innovative use of 3D noise textures to control random distribution. This eliminates the tedious steps of selecting maps and setting UVs, simplifying operation and improving usability. Achieve more powerful results with fewer parameters, easily controlling density, distribution rhythm, and shaping visually harmonious landscapes to generate rich, natural scenery with one click.
  
  
  
  
  
• Optimized Plant Rendering Shader: Includes a specially crafted Fast Backlit Subsurface Scattering Shader for leaves, grass blades, and other foliage. This allows plants to appear translucent, realistic, and natural when illuminated by sunlight.
  
  
  
  
  

📹 Video tutorials and more details,… 👈

🏄 Try Nature-Render for Rhino for free now… 👈

Modeling Topography & Grading in RhinoLands (2D/3D) - November 27

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 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.

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

 

Simply Rhino has published its meeting notes following the recent Grasshopper UK User Group Meeting, which took place at Sybarite in London on October 8.

If you were unable to join the meeting in person, you can read up on the presentations from Sybarite (SKP Chengdu Façade and the Möet & Chandon Bar), Eckersley O’Callaghan (SKP Chengdu Façade and the Engineers Arcade), VisualARQ, and LandsDesign.

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BIM Workflow for Landscape Architects with RhinoLands

BIM Workflow for Landscape Architects 

July 2, 2025, at 17:00 CET

Free Webinar

Are you a landscape architect or urban designer? Join RhinoLand's team for an in-depth webinar on how RhinoLands enhances BIM workflow for landscape architecture.

What to expect:

• Integrating BIM into landscape design
• A-Z design process with the same program
• Improved collaboration and documentation
• Real-world applications with RhinoLands

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BIM Workflow for Landscape Architects with RhinoLands

Are you looking to streamline your landscape architecture workflow? Join this webinar on March 25 at 17:00 CET for a deep dive into RhinoLands, the BIM solution tailored for landscape design.

What You'll Learn:

• How RhinoLands integrates seamlessly into your Rhino workflow
• Complete A-Z landscape design within Rhino—no need for additional software
• Enhanced BIM capabilities for landscape architecture
• Tools for better collaboration, documentation, and real-world applications

Who Should Attend?

Landscape architects, urban designers, and Rhino professionals eager to bring BIM efficiency into their landscape projects.

Don't miss out—register now and take your Rhino skills to the next level with RhinoLands!

Discover RhinoLands – Advanced BIM Solutions for Landscape Architects

BIM workflow and Landscape Modeling with RhinoLands

Free webinar organized by Asuni

13 November 2024 at 17:00 CET
Language: English

Are you a Rhino user looking to expand your design capabilities into landscape architecture? Join Asuni for an exclusive webinar where they'll introduce RhinoLands, the powerful BIM extension explicitly designed for landscape architects, urban planners, and other professionals who want to elevate their landscape designs within Rhino.

In this session, they’ll cover how it integrates with Rhino’s robust modeling environment to bring specialized tools for site planning, terrain modeling, and plant management. You’ll learn how RhinoLands simplifies complex landscape design workflows, allowing for dynamic modifications, advanced environmental analysis, and automated documentation, all from within the Rhino interface you already know.

What you’ll learn:

• Parametric Landscape Design: Harness RhinoLands’ parametric tools to create adaptive and responsive landscape designs that adjust to site conditions in real time.
• BIM-Ready Documentation: Automatically generate high-quality technical plans, planting schedules, and detailed documentation for seamless project management.
• Terrain and Plant Management: Easily model terrains and incorporate plant data for accurate ecological simulations and visually compelling, realistic presentations.
• Seamless Workflow Integration: Work fluidly across disciplines with compatibility for multiple design platforms, helping you collaborate effortlessly with architects, engineers, and urban planners.

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RhinoLands: The Ultimate Solution for Landscape Design

 RhinoLands: The Ultimate Solution for Landscape Design
Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at 5:00 PM CEST
Free online webinar

Join us for an insightful session that showcases the powerful features of RhinoLands, a cutting-edge software designed to transform your landscape architecture workflow.

What to expect:

• Comprehensive Overview: Learn about RhinoLands’ user-friendly interface and robust capabilities.
• Live Demo: Watch a real-time demonstration of a landscape design project, highlighting key tools such as parametric hardscapes and daylight simulations.
• Interactive Q&A: Engage with our experts and get answers to your questions.

Register here...

RhinoLands: BIM for Landscape Design

We're thrilled to announce the release of RhinoLands 6, the latest upgrade to the landscape design solution built on Rhino (8 and 7). 

RhinoLands includes the power of Rhino and all landscaping tools and BIM features of Lands Design with an easy installation and a unique interface.

RhinoLands is used in landscape architecture, green infrastructure, forestry, urban planning, CG art...

• Maximize Your Project with BIM/LIM
• Dynamic Terrain and Grading Tools
• Extensive Plant Database in 3D/2D
• Dynamic 2D Documentation
• Enhance Your Design Workflow with Parametric Design
• Bring Your Project to Life
• Improved Interoperability

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Free Webinar: BIM Workflow and Landscape Modeling with RhinoLands

 

Title: BIM Workflow and Landscape Modeling with RhinoLands
Date: 6 February 2024
Time: 6:00 pm (WET) Lisbon

RhinoLands is a standalone BIM landscaping software that adds to
the power of Rhino the specific landscape tools of Lands Design.
This webinar, organized in collaboration with the Portuguese Association of Landscape Architects, will explain the design process with Lands Design by reviewing the following tools: Drawing, Terrain Modeling, Hardscape, Vegetation, Visualization, and BIM Documentation.

