Waterman Polyhedra now supports Rhino for Mac

Create Waterman Polyhedrons with the Waterman Polyhedra plugin for both Rhino 5 for Windows and Rhino 5 for Mac.

A Waterman polyhedron is created by packing spheres, according to cubic close packing (CCP), then sweeping away the spheres that are farther from the center than a defined radius, then creating the convex hull of the resulting pack of spheres.

Some Waterman polyhedra create Platonic solids and Archimedean solids.

Waterman Polyhedra provides both a Rhino plugin and a Grasshopper add-on.

Waterman Polyhedra is free!

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Online Level 1 Rhino 5 for Mac, July 2016

Level 1 Rhino 5 for Mac - Online Course at McNeel Online

Dates: July 11-20, 2016

Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm (PDT)

Price: US$200.00 - Register here.

Join us for our Level 1 Rhino for Mac Online Course beginning on July 11, 2016.

Training Schedule:

• July 11-14 (Monday-Thursday), 9:00am-1:00pm (PDT) and
• July 18-20 (Monday-Wednesday), 9:00am-1:00pm (PDT)

Details: You will need...

• The latest Rhino 5 for Mac version installed. Note: Rhino for Windows will not be acceptable for this class.
• A stable and fast internet connection.
• The Rhino Level 1 Training Guide and Models as well as the Rhino 5 for Mac User Guide. You may print the PDF for your reference. Download here.

All live sessions will also be recorded and posted to a private Vimeo classroom album. You may watch/stream the videos for your review for up to three months following the class.

Sign up today!

Grasshopper delivers algorithmic aided design

Architosh, the Internet magazine, just published an extensive write-up by Anthony Frausto-Robledo.  Read about the changing AEC industry, Robert McNeel & Associates, Rhino and Grasshopper history. And there will be more to come in Part 2!

Read the Architosh article Inflection Point: Disruptions, Platforms and Growth with Rhino + Grasshopper (Part 1)...

Rhino 5 for Mac Intermediate - Modeling and Rendering of a Ski Pole Grip

Rhino 5 for Mac Intermediate - Modeling and Rendering of a Ski Pole Grip webinar recorded sessions are available on Vimeo!

For those of you who could not attend the Rhino 5 for Mac Intermediate - Modeling and Rendering of a Ski Pole Grip webinar recently organized by McNeel Europe, all sessions have been recorded and uploaded to Vimeo channels.

You can find them at the following links for your study and review:

https://vimeo.com/channels/rhino3den (English)
https://vimeo.com/channels/rhino3dfr (French)
https://vimeo.com/channels/rhino3dde (German)
https://vimeo.com/channels/rhino3dit (Italian)
https://vimeo.com/channels/rhino3des (Spanish)

Shape To Fabrication 6 - New speakers announced

Shape To Fabrication 6

April 19 & 20, 2016

Stratford Circus, London, UK

New presentations announced

• Herzog & de Meuron, Woods Bagot, HKS (inc. HKS LINE)
• Furniture Designer/Maker Joseph Walsh
• Kohn Pedersen Fox, Luca Biselli
• Jorge Barrero talking about his work with Gensler on the 3D Printed Office of the future project.
• Rhino plugin presenters, including David Rutten (Grasshopper), Daniel Piker (Kangaroo), plus Python, Iris, and VisualARQ

Early Bird Tickets are available until Monday, March 14th. See the STF website for more details www.shapetofabrication.com

Level I Rhino for Mac Online Course begins March 16th

Level I Rhino for Mac Online Course at McNeel Online

 March 16-24, 2016

9:00am - 12:00pm (PDT)

Join us for our Level 1 Rhino for Mac Online (Mornings) course beginning on March 16, 2016.

Training (Seven 3-Hour Sessions)

  Wednesday - Friday, March 16 - 18, and
  Monday - Thursday, March 21 - 24 (9:00am - 12:00pm PDT)

Details

You need:

• The latest Rhino for Mac version installed.  Rhino for Windows will not be acceptable for this class.
• A stable and fast Internet connection.
• The Rhino Level 1 Training Guide and Models as well as the Rhino for Mac User Guide. You may print the PDF for your reference. Download here

Note, all live sessions will also be recorded and posted to a private Vimeo classroom album. You may watch/stream the videos for your review for up to three months following the class.

Sign up today!

