Modell and visualize a pavilion by Doaa Alasharif

This video is produced by Doaa Alasharif, a co-worker of Rhino Robert McNeel & Associates and member of Rhino Tutorials.

The video is a good starting point with many practical tips for learning Rhino in the design context.
You will learn the basic functionality of rhino in therms of modeling, visualisation, programming in grashopper and 3d printing.

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SB = Sidebar
CMD = Command line
M = Menuebar
CTRL-key is the same like STRG-key
TT Tabbed Toolbar

Rhino-surface modeling tool: What is a surface in Rhino?

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Curves: Degree 1 curve (line/square); degree 2 curve with two bends (circle/ellipse), degree 3 curve with zigzag structure

2:25 min

Viewport navigation: double click Top view to toggle fullscreen and 4 viewports to change viewport…

5:0 min

Extract boundary curves from surface: “Curve/Curve from Object/Duplicate Edge or Duplicate Border”

5:30 min

Extract isocurves (U/V value) from surface: “Curve/Curve from Object/Extract Isocurve”

6:34 min

Open Polysurface is a group of surfaces: CMD “Explode” and CMD “Join” (or SB “Join/Explode” button)

7:35 min

Closed polysurface is also a solid. Closed surfaces (sphere…) can´t be exploded.

8:23 min

Meshes are a boundary representation/collection of faces. They are limited but good for rendering/3d printing. Select faces (CTRL + Shift)

9:23 min

For 3d printing: 1. give surface a volume (CMD “ExtrudeSrf” or “OffsetSrf” + Solid = Yes), 2. Convert surface to mesh (CMD “Mesh”), 3. Export as .STL

10:33 min

Basic navigation in rhino

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Menue Bar, command line, toolbars, tabbed panels: Rhino is organized by hierarchy (curve/solid/mesh)

11:36 min

Statusbar shows: Units, current layer, modeling aids for moving 3d-model + current viewport modes

12:57 min

Osnap (snaps to other objects properties): End, Point, Mid, Cen… + current viewport display modes (shaded, wireframe…)

13:32 min

Gumball: move, rotate, scale objects (ALT-Key = copy, click on RGB helper (XYZ) to enter number/scalar, select objects (left to right mouse = everything in, right to left = everything touched ))

14:55 min

Scale Objects in uniform direction: shift key

17:40 min

Extrude curve with gumball: after start moving hold CTRL button to extrude in one dimension, hold CTRL/Shift to extrude in both directions

19:21 min

Using “Record history” for extrusion and update extrusion while moving curve (You can only move/transform curves and not the objects)

20:40 min

Create Gazebo (pavilion)

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Extrude curve for Staircase: M “Surface/Extrude Curve/straight”, CMD “solid: yes”, enter scalar “0.15”

22:30 min

Extract face from Staircase Box: Duplicate Border: M “Curve/Curve from object/duplicate” + Offset Curve: M “Curve/Offset/Object curve”, CMD enter distance

24:42 min

Draw on activated layer “Gazebo” + create Column: Create box with precise dimensions

26:22 min

Extrude banister module (layer module): M “Surface/Extrude Curve/straight”, CMD “Solid=Yes”

27:50 min

Copy module / : SB “Command copy” or Gumball + draw object “box” and move object to different layer

29:20 min

Mirror objects as copy: M “Transform/Mirror” + draw new box, copy and M “Transform/Rotate” or M “Transform/Orient/3 point” with CMD “Copy = Yes”, Multicopy to 8 objects as Array (Linear) and Copy

30:47 min

Sweep the handrail with an offset line: 1. Draw profile curve SB “line from midpoint” for orientation + SB “3point rectangle”, CMD “Move midpoint/midpoint”, 2. Draw rail: M “Curve/Curve from Object/Duplicate Edge” + SB “Join” open 9 Curves to 1 + M “Curve/Offset Curve” .15 for sweep M “Surface/Sweep 1 Rail” + close planar surface M “Solid/Cap Planar Holes” + CTRL/Shift to move faces

34:58 min

Isolate selection of objects TT “Lightbulb”: Select faces (CTRL/Shift) + extrude with Gumball + right mouse TT “Lightbulb” Hide/Show to show all + M “Transform/Mirror” (SHIFT for orthogonal)

40:40 min

“Boolean” (Subtraction) to draw roof border: start with box + copy/scale second box with overlay + SB “Boolean Difference”

43:10 min

Draw Pyramid as roof and “Shell”: create SB “Pyramid” and shell roof CMD “Shell”: choose thickness and select bottom face to remove from closed polysurface + see “help menue”

45:02 min

Lamp shade: create cylinder from line M “Solid/Pipe” + draw sphere + randomly orderd lines and M “Curve/Curve From Objects/Project” and project line curves on sphere + “pipe” projected lines for lamp shade + CMD “move” to right position

48:00 min

Integrate CMD “Pictures” tree/person + rotate and adjust + rightklick CMD-Line for “list of latest commands” + create carpet (rectangle + CMD “Fillet”) + M “Surface/Create Planar Curves” + give dimension to M “Surface/Offset Surface”

56:30 min

First Renderings

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Material “Assign by layer”: (use default material or add “use a new material”)

61:06 min

Material: “Assign by objects”: go to “Properties/Material/Use a new material” + “use a new material custom” for color only

64:45 min

Grashopper

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Create a railing with Grashopper: this video only shows and explains the basic principals of parametric design with Grashopper

68:38 min

3d Printing

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3d printing: CMD “BooleanUnion” all geometries to one object + Optimize geometry for printing (cut roof of with line and CMD “Wirecut”) + Export selected as .STL-file.

85:35 min