food4Rhino webinar: Arcol x Rhino | Supercharging concept designs (July 15, 2026 at 5 PM CEST)

food4Rhino webinar: Arcol x Rhino | Supercharging concept designs

July 15, 2026 at 5 PM CEST

Design anything in Rhino—then take it further.

With Arcol’s new Rhino plugin, you can generate floor plans, track customizable live metrics, and build client-ready presentations, all in a real-time collaborative environment where your whole team can work together.

Join the webinar to see the plugin in action, and try it free at app.arcol.io.

Speaker: Mike Buss (LinkedIn), Head of Product at Arcol.

Mike’s background spans interiors, architecture, and industrial design before transitioning to product design. His architectural background has been instrumental in shaping Arcol’s user experience and feature set. Mike is passionate about blending creative design with technical innovation to build tools that empower modern architects.

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food4Rhino Webinar: jifto – Sustainability Assessments – New recorded webinar now available!

 

Missed the last Rhino User Webinar? Watch it now!

If you didn't have the chance to watch the latest Rhino User Webinar live, the recording is now available. Learn about sustainability from Mariusz Hermansdorfer using jifto, a Rhino plugin that offers instant environmental analysis.

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food4Rhino webinar: jifto – Sustainability Assessments by Henning Larsen Architects (June 17, 2026, at 5 PM CEST)

food4Rhino webinar: 
jifto – Sustainability Assessments by Henning Larsen Architects

June 17, 2026, at 5 PM CEST

How do people experience the spaces we design? Will the plaza get any winter sun? Is the courtyard too windy for a cafe in spring? How much biodiversity is there on the site—and where does the rain go during cloudburst? For years, answering these questions meant waiting on a specialist. jifto changes that. It offers instant environmental analysis in the hands of designers, for any project, any budget, and any scale. In this one-hour webinar, we will take you on a helicopter tour of what jifto can do, from sunlight, wind, and microclimate to stormwater, and biodiversity—and show you live how it fits into early-stage design decisions.

About the speaker: Mariusz Hermansdorfer is on a mission to democratize sustainability. Previously Head of Computational Design at Henning Larsen, backed by a PhD in the field. Now, founder of Nflection, the team behind jifto. They're building a personal sustainability assistant that fits any project, any budget, and any scale.

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food4Rhino webinar: Effective AI Copilot Workflows with Ant for Grasshopper (May 26, 2026, at 5 PM CEST)

food4Rhino webinar: Effective AI Copilot Workflows with Ant for Grasshopper
May 26, 2026, at 5 PM CEST

Ant is a context-aware AI Copilot built directly into Grasshopper.

Whether you are an absolute beginner learning parametric design, or an advanced user looking to automate tedious tasks, Ant is designed to speed up your workflow drastically.

In this one-hour webinar, we will show you how to leverage Large Language Models (LLMs) on your canvas.

Through live demonstrations, you will learn how to:

• Debug & Learn (Ask Mode): Select any part of your Grasshopper definition and have the AI explain the logic, fix errors, or teach you best practices.
• Design with Words (Edit Mode): Use natural language prompts to instantly generate new node workflows or intelligently modify your existing scripts.
• Code Without Coding (Script Mode): Push the limits of Grasshopper by asking Ant to write custom Python and C# scripts for you instantly.

Join us to see the future of conversational computational design! The session will conclude with a live Q&A.

Speaker: Anmol Singla

“Hi, I’m Anmol, a software developer and a structural engineer. Ant started as a passion project when I pitched the concept of an AI copilot at the AEC Tech Hackathon in London, 2025. After receiving great feedback from the community, I spent the following months of evenings, weekends, and holidays turning that hackathon prototype into a full commercial product. I created Ant because I believe the AEC industry is ready for a new generation of CAD tools. My goal is to build the gold standard for LLM integration in Rhino and Grasshopper. My mission is to ensure that every computational designer has the power of an LLM at their fingertips, fully integrated into their native environment. I’d love to connect with fellow designers and hear how you’re using the tool!”

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Monoceros 3 now available!

Hong Kong Drone Module

Drone-based prefabricated architecture using WFC

by Johan Navarro, Estudio panamétrico, 2022

Monoceros is a Grasshopper plugin that assembles discrete modular structures using Wave Function Collapse. You design a set of parts, define how their faces connect, and the solver fills a 3D envelope with valid combinations. The results can range from architectural facades and spatial partitions to furniture, game environments, or abstract sculptures.

