Rhino User Webinar: Developing a Rhino Plug-in with Python

 

Rhino User Webinar

Developing a Rhino Plug-in with Python

Mon, April 7, 2025, 12:00 PM (CEST)

This webinar explores the process of building and managing a Rhino plugin with Python. Using an in-house tool developed at 3XN as a case study, we will walk through the development of a collaboration-focused plugin that offers a centralized hub for sharing project visuals, Grasshopper scripts, and Rhino files across 3XN’s global offices. Designed for low maintenance, the plugin is primarily an Eto form that connects to a webpage with user-uploaded content, integrating Rhino with the web.

We will share lessons learned, along with ‘hacky’ tips and tricks for developing a Rhino plugin entirely in Python—covering both the old Rhino Script Compiler and the new Rhino Script Editor. Topics include packaging Python scripts into a Rhino plugin, making Rhino react to events on a webpage within an Eto form, launching Rhino instances with specific files and Grasshopper scripts, tracking usage statistics, and automatically opening the plugin window at Rhino startup.

About the speaker:
Michael Redder-Howard is a Senior Architect at 3XN in Copenhagen. Passionate about computation, façade design, and detailing, he uses scripting both in design and developing in-house digital tools. Before joining 3XN, he worked at BIG and KPF, focusing on large-scale projects and complex geometry.

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Rhino User Webinar: Integrating Rhino in the Design Process of a Floating Offshore Wind Platform

 

Rhino User Webinar
Integrating Rhino in the Design Process of a Floating Offshore Wind Platform

5 June 2024 at 4:00 pm (CEST)

This webinar aims to provide an overview of how Rhino is integrated into Saitec’s workflow during the design process of a floating offshore wind platform. The presentation will showcase the parametric script developed in-house using RhinoScript module, and introduce the detailed 3D model that represents the "as-built" status of DemoSATH. Saitec will also give some feedback on the advantages of using this software against others and its capabilities.

Saitec Offshore Technologies, founded in 2016 as a spin-off of Saitec Engineering, is an engineering company specialized in floating offshore wind related services. It has developed SATH technology (Swinging Around Twin Hull), a competitive and cost-efficient concrete floating solution. In 2023 Saitec achieved a major milestone by putting into operation DemoSATH, the first floating offshore wind turbine connected to the grid in Spain.

About the speakers:

• Oriol de Quintana holds an MSc in Civil Engineering from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), specializing in Maritime and Offshore structures. He joined Saitec in 2023, and he has been involved in the platform design.
  
  
• Mikel Baliño is a BIM modeler with extensive experience in large-scale projects in the industry and energy sectors. He has honed his skills in 3D modeling through completion of an Autodesk BIM master's program.

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