More about RhinoLands:

• Intuitive Interface: Simplifies the design process for professionals and newcomers alike.

• Advanced Modeling Tools: Uncover the tools that enable intricate and detailed landscape designs.

• Collaboration and Integration: Learn about RhinoLands’ collaborative features and seamless integration with other design tools.

• Time and Cost Efficiency: Explore how RhinoLands streamlines the design process, saving time and resources.

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Rhino takes center stage: The urban design revolution

In the dynamic realm of urban design, Rhino is emerging as the go-to platform, redefining how cities are conceptualized and brought to life. Rhino has transcended its traditional role, now standing tall as the main design platform for projects on an urban scale.

This year, the Municipality of Haidari in Athens, Greece, embarked on a visionary urban design project to elevate the quality of urban life. This transformative endeavor focused on the bioclimatic regeneration of green areas, carefully tuned to the local climate and ecosystem.

Led by Legkikas Sokratis & Associates from CAD Academy, Greece, this project reached far beyond conventional urban renewal. Public spaces were reborn, from bustling squares to tranquil school yards and charming pocket parks. 

What set this urban design initiative apart was the strategic use of cutting-edge software applications, underscoring the role of technology in shaping the urban landscape. Rhino and VisualARQ took center stage, orchestrating intricate 2D and 3D designs that formed the blueprint for Haidari's urban metamorphosis.  With its BIM features, Lands Design seamlessly integrated landscape requirements, ensuring a harmonious blend of nature and architecture. Finally, Twinmotion stepped in for renderings and captivating video presentations, bringing the entire vision to life.

The Haidari project in Greece is a testament to the power of Rhino's tools in reshaping urban environments and embracing the future of urban design. As cities worldwide grapple with the challenges of the 21st century, Haidari stands at the forefront, a shining example of how Rhino's capabilities extend beyond software, influencing positive change in the very fabric of our cities.

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BIM and Landscape Modelling with Lands Design Software

Asuni CAD, responsible for Lands Design's development, is collaborating with the American Society of Landscape Architects by offering courses on LA CES, their continuing education platform. 

The upcoming course BIM and Landscape Modelling with Lands Design Software is on July 21st, 9:00 am CDT (Central Time US).

The course is free and available to all professionals. It includes two Professional Development Hours (PDH) based on the criteria of Landscape Architects Continuing Education System. ASLA members will get an attendance certificate. 

More information and registration...

Lands Design inside Revit, a BIM landscape design solution for Revit

 

Asuni is glad to announce that Lands Design's powerful terrain modeling tools and Grasshopper components now work inside Revit. Thanks to the Rhino.Inside Revit integration, Lands Design objects can be recognized as BIM objects in Revit. 

The above video explains step by step how to integrate your Rhino landscape project in Revit.  

Find here the Grasshopper definitions to transfer Lands Design objects to Revit...

Lands Design 5.6 released! 8000 plant species and IFC support

Lands Design 5.6 version is now available to download! This new release includes two major features: 

• A fully upgraded and extensive Plant Database: It now contains more than 8000 species with botanical information and various displays. There are many improvements and modifications in the database core structure. 
• IFC Support: This new feature enhances your BIM workflow by exporting landscape models to IFC. Therefore, it enables you to open your Lands Design model and recognize its parameters in other BIM programs. More details.

Download Lands Design 5.6 here. 

Find out more details about this new version...

Lands Design 5.5 now available

If you are a landscape architect, urban planner, town council technician, constructor, or green space designer Lands Design for Rhino is the software you might be looking for. This plugin provides tools for producing technical drawings in 2D and 3D, realistic images, virtual tours through your project, and a lot more.

Lands Design 5.5 is available now, including these new features:

• Building Import: In addition to the terrain, select an area, extract the 3D shape using Lands Design, and import existing buildings into Rhino.

• Topiary Tool: Your 3D shapes in Rhino can be covered with natural plant leaves using the Topiary Tool. Assign a plant texture to any 3D shape, and Lands Design will automatically list the number of plants in your project.

• Forests from Hatch Patterns: Easily convert your hatch pattern areas to a 3D forest with indicated plant species and natural variation.

Details and download...

BIM for Architecture with VisualARQ (Spanish)

Academia COMGRAP is hosting a free BIM for Architecture with VisualARQ Webinar live-stream!

This workshop is aimed at architects in BIM technology who seek to operate with "licenses under perpetual modality with free choice updates as periods," of high ease of use, without spatial restrictions, parametric, and with all the strengths of IFC export as to Revit.

Workshop's Objective:

• VisualARQ tools that make it BIM.
• Reference user cases.
• You design in 3D without spatial restrictions, and you get 2D online planimetry.
• You design free, buildable shapes (Grasshopper).
• The base library is customizable for furniture objects and elements.
• Animation, real-time tour, and photorealistic rendering.
• Expansion to "Green Infrastructure or Landscaping" in BIM with Lands Design.
• Operation requirements for VisualARQ: Software and Hardware Platform.

This course is available for free in Spanish via Zoom.

Dates: June 29, 2021, at 12 PM

Location: Santiago, Chile - Live stream via Zoom

Register here!

Check out Rhino3D.Education for the latest courses on Rhino, Grasshopper, and more!

The Journal for Digital Landscape Architecture (JoDLA) 6-2021 is online!

 

The open-access Journal for Digital Landscape Architecture (JoDLA) 6-2021 is online available at https://gispoint.de/jodla.html. Research papers representing practical and theoretical approaches regarding the latest technological advances in digital landscape architecture will be presented these days at the DLA virtual conference 2021, May 26–28, with the topic Resilient Landscape Architecture and Global Change.

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