Grasshopper Level 3 Online Course, March 27-29 (McNeel Europe)

 

Grasshopper Level 3 Online Course

Tutor: Ping-Hsiang Chen

Host: McNeel Europe (Barcelona)

March 27-29, 2023, 10 am-5 pm CEST

The upcoming Grasshopper Level 3 Course is for professionals seeking to broaden their understanding of Grasshopper in the design and production process.

For three days, participants will have the opportunity to delve into advanced techniques in design and production under the guidance of Ping-Hsiang Chen, a senior architect at Zaha Hadid with over 10 years of computational design experience. This course focuses on geometric manipulation, data-driven analytical approaches, advanced geometry creation with feedback loops, collaboration in data-driven workflows, and automation in Grasshopper. 

On completion of this course, participants will learn:

• Gain better control over complex geometries
• Integrate advanced techniques in geometry creation through the implementation of feedback loops
• Effectively analyze and manage large datasets for informed design decision making
• Automate design processes and create custom interfaces for real-time feedback
• Foster collaboration within data-driven workflows for optimal outcomes

Day 1

• Computational Design and Parametric Modelling Overview
• Volumetric Modeling Techniques using Mesh and SubD
• Custom Domain Creation
• Advanced Geometry Modification Methods
• Geometry Retopology Techniques
• Iterative Modeling Introduction

Day 2 

• An Overview of Generative Design
• Single and Multi-objective Optimization with Evolutionary Algorithms
• Introduction to Basic Machine Learning Techniques for Data Processing
• Utilizing Strings and Expressions in Grasshopper
• Creation of a Web-based Viewer for Data Sharing and Visualization

Day 3

• Rhino/Grasshopper Document Management
• Automating Design Tasks and Data with Grasshopper
• Building Custom Interfaces for Real-Time Feedback
• An Introduction to Collaborative Workflow
• Q&A Session and Course Recap

Course requirements: Experience using Grasshopper in a professional context or at an intermediate level. The course offers to take your skills to the next level and stay ahead of the curve in the world of computational design.

Online course fees: EUR 395,- (+VAT); full-time students and university teachers get a 50% discount (proof of status required). Please note that we will confirm your seat after your payment has cleared.

Max. number of participants: 25. If there is no quorum, the course will be canceled two weeks before.

Course language: English

Educational seats are limited. Sign up now by contacting McNeel Europe!

Enscape: Virtual reality and rendering in shipbuilding

 

Enscape, a real-time rendering and VR plugin, is featuring how Damen, a family-owned shipbuilding business with headquarters in the Netherlands, uses real-time visualization to optimize its design process.

They have incorporated Enscape into their projects and daily workflow as a virtual reality tool compatible with Rhino.

“One of my colleagues was experimenting with virtual reality, and we wanted to have an easy implementation tool in Rhino. That’s how we found Enscape,” says G.A. Plan Engineer Stefan van der Made.

Enscape was the first virtual reality visualization tool used in the company. While initially it was used primarily for virtual reality walkthroughs, they later discovered the benefits of creating renderings with it.

For details about how Damen uses Enscape within their shipbuilding process, you can read How This Shipbuilding Company Uses Real-Time Visualization to Optimize Their Design Process.

Fundamentals of V-Ray 6 course launched by ThinkParametric

ThinkParametric has a new online course, Fundamentals of V-Ray 6. This comprehensive course is designed to teach how to effectively use the latest version of the powerful rendering tool, V-Ray, while integrating Rhino, Grasshopper, and other 3D software.

This course will cover all the essential aspects of using V-Ray, including lighting, materials, and advanced techniques for creating photorealistic renderings. The course will also delve into V-Ray's new features, such as the updated user interface, the Cosmos model and presets library, the real time VR Vision app, and generative tools like Scatter for creating highly detailed environments.

Fundamentals of V-Ray 6 is taught by industry architect and visualization expert Brandon Aaron Gibbs, a licensed architect and instructor with over two decades of experience in commission-winning visualizations while working with firms such as Minimaforms, Zaha Hadid Architects, and others. He is known for his expertise in rendering software, including V-Ray and Enscape. With his extensive knowledge and experience, Brandon is the perfect person to teach this course and help students develop their design skills.

The course is open to students of all levels and is available online through membership in the ThinkParametric platform. 

