Pro-Level Surface Design: Car Modeling & Rendering by Sabit

Take your design presentation skills to the next level with this course from Sabit!

This professional course will guide you through the complete workflow of creating high-quality 3D surfaces in Rhino and rendering them with stunning realism in KeyShot. 

You’ll learn how to design smooth, precise surfaces suitable for visualization, prototyping, and production, and how to make your models stand out with photorealistic materials, lighting, and composition.

Whether you design consumer products, jewelry, footwear, or concept models—this course gives you the essential techniques to turn your 3D ideas into striking visual results.

By the end of this course, you will have built an iconic Lamborghini model from scratch—a show-stopping, production-grade masterpiece ready to elevate your professional portfolio.

Software requirements: Rhino and KeyShot (demo available)

Format: Online video course with lifetime access and instructor feedback

Date: July 28 (Also available completely on-demand)
Duration: 6 hours
Language: English

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Rhino World 2026 (Barcelona, October 21-23)

Rhino World 2026
Barcelona, October 21-23

Where the Rhino community meets—Three days of talks, demos, and conversations bringing together the global Rhino community in Barcelona.

Rhino World 2026 is the official international event dedicated to the Rhino and Grasshopper ecosystem. This global gathering brings together all McNeel regions, trainers, industry partners, third-party developers, computational designers, and expert users.

What to expect

• Networking & Community: Meet the McNeel staff from all regional offices alongside industry experts during conference sessions, discussions, and masterclasses.
• All-Inclusive Perks: Network with peers over included coffee, lunches, and dinners.
• Exhibits & Demos: Watch presentations and get hands-on experience with live software demonstrations from exhibiting partners and solution providers.
• Future Roadmap: Get exclusive, insider information on the future Rhino and Grasshopper roadmap, vertical markets, and third-party applications.

Register Now: €795 €595 (+ VAT if applicable) until August 4...

Rendering Guide: How to Make Your ShapeDiver Models Look Great!

You’ve built your logic, perfected your parameters, and your Grasshopper definition is running smoothly. But in the world of online configuration, creating a parametric model is only half the battle; visual impact is what closes the deal.

This video tutorial covers various techniques and components for enhancing the visual display of your Grasshopper models in ShapeDiver, focusing on geometry, textures, and external geometry.

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Envisioning Design Days (EDD2026) - Milano, Italy (June 12-13)

This year's edition of EDD2026, organized by CorsiRhino, is shaping up to be an unmissable event featuring two intense days of cutting-edge workshops and conferences.

IED Milano (Istituto Europeo di Design) will host the event at its campus:

• Friday, June 12, 2026: Six practical workshops covering key digital design topics, ranging from aesthetic surface modeling to the creation of lattice structures.

• Saturday, June 13, 2026: A conference featuring contributions from innovative professionals and representatives from leading software houses.

The content—original, delivered live with professional video direction, and expert hosting—spans product and interior design, architecture, jewelry, and engineering.

Morning workshops

• Ornament and Algorithm: With Valeria Francescato (StudioSostanza) and Chiara Ceccato (Spherene) to acquire the fundamentals of parametric design.

• From Scan to Reconstruction: Featuring Luigi Ferretti (ID3D) using Artec scanners, and Peter Salzmann (Cyberstrak) for practical and precise reverse engineering.

• AI Rendering: With Lorenzo Manzoni (MFTD) and Ivan Kozaliev (Chaos/V-Ray) focusing on AI-optimized workflows.

Afternoon workshops

• Between Digital and Matter: With Jesus Marini Parissi (MoonRabbit Lab) and Diego Trazzi (the "DigitalCeramist") exploring algorithms and physical fabrication.

• DfAM (Design for Additive Manufacturing): With Francesco Leonardi (Puntozero) for lightweight, high-performance design in additive manufacturing.

• Augmented Creativity: With Maximilian Rietschel (Raven) and Lorenzo Manzoni (MFTD) on integrating AI into creative and manufacturing processes.

