Showing posts with label tutorials. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tutorials. Show all posts

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Tutorial: Importing and Scaling DP Data




DotProduct published the video tutorial Import and Scale DP Point Cloud Data for Use in an Existing Rhino 3D Project.

With the free DotProduct.DP Import plugin for Rhino, you can import DP data into Rhino. However, importing into an existing project can often result in scale issues depending on the units of the project. Remedy this with a few quick steps. See how in this brief video on proper import and scaling of DotProduct point cloud data to use in a Rhino project.

Note: DotProduct is currently exhibiting until January 26th at the World of Concrete 2018 in Las Vegas, Booth B51311.

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Free podcasts on Architectural Acoustics


Isak Worre Foged (Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology at Aalborg University) has been kind enough to share his podcasts on Architectural Acoustics, including how to simulate acoustics in Rhino with Pachyderm

Check also https://acoustictectonics.wordpress.com/

Saturday, May 27, 2017

How to set up your robot


Everything you need to know about getting started with your new robot...

Watch this series of Grasshopper and KUKA tutorials by Karl Singline.

Friday, March 31, 2017

Free Rhino jewelry videos


Need a little inspiration and fun? Watch these free Rhino jewelry videos on YouTube by Yurii Popov, a Rhino user in Kostroma, Russia.

Yurii posts some of his Rhino jewelry modeling on his YouTube channel, available for you to watch. Most of the videos do not have audio. A few have music.

Yurii has been producing 3D jewelry models for more than seven years. He worked two years in the jewelry production and manufacturing.

Yurii's models are for sale at CGTrader.







Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Rhino for Windows Video Tutorials: Final video released in "From 2D CAD to 3D with Rhino" series



Rhino for Windows Video Tutorials by Simply Rhino UK
Final video released in From 2D CAD to 3D with Rhino series

Simply Rhino UK has published the third and final video in their Rhino tutorial trilogy 2D to 3D with Rhino, in which they show how you can create production-quality surfaces and solids in Rhino from 2D design intent.

In this final video in the trilogy, Simply Rhino senior instructor Phil Cook shows how to assemble the model into a watertight solid and then looks at a quick rendering using V-Ray Express.


Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Available soon: View Optimization Using Galapagos for Grasshopper


ThinkParametric added a new online tutorial to their Foundation Training Courses: Views Optimization Using Galapagos for Grasshopper. This course will focus on creating your own optimization tools inside Grasshopper using Galapagos, optimizing building shapes according to their views.

This course is a continuation of the Galapagos 101 course and a more hands-on case study.

Galapagos uses an evolutionary-based algorithmic solver. A population of candidate solutions is maintained, and new candidate solutions are generated randomly by mutating or recombining variants in the existing population. By applying a selection criterion the population is pruned. The best candidates survive into the next generation. Iterated over many generations, the quality of the solutions in the candidate pool gradually increases.

By mastering Galapagos and understanding the power of an evolutionary solver, you can make smarter and better-informed decisions early in the design process.




Saturday, January 14, 2017

Rhino Visual Tips 5 - New free chapters!




Start practicing Rhino with the first five chapters from Rhino Visual Tips 5 that are online for free! These are the first 5 from the 18 chapters that Rhino Visual Tips 5 has to offer. To start practicing register at www.Rhino3D.tv and visit this link.

We would like to take this opportunity to offer you a 25% additional discount on the purchase of Rhino Visual Tips 5 from our web page. The coupon code is 25VT.



If you need help or have any questions, please contact Lucia N. Miguel


*Note: Rhino Visual Tips 5 is a Download Only product (a USB drive is no longer available). Once your Rhino Visual Tips 5 order is processed you will receive an email with a link via WeTransfer so that you can download it. 


This offer will be valid only until April 28, 2017.


Thursday, December 8, 2016

Rendering with KeyShot 6 and Rhino for Windows - Video by Simply Rhino UK



Simply Rhino UK has just published "Rendering with KeyShot 6 and Rhino for Windows - An Introduction". In this video tutorial Simply Rhino senior instructor Phil Cook introduces KeyShot for Rhino and runs through some basic renderings of a watch.

The starting point for the exercise is a Rhino model of a wrist watch. All the components are modeled as watertight solids and the component sets are on individual layers. For example, the hour, minute, and second hands are separated, as are the painted areas of the hands which will be rendered in a different material. By default, KeyShot applies materials on a per layer basis.

If you are a Rhino for Mac user, keep checking this page, since Simply Rhino UK will be producing a KeyShot for Rhino for Mac tutorial soon.

Saturday, November 19, 2016

Free, self-paced tutorials



Do you know that we have free, self-paced tutorials in our Rhino User's Guide? Find them on the Learn page on the Rhino web site. This series of progressive tutorials will help you get started in learning Rhino, starting with beginning projects and progressing more complicated instruction as you gain experience.

Start with the 5-minute Interface Basics: an overview of the user interface for those just starting out in Rhino 5. Try modeling a glass or water bottle. Check out the User's Guide and Training Manuals. Model a simple building or learn a few tricks of freeform modeling.


Thursday, November 10, 2016

Foundation Training Courses from ThinkParametric


ThinkParametric's Foundation Training Courses teach everything you need to know about Grasshopper related software. The tutorials are available for a 14-day trial, followed by a small monthly fee. (For example, Kangaroo 101 is $29/month.)

Kangaroo 101

Learn the fundamental aspects of Grasshopper's Physics Engine Kangaroo, as well as some of the form finding strategies you can achieve with it.

