RhinoHyd - Ship analysis plugin

RhinoHyd is a Rhino plugin that calculates intact statical stability, curves of form, and cross curves of stability. The ship to be analyzed is picked directly from Rhino and automatically meshed. The user may adjust the mesh parameters in realtime and view the mesh in the display. After an analysis has been performed, the ship, along with the plotted results, may be animated. RhinoScripters may interact with RhinoHyd and program their own analysis by using the exposed stability and curves of form functions.

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RhinoScripting workshop in Brooklyn

PointCrowd : Evenings in June
June 4-21 | Brooklyn, NY

PointCrowd is a RhinoScripting workshop using the Python programming language that is available in the upcoming release of Rhino 5. In this three week mini-course, participants will start with the basics of programming and move into the mathematics of space and Rhino's representation of geometry.


Workshop topics include:

• Automation: Increase your efficiency by programming Rhino to complete tedious drawing and modeling tasks.
• Optimization: Create a better design product by testing and improving your models against physical conditions like light and circulation.
• Generative Design: Work through complex geometric ideas using simple Python scripts.

Classes will be held on Monday and Thursday evenings from 6:30-10:00pm in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

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SIGraDi presentation by Pablo C. Herrera

"Technology moves much faster than pedagogy can possibly adapt. Students must often teach themselves in order to keep up with new programs and techniques."

But that is not the whole story on how Rhino, RhinoScript, and Grasshopper came to be so widely embedded in Latin American architecture design education. For the rest of the story, see Professor Pablo C. Herrera's presentation to his colleagues at SIGraDi.

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SYNTHESIS is hiring in LA

SYNTHESIS Design + Architecture is seeking talented, motivated, and personable designers to join their Los Angeles team.

Requirements:

• B. Arch or M. Arch degree
• Excellent design sensibility, communication skills and personal initiative are desired.
• Expertise in Rhino, AutoCAD, and Illustrator are required.
• Proficiency in Grasshopper, Kangaroo, Hoopsnake, RhinoScript, VB or Python is a bonus.
• Experience with construction drawings and technical competency are valued.
• A perfect fit – They are looking to build a team – not fill holes.  They want to know why your architectural and design interests and aspirations align with theirs and how.
• Must be a US Citizen or hold US working visa.
• Must be a Los Angeles resident.

Please send a CV, portfolio, and a cover letter which addresses the requirements listed above to studio@synthesis-dna.com

Rhino.Python workshop in London

Python in Rhinoceros two-day workshop
Nov 21-22, 2011
Simply Rhino UK, London

For designers and engineers who want to lay the foundation for Rhino.Python scripting, as well as RhinoScript users who want to stay up to date, this workshop will convey necessary ideas and tools to successfully code geometry in Rhino 5 on Windows and Mac.

As a participant, you will be guided through the details of this new and friendly programming language in Rhino, including: automating commands at necessity with macros, performing calculations, making decisions after iterating code and manipulating several data structures. Also, we will study how to couple Python’s iteration and recursion powers to extend Grasshopper.

Structure

This course is divided in 4 units of 4 hours, for a total of two days. We will start by running scripts with the editor and then learn to write them by ourselves. We’ll also learn tricks to debug and to optimize our code. We will cover all Rhino’s geometrical base, building through vectors, points, curves, meshes surfaces and polysurfaces in order to achieve an understanding of the potential of each of these elementary types.

Audience

This course is intended for existing Rhino users who have a good working knowledge of 3D modeling.

Results

After this course, participants have the basis to:

• Understand how to run, edit and compose Python code for Rhino 5
• Identify and correct common bugs that can prevent code from executing
• Distinguish variables, functions and other procedural and object-oriented paradigms
• Find their way to access available resources both online and offline

Instructor

Giulio Piacentino (McNeel Europe)

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RhinoScript.org update

RhinoScript.org is an open community created mainly to share scripts. It has been now updated to also include Python scripts and Grasshopper definitions.