Conference highlights

The Saturday sessions will cover:

• 3D scanning and parametric design

• Digital vs. real surfaces

• Design for 3D printing and parametric optimization (lightweighting)

• Rendering and AI Agents for Grasshopper

• A preview of Rhino WIP with Carlos Pérez from McNeel Europe.

We look forward to seeing you there to explore the future of design together!

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Enscape for Rhino Users - A video introduction by Simply Rhino

Simply Rhino UK has made a video introduction to Enscape, a powerful real-time rendering and virtual reality plugin for Rhino. In the video, you’ll learn how Enscape works as a true plugin for Rhino, allowing you to visualize, document, and design simultaneously in your Rhino environment. 

Enscape has a wealth of assets, including People, Furniture, Lighting, Trees, and Vegetation, which are explored in the video as the architectural subject is visualized. Data is exported in both still images and animations.

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Runchat online workshop, April 21-23 (McNeel Europe)

 

Tutors: Gwyllim Jahn (Fologram, Runchat, RMIT), James Pazzi (Runchat)

April 21-23, 2026

9:30 AM-2 PM CEST (Barcelona)

Hosted on Zoom by McNeel Europe

Runchat is a design agent and visual canvas for automating creative processes inside Rhino. In this workshop, participants will learn how Runchat can enhance creativity and improve productivity across design tasks from concept development and visualization to design development and project management.

The workshop introduces techniques for working with generative images, including diagramming, visual storytelling, and rendering. Participants will learn how to maintain visual consistency across views and animations, make targeted edits to generated images (such as changing materials or accurately placing designs on site), and package these processes as reusable tools for use in design practice.

In the second half of the workshop, participants will explore how to use Claude AI within Runchat to develop tools for modeling, analysis, and project management. Topics include specifying design requirements for language models, simulating design constraints to explore problem spaces, iterating with screenshots and visual markup instead of code, and building simple web applications that integrate with Rhino.

The workshop concludes with a series of case studies demonstrating how Runchat can connect Rhino with other platforms such as Google Maps and Google Sheets, and how generative models are beginning to support more complex parts of the design process, including site research and early-stage planning.

Day 1: Generative Communication

• Generating photorealistic renders from Rhino screenshots
• Converting screenshots to stylised drawings and diagrams for visual storytelling
• Producing quick site mockups from Rhino perspective views
• Generating concept design variations from simple massing models
• Automating concept design research using search tools
• Creating photoreal videos by interpolating Rhino screenshots
• Generating and importing 3D models and Gaussian splats for concept design
• Generating and publishing interactive websites, layouts, and presentations

Day 2: Claude AI in Rhino

• Writing, running and debugging Rhino Python scripts with Claude
• Providing visual feedback to improve scripts using screenshots
• Creating custom, reusable design tools from generated Python scripts
• Running generative design models in Grasshopper for automated 3D model and image generation
• Integrating ThreeJS simulations for complex modelling and analysis with Rhino

Day 3: Practice Automation

• Case Study: Using Google Maps in Rhino
• Case Study: Using Google Sheets in Rhino and Grasshopper
• Case Study: Automating Site Research
• Case Study: Drafting Town Planning Applications

Course requirements: Intermediate knowledge of Rhino is required.

Software requirement: Rhino 8

Online course fees: EUR 295 (+VAT). Full-time students and university teachers receive a 50% discount (proof of status required). Please note that we will confirm your seat after your payment has cleared.

Maximum number of participants for each course: 25. If there is no quorum, the course will be canceled 15 days before.

Course language: English

Educational seats are limited. Sign up now by contacting Verena!

Rhino User Webinar: Adaptive Architecture

 Rhino User Webinar

Adaptive Architecture

March 4, 2026 - 4:00 PM (CET) 

This webinar looks at ways to create adaptive buildings that adjust their design to their surroundings, such as trees on the site. This design approach is useful in the early stages when data is insufficient, when it is not possible to visit the proposed construction site, or when the location itself is not yet known. 