Free Webinar: Rhino for Mac - Intermediate

Free Webinar: Rhino 5 for Mac Intermediate - Modeling and Rendering of a Ski Pole Grip
McNeel Europe
March 2016
10 am (CEST)

If you have spent time working with Rhino 5 for Mac and are ready to go one step forward, or if you are curious about the capabilities of Rhino 5 for Mac, sign up for this free webinar.

The session covers the modeling of a cross country ski pole grip from a sketch. The goal is to add details and edit the main surface to display the different construction materials, ending up by rendering the model using custom materials.

Sign up now:

Spanish: March 14, 2016
Panelist: Rodrigo Bárcena
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English: March 15, 2016
Panelist: Rodrigo Bárcena
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French:  March 16, 2016
Panelist: Vanessa Steeg 
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Italian: March 17, 2016
Panelist: Giuseppe Massoni
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German: March 18, 2016
Panelist: Verena Vogler 
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Grasshopper for Mac

A very early version of Grasshopper is available in the Rhino for Mac WIP for testing and feedback.

Rhino 5 for Mac users have access to the Working-In Progress (WIP) builds. The most recent Rhino WIP contains a hidden command called ExplicitHistory.

To try out Grasshopper in the WIP build, just type "explicithistory".

Please post feedback and report bugs (there are many!) in this category.

Getting Started Live - Q&A tech support sessions

 

Getting Started Live - Q&A tech support sessions

You've downloaded and installed Rhino. Now, what's next? Bring your questions and issues to these live technical support sessions designed to get you started using your Rhino for Windows or Rhino for Mac.

Check the schedule and sign up here.

We will:

• Introduce the interface, basic terminology, and modeling workflow
• Create a model together
• Review tech support resources, training options, and best practices
• Open Mic Questions (or you can chat them)

Submit your questions, issues or problems when you register, so we can include them in our presentation.

Session may be longer/shorter depending on attendance and questions. If we cannot get you an answer during the live session, we will research and follow up with you after the presentation.

See the schedule...

"Sunglasses" webinar video now available

 

 

In case you missed our "Modeling Sunglasses in Rhino 5 for Mac" webinar last week, we have posted the video. Click here to watch it now.

 

 

Rhino for Mac Webinar: Modeling Sunglasses

Webinar: Modeling Sunglasses in Rhino for Mac
Thursday, November 19, 2015
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM PST

Sign up today!

Kyle Houchens of The Outside Digital Design will show you how to model sunglasses using Rhino for Mac.

In this fast moving and informative session, he will create a pair of sunglasses using advanced surfacing methods. He will analyze, render and prepare the model for fabrication. Rhino tips and tricks will be covered throughout the presentation.

Kyle will model using Rhino for Mac, but all Rhino users are welcome to attend.

The presentation will take approximately one hour with time for Q&A at the end of the webinar.

If you cannot attend the live session, the video will be posted here by November 20, 2015.

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11th RhinoDay Italy

11th RhinoDay Italy
Università degli Studi di Padova - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale
13-14 November 2015


The 11th Italian User Meeting, organized by Università degli Studi di Padova - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale and sponsored by ZEN's srl, has been announced. Registrations are now open.

Apart from the users' live presentations, Giulio Piacentino and Giuseppe Massoni (McNeel) will show the latest news on Python, Grasshopper, and Rhino, and other things.

Details and registration (in Italian)...

BIM GeomGym IFC and BullAnt now available for Rhino 5 for Mac

GeometryGym just announced the availability of its plugins BIM GeomGym IFC and BullAnt for Rhino 5 for Mac:

BIM GeomGym IFC is an OpenBIM add-on for Rhino and Grasshopper. It enables IFC (Industry Foundation Class) models to be generated and exchanged to ARCHICAD, Revit, Bently, Tekla, and any other BIM software with IFC capability.

BullAnt is a Rhino/Grasshopper plugin primarily for architects and engineers (but also other Rhino/Grasshopper users). It features computational design tools to enhance and extend the parent program and other third-party plugins. BullAnt commands include mesh relaxation (minimal surfaces), mesh inflation (ETFE cushions), symmetry automation, tessellation (polygon packing), structural modeling/sketching (including parametric generation in Grasshopper), geodesic domes, and curve network processing. 

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LAST CALL: Free Webinar of Rhino for Mac

McNeel Europe

October 2015
10:00 am (CEST)

If you want to have a quick view of Rhino 5 for Mac, do not miss this free one-hour webinar. There are very few seats left. Sign up now!

- Spanish: October 19, 2015 - FEW SEATS LEFT! Sign up...
Panelist: Rodrigo Bárcena

- French: October 20, 2015 - FEW SEATS LEFT! Sign up...

