Inside the Mold: How framas Developed Lightweight Footwear Molding for Additive Manufacturing using Spherene ADMS

Inside the Mold - Live Webinar
Tuesday, June 16, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM (CEST)

Join Amirali Delavari from Spherene and René Medel from framas as René explains how he developed a completely new approach to mold design for additive manufacturing and what it means for the future of footwear production.

In this session, you will hear about:

• How testing ADMS (Adaptive Density Minimal Surface) on soles led to a completely new approach to mold design
• How ADMS geometry transformed their design and production workflow
• The unexpected benefits of going lighter on the inside

Details, agenda, and registration...

CDFAM Computational Design Symposium in Barcelona, April 8-9

CDFAM Computational Design Symposium
April 8-9, 2026, in Barcelona

CDFAM Barcelona will bring together the leading experts in Computational Design, AI, and Machine Learning in Engineering and Architecture for two days of knowledge sharing, networking, and tapas.

The two-day in-person event features presentations from industry, academia, and software development to share the latest approaches to design and engineering, including Arup, Airbus, Augmenta, Nike, Neural Concept, nTop, PhysicsX, Synera, Siemens, Rafinex, Generative Engineering, and more, including the latest from McNeel, of course.

Register with the code Rhino20 for a 20% discount upon registration and join us on the Mediterranean coast to learn from and connect with the leading innovators across design domains.

Register here...

CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, July 9-10 in Amsterdam

 

The CDFAM Computational Design Symposium Series brings together leading experts from design, engineering, architecture, academia, and software development for a series of knowledge-sharing and networking events focusing on computational design at all scales.

The next event in Amsterdam, July 9-10, features a curated single-track program exploring computational workflows, generative design, AI-driven simulation, geometry optimization, and advanced manufacturing.

Federico Casalegno, Executive Vice President of Design at Samsung Electronics, and Mathew Vola, Arup Fellow and Director of Computational Design, will deliver the keynote addresses.

Speakers from organizations including MIT, McNeel, SimScale, Carbon, Spherene, DTU, and more will present work that bridges theory and application—from architected materials to architectural planning.

Explore the program featuring over 30 experts sharing their work at the forefront of computational design.

Space is limited for this in-person event. Registration here...

food4Rhino webinar: LevelOpt - Intact.Simulation Topology Optimization (April 23, 2025 at 5 PM CEST)

food4Rhino webinar: LevelOpt - Intact.Simulation Topology Optimization
April 23, 2025, at 5 PM CEST

Intact.Simulation’s cutting-edge Topology Optimization meets the flexibility of Rhino Grasshopper with FEA Simulation in the loop.

LevelOpt is the latest feature in Intact.Simulation for Rhino Grasshopper.

With automated topology optimization, you can quickly generate high-performance concepts.

User-driven custom optimization: Not just a black box topology optimization tool. LevelOpt gives you the power to interject design changes, incorporate starting designs, and fine-tune settings at any stage.

Advanced capabilities: Freedom to adaptively adjust feature sizes and wall thickness and preserve functional regions as optimization progresses—ideal for tailored, intricate designs.

No preprocessing. No model simplification. No filtering. No postprocessing.

Features:

- Optimization for Compliance
- Supports Isotropic and Orthotropic Materials
- Component-level Flexibility
- Functional Region Preservation
- Custom Op

Speaker: Dr. Neel Goldy Kumar is a Product Manager and Engineer at Intact Solutions, Inc., where he leads the development of cutting-edge commercial simulation technologies. With a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, he has extensive expertise in modeling and simulation, particularly in high-complexity areas such as additive manufacturing and composites.

Free registration...

BE-AM 2024 - Built Environment & Additive Manufacturing (Formnext Frankfurt, 20 November)

BE-AM 2024

At Formnext Frankfurt (Germany)

20 November

BE-AM is a symposium and exhibition that brings together experts in 3D printing and Additive Manufacturing from industry, academia, design, and architecture. 

It is a platform to share and discuss ideas, projects, and technologies. The event is free to attend, hosted by the Formnext fair in Frankfurt/Main, and organized by Prof. Ulrich Knaack, Prof. Oliver Tessmann, Dr. Nadja Gaudillière-Jami, Alexander Wolf, Christin Gandyra, Emanuel Nowak and Malcolm Unger from the Technical University of Darmstadt. 

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Spherene for Rhino released!

Spherene for Rhino released!

Spherene metamaterial emulates isotropic bulk material but with variable density. Create models for additive manufacturing, lightweight structures, and efficient infills. 

Intuitively control the industry’s only surface conformal minimal surface and save more time than you would expect.

Complete details...

Available now: Public Beta of sphereneRHINO Plugin - A revolution in design and manufacturing

spherene, a specialized company in Adaptive Density Minimal Surface Technology (ADMS), launched its public beta release of its sphereneRHINO plugin. Now accessible directly through Rhino's package manager, the plugin offers a range of features beneficial for professionals in computational design, footwear, orthopedics, automotive, aerospace, and other sectors. The sphereneRHINO plugin improves both material efficiency and structural integrity in various design and manufacturing applications.

The plugin extends the capabilities of Rhino by integrating spherene’s patented features, including:

• Efficient material use for additive manufacturing
• Exceptional rigidity with minimal material
• Adaptive surface integration
• Parametric control
• Open-pored or closed-construction options

Getting started couldn't be simpler. Just go to Rhino's package manager and download the sphereneRHINO plugin. For step-by-step installation instructions, check out spereneRHINO's comprehensive documentation.

The Public Beta is available for free for a limited period! Make sure you explore the revolutionary features of sphereneRHINO at zero cost. This will become a paid service in the future.

A trailblazer in Adaptive Density Minimal Surface Technology, spherene is dedicated to revolutionizing design and manufacturing. 

Research projects at School of Mechanical Engineering - Istanbul Technical University

Erkan Gunpinar (Associate Professor at School of Mechanical Engineering - Istanbul Technical University) has been kind enough to share the following research projects with the Rhino/Grasshopper community:

• Helical5AM: Five-axis parametrized helical additive manufacturing
• 4 and 5-Axis additive manufacturing of parts represented using free-form 3D curves
• Curvature and Feature-Aware Print-Paths from Hexahedral Meshes for Additive Manufacturing
• SplineLearner: Generative learning system of design constraints for models represented using B-spline surfaces

Download the excerpts with links to the full papers...