Whether a beginner or an experienced professional in architecture, industrial design, or visual effects, this course is the perfect way to take your skills to the next level. So, don't wait any longer and enroll today! 

Rhino User Webinar: The Designer in the Age of Conscious Design. Evaluation and filter driven design

 Rhino User Webinar

The Designer in the Age of Conscious Design
Evaluation and filter driven design

February 1, 2023, at 4 PM UTC+1

In this webinar, Alejandro Fuentes, from the Computational Design Team at KCAP, will present how they integrate new technologies and logic using Rhino and Grasshopper across the different project phases and disciplines in the office. In particular, he will show the work they are currently developing in visualizing the implications of different European morphological and environmental regulations.

He will also show how they integrate different open-source plugins to design with building codes and generate combined analysis, such as comfort models. Their work is key to match with the office’s sustainability and carbon-neutral ambitions.

Alejandro is an architect with a background in thermodynamics and EMO workflows on structural design. He joined the CD Team at KCAP in 2021, and since then he has focused on developing internal tools and integrating real-time environmental simulations. He has been involved in developing plugins such as Worm and Roadrunner.

He recently joined TU Delft’s faculty as a guest teacher in urban and computational design, introducing new technologies and approaches.

Complete details and free registration...

The Flowing Bridge, Entrance outdoor theatre footbridge, Taiyuan, China, by Sterling Presser Architects+Engineers

Copyright Rex Zou

The Flowing Bridge (by Sterling Presser Architects+Engineers) is a unique infrastructure project designed as an entrance to the Taiyuan outdoor theatre and a strategic connection to the whole park above the river Xiahoe meander. The bridge is conceived as an invitation to the arts and the entire composition is a sequence. Its indirect path allows the visitor to arrive from the side and discover the water step by step. The concept is to design a connection to the car park in harmony with the lotus pattern of the landscape and the outer theatre.

The balustrades are a specific feature using parametric design. It has been developed as a vibrant artistic surface to provide quality within the public space. The bespoke Grasshopper definition enabled a visual and differentiated effect. It is designed to be visually abstract using a moiré definition, which underlines the curved concept and plays with the natural light. The railing reads at different speeds, whether it is perceived by pedestrians, cyclists, or light VIP vehicles, and creates an ever-changing feel.

Two grids shift parametrically while keeping the code requirement of a minimum of 110 mm between elements for safety. Sterling Presser used Rhino geometry definition of the whole project to deliver a 3D coordinated construction information package for the local contractor.

food4Rhino webinar: Botcha x Rhino (February 9 at 4 PM CET)

food4Rhino webinar: Botcha x Rhino

February 9, 2023, at 4 PM CET

Botcha x Rhino is a new plugin that introduces commands and Grasshopper components to enhance some UV editing and remapping features in Rhino, as well as adding some parametric modifiers components. In this webinar, we are going introduce the plugin.

Speakers:

• Alberto Franco: Lead software architect for design&develop, in charge of development for Jevero Pattern, Botcha, and many other custom tools. Specialized in developing product design software, with over a decade of experience in both modeling and developing in various different 3D platforms.
• Federico Trentin: Product Owner for design&develop, responsible for account management and education for the software Jevero and Botcha. Broad experience in multilingual training for Jevero Pattern. Rhino enthusiast.

Register for free...

Nemo, Grasshopper plugin for ship design, celebrates the new year

Nemo provides multiple tools to generate linesplan, compute hydrostatics, perform resistance prediction, extract structural data, produce 2D drawings, and exchange data with other external software. Nemo also includes free tools to create parametric shapes, such as Naca profiles, hydrofoils, keels, rudders, blade propellers, and sail plans. 

This 1.4 release brings new components to generate linesplan, estimate aerodynamic drag force, compute frictional + roughness resistances with ITTC 57' + 78' models, and now handles different speed units (kn, m/s, km/h). 

 The pricing table has also been updated, with a discounted price for updating any previously purchased version.

Full details, updates, and features on Nemo's food4Rhino page

Rhino for Beginners workshops by Parametric Architecture - starting January 2023

Parametric Architecture has organized a series of Rhino for Beginners workshops, the first one taking place January 28-29, 2023.

Rhino for Beginners 1.0, which will last the entire weekend, is a course on Rhinoceros for beginners. It will cover basic 3D modeling terminology and tools. By the end of the workshop, students will understand how to use the Rhino software to create their own 3D models. They will also have a foundation for learning more advanced techniques. The material covered in the workshop will be reinforced through exercises and small design challenges during and after the workshop.