The biggest change in version 3 is how you set up a project. In previous versions, defining adjacency rules between modules was manual and error-prone, especially with rotated variants. Version 3 introduces connectors. You describe how each module face connects, including its rotation and symmetry, and the full rule set is derived automatically. Modules no longer need to be duplicated for each orientation. The overall setup requires significantly fewer components than before, both from Monoceros and from Grasshopper itself.

Documentation, workflow guides, and example files are at monoceros.tools. The documentation is also structured for AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude, which can help set up and troubleshoot definitions.

Monoceros 3 is free to use with a limited number of solver runs per session. A license removes the limit. Educational pricing is available. Projects from earlier versions can be converted.

Monoceros was created by Ján Pernecký and Ján Tóth. Version 3 was developed independently by Ján Pernecký.

Download Monoceros from food4Rhino or search for it on the Package Manager...

food4Rhino webinar: ShapeDiver | What's New in App Builder! (May 28, 2026, at 5 PM CEST)

Join Mathieu Huard, Co-Founder and Head of Product, and Ezequiel López, Head of Marketing & Sales, for a webinar exploring the latest updates to ShapeDiver App Builder. 

This session will focus on new features that give users more control over the design of their apps, making it easier to build interfaces that are both more intuitive and more effective. 

The webinar presents a series of exciting new features released as Grasshopper components, ready for use in your own workflows. These additions are all about helping users take back control of their app’s UI/UX, from camera controls and actions to floating containers, stack widgets, richer value list displays, more flexible slider settings, and easier connections and documentation directly inside the plugin. 

If you are looking for better ways to structure information, guide interaction, and improve the overall experience of your ShapeDiver apps, this webinar will give you a practical look at what is now possible.

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Ant AI - a context-aware AI assistant for Grasshopper

Ant AI is a context-aware AI assistant that lives directly on your Grasshopper canvas. 

Unlike standard chatbots, Ant "sees" your work. By selecting components as context, you can interact with an LLM that understands your specific data structures, component connections, and design intent without ever leaving the Rhino/Grasshopper environment.

Born from a concept at the AEC Tech Hackathon in London, Ant has evolved into a professional-grade tool that removes the friction between a designer’s idea and a functional parametric definition.

Transform your workflow with three powerful modes

Ant features a seamless chat interface with three primary modes and specialized commands to handle the "heavy lifting" of computational design:

• Ask Mode:
• Understand Logic: Inherited a complex script? Select a group of components and get an instant algorithmic breakdown.
• Debug & Plan: Ask for advice on how to solve a geometric problem or find out why a specific definition isn't working.
• Explain: Receive a step-by-step logic overview of any selected part of your definition.
  
  
• Edit Mode:
• Natural Language Building: Use simple text prompts to generate native Grasshopper components and wire them together automatically.
• Modify on the Fly: Tell Ant to "add a slider to control the radius" or "divide this surface into panels," and watch the definition update instantly.
  
  
• Script Mode:
• Zero-Friction Coding: Generate Python or C# code directly within script components.
• Auto-Context: Ant automatically reads your component’s input names, data types, and structures (Item vs. List Access). You no longer need to spend 10 minutes explaining your data tree to a separate chatbot.
• Instant Execution: Write the prompt, and Ant injects the compiled code directly into the editor.

Key features:

• Context-Awareness: Select any part of your canvas to provide the AI with the specific context it needs for accurate responses.
• Integrated UI: A modern, dockable chat window that supports both Light and Dark modes.
• Native Output: Generates real Grasshopper components and wires, not just text-based instructions.
• Multi-Language Scripting: Full support for C# and Python.
• Iterative Design: Use the chat history to refine and evolve your definitions through conversation.

Download ANT AI from food4Rhino...

Recorded food4Rhino webinar: From Parametric Model to Shop Floor with SheepMetal

In case you missed yesterday's food4Rhino webinar, From Parametric Model to Shop Floor with SheepMetal, here is the recorded session.

And Felix Brunold has been kind enough to share this demo file.

Download SheepMetal from food4Rhino for free!

food4Rhino webinar: CAD for all - Raven AI for Grasshopper Beginners (April 23, 2026, at 5 PM CEST)

food4Rhino webinar

CAD for all - Raven AI for Grasshopper Beginners

April 23, 2026, at 5 PM CEST

Unlock the power of Grasshopper without the learning curve—with Raven AI by your side. 

Move faster in Rhino with conversational AI, whether you are a complete Grasshopper newbie or open it occasionally, and with other people's scripts. 

Raven is built for Rhino and Grasshopper. It reads your scripts, plugins, and custom tools so that you can describe intent in plain language, iterate on geometry, and debug in context. This session keeps the camera on Rhino-first workflows: Commands, curves, solids, and real files. Not on abstract automations. 