This kind of task needs quick, flexible solutions that let you change the design in the future without extra effort, while preserving the main ideas the architect put into it. That's why we'll use Grasshopper for modeling and AI tools for renderings.

About the speaker:

Albert Sumin is an Architect and Computational Designer at Coop Himmelb(l)au (Vienna, Austria). He is also an Autodesk Certified Professional Revit Architecture and MEP, and an Autodesk Expert Elite Alumni. He contributes through lectures and workshops at PAAcademy, Design Morphine, and MARCH School.

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Emergent Futures V1.0 webinar by DesignMorphine

Emergent Futures V1.0 - Free Webinar
January 31st and February 1, 2026 - 3 PM to 7 PM UTC

Emergent Futures V1.0 explores how generative AI is transforming architectural design. The workshop focuses on using AI tools—Rhino, Blender, and ComfyUI—to create concept-driven 3D scenes. We'll discuss how today’s mix of AI, 3D modeling, and scripting empowers architects to design not just structures, but complex systems rich in relationships, narratives, and detail—often sacrificed to deadlines and project constraints. We’ll examine how mastering tools enables freedom in solving design problems. To test this, we’ll develop a concept with AI and transform it into a 3D environment, treating AI as a co-author, or even the author of the project’s core ideas. While this may sound dystopian, we’ll approach it playfully. 

Participants will generate AI imagery of architecture, landscapes, characters, and objects within one cohesive concept, then model, texture, and light the scene for rendering. The workshop emphasizes creative exploration over technical drafting and concludes by materializing our ideas into a single unified 3D scene.

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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.
  
  
  
  
  

📹 Video tutorials and more details,… 👈

🏄 Try Nature-Render for Rhino for free now… 👈

Rhino User Webinar: Archicad/Grasshopper Live Connection - New recorded webinar now available!

 

Interested in the Archicad/Grasshopper Live Connection workflow but missed the last live webinar? You can watch it now on YouTube!

In this recorded webinar, architect and computational design specialist Gregor Doblinger demonstrates a complete workflow using the Grasshopper–Archicad Live Connection, while showing key Archicad functionalities and tips within Grasshopper. He also provides insights into workflow structure and live visualisation with Enscape.

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Rhino User Webinar: Archicad/Grasshopper Live Connection Workflow

 Rhino User Webinar Live and Interacting

Archicad/Grasshopper Live Connection Workflows

December 10, 2025 - 4:00 PM (CET) 

In this webinar, Gregor Doblinger from Delugan Meissl Associated Architects | DMAA will demonstrate a complete workflow using the Grasshopper–Archicad Live Connection. He will showcase the roof design of the Badischen Staatstheater as a live case study, covering shape-finding processes in Rhino/Grasshopper, adaptive base geometry parametrically linked to Archicad, and strategies for maintaining design flexibility while detailing complex structures.

The session will also explore key Archicad functionalities and tips within Grasshopper—including beams, element properties, AC nodes, and generating 2D plans—and insights into workflow structure and live visualization with Enscape.

About the speaker:
Gregor Doblinger is an Austrian architect and computational design specialist with extensive experience leading housing projects and collaborating on large-scale cultural and urban developments. He studied at the technical school for carpentry in Hallstatt before studying architecture at the Vienna University of Technology, where he completed his thesis. Since 2020, he has contributed to numerous high-profile projects with DMAA. His work spans architecture, computational workflows, and interdisciplinary design, including collaborations in jewelry design.

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Pro-Level Surface Design: Car Modeling & Rendering by Sabit

Pro-Level Surface Design: Car Modelling & Rendering

By Sabit

In the world of RC models, drones, and engineering prototypes, competition is fierce. 

However, the winners are those whose surfaces are flawless and whose renderings resemble final products, not test concepts.

Your models can remain “test concepts” or they can resemble products ready to sell with Rhino.

Why is this course is for you?