Complete details and registration...

Kangaroo Physics online workshop, February 20-22 (McNeel Europe)

 

Kangaroo Physics online workshop

Tutor: Ping-Hsiang Chen

Host: McNeel Europe (Barcelona)

Ping-Hsiang Chen, senior architect and computational designer at the Zaha Hadid Architects in London, will teach a Kangaroo Physics online workshop organized by McNeel Europe. This course will help you get started with Kangaroo Physics, a fully integrated live physics engine in Grasshopper for interactive simulation, form-finding, optimization, and constraint-solving. It also enables the simulation of material behavior and helps you conduct geometry analysis or produce animations. The course introduces constraints, particle systems, and inscribing material properties to a design to understand how geometries react to them. Participants will also learn to use Kangaroo with different geometries such as NURBS, Mesh, and SubD.

On completion of this course, participants are expected to be able to: 

• Use Kangaroo for form finding with various constraint setups
• Understand possible applications with physics-based modeling
• Work between different geometry types such as NURBS, Mesh, and SubD
• Ceate custom geometry functions using Kangaroo with new features in Rhino 7

Day 1
Introduction to physics-based modeling. Introduction to Kangaroo solvers and basic setup. Goals and forces. Creating tensile structures with Kangaroo. Understanding constraints, Interaction between elements. Origami and folding behavior.

Day 2

Introduction to Mesh and SubD geometry. Subdivision and QuadRemesh. Form finding with mesh and Kangaroo. Material behavior simulation. Understanding collision in Kangaroo. Geometry packing.

Day 3
Geometry optimization with Kangaroo. Genetic algorithm. Using Kangaroo for fabrication. Advanced modeling workflow using Kangaroo.

Course requirements: The class is designed for people who have already taken the Grasshopper Level 1 course or use Grasshopper at work daily and understand the basic data structure of Grasshopper. It is also preferable to have an intermediate level in Rhino.

Online course fees: EUR 395,- (+VAT); full-time students and university teachers get a 50% discount (proof of status required). Please note that we will confirm your seat after your payment has cleared.

Max. number of participants: 25. If there is no quorum, the course will be canceled two weeks before.

Course language: English

Educational seats are limited. Sign up now by contacting McNeel Europe!

Ladybug Tools online training, February 22-24, by Dosta Tec

Ladybug Tools 

Online training

February 22-24, 2023, 10:00- 17:00 WEST

Tutors: Mateo Barbero, Adrian Krezlik

Organizer: Dosta Tec

The aim of this three-day hands-on workshop is to introduce participants to the most relevant topics in the field of environmental design: energy, daylight, and thermal modeling, and equip them with adequate tools: Ladybug and Honeybee.

The online training is run by Dosta Tec, an engineering and technology company that provides services in the field of sustainable buildings, focusing on energy and life-cycle assessment. Mateo Barbero, energy engineer, will introduce the topics of energy modeling and thermal comfort in buildings. Adrian Krezlik, architect and PhD researcher at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, will focus on the topics of daylight and the environmental impact of buildings in their life cycle.

Sign up...

3D Footwear Topologies and Generative Workflow (January 25 at 4 PM CET)

Rhino User Webinar
3D Footwear Topologies and Generative Workflow
January 25, 4 PM CET

This webinar will show how to use Rhino's SubD features for 3D footwear design.

These workflows typically start with the shoe last and then model other parts such as midsoles, soles, and reinforcements, combining and integrating SubD shapes with other topologies such as NURBS surfaces and polygon meshes.

Leveraging Grasshopper, we can build generative SubD structures and textures that you can use to further model shoe components with sculpting techniques.

Some new WIP tools, such as 3D Sketch and ShrinkWrap, will also be demonstrated to understand better how you can improve your footwear workflow.

René Medel has been an authorized Rhino trainer since 2004 when he worked as a Rhinoceros product manager in Chile. He is also a highly experienced industrial designer passionate about footwear and 3D.

In 2015 he moved to Europe to be a guest lecturer at the Master of Innovation in Footwear at the former SLEM academy in the Netherlands. After that, he was asked to push the boundaries of 3D footwear design and additive manufacturing for IP ideas production GmbH, a division of Birkenstock Group.

He is now a senior digital creation engineer in the innovation team of Framas Germany, a developer and supplier of high-performance plastic components for the footwear industry.

