Making brushed nickel, stainless steel, and copper V-Ray materials

Chaos Group just added a new vray video to youtube. Sketchup is used in the video, but same settings also apply for Vray for Rhino.

Blogging viewport captures directly on tumblr

Blogging viewport captures directly on tumblr

Lorenz Laucher just released a pyton script that allows you to blog your viewport directly on tumblr. This may be a cool feature for designers that work online as a freelancer to show off their current process.

Modeling 3d textures using Rhino 5

Planar Quad Mesh definition for grasshopper

Planar Quad Mesh definition for grasshopper

This definition creates planar quads using surface vectors. Great for converting your surfaces to planar panels.

Virtual paper demonstration in kangaroo

Virtual paper demonstration in kangaroo

This video shows a demonstration of paper simulation in