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How to Express Design Intent in Rhino 3D

Rhino lacks design intent. To remedy this, we present a tool called Rhino Assembly that captures design intent for Rhino. As a plug-in application, it runs directly in the Rhino environment. It allows Rhino users to use geometric constraints and driving dimensions for intelligent modification of 3D models consisting of rigid parts. Once the plug-in is… Continue

Added by Frank Lipari on December 8, 2009 at 2:10pm — 1 Comment

Flamingo nXt - New Build Available, 32- and 64-bit

Flamingo nXt is in development. Meanwhile, you are invited to give it a try. There are dozens of new features in nXt, including: * 4-5 times faster than Flamingo 2 * Takes more advantage of multi-core machines * Better quality images are continually refined and updated until halted, allowing you to trade processing time for quality * Bette… Continue

Added by Frank Lipari on December 2, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

ObjectViewer Plug-In for Rhino 4.0, 5.0 Beta

The ObjectViewer plug-in displays a list of all objects in the Rhino file organized in their grouping structure. Using this plug-in you can: 1. View a tree-list of all objects in the scene, even hidden objects. 2. Select objects in the viewer window and edit them without ungrouping them first. 3. Use a right-click menu to edit object properties inc… Continue

Added by Frank Lipari on December 2, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Armadillo - A New Rhino Plug-In

Armadillo is a RhinoScripted plug-in based on generative arrays of items along path curves. It can create wide range of solutions: from the simple array along one curve to complex ribs and paneling systems, with extensive set of transformation features and interactive preview.

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Added by Frank Lipari on December 2, 2009 at 11:55am — No Comments

Grasshopper or Mathematica, or both?

I was reading this blog post by Chris Carlson, of the User Interface Group of Wolfram research when I realize that Mathematica (the software by Wolfram Research) can be used to design structures in a way similar to Grasshopper. Mathematica is much more powerful, but I'm… Continue

Added by Franco Folini on December 1, 2009 at 9:22pm — No Comments

The Beta of VSR Realtime Renderer for Rhino now Available

VSR Realtime Renderer is a new plug-in for Rhino developed by Virtual Shape Research. It allows the user to model in a new photorealistic environment.

Partial list of features:

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Added by Franco Folini on November 30, 2009 at 10:38am — No Comments

LinceoVR 3.2 for Rhino by seac02 now Available

LinceoVR 3.2 for Rhino has been recently announced. This is a free update for existing users.

New features include:

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Added by Franco Folini on November 30, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

madCAM 4.2 (service release) now available

This is a free service release for existing madCAM 4.1 users. Partial list of new functions in madCAM 4.2:

• New technology for simultaneous 4-axis toolpath generation.
• New Simultaneous 4+1 axis toolpath generator.
• Simultaneous 4-axis machining from user defined stock models.
• Multi threading for more calculation speed.

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Added by RhinoJungle on November 30, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Interview with Andrea Carignano, CEO seac02 (LinceoVR for Rhino)

Italy is a country famous for several reasons. Among them: artistic and historical monuments, great food, fashion, music, and sport cars. Software and technology are seldom added to the list. So when you happen to meet the CEO of a successful Italian software company, the first reaction is always some sort of surprise: "Software?" If the… Continue

Added by Franco Folini on November 30, 2009 at 8:11am — No Comments

Rhino 3D user/jewelry copywriter seeking paid work or internship

Added by Aviva Sieradski on November 23, 2009 at 5:33pm — No Comments

New Italian Book for Rhino

Daniele Nale, an Italian Rhino Trainer, released a new Rhino book for the Italian market. The book title is "Rhinoceros per professionisti" (Rhino for Professionals). The book has 320 pages and have been published by Apogeo, one of the major techniocal publishers in Italy. [… Continue

Added by Franco Folini on November 20, 2009 at 2:07pm — No Comments

SimLab Releases "3D PDF from Rhino"

SimLab Soft released a new plug-in for rhino. using the "3D PDF from Rhino" you can easily and quickly create a 3D PDF out of every Rhino 3D model. [More Info...] Continue

Added by Franco Folini on November 20, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Rhino Snowflakes

Christmas is approaching. If you need some additional decoration for your Christmas tree, you may create a few Snowflake Tree Ornaments using a rapid prototyping technology and a 3D printer. Here is a website offering a few STL files you can use. All 3D models have been created using Rhino 3.0 and 4.0.… Continue

Added by Franco Folini on November 19, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

i.materialise Integrates 3D Printing with Rhino 4.0

Today, i.materialise has officially released a plug-in for Rhino CAD package (download). i.materialise is a brand new 3D printing service for everyone who loves design and 3D modeling. i.materialise plug-in will allow Rhino… Continue

Added by Franco Folini on November 16, 2009 at 11:47am — No Comments

Interview with Alex Antich, TechJewel CEO

Rhino is a very flexible application and is gradually penetrating different professional areas, from industrial design, to architecture, and jewelry design. Each specific area can greatly benefit from Rhino's features but requires specific commands and libraries that are usually not provided by Robert McNeel and Associates. What McNeel provides is a powerful software platform on top of whi… Continue

Added by Franco Folini on November 9, 2009 at 12:22pm — No Comments

LEDAS Adds Assemblies and Kinematics to Rhino

Added by Dmitry Ushakov on November 3, 2009 at 9:55am — No Comments

Interview for Blog Talk Radio

Added by Scott Schneider on October 26, 2009 at 10:09pm — No Comments

Interview with Mark Vorwaller, VX CAD/CAM CEO

There is a CAD company that has been around for many years that makes a fully integrated CAD/CAM system offering a powerful combination of solid modeling and surface modeling few others can match, with a devoted following of loyal customers. Yet only a few users of CAD will mention this company's product in the list of their top 5 most popular CAD systems. This is because at VX all the energy goes… Continue

Added by Franco Folini on October 14, 2009 at 9:52am — No Comments

Rhino Jewel 5.0

Added by Vahe Bektas on September 30, 2009 at 2:58pm — No Comments

Interview with Rafael del Molino, TDM Solutions CEO (RhinoGold)

Something must be right for jewelry design in Spain. Not only are several jewelry designers active in Spain, but Spain is also the source of some of the best and most popular software tools for jewelry design. Among those tools RhinoGold stands out as a reference point, setting standards both for features and customer support. The manufacturer of RhinoGold is TDM Solutions, a young company foun… Continue

Added by Franco Folini on September 28, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

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