Complete details and free registration...

PAZ-Rhino.Inside.Revit

 PAZ-Rhino.Inside.Revit
PAZ Academy (Parametric Academy Zurich)

The end of static and the beginning of dynamic models.

Rhino.Inside.Revit brings the power of Rhino and Grasshopper to your Revit environment for all the projects-and project-phases.

February 16 - Online
March 23 - PAZ Central
April 20 - Online
May 25 - PAZ Central

V-Ray 6 for Rhino – Architectural Interior Scene

Creating a Night-time Architectural Interior Rendering in V-Ray 6 for Rhino

In this new Simply Rhino V-Ray video tutorial, part of our new ‘Getting Started with V-Ray’ series, we create a night-time architectural interior rendering using V-Ray 6 for Rhino 7.

Complete details...

Rhino and VisualARQ online course for architects (February 2023)

Rhino and VisualARQ online course for architects by Asuni

February 2023

Rhino + VisualARQ

• Rhino: 6, 7, 9 February 2023, 16h-18h (UTC+1)
• VisualARQ: 20, 21, and 23 February 2023. 16h-18h (UTC+1)
• Language: English
• Price: 360€+VAT (Students 50% off – Proof of educational status is required.)

VisualARQ

• 20, 21, and 23 February 2023, 16h-18h (UTC+1)
• Language: English
• Price: 180€+VAT (Students 50% off – Proof of educational status is required.)

This course is for architects and architecture professionals who want to get into BIM technology with Rhino and VisualARQ.

This course will introduce the main tools of Rhino and VisualARQ for developing projects of architecture in 3D, producing 2D documentation drawings, and delivering a BIM model for other AEC applications.

If you don’t know Rhino, you can take the entire course distributed into six sessions of two hours each, starting on February 6, 2023. However, if you are familiar with Rhino, you can skip the first course and just take the VisualARQ course, consisting of three sessions of two hours each, starting on February 20, 2023.

Complete details and registration...

 

KUKA|prc in Unity Visual Scripting – Association for Robots in Architecture

Robots in Architecture has been kind enough to share its new project that links KUKA|prc with Unity and Rhino.Compute:

"While Grasshopper is extremely strong at defining geometrically complex operations, it is less optimized for processes that incorporate live sensor feedback or branching data paths, due to its fundamentally acyclic, directed graph.

In our research at Creative Robotics we have integrated KUKA|prc into the game engine Unity and its included Unity Visual Scripting system, that features an accessible integration of state machines.

As Unity cannot cover the same scope of geometrical operations as Rhino, we still utilize Rhino and Grasshopper via Rhino.Compute for pathplanning, while depending on UVS’ state machine for controlling the process flow."

Complete details...

Point-E in Rhino: Generate Objects with OpenAi-Technology by Textprompts

Point-E creates point clouds of objects based on text input. Resolution is still relatively low to keep usability high, but the results are already amazing.

Point-E is the latest open AI web service that OpenAI released, following amazing tools like Dall-E for generating images and ChatGPT for generating text-based answers for almost any text prompt.

It is now usable in Rhino through the free version of the Adapative Parts Environment plug-in.

Multiple objects can be generated simultaneously and point clouds are even colored.

Currently, Rhenso is working on an automated meshing algorithm for Release 7.

If you are already using Release 8 beta, you should try the new ShrinkWrap feature with the result of Point-E.

To use it follow these steps:

• Install Adaptive Parts Environment (APE) through the package manager (win only) or by our installer
• Download and open this Example (3dm and Grasshopper file)
• Use the APE Panel and enter your query
• Copy and change the model as often as you like

More info...

Landscape design course by Asuni (February 2023)

Asuni has organized a Rhino and Lands Design 12-hour training course for landscape architects. This online course for beginners overviews the essential functions of Rhino, including 2D drawing tools and layouts. The Lands Design portion covers the program's main functions and addresses the visualization tools.  

Rhino + Lands Design

• Rhino: February 6, 7, 9, 2023
• Lands Design: February 27-28 and March 2, 2023
• 4-6 pm (UTC+1)
• Language: English
• Price: 360€ + VAT (Students 50% off)

For more details and registration, visit this page...