• Real-world cases—methods that apply perfectly to drone bodies, RC models, and prototypes.
• Clean surfaces, no artefacts—sweep rails, blends, zebra & curvature analysis, advanced matching.
• 6 hours of concentrated training = 16 hours of practice with no fluff.
• Direct mentorship: Industrial designer Kamil Podolak will guide you personally, answer questions, and provide expert feedback. Learn from a pro who has worked with Kross, Antidote Bikes, and Darfon Polska.

Format: Self-paced (available Mentor support)

Date: Available on demand

Duration: 6 hours

Language: English

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Rhino for Architects: Streamlining the Competition Process - Recorded webinar is now available!

 

If you missed the latest Rhino User Webinar, it is now available!

Let you get inspired by Adam Buśko, an architect at C.F. Møller Architects, and learn from him how Rhino can be used as a powerful tool for competition work. The session covers practical strategies for rapid modeling, advanced use of blocks, and basic visualization in Enscape for Rhino to produce clear, impactful presentation materials.

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Rhino for Architects: Streamlining the Competition Process

Rhino User Webinar
Rhino for Architects: Streamlining the Competition Process
September 3, 2025, at 4 PM (CEST)

Learn how Rhino can be used as a powerful tool for competition work. This session will cover practical strategies for rapid modeling, advanced use of blocks, basic visualization in Enscape for Rhino, and producing clear, impactful presentation materials. The workflow is designed to save time, allowing you to focus more on the creative side of designing. Real competition examples will demonstrate how to work faster, collaborate more effectively, and maintain flexibility in designs until the final submission.

About the speaker:

Adam Buśko is an architect based in Copenhagen, working in the LAB department at C.F. Møller Architects, which focuses on early-stage design and competitions. He specializes in commercial developments, especially towers, as well as transformation projects. He has gained international experience at leading studios including BIG and Henning Larsen, working on projects across Europe. Holding a Master’s degree in Architecture from Delft University of Technology and a Bachelor’s from Warsaw University of Technology, he combines technical precision with a strong conceptual approach to deliver innovative and impactful design solutions.

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Rhino at KeyShot World Italia - Milan, October 18, 2025

Rhino at KeyShot World Italia

October 18, 2025

Spazio Lenovo

Corso Matteotti 10, Milan

Organized by MaterForma

MaterForma, with the support of KeyShot, Lenovo, and McNeel Europe, is organizing the second edition of KeyShot World Italia, an event entirely focused on 3D modeling and visualization, virtual and augmented reality, and AI. 

Users from all design disciplines, whether professionals or students, beginners or experts, will have the opportunity to attend a full day of engaging conferences, round tables, hands-on demos, workshops, and advanced masterclasses.

The complete program is already available.

All sessions will be held in Italian.

Tickets available at Early Bird prices only until August 31!

Each ticket includes: two masterclasses, individual lessons, post-event online sessions, coffee breaks, and buffet lunch.

Seats are very limited. Sign up now to secure your place in the masterclasses you are interested in.

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Pro-Level Surface Design: Car Modeling & Rendering by Sabit

 

Pro-Level Surface Design: Car Modelling & Rendering

by Sabit

Master complex surface modeling techniques for automotive and industrial design. 

Ideal for intermediate Rhino users who want to elevate their skills in creating professional-quality designs and photorealistic renders using KeyShot.

What makes this course different?

• Practical approach to modeling: Focus on real automotive elements (sports car parts) using industry-standard methods.
• Condensed and optimized video content—no unnecessary repetition. 
• Clear demonstrations of problem-solving with advanced Rhino tools (sweep rails, blends, curvature analysis, fillets).
• Complete workflow from initial sketches to photorealistic KeyShot renderings.
• Fluent and simple narration, off-recorded and edited to a compressed course format.

Format: Self-paced
Date: Available on demand
Duration: 6 hours
Language: English

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New Rhino training course for furniture and woodworking

Rhinoforyou has collaborated with its in-house specialist to create a tailored, flexible training program specifically designed for professionals in the furniture and woodworking industries.

Training courses are delivered in-company, with groups of up to five participants from the same organization. All sessions are conducted live and fully contextualized to your projects (never pre-recorded). Training can take place at your company’s site, remotely, or in a dedicated training room in Paris.