First, the basic components of Kangaroo are taught by setting up your engine to do your first simulation. Then, the main force components that achieve different form finding strategies are presented. You will learn how to create Catenary curves and vaults, with tensile membrane structures and efficient dome structures.

Galapagos 101

This course teaches basic evolutionary computing, its theory, how it works, and how you can use in your daily practice.

Galapagos is helpful in optimizing complex design questions that have lots of variables. Examples are optimizing a building mass to maximize its views, optimizing a facade system according to solar radiation, or optimizing member sizes in a structural space frame to reduce weight and cost.

Grasshopper 101

This course presents the basic principles of parametric design using Grasshopper. Learn the key features of a parametric design approach and its benefits. Also covered, in depth, is how Grasshopper works, its interface, and how to manage and organize information.  The basic concepts of computer science and programming and the importance of these concepts for developing your algorithms will be presented. Learn how to identify the different design parameters and how to associate them to each other to build flexible systems with smart components.



Saturday, November 5, 2016

Parametric Design & Form Finding Workshop in Argentina




Join Arq. Arturo De La Fuente in Parametric Design & Form Finding Workshop in FADU UBA - Buenos Aires, Argentina. The workshop will focus on the creation of algorithms as a form finding method of complex geometry and their parametric optimization for future fabrication.

Participants will generate a complex system that determines the relationship between elements, visualize the emergent information in real time and study how the complexity of the system allows the analysis of data, to achieve more efficient results.

Objectives:
  1. Introduction to the work of Frei Otto, Gaudí, Heinz Isler, among others.
  2. Introduction to computational design, parametric design based on visual programming.
  3. Understand how Kangaroo (Live physics simulation plugin) functions to develop real-time physical simulations.
  4. Develop different digital form-finding techniques.
  5. Establish optimization strategies for construction.
  6. Understand different digital fabrication methods available for existing models.

Workshop: Parametric Design & Form Finding
Date: November 7-8, 2016
Time: 5 PM-10 PM
Instructor: Arq. Arturo De La Fuente
Language: Spanish
Fee:
$800 (Pesos Arg) Profesionales y general
$500 (Pesos Arg) Estudiantes y docentes
Place: FADU UBA - Buenos Aires, Argentina (Facultad de diseño y urbanismo de la Universidad de Buenos Aires)


For more information please contact Arq. Arturo De La Fuente or call  +54 911 57268799. 





Thursday, November 3, 2016

New food4Rhino website!


The new food4Rhino website is now live!  

With a completely new design and search system, finding and downloading a Rhino or Grasshopper plugin is now much faster. 

There are also new resource types such as Scripts, Grasshopper definitions, Toolbars, Tutorials, Companion Software, Materials, etc.

Visit www.food4Rhino.com for access to more than 250 apps!

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Rhino for Windows Video Tutorials by Simply Rhino UK: new video released (1 of 3)



Simply Rhino UK has just published the first video in a new video series.

This video series looks at creating production-quality surfaces and solids from 2D design intent and focuses on a ceramic coffee pot. In many design disciplines, including the ceramics industry, often much of the 2D design work is done before progressing to 3D. This tutorial follows that method.

The starting point is an existing 2D CAD drawing presented in Adobe Illustrator. Simply Rhino senior instructor Phil Cook will look at bringing the Illustrator artwork directly into Rhino and explaining the key differences between Illustrator’s cubic Bezier curves and Rhino NURBS before moving on to reconstruct some of the major construction curves in Rhino.

Then, the emphasis is on creating high quality surfaces relatively quickly from the minimum of curve input before assembling a watertight solid model suitable for production.

This first video looks specifically at:
  • Importing 2D Illustrator data into Rhino
  • Differences between Illustrator cubic Bezier curves and Rhino NURBS curves
  • Recreating main construction curves in Rhino
  • Building high-quality surfaces from minimal curve input
  • Main body surface and handle creation
The second video in the series will follow in November. Stay tuned!



Friday, October 21, 2016

EvoluteToolsPRO Tutorial Series: One tutorial for each PRO feature



For several years, EvoluteTools LITE has been one of the most downloaded plugins among the Rhino community. Thousands of users have tried LITE and experienced its fast and robust mesh optimization engine. However, you might want to take it to the next levelthe PRO level.

EvoluteTools PRO is packed with optimization features, resulting from years of continual improvement of the software. Evolute GmbH is now releasing a series of tutorials introducing each EvoluteTools PRO feature one by one.

They have just launched the series with an in-depth look at the planarity optimization feature. Upcoming episodes will focus on edge length optimization, coplanarity, closeness optimization to curves, creating meshes from curves, and more. Stay tuned!

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Rhino for Windows Video Tutorials by Simply Rhino UK: new video released



Simply Rhino UK has published the 3rd video in their special tutorial series, in which they look at the interoperability between Rhino and SOLIDWORKS

This final video in this special trilogy examines interoperability between Rhino and SOLIDWORKS. By the careful use of file referencing it is possible to have styling data that can be updated in Rhino that drives parametric features inside SOLIDWORKS, thus saving time consuming remodeling in both programs.




Wednesday, August 31, 2016

White Paper: Creating an Editable Rhino Surface from Laser Scan Input

Creating an editable NURBS surface from complex scan data can be a challenging proposition, especially when the original scanned surface is irregular and not smooth in the conventional sense. This White Paper by Simply Rhino shows one workflow that allows an editable surface to be produced while maintaining the irregular qualities of the target surface.






Tuesday, June 28, 2016