Moving Pictures: The Art of M.C. Escher and Animation

National Museum of Mathematics

January 11, 2023

The work of M.C. Escher can be thought of as related to animation, for example, his long print Metamorphosis.  But Escher didn’t need an animation technique, instead finding his own solutions.  A square slowly changes shape and other recognizable shapes—such as birds and fish—emerge precisely because of the clear visual language that Escher developed.  Looking more closely from this perspective, are there perhaps other wonderful worlds that will become visible?  Join Dutch mathematician Rinus Roelofs and Authorized Rhino Trainer for a closer look at Escher’s work, a great source of inspiration from which unexpected moving images have arisen.  Math Encounters is MoMath’s popular free public presentation series celebrating the spectacular world of mathematics, produced with support from the Simons Foundation.

More details and registration...

How To Optimize Grasshopper Files with Transformations!

 

In this video, Edwin Hernández from ShapeDiver explains how to significantly improve the workflow and performance of your models by using math and transformations. Watch this video and learn different methods to ensure your Grasshopper models run efficiently on ShapeDiver.

Rhino User Webinar: Surface Modeling and Product Presentation, by Gijs de Zwart

 

Rhino User Webinar

Surface Modeling and Product Presentation

January 18, 2023, at 4 PM UTC+1

Gijs de Zwart will drive this webinar, where he will demonstrate how to rebuild some Soft Electronics products in Rhino based on the book by Jaro Gielens. During the live demo, Gijs will show surface modeling workflow in Rhino, reverse engineering from scanned objects, and some tips on rendering and product presentation.

A few examples of what he will show can be found in the Rhino Gallery.

Gijs is a design professional with a primary focus on high-quality design visualization. He is an experienced Rhino and Grasshopper user with programming and visualization experience. He has developed some plugins like Global Edge Continuity and is a Rhino trainer and freelance designer.
He has recently joined the McNeel team.

Complete details and free registration...

Hull Design and Fairing Level 1 & 2 - Live Online Training - January and February 2023 editions

Hull Design and Fairing Level 1 & 2 - Live Online Training

By RhinoCentre NL

This training course by Gerard Petersen (Naval Architect and Rhino Trainer) teaches you rapid hull modeling for ships, yachts, workboats, and multihulls.

Develop competence in Class-A Fairing – Final Design – Fairing for Production – Hull Optimization – Reverse Engineering – Hull from GA/ Lines-Plan – Advanced Analysis – Modeling Strategies – Developable Hulls.

Follow and finish this training in three weeks!

• The January edition (9, 16, 23, 30) is attractive to people from the Americas and Europe (CET: 16:00–18:00 h)
• The February edition (3, 10, 17, 24) is attractive to people from Eastern regions and Europe (CET: 09:00–11:00 h)

Complete details and registration...

VisualARQ webinar: Flexible BIM tools for Rhino every architect should know (January 12, 2023)

VisualARQ webinar

Flexible BIM tools for Rhino every architect should know"

January 12, 2023, at 5 PM UTC+1

This webinar will cover an overview of the “Flexible BIM” features VisualARQ adds to Rhino and Grasshopper for developing a project of architecture inside Rhino, producing the 2D documentation drawings, and delivering a BIM model for other AEC applications.

You will learn:

• How to work with smart parametric architectural objects.
• How to efficiently produce 2D drawings of your project in Rhino.
• How to generate custom dynamic BIM objects driven by Grasshopper (also known as “VisualARQ Grasshopper styles”) with unlimited design options.
• How to automate many modeling tasks through the VisualARQ components built for Grasshopper.
• How to add and manage custom data to geometry and list it in schedules.
• How to deliver BIM models and collaborate with other tools through the IFC import/export capabilities and Rhino.Inside.

The webinar will take around one hour, including Q&A.

Free registration here...

Shape to Fabrication Conference 2023 (London, April 26-27)

The Shape to Fabrication conference presents innovative real-world projects going beyond the theoretical.

The Shape to Fabrication conference focuses on cutting-edge technology and innovative construction with architecture, engineering, and design applications. Our speakers are shaping the future, working at the intersection of technology and design innovation, unafraid to push technology and engineering to new heights.

We live in an unprecedented time. An age where buildings are moving, jewellery is printed, clothes are sprayed on, facades are folded by robots, and cars are made of textile. We are proud to present to you the first to use such pioneering technologies to create these magical experiences.

Discover the latest approaches in digital fabrication and computational design from an international panel of presenters – Architects / Engineers / Fabricators / Artists.