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Python for Rhino Online Training, Oct 29

Python for Rhino Online Training
Date: Saturday, October 29
Time: Noon - 2 pm (Eastern)
Cost: US$100 (US$150 after Oct 7)

Join presenter Skylar Tibbits for the upcoming Python for Rhino Online Training. The training is designed for Rhino users new to scripting, RhinoScript (VB) users looking to convert to Python or Python users looking to use Rhino. The goal is to give attendees an understanding the basics of programming, how to write simple scripts, automate tasks and generate geometry.

Topics covered will include: Running Scripts, Syntax, Data Types, Variables, Flow Control and Tuples/Lists/Dictionaries

Skylar Tibbits is a lecturer at MIT's Architecture Department, the Founder/Principal of SJET LLC and a 2011 TED Fellow.

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Python and Grasshopper workshops, Australia

AR-MA in New South Wales is offering two intensive, weekend workshops at the end of the month. Choose from RhinoScripting with Python and/or Grasshopper. Attend one or both. Seats are limited. Register today.

• July 22-24 - RhinoScripting with Python


• July 29-31 - Grasshopper

Each workshop is a three-day intensive course that is designed to introduce participants to parametric and rule-based design methods from first principles. The workshops will be held at the AR-MA studio in Assemblage (42 Kensington Street, Chippendale, NSW).

The first workshop will focus on RhinoScripting with Python and creating custom plug-ins for Rhino using RhinoCommon. Building on this, the second workshop will focus on using Grasshopper and the creation of custom Grasshopper components using the new Python component and RhinoCommon.

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Computational Design Summer Program

This international two-week summer program will cover computational design software through the use of RhinoScripting, Grasshopper, and Digital Project. BIM topics and Rapid Prototyping will also be covered.

Dates: August 1-13, 2011
Location: University of Hong Kong

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Python for Grasshopper

A new GhPython component brings the Python programming language to Grasshopper in Rhino 5.

• GhPython introduces RhinoScript syntax to Grasshopper
• The GhPython component is similar to the ones of C# and Vb.Net components in Grasshopper
• Control the number of inputs and outputs to the component
• Include libraries to the .NET SDK and huge number of Python add-on functions
• Integrates with the new Python editor included in Rhino 5

Python is a modern programming language developed for remarkable power with very clear syntax. Python supports multiple programming paradigms. Python is often used as a scripting language but is also used in a wide range of advanced programming contexts.

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Point Crowd - RhinoScript in Python workshop

Point Crowd is a three-day RhinoScripting in Python workshop. Python is an easy and intuitive programming language which makes RhinoScripting easier than ever. This class will provide the high demand skills associated with computational design and architecture while maintaining focus on the principles of design.

Dates: June 8-10, 2011
Location: Boston, MA
Early registration fee: $965
Note: Early registration deadline is May 4th - Sign up today.

Topics include:

- Introduction to programming Python
- The mathematics of space
- Introduction to NURBS and Rhino data structures
- Systems for generative geometry

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Early registration deadline is May 4th.

AA MakeLab 2011

AA MakeLab is an intensive, five-day program engaging in innovative architectural fabrication processes in collaboration with the AA’s London-based Digital Prototyping Lab. The aim is to explore the integration of digitally-driven fabrication technologies in the context of Hooke Park’s forestry and workshop resources.

At the core of the program are design-and-build strategies developed through prototyping and the construction of 1:1-scale structures, and the application of new fabrication techniques to the particular materials and sites available at Hooke Park and its surrounding woodland. Specific technologies unavailable on site can be made available in anticipation of particular areas of investigation.

Experimental structures will be made in small, workshop-led groups which will investigate topics connected to current research agendas within digital fabrication, using the latest advanced software and hardware applications, including Rhino, RhinoScript, and Grasshopper.

The program will consist of workshops, seminars, presentations, and tutorials led by experts from academia and industry, and will culminate in a symposium with invited specialists and experts on the final afternoon. Participants will be working in teams of between three and six people, in groups and roles balanced according to particular interests and ambitions.

Schedule and venue

The school runs from 4-8 April 2011. This is an intensive, workshop-based programme requiring full-time participation. The workshop will be hosted at Hooke Park (UK) and the surrounding 350 acre woodland.