Panelist: Vanessa Steeg

- Italian: October 21, 2015 - FEW SEATS LEFT! Sign up...

Panelist: Giuseppe Massoni

- German: October 22, 2015 - VERY FEW SEATS LEFT! Sign up...

Panelist: Verena Vogler

- English: October 26, 2015 - ALMOST SOLD OUT! Sign up... 

Panelist: Rodrigo Bárcena

Iris - WebGL Exporter, now also for Rhino 5 for Mac

Iris is a free Work In Progress file export plugin for Rhino 5 x64 for Windows, Rhino 5.1 for Mac OS X, and Rhino WIP (Windows and OS X). Iris generates a JSON document that is parsable and viewable through WebGL in a modern web browser. The objectives for the plugin include:

• A fast and easy way for Rhino users to distribute their designs with the least amount of dependencies possible.
• Conversion of as many Rhino Object Types and Features as possible in a static scene.

Download Iris - WebGL Exporter from food4Rhino...

MicMacTools 1.0—scripted tools for Rhino for Mac

Mitch Heynick released the first version of MicMacTools. This is a set of Python scripted tools from his library put together specifically for Rhino for Mac. They are an outgrowth or subset of his MaqueTools toolbar for Rhino for Windows.

The tools should work in Rhino for Mac 5.1 or later.  The tools are not recommended for 5.0.2 or earlier.

To see what tools are inside MicMacTools, read Mitch's PDF guide.

Explanations, download, and installation instructions ....

Live Online Webinars: Introducing Rhino 5 for Mac

Webinar Series: An Introduction to Rhino 5 for Mac

McNeel Europe

October 2015

10:00 am (CEST)

Learn more about what is in, what is out, and what is coming next for Rhino 5 for Mac in this 1-hour webinar conducted by the Tech Team experts of McNeel Europe in different languages:

- Spanish: October 19, 2015
Panelist: Rodrigo Bárcena

- French: October 20, 2015

Panelist: Vanessa Steeg

- Italian: October 21, 2015

Panelist: Giuseppe Massoni

- German: October 22, 2015

Panelist: Verena Vogler

- English: October 26, 2015

Panelist: Rodrigo Bárcena

Important details:

• Space is limited. Sign up today!
• This webinar is free to all attendees.
• Presentation will take approximately 40 minutes followed by another 15 minutes for Q&A.
• After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. 

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Level 2 Rhino for Mac online course, Sept 21-30

Image credit: Kyle Houchens, The Outside

Fall is a perfect time for improving your Rhino skills before the end of the year distractions are upon us.

Our new Level 2 Rhino 5 for Mac online course begins on September 21st. Kyle Houchens will be the instructor for this course. Kyle is a very talented industrial designer, skilled instructor, an Authorized Rhino Trainer, the owner of the The Outside Digital Design, and a McNeel Technician.

Sign up today!

Dates/Times:

• Orientation: Monday, September 21, 9:00am-10:30am
• Training Days: Tuesday-Wednesday, September 22-23 and
      Monday-Wednesday, September 28-30, 9:00am-1:00pm
  Note: All times listed are Pacific time zone. Calculate your time zone.

For a sample of Kyle's online Level 2 training, see this video. Password: Test

Live training sessions let you to ask questions and interact with the class and instructor. In our usual format, all sessions will be recorded and posted for your study and review. If you cannot make a session, you will be able to catch up at your convenience.

Hope you will join us for the first ever, Level 2 Rhino 5 for Mac Online Course.

Register here...

Learn to use and fabricate your own Gumball

Learn how to use the Gumball in Rhino. 
Follow these short and simple video tutorials and master how to best use the Gumball.
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Also, model your own 3D-Gumball and fabricate with your favorite 3D printer.
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For more videos please join our Rhino3D.TV community and sign up for our YouTube and Vimeo Channels.
 
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.

Rhino for Mac Event in Singapore

Rhino for Mac Workshop/Hands-on Demo
Date: 29 August 2015
Time: 10:00 AM-Noon
Fee: No charge, but registration is required... Sign up today!

FreeForm Solution, an authorized Rhino dealer and training center, is hosting a free Rhino for Mac event. Attend this presentation to learn more about 3D designing with Rhino for Mac. Feel free to bring your MacBook along so you can spend some hands-on time with Rhino!

Event Outline:
1. Background
2. Rhino in OS X vs. Windows
3. User Interface
4. Software Demo
5. Tips & Tricks
6. Modeling of a Sofa

Details...