Presenters already confirmed include Arup, Foster + Partners, Front Inc., Grimshaw, Heatherwick Studio, Joseph Walsh Studio, PLP Architecture, YIP Engineering, Zaha Hadid, Zahner...

The 8th iteration of Shape to Fabrication is presented in partnership with the School of Architecture and Cities, University of Westminster. The 2-day conference takes place at the University of Westminster’s Marylebone Campus, London, on April 26-27, 2023.

Visit the Shape to Fabrication Logistics page for essential and on-the-day information.

Early Bird Tickets for the Shape to Fabrication conference are now available!

STF Early Bird Conference Ticket

STF Early Bird Student Conference Ticket

Botcha x Rhino: New texture management and remapping tools

Botcha x Rhino adds new texture management and remapping tools, procedural modifiers, and a new approach to scene management and navigation.

The Botcha x Rhino package includes the plugin for versions from Rhinoceros 7 onward, as well as several Grasshopper components, seamlessly integrated within the modeling environment:

• Remapping from mesh, B-rep, SubD to another object. This functionality allows an object to be modeled in an advantageous condition (e.g., on a 2D plane) and remapped onto another surface.
• UV Editor. The UV editor of Botcha allows textures to be manipulated quickly and effectively, thanks to various tools. Fast Unwrapping minimizes texture stretching. Automatic chart layout. Setting the texture size relative to the actual size of the original mesh.
• Parametric modifiers. It is possible to add modifiers to objects that will not change the geometry but only the display of the object.
• And much more! Botcha x Rhino includes many other functionalities, such as the Model Outliner, a layer manager that improves scene management by including all objects in addition to layers. Or the Object Soft Edit, which allows mesh and SubD to be modified by applying transformation progressively according to the user’s needs.

Download Botcha x Rhino open Beta from food4Rhino...

Alienometry by Peter Donders

Peter Donders has been kind enough to share his latest "Alienometry" models, all done in SubD, imagining how aliens could look.

"The gold armor mask is to make them look more human,

no arms, no legs, all is mind controlled.

They hover on whatever gravity is available on whatever planet. They transport in the Mech Eggs.

Bringing the message, "There is no time only from point A to point B; the faster you can move, the less 'time' you need to get there." You could have been there in quantum space even before you went there.

The physical model will be 3D printed and hand-finished blue silver leaf and gold leaf, and come in two sizes: small 224 x 113 x 314mm and big 448 x 226 x 628mm. Available on demand.

eCAADe Regional International Symposium 2023 at TalTech (Tallin, Estonia) - June 15-16, 2023

The 9th eCAADe Regional International Symposium Regenerating the city. Performance-driven and simulation-based computational design for sustainable cities and communities, will be held at TalTech - Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia on June 15-16, 2023. 

Workshops will take place on the first day. Paper presentations, the keynote lecture, and discussions will be on the second day. It will be an occasion for designers and researchers to meet in Estonia for two days rich with ideas, discussions, knowledge exchange, and collaboration kick-offs regarding innovative approaches supported by computer-aided architectural design. 

Topics include, though are not limited to: 

• Performance and simulation-based digital workflow
• Indoor and outdoor co-simulation workflow
• Climate change adaptation and mitigation
• Building neighborhood-district scale simulation integration
• Simulation for regenerative design and urban resilience
• Simulation of green and blue infrastructure solutions
• Simulation-based parametric and generative design
• Simulation-based optimization and ML processes
• Co-simulation workflows for positive energy districts
• Simulation and performance in architecture education
• Performance and simulation-based digital fabrication
• Building Information Modeling for simulation and performance
• Digital twins, city modeling, smart cities, and GIS
• Simulation-based collaborative and participatory design
• Human-computer interaction, VR and AR

Important dates

November 30, 2022—1st call for abstracts
December 14, 2022—2nd call for abstracts
December 28, 2022—Abstract submission deadline
January 20, 2023—Abstract acceptance notification
March 8, 2023—Papers submission deadline
April 7, 2023—Paper acceptance notification
May 1, 2023—Camera-ready paper submissions
June 15, 2023—Workshops
June 16, 2023—Symposium

Complete info and registration...

Christmas Competition by Packhunt.io

It's that time of year again, and Packhunt.io is launching its Christmas Design Competition!