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Apomechanes book

This book presents the projects designed and fabricated during the apomechanes computational design studio in 2009 and 2010, supported by theoretical articles and professional projects by Karl Chu, Carla Leitao, Kokkugia and Ahylo, exploring computational design and its fields of materialization.

Apomechanes is an international intensive studio held each summer in Athens, Greece. The studio is devoted to furthering techniques and concepts of algorithmic processes as means for design and fabrication.

Algorithmic design introduces processes that allow the genetic growth of complex structures and forms by using simple syntactic rules. Apomechanes is an attempt to set up a unique agenda on computational design methodologies and underline the morphogenetic qualitative characteristics of the algorithmic logic. Non-linear, self-organized and emergent behaviors are intravenously injected into the core of the architectural design process, and the focus is on the inherent potential of computation to generate space.

All the projects were done using RhinoScript. You can find examples of the code in the book.

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Rhino.Python workshop at the ICD Stuttgart

Rhino.Python workshop
December 15-17, 2010, 09.30-17.30
Casino IT, Schulungsraum / Main Presentation Room

Tutors: Skylar Tibbits (MIT), Steffen Reichert (ICD)

With the introduction of Rhino on both Mac and PC platforms, a new cross-platform scripting environment has been developed. It is based upon Python, which is an increasingly popular, easy to learn and a very powerful scripting language, widely used in open source communities. Hence, Rhino Version 5 offers a fully functional scripting environment using Python in addition to the existing environments like RhinoScript.

This workshop will cover basic programming skills as well as introducing unique features of Rhino.Python. This workshop will be taught in English.

Registration: There will be 35 available spots. Sign-up opens November 22nd @ 10.00.
Please register in person at the ICD with the secretary Ms. Frank.

Rhino/Grasshopper/RhinoScript workshop in Beirut

Means to Parametric Design
Introduction to Associative Design with Rhino, Grasshopper, and RhinoScript

Beirut, Lebanon
Nov 25-28 2010
10:00am-5:00pm

Course targets architects, design professionals and art/design related students.
Open to professionals and students. Space is limited.


Address: Verdun Center, Concord Building, Suite 1011; Verdun, Beirut, Lebanon
Reservation: T. +961 70 310310 E. info@bad.ar.com
Tutor: Luis E. Fraguada (LaN Live Architecture Network , IaaC)
Assisted by Ali Basbous (BAD)

Generative Architecture and Computational Design eBook

Architect Andrea Graziano has published an eBook (PDF) that contains the best articles of his blog in the past three years. Main topics are Generative Architecture and Computational Design with Rhino, RhinoScript, and Grasshopper.

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RhinoScript workshops in UAE

Many generative design processes have surfaced recently, especially in the world of programming. However, no clear framework has been described. This workshop will introduce participants to programming with RhinoScript within an easily understood framework. The selected domain will be tiling surfaces.

No prior knowledge of programming is expected. Programming essentials will be introduced including: basic data structures, rules, vectors, transformations, object construction methods, NURBS geometry, as well as Rhino user interface.

• Dates: May 14-15 and May 21-22


• Where: Shape Architecture, Sharjah (UAE)


• Program and complete details


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RhinoScript & Grasshopper Training in France

French authorized Rhino reseller and trainer Cadlantique has organized the following courses taking place in April at their Paris office:

• April 7-8: Initiation a RhinoScript FULL
• April 9: Initiation a Grasshopper
• April 29-30: Initiation a RhinoScript NEW DATE

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RhinoScript workshop in Dubai, Dec 29-31

Dec 29-31 - RhinoScript workshop - Dubai, UAE

This workshop organized by Maher El-Khaldi (Shape Architecture Practice + Research) aims to highlight two of the main reasons why architects may choose to explore design solutions via scripting. These are automation and embedding of logic. Automation being the ability to delegate tasks to the computer (thus build a computerized product) and embedding of rules being the ability to express design intentions via a set of conditional statements. The above will be explored through RhinoScript.

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New blog by HDA Paris

HDA Paris has recently launched its new blog complexities, where you will find valuable RhinoScript and Grasshopper resources.

complexities blog...