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Thinslices developed the Droid Rhino for Android app so you can view your Rhino models anytime, anywhere, with any Android device. Pan, zoom, and rotate with a tap or drag of your finger. The handy navigator lets you scroll through thumbnails, so you can quickly jump to any model you want.Currently Droid Rhino for Android is available on more than 766 Android devices, ranging from handsets to tablets [more...]

3DM View is a new Android application from AMC Bridge for viewing Rhino's 3DM models on your mobile device.Details and download [more...]

Are you checking your designs early and often?There is no reason not to. The simulation and analysis tools for Rhino 5 keep getting better.Scan&Solve™ has always provided finite elements in Rhino without meshing. Now they are offering two additional extensions to their tools.First is SnSMesh. This version of Scan&Solve™ allows users to perform stress simulation on mesh geometry within Rhino. This version has the same functionality as the latest edition of Scan&Solve™ but works directly on closed meshes created in Rhino or imported from other applications that can export .stl, .wrl, .ply, and other mesh formats recognized by Rhino. That means you can directly analyze any part that you can 3-D scan. No need to first reverse engineer.Second is SnSScript. This scriptable version of Scan&Solve™ allows users to automate simulation processes that otherwise require user interaction. In the scriptable version, most of the functionality of the original Scan&Solve™ plug-in is exposed for calls from RhinoScript, including simulation setup, simulation computation, and solution visualization and querying.Download SnSMesh or SnSScript here [more...]

The Advanced Computational Modeling Group of Thornton Tomasetti is pleased to host a two day conference that brings together technology leaders from the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry.May 20 8:30AM-5PMPRESENTATIONSCENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE536 LAGUARDIA PLACEMay 20 6PM-8PMRECEPTIONTRESPA DESIGN CENTRE62 GREENE STREETMay 21 9AM-6PMWORKSHOPSTHORNTON TOMASETTI51 MADISON AVENUEFor more information, visit http://www.thorntontomasetti.com/blog/acmOr, e-mail [more...]

As many of you know Rhino has played nice with robots for many years. And things just keep getting better.The latest is Godzilla, a new free Grasshopper plug-in from Gregory Epps of RoboFold for programming and simulating robots in Rhino with Grasshopper.Also, there is an optional small device to generate the actual control code.If you would like to play with a robot in the comfort of your own home, give Godzilla a try.The details are here [more...]

sg2013 is shaping up to be a great event again this year. The focus is on transitioning computational design from the hard space of the ideal to the soft reality of an uncertain built environment.sg2013 will be at The Bartlett in London from 15-20 April 2013. The four day Workshop (15-18 April) and two day conference (19-20 April) will follow the format of the highly successful preceding events.More details [more...]

Neon, the free fully raytraced viewport plug-in for Rhino 5, is up to 4 times fast, or more, with the new Caustic ray tracing accelerator PC boards.The Caustic R2500 board for highest-end workstations costs US$1,495. The Caustic R2100 intended for upgrading a wider range of mid-range and higher workstations is US$795.Download Neon (free)...More details and order a Caustic board [more...]

Bose is looking for several world-class industrial designers to join their team. They are hiring for multiple positions. These positions are located at the Bose Design Center in Framingham, MA, about 30 minutes from Boston.They are looking for industrial design graduates with 0-2 years of work experience. Creative, passionate, out-of-the-box thinkers. Consulting experience or internship work (if a recent grad). Thrive on exploring possibilities and building to see ideas through. Exceptional sketching and rapid visualization skills (in paper, wacom, cardboard, masking tape, and rubber bands). Conceptual engineering abilities to design assemblies/mechanisms for prototypes. 3D modeling skills in Rhino, Solidworks, or other 3D package. Visualize and render in Keyshot or Modo. Proficient using AdobeSuite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign). Knowledgeable about production processes and materials. Details [more...]

LMN Tech Studio has been kind enough to share their research and experience on their blog. Details on this topic and many others [more...]

Share your insight and inspirationOn the iPad, iPhone, or iPod touchPan, zoom, and rotate with a tap or drag of your finger. The handy navigator lets you scroll through thumbnails, so you can quickly jump to any model you want. Load Rhino models from web sites, Google Docs, Dropbox, email attachments, or from iTunes. Save views as images for mark-up and emailing. New in version 1.4New View Navigation Mode: Look/Move (in addition to the classic Orbit/Zoom) - found in Settings.Thumb joysticks make it easy to get inside models and look around - found in Settings. Now requires iOS 5.1 or higher. Various optimizations and bug fixes. Details...Looking for an Android veiwer, click here [more...]

Control Grasshopper with your Android device.The Rhino Grasshopper Controllersends all the sensor information from your Android device directly to Grasshopper. From there you can do with it whatever you want and control your geometry with gravity, rotation, light or touch input...The app requires the following installations on your PC:RhinoGrasshopper plugin for RhinogHowl plugin for GrasshopperDetails and download [more...]

Rhino 5 comes with the ability to script your ideas in Python. Python makes algorithmic design faster, easier and more accessible than ever before.In this 2-day weekend workshop you will be introduced to algorithmic design for those with no programming experience. You wil have the tools to work through geometric ideas in a whole new way.For more information and to register, visit www.pointcrowd.com [more...]