How to enter:

• Design a parametric snowflake in Rhino/ Grasshopper
• Take a screenshot (PNG/ JPG) or screen recording (MP4)
• Send it to xmas2022@packhunt.io by 15th December 2022
• The winner will be announced on 20th December 2022

Complete details...

Getting to know... Gemme: 3D printed jewelry!

Taking a stance against mass production and fast fashion, Gemme, an iconic jewelry brand, crafts unique 3D-printed pieces upon request. 

In this interview, Alexander Drachenberg and Jennifer Greco, cofounders of Gemme, share how the company started, the unique concept they are presenting with their brand, and the different technologies powering their online store, such as Grasshopper, ShapeDiver, and Shopify. 

It also covers the different aspects of their design workflow and their vision regarding their brand's future and the jewelry industry.

Read the full interview...

Barcelona collection: Inspiration for Jewelry with SubD (December 14 at 4 PM CET - in Spanish)

 Rhino User Webinar
Barcelona collection: Inspiration for Jewelry with SubD
December 14 at 4 PM CET

"Barcelona is full of modernist and organic architectural ornaments, which historically have been a source of inspiration for jewelry. Chesco Díaz has been inspired by different architectural elements of the city to create a jewelry collection designed and modeled with SubD in Rhinoceros 7. 

In this webinar, we will explore some of the pieces in his collection, as well as the modeling techniques used to make them."

Chesco Díaz started as an artisan jeweler in 1996 at the School of Arts and Crafts in Barcelona. In 2002 he began modeling with Rhino for manufacturing, using milling technology.

In 2009 he began training in RhinoGold in institutions such as the JORGC and the IGE, as well as such companies as Tiffany's, Tous, and Fossil. Since 2012 he is an authorized Rhino trainer (ART), giving 3D modeling and printing services. Since 2018 he has been an official distributor of Gemvision Spain and of Asiga 3D printers.

Currently, he continues to give training while experimenting and developing his jewelry lines in Studio Chesco.

Complete details and free registration (in Spanish)...

Python Scripting for Rhino/Grasshopper online workshop, February 1-3 (McNeel Europe)

Python Scripting for Rhino/Grasshopper 

online workshop

Tutor: Long Nguyen

Host: McNeel Europe (Barcelona)

February 1-3, 2023, 10 am-5 pm CET

Python is a modern programming language with a simple and clean syntax (the rules for writing codes) making it very accessible to beginners in both the language and programming. It is also backed by one of the most active communities of users and developers. These have made Python arguably the most popular programming language now. Python is used in many different fields: 3D modeling, web programming, scientific computing, engineering, artificial intelligence, etc.

Thanks to Rhino and Grasshopper’s official support of Python, you can programmatically access its powerful 3D modeling environment, including all the essential features of its advanced NURBS engine. This opens many exciting new possibilities, ranging from very simple to highly sophisticated, such as:

• Building simple scripts and tools that automate repetitive modeling tasks, boosting efficiency
• Developing and customizing tools and workflow specific to your team’s needs
• Programming advanced design algorithms that are not possible with standard out-of-the-box tools
• Using Python as a creative design tool
• Interfacing Rhino and Grasshopper with other software programs or programming libraries

Course content: The 3-day Level 2 online course will cover a handful of additional RhinoCommon features and also go further beyond what Rhino/Grasshopper offers out-of-the-box, such as:

• Writing programs that take advantage of the Grasshopper’s timer, allowing us to create exciting “dynamic” applications such as (interactive) simulation or animation (e.g. agent-based simulation)
• Recursion and its application (e.g., fractal geometry)
• More object-oriented programming, seeing how it is helpful in writing large programs.
• Diving deeper into the geometry part of RhinoCommon
• Reading and writing text files
• Programmatically interacting with the Rhino modeling environment (layers, objects, lights, et)
• Additional topics requested from the participants (if time is available)

Course requirements: Basic knowledge of Rhino, Grasshopper, and basic understanding of Python (Level 1), including:

• Basics of Python program languages
• Basics of object-oriented programming in Python (e.g. defining and using a class)
• Basics of the RhinoCommon libraries (e.g., working with point3D, Vector 3D, Surface, B-reps, etc.)

Online course fees: EUR 395,- (+VAT); full-time students and university teachers get a 50% discount (proof of status required). Please note that we will confirm your seat after your payment has cleared.

Max. number of participants: 25. If there is no quorum, the course will be canceled two weeks before.

Course language: English

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