Join the McNeel team and Raven to see why a CAD-native copilot behaves differently from a generic chat tool, and how to apply it in practice. 

In this live session, you will get:

• Ways to turn plain-language goals into Rhino-native geometry and edits without relying on Grasshopper expert knowledge.
• A workflow for debugging and refining modeling and script logic with an assistant that reads your actual file context and gets it.
• How to tap your plugin ecosystem when you need it, without memorizing every component name.
• Examples of Raven across AEC, engineering, and manufacturing when CAD is the hub. 

Speaker: Moritz Rietschel is co-founder of Raven, building human-centered AI tools for design and creativity. His background includes research at UC Berkeley on human-AI collaboration in CAD with Prof. Kyle Steinfeld and robotic fabrication with Prof. Simon Schleicher. He has lectured internationally on AI-based creative tools, hosted workshops at MIT and Tongji, and published peer-reviewed work on LLMs for CAD. Reach out if you want to chat with the Raven team. 

Who this is for: Rhino users who want AI in the CAD loop—from heavy viewport modelers to occasional Grasshopper users. This webinar is not a plugin-heavy Grasshopper deep dive, but it is for those who want to add AI power to their classic CAD work in Rhino.

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food4Rhino webinar: From Parametric Model to Shop Floor with SheepMetal (April 22, 2026, at 4 PM CEST)

food4Rhino webinar

From Parametric Model to Shop Floor with SheepMetal

April 22, 2026, at 4 PM CEST

In this webinar, we'll explore SheepMetal, a Grasshopper plugin that brings sheet metal logic directly into parametric workflows. We'll cover how to work with existing sheet metal parts, unfold them with precise bending compensation strategies, and create new parts entirely within Grasshopper using automated workflows—from flat pattern to fabrication-ready output. Whether you're setting up a parametric-to-production pipeline or looking for more control over how your designs translate to the shop floor, this session gives you a practical starting point. 

Bio: Felix Brunold is an industrial designer and co-founder of VektorNode, working across architecture and metal fabrication. He focuses on parametric workflows for fabrication—making sure design models produce reliable cutting, bending, and assembly data without manual translation in between. He works closely with manufacturers to ensure that what is designed can actually be built.

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Cyberstrak 2.0 for Rhino 7 and 8 - Advanced modeling for product and automotive

Cyberstrak has released a new major version of its Rhino plugin. 

Cyberstrak 2.0 contains a lot of new and updated functionality:

• Licensing has been completely re-worked. In parallel with subscription licensing, support for perpetual licenses is now available using Rhino Account Licensing (Cloud Zoo) or Rhino's LAN Zoo.
• New commands for creating and modeling Curves and Surfaces are available.
• Especially when working in "Projection Base" mode on top of a selected Mesh, it gives new possibilities in Reverse Engineering processes.
• Many detail improvements like a dynamic deviation handle, new mesh area selection methods, or support for using a bunch selected CVs in Cyberstrak's powerful CV.
• Improved efficient modeling.
• As usual, all modeling commands contain a local Undo/Redo and can be used in parallel with associative dynamic analyses, allowing instant control of the shape quality.

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Stereotomic Stone Architecture — International Workshop

 

Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto (FAUP)

An intensive workshop exploring the design and construction of stereotomic stone structures, combining geometric reasoning, digital modeling, and hands-on fabrication. 

The digital component of the workshop will be developed in Rhino/Grasshopper, with a particular focus on Voussoir, a recently developed plugin at FAUP for the parametric modeling of stereotomic vaults. The program includes a visit to a marble quarry in Alentejo and the construction of a stereotomic stone arch. 

The workshop opens with a symposium featuring Giuseppe Fallacara, Christophe Aubertin, and Clemente Pinto.

Participation is limited to 25 selected participants based on their portfolios. 

Date: May 4-8, 2026

Price: There is no participation fee.

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Rhino and Grasshopper development services by 4D Pipeline

4D Pipeline provides custom plugin development, file format support, API services, and consulting to help organizations extend Rhino's capabilities and integrate it seamlessly with their existing tools and workflows.

