Steam bent theater seating

Photographer: Greg Mooney

Rhino contributed to the renovation of Atlanta's Alliance Theatre, a project combining steam bending with laser technology.

To achieve the sinuous design and installation, Trahan Architects borrowed the form-making ideas of celebrated furniture and design artist Matthias Pliessnig.

How do you scale an artist’s handcrafted quality to outfit a 650-seat theater? Pliessnig and Trahan’s team used steam to soften hundreds of reclaimed white oak slats, and then bend them into place around the theater to create a serpentine surface along the theater's balcony railing and side terraces. The custom-shaped and -positioned slats provide outstanding acoustics inside the theater. And steam bending the wood was more efficient than milling it on a lathe.

Working with the Plaistow, N.H.–based wood fabricator CW Keller Associates, in Rhino, the team devised a model that called for approximately 100,000 linear feet of wood slats placed around the theater. In locations where the acoustics needed a reflective surface, the slats were spaced close together. Where absorption was needed, the slats were set further apart.

The curvy, undulating aesthetic required laser scanning and projection. The laser projection allowed the assembly team to take the fabricated oak panels and place them without relying on measuring tape and plumb lines. The projector projects placement points on the theatre wall. 

Watch the process in the Faro video Alliance Theater, Atlanta, Georgia.

More photos and details are also in Architect Magazine's article.

Minor in Creative Code for Design

CENTRO is an institution of higher education located in Mexico City and dedicated to professional creativity. Join their Minor in Creative Code for Design and learn to use tools such as Processing, Rhino, and Grasshopper for the creation of 2D patterns and 3D objects, as well as generative design for the production of graphics, objects, and spaces.

Participants will create printed and manufactured objects with digital manufacturing technologies such as CNCs, 3D printers, laser cutting. 

The minor consists of two semesters. Register now!

Dates: 
First Semester: January 28-June 5
Second Semester: August 12-November 27

Time: Monday and Wednesday from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Place: Av. Constituyentes 455, Mexico City

Fee: 120,000 pesos, total cost. Divided into two semesters.

For more information please contact Rosa Piqueras Calero.

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.

Construct3D 2018 at Georgia Tech - Grasshopper 101 Workshop

Construct3D will take place at Georgia Tech this year. The Conference aims to bring together educators involved in digital fabrication to exchange ideas, build their networks, learn new skills, and accelerate the adoption and exploration of 3D printing in education. 

We are honored that they have invited RhinoFabStudio Director and Rhino and Grasshopper specialist, Andres Gonzalez, to lead a couple of workshops and a presentation in partnership with TROTEC USA. 

Join Andres in his Introduction to Grasshopper Workshop!

This course is for design professionals who are looking to efficiently learn concepts and features of Grasshopper at an accelerated pace. Andres will get you started with generative modeling in Rhino using the Grasshopper plugin in real-life examples.

Location: Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)
813 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332

Date: Friday October 5, 2018

Time: 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM

Spaces are limited! Register now!

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.

Curvahedra the new style of puzzle

Curvahedra is the brainchild of British Mathematician and University of Arkansas Math Professor, Edmund Harris, and is more than a fun and interesting new style of puzzle. With its new tagline Art + Puzzle, it creates new ways for people to engage in creative thinking through puzzle and design that everyone can enjoy. It consists of sets of identical cut pieces which link together ingeniously, without the aid of glue or tape, to build a variety of 3D structures. 

Edmund does his 3D work in Rhino and Grasshopper and has written CAMel a CAM plugin to export the Code straight from Grasshopper. The individual pieces for the metal models were drawn in Rhino and then cut using the Code from CAMel.

Follow them on their social networks:

Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

For information please contact Brad Harvey at 479-715-1639
or email Edmund Harris 

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.

"Instancia" wins at the XII Salón del Agua in Colombia

Congratulations to Ramón Galvis Centurión for his artwork Instancia which won first place within 158 participating works in the category Other Visual Manifestations at the XII Salón del Agua in Cúcuta, Colombia.

Instancia is an artwork which captures the significant moment in the flow of a dynamic body of water. It helps give form to the intangible and movement within a static object.

The piece was designed using Rhino, Grasshopper, and Bowerbird. It was manufactured with special laser cutting machines to ensure that the pieces that made up the waffle structure were cut precisely and accurately. It was designed to be displayed suspended from the ceiling or exhibited raised 1.2 meters above the floor.  

Follow Ramón on social media: Instagram and Facebook!

For more information please contact
Ramón Galvis Centurión

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.

ZAA architects inc. - New Authorized RhinoFabStudio

Welcome ZAA architects inc. a new Certified RhinoFabStudio!

ZAA architects is a Montreal-based architectural firm founded by the architect Zoubeir Azouz. The firm primarily focuses on commercial, residential, and institutional projects with additional interests in parametric architecture and generative structures. 

ZAA / DesignLab recently opened to the public allowing people from any skill level to experiment and play with 3D tools including a laser cut machine, 3D scanner, projector, and 3D printer. Most of the work in their DesignLab is created using Rhino software and Grasshopper. ZAA / DesignLab also has a Certified Rhino Trainer offering courses.


Location: 
370 Guy Street Suite 216,
Montreal, QC, H3J 1S6, Canada.

Follow ZAA architects on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. 

For more information, please contact Zoubeir Azouz
 or call +1 (514) 260-8981

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.

Parametric & Digital Design-Fabrication in Guatemala

Mecano CNC is hosting a 3-day workshop in Parametric Design & Digital Fabrication in Guatemala. 

In this workshop, you will learn how to develop accurate and free form geometries with Rhinoceros 5 and manage concepts and features in Grasshopper for data-driven digital fabrication. 

The class includes the use of RhinoCAM. Some samples will be cut on the CNC and laser machines.

Basic knowledge of Rhino is required.

Bring your own laptop computer. It will be fun!

Licenses are not included. Ask about the discounts for that day.

Location:
Km. 30.2 Ruta Antigua Guatemala
San Lucas Sacatepéquez, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala

Date:  September 7-9, 2017.
Thursday: 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Friday: 1:30 PM-6:30 PM 
Saturday: 8:00 AM-2:00 PM 

Fees: 
$200 Professionals
$180 Students

For more information and to register please email:  designbyrandom@gmail.com 

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.

RhinoFabStudio Mentors 2017-2018

We would like to express our gratitude and introduce all the new RhinoFabStudio Mentors for 2017-2018. The RhinoFabStudio community welcomes these volunteers as our mentors for Product Design and Digital Fabrication.

The RhinoFabStudio Mentors are professionals in their respective fields and are here to assist you with anything about the implementation of a RhinoFabStudio.

To learn more about our mentors, please visit this link.

Once again, we extend our thanks to the RhinoFabStudio Mentors.

We truly appreciate their help!

Note: RhinoFabStudio Mentors are unable to provide technical support. You may send your Rhino-related questions to tech@mcneel.com at any time.

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.

Darlene Farris-LaBar - G3D 3D Printing Lab

Darlene Farris-LaBar is an artist and designer who cofounded the G3D 3D Printing Lab that is located in the Art + Design Department at East Stroudsburg University.

Darlene is a Professor of Art + Design at East Stroudsburg University, received her MFA from the School of Art and Design at SUNY, Purchase College, a BFA from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and an MS in Digital Media Arts from the College of Technology in New York City.

In an attempt to shift her audience’s experience about the environment and transform the way they value it, she uses various technologies such as 3D modeling software Rhino and 3D printing to depict small plants and flowers indigenous to specific regions. The sculptures were designed as they appear in their natural state.

She cofounded the G3D 3D Printing Lab in 2013 and now has an operating lab fully equipped with FDM printers, PolyJet, Laser Cutter, CNC, 3D scanners and more!

For information please contact Darlene Farris-LaBar.

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 project design workshop

Join us for a workshop on Design + Cut in Real Time with Rhino 5 and its Grasshopper plugin in Medellín, Colombia. 

In this workshop, organized by Rhino 3D Colombia and Escuela de Diseño Arturo Tejada Cano, participants will design 3D models using Rhino software, using materials such as denim, cardboard, wood, etc. for the laser machines. They will also create 3D printed prototypes. The workshop is intended to manufacture prototypes in fashion design, as well as architectural finishes.

Place: Escuela de Diseño Arturo Tejada Cano
Calle Cra. 76 #74 23
Medellín, Antioquia

Date: April 3, 2017
Time: 8 AM-5 PM
Room: Auditorio Juan Pablo II, Bloque 10

For more information please contact Andres Franco or call (4) 4134711 in Medellín, Colombia.

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.

Interior Architecture Program Project - Internatomy

Alphonso Peluso is the Director of Design Communication and Studio Associate Professor of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology and Adjunct Professor at Columbia College Chicago. His students, Alice Leong, Marianne Batocabe, Lorein Martinez have designed a project inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's human anatomy drawings using Rhino and RhinoCAM.

Project participants: Antwan Anderson, Emily Anderson, Marianne Batocabe, Angela Campos, Taylor Dillon, Bianca Guardiola, Angelica Hayman, Marya Kontogiannis, Alice Leong, Lorein Martinez, Thomas Monforti, Sergio Munozgonzalez Dina Partipilo, Margaret Plass, Tim Puccetti, Jill Reedy, Esbeidi Zavala, and Wenhan Zhang.

Check out the video of their fabrication process:

For more information please contact Alphonso Peluso. 

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.

ISA International Sign Expo

Visit Trotec at the 2016 ISA International Sign Expo in Orlando FL and learn how to be creative with your laser projects modeling with Rhino and Grasshopper.

Don't miss the opportunity to see how to build 3D and 2D models with Rhino and discover how to cut them directly on a Trotec laser. Trotec will showcase the newest member of their speedy line: the Speedy 360 flex, with dual-source laser technology.

Date: April 20-23, 2016
Time: 9:30 am-5:00 pm; Saturday 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Place: Orange County Convention Center, South Building (Orlando, Florida)
Booth: #117

Register today!
For more information, please contact Meredith Newman.

Remember to join us at: www.RhinoFabStudio.com

New RhinoFabStudio - UP Guadalajara

We would like to welcome Universidad Panamericana campus Guadalajara (UP) as a new Certified RhinoFabStudio. 

Universidad Panamericana is located in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It has over 40 years of experience in handling CNC machines and CAD software including Rhino. They offer both 3D modeling services (licenses and training) and the needed equipment to their engineering students (undergraduate, graduate) to develop their engineering and design projects. 

Some of their equipment includes manufacturing plastic injection casting, machines for the furniture industry, manufacturing of dies for metal cutting, laser cutting, among other applications.

For more information, please contact Emma Berber.

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.

Textile and Apparel Industry Event in Argentina

Emitex, Simatex, and Confemaq are three simultaneous events from suppliers for the textile and apparel industry, from spinning to garment production.

Join Trotec in a Textile and Apparel Industry Event in Argentina. Come and see how to use Rhino and Grasshopper for your laser projects. Visit us in stand #2C-73.

Date: 5-7 April 2016
Time: 1 pm - 9 pm
Place: Centro Costa Salguero
Stand: #2C-73

Register today!
For more information, please contact Ariel Mandel.

Do not forget to join us at www.RhinoFabStudio.com