Parametrica [Digi Fab School] from Bucharest, Romania, invites you to DYNAMIC FIELDS Workshop and Conference (15-28 July 2013) to participate in the digital design build project, seeking to create an inventive collaborative environment.The workshop is part of a series of PARAMETRICA events, promoting computational design thinking and exploring the new possibilities of parametric design. The workshop is aimed at: students, postgraduates, architects, interior, product and urban designers, engineers, anybody interested.More details [more...]

This two-week interdisciplinary course aims to lay the foundations of a "force based design“ through theoretical input lectures and presentations. Varying examples will show that the efficiency of structures depends largely on the flow of forces within the structure. Possible optimization strategies will be discussed in the light of material saving and their impact on architectural form.This course will introduce you to digital analysis and optimization tools. You will learn to deal with three-dimensional parametric software (Rhino, Grasshopper, Sofistik, Karamba, GeometryGym, Kangaroo).Finally, the knowledge acquired will be applied to designing a pedestrian bridge or a slender tower.Participants will be able to recognize the effects of forces as design parameters. They will recognize the potential of building geometry in the context of architecture and resource-efficient designs.Information» Where: Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar, Germany» Application deadline: 15 May» Course duration: 18 - 30 August» Course language: English» Target Groups: Master students, graduates, doctoral candidates and young professionals» Requirements: Basic knowledge of 3D parametric software is recommended» Course fee: 490 € (100 € discount for students and alumni, 290 € discount for students of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)Lecturers» Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Stahr - HTWK Leipzig» Dipl.-Ing. Christian Heidenreich - Bauhaus-Universität Weimar» B.Sc. Martin Dembski - Bauhaus-Universität WeimarGuest Lecturers» Dipl. Eng. Arch. Simon Vogt - Transform Engineers, Hamburg» Dipl. Bauingenieur FH Nico-Ros-Zeile - ZPF Ingenieure, Basel (CH)More details [more...]

Neon, the free fully raytraced viewport plug-in for Rhino 5, is up to 4 times faster, or more, with the new Caustic ray tracing accelerator PC boards.The Caustic R2500 board for highest-end workstations is US$1,495. The Caustic R2100 intended for upgrading a wider range of mid-range and higher workstations is US$795.For more details, see the article in Desktop Engineering.To try the new cards, stop by the Caustic stand (44) at Develop3D Live in Coventry, England on 16 April 2013.Download Neon (free)...More details and order a Caustic board [more...]

Learn about using composites to realize your design at this one day conference in Denver, May 15.Greg Lynn is the keynote speaker. There is also a great group of speakers who will help designers understand the "nuts and bolts" issues related to FRP materials fabrication.Details and registration [more...]

TEX-FAB 4.0 DALLAS/FORT WORTHInternational Competition, Lectures, Workshops and ExhibitionTEX-FAB 4.0 will present 6 unique workshop offerings. Ranging from basic for beginners to advanced for the experienced users a broad spectrum of cutting edge workshops are slated for this year’s conference. Industry leaders will deliver interactive content and lead workshop participants through a series of stimulating exercising sure to build a concise understanding of the parametric software.The software used in the workshops will include: Rhino 5, Grasshopper, Paneling Tools, Python, Firefly, Weaverbird, and Revit. Workshops will be held Thursday, 02/28/13 through Sunday, 03/03/13Crafting Material Effects Parametric Design FundamentalsBeyond Pavilion ArchitectureDesign ScriptingRobotic PrototypesWorkflow Rigging Details and registration [more...]

To celebrate the first year of PolyPlane videos, the most valuable lessons are now available in one package. It includes 52 videos and 5 related models. Run time: 5 hours 40 minutes. All for only $15.The videos are in 6 categories:Level 1 – PreFlight (8 videos, 1 model)Level 2 – Objects (10 videos, 1 model)Level 3 – Modifiers (8 videos, 1 model)Level 4 – Surfacing (8 videos, 1 model)Level 5 – I/O (8 videos, 1 model, 1 underlay)Level 6 – Meta (10 videos [more...]

T-Splines v3.4 for Rhino is now released. It works with Rhino 4 and Rhino 5 (both 32- and 64-bit). You can download it here. Improvements include:Symmetry detection and symmetric operations are more reliable and usually faster. Embedding radial/axial symmetries in the same model in particular is a lot more reliable. Exact insertion has been completely rewritten. It is much more reliable on complex T-Spline surfaces, and exact insertion is now supported on symmetric meshes (i.e. you won’t lose symmetry).Rewrote the code for standardizing meshes, which also affects surface generation. There were certain complex arrangements of T-points and star-points which caused crashes in the past; we expect these to work correctly now. In a few cases, we are aware of models that worked in version 3.2 of the Rhino plugin, but not in 3.3. If you had a model like this, we expect it to work again in this version.There have been many changes to improve performance. Notably, tsMatch is a lot faster, and the G1 caps are slightly faster. There were some specific cases where undoing a weld between two surfaces would take a very long time to complete; this should now be acceptably fast.Many obscure crash bugs were fixed [more...]

The world's most versatile 3-D modeler now handles bigger projects, faster, with more than 2,000 enhancements.Rhino 5 is released and available at local dealers worldwide.Check out the new Rhino web site [more...]