4D Pipeline can help with:

• Custom Rhino/Grasshopper plugin development
  Building specialized tools and automation workflows that extend Rhino's native capabilities for specific industry needs
• File format support and integration
  Implementing importers, exporters, and translators for proprietary and industry-standard formats, including USD, IFC, ESRI, and custom CAD formats
• Rhino.Inside integration
  Embedding Rhino's geometry engine and Grasshopper into other 3D applications, enabling NURBS modeling and parametric design within host environments
• Render engine integration
  Connecting third-party renderers and visualization tools with Rhino, including GPU-accelerated ray tracing implementations
• Enterprise workflow automation
  Streamlining design-to-production pipelines with custom scripting, batch processing, and system integrations

Services

• Custom Rhino and Grasshopper plugin development
• File format importer/exporter development
• Rhino.Inside implementation and integration
• Rhino Compute implementation and integration
• API development and system connectivity
• Workflow automation and scripting
• Custom UI/UX for design tools
• Digital pipelines and interoperability consulting
• Bespoke Grasshopper components, scripts and parametric tools
• Relevant Experience
• Rhino Grasshopper automation project with adidas
• NVIDIA raytracer integration into Rhino
• USD implementation for Adobe, Turbosquid, Epic Games, and others
• IFC support (IFC4 & IFC4x3) using OpenDesign libraries for Customers like ESRI and others
• Raytracing/renderer Integrations for Lumion, Enscape, and AMD
• Datasmith and interchange connectors (including for Rhino) for Epic Games and others

4D Pipeline details...

RhinoCFD v3: Professional CFD Analysis Now Fully Optimized for Rhino 8

RhinoCFD v3 brings professional-grade Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) directly into Rhino 8. This latest release officially establishes compatibility with Rhino 8, enabling users to leverage the platform's updated interface and improved performance for complex fluid and thermal simulations entirely within their CAD workspace.

Powered by the brand-new PHOENICS 2025 v1.0 engine, this update introduces a decoupled Monitor Plot Window. This feature allows designers to track convergence, residuals, and spot values in real time without slowing down Rhino. Simulation setup is now more intuitive than ever; the computational grid reacts instantaneously to geometry changes—such as moving, adding, or copying objects—making the design-to-analysis loop faster and less error-prone.

New physical modeling capabilities include the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model for aerospace/external flows and advanced VOF boiling and condensation mechanisms. Post-processing is similarly enhanced, enabling users to apply custom mathematical expressions to results and automatically visualize critical data points with new minimum/maximum markers.

By keeping the entire workflow within Rhino, RhinoCFD v3 eliminates the need for cumbersome geometry exports, making high-fidelity engineering analysis seamless part of the modern design process.

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Rhino2CATT — Create Complete CATT-Acoustic Models Directly Inside Rhino

Rhino2CATT allows acousticians, architects, and designers to prepare complete CATT-Acoustic models directly within Rhino. 

Users can model geometry, assign custom acoustic materials with frequency-dependent absorption and scattering coefficients, define sources and receivers, and export the complete setup to CATT-Acoustic with a single click. With its dockable panel, Rhino2CATT integrates seamlessly into the Rhino environment, streamlining model modifications and optimization, making them faster, easier, and fully integrated with Rhino and Grasshopper workflows. Built on algorithms trusted by world-renowned acousticians, Rhino2CATT ensures efficient and accurate model setup.

Key features include automatic geometry export with vertex optimization, custom material libraries, and custom directivity and spectra databases for sound sources. Export your model to CATT-ready files (.geo, .loc) with a single click for a highly efficient Rhino-to-CATT workflow. BIM-based workflows are also supported via Rhino.Inside.Revit, ensuring smooth collaboration between architectural and acoustic modeling processes.

Ideal for designing concert halls, lecture rooms, and other spaces, Rhino2CATT provides a fast, intuitive way to set up and optimize accurate CATT-Acoustic models entirely within the familiar Rhino environment.

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food4Rhino webinar: Raven - Unlock Grasshopper with AI (January 22, 2026, at 5 PM CET)

food4Rhino webinar: Raven - Unlock Grasshopper with AI
January 22, 2026, at 5 PM CET

Transform your computational design workflow—from beginner to power user.

Grasshopper is powerful, but let's face it: It's not always fast or easy. Raven changes that.

Raven is a conversational AI built natively for Grasshopper and Rhino that works directly with your scripts, plugins, and custom tools. Write definitions from text prompts, debug in real time, and tap into 928+ community plugins instantly. Whether you're facing Grasshopper's steep learning curve or you're a seasoned pro looking to iterate faster, Raven puts your focus back where it belongs: on designing.

In this webinar, you'll discover how to:

• Generate parametric geometry from simple text and image prompts
• Debug and refine your scripts with an AI that actually understands your setup
• Leverage any plugin in your environment—from Ladybug to your custom in-house tools
• Apply Raven across AEC, engineering, and manufacturing workflows

Join the Rhino team as we discuss the core principles that make Raven the most effective CAD-AI system available today, and show you exactly how to supercharge your own work.