Whether you work with simple or complex forms, diverse textures and materials, or require advanced rendering—whatever the precision, complexity, or scale—this course is designed for you.

As a Qualiopi-certified training organization, Rhinoforyou has been delivering expert training in Rhino, Grasshopper, and specialized plugins to professionals from all backgrounds for over 15 years.

Antoine Simonin, a McNeel-certified trainer, brings 20 years of real-world expertise and experience with French craft and interior design houses. A cabinetmaker and interior architect by training and a graduate of the École Boulle, he has developed a tailored design methodology  from the creator’s vision to the artisan’s hands, without compromise or unnecessary steps.

The aim: Your productive independence!

Contact Rhinoforyou to organize your next training session and take your skills to the next level! 

Languages: French and English.

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One Car Challenge 2025: Transform One Car, Showcase Your Vision

One Car Challenge 2025: Transform One Car, Showcase Your Vision

3DModels.org presents the 12th Annual Car Render Challenge with a new format - the One Car Challenge. Running from July 1 to September 30, 2025, all participants transform the same starting 3D car model into unique artworks.

This competition tests creativity through modifications, materials, environments, and storytelling. With a strict no-AI policy, artists of all levels can demonstrate their genuine talents on a level playing field.

Entries will be judged on visual appeal, creative transformation, technical execution, and narrative quality by industry professionals.

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Rhino and Grasshopper experts, join the One Car Challenge and show how you can transform one car into a masterpiece!

Webinar: Modern Rendering and Artificial Intelligence

Upcoming Webinar:

Modern Rendering and Artificial Intelligence –

The Future of Architectural Visualization

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Universidad UPB invites you to an exciting webinar that explores the intersection of cutting-edge technology and architecture. 

Architectural visualization is dramatically shifting, driven by the capabilities of modern rendering engines and Artificial Intelligence. This webinar will highlight how tools like Unreal Engine and V-Ray empower designers to produce hyper-realistic renderings, interactive walkthroughs, and real-time presentations, redefining how architectural ideas are communicated.

We will also explore how AI can be integrated into the design process to generate innovative concepts, automate routine tasks, and streamline workflows from the early concept phase to final delivery.

This webinar will be held in Spanish. 

Location: Universidad UPB, Laureles Campus – Room 212, Block 9

Time: 10:00 AM–12:30 PM (local time)
Free Entry and Online Access with Registration: Register here
Webinar Link: Join via Webex

Don’t miss this opportunity to see how the future of visualization is already here!

Rhino User Meeting in Porto (Portugal) - Early Bird tickets now available

 

Rhino User Meeting Porto
📅 Date: May 30, 2025
🕓 Time: 9:00-18.30
📍 Venue: Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto (FAUP)

McNeel Europe, in collaboration with FAUP, is organizing the first Rhino User Meeting in Portugal on May 30. The event is an opportunity to learn about the latest Rhino and Grasshopper features and how they are applied in practice in various design, architecture, and engineering disciplines.

Early Bird tickets are available until May 1st. Book your seat now!

Some of the confirmed speakers are:

🏢 Jose Pedro Sousa and Pedro Azambuja Varela from Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto and DFL - Digital Fabrication Lab

⚙️ Bárbara Rangel, João Teixeira and Manuel Jesus from Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto and DIGI@feupMod3DC

🐍 Gonçalo Castro Henriques from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and LAMO Laboratorio Modelos 3D e Fabricação Digital

🏄 Rodrigo Aranha Pereira Lopes from ShaperBay (ShapeDiver)

🔥 Julia Karnaś from Dosta Tec

🏙️ Jose Nuno Beirao from Faculdade de Arquitetura - Universidade de Lisboa

🦗 Nuno Almeida from OOAU

🌅 Adrian Krężlik from Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto and Dosta Tec

👟 Carina Gaio and Gonçalo Justino from Procalçado, S.A.

🖥️ Pedro Santiago from Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

🌲 Marina Brant from Xylotek - Advanced Timber Structures

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