Speaker: Moritz Rietschel is co-founder of Raven, building human-centered AI tools for design and creativity. His work builds on research at UC Berkeley exploring human–AI collaboration in CAD with Prof. Kyle Steinfeld and robotic fabrication with Prof. Simon Schleicher. Moritz has lectured internationally on AI-based creative tools, hosted workshops at MIT and Tongji, and contributed research on LLMs for CAD in peer-reviewed publications. Reach out if you want to chat with the Raven Team!

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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.
  
  
  
  
  

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Termite: Rhino Grasshopper Plugin Developed for 3D Printing of Clay

Termite is a plugin developed for Liquid Deposition Modeling (LDM) 3D printing, designed specifically for clay and other paste-based materials. Created by Julian Jauk at Graz University of Technology, it has been tested in seminars, architectural prototypes, and international workshops, and is already used in several educational institutions.

Unlike conventional slicing tools built for thermoplastics and small nozzles, clay printing typically uses nozzles from 1-30 mm, requiring precise control of the path layout, material flow, and printer movement. Termite fills this need by integrating essential slicing features—such as custom path generation, sorting algorithms, variable parameters within a single print, inrun speed control for smooth starts, extrusion flattening for reliable adhesion, and automatic detection of path intersections—directly into the parametric design environment of Rhino and Grasshopper.

Termite provides 20 modular components across the categories Main, Create, Sort, Display, and Example, supporting both beginner and advanced workflows. It is designed as an easy-to-use tool for Grasshopper newcomers, with features working immediately after installation, while still offering maximum freedom for experimental fabrication through its open, modular structure. Users can design printing paths in Rhino, Grasshopper, or via Termite’s own components, with all required G-code generated in real time.

Suitable for clay and earth-based mixtures, concrete, biopolymers, biomaterials, and various food-grade pastes, Termite works not only with LDM printers such as the WASP 40100 LDM and Delta WASP 2040 Clay but also with any machine capable of interpreting G-code, including Cartesian and polar printers or robotic arms.

Termite is available for Windows and macOS for Rhino 6 or later. The plugin includes an installer, example files, and a tutorial video. It is entirely free to use and can be downloaded via food4Rhino or installed directly through the Rhino Package Manager.

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food4Rhino webinar: Termite AI - Recorded session now available

The food4Rhino webinar: Termite AI focused on an intelligent design co-pilot that helps architects and designers in early-stage design workflow. The webinar took place on December 11, 2025.

In case you missed it, visit our food4Rhino webinars playlist.

Find more about Termite AI and download an Eval at https://www.food4rhino.com/en/app/termite-nest

food4Rhino webinar: Termite AI (December 11, 2025, at 5 PM CET)

food4Rhino webinar: Termite AI
December 11, 2025, at 5 PM CET

Join us for a live demonstration of Termite AI - an intelligent design co-pilot that helps architects and designers generate floor plans, spatial layouts, and unit distributions in minutes.

In this session, we will show how Termite connects seamlessly with Rhino, Grasshopper, and Revit, integrating AI into your early design workflow without changing your tools.

We’ll showcase how Termite accelerates early-stage design decisions, optimizes spatial configurations, and adapts to your design intent—whether you’re working on a single building or a large-scale project.

What You’ll Learn

• How Termite AI generates floor plans and unit distributions with minimal input
• Live integration demo with Rhino, Grasshopper, and Revit
• How Termite fits into early-stage design workflows
• Upcoming features and roadmap for early adopters

Who Should Attend

• Architects and designers using Rhino, Grasshopper, and Autodesk Revit in early-stage design
• Professionals seeking tools to streamline early design and reduce manual work
• Innovators eager to explore AI-driven design workflows

Speaker:

Mohammad Hassan Saleh Tabari is the co-founder of Termite Intelligence GmbH, an AEC technology startup based in Innsbruck, Austria, and the developer behind Termite Nest and Termite AI. Since 2021, Mohammad has served as a university assistant at Innsbruck University. He is currently finalizing his PhD in Computational Design, focusing on numerical models for the design of spatial and lightweight structures.

Termite has been developed since 2020, with over 6000 downloads, beginning with the Termite Nest plugin for Grasshopper. In 2024, Termite Intelligence was recognized as a finalist in the Austrian Startup World Cup. In 2025, based on community feedback, Termite turned into an intelligent design assistant dashboard to facilitate the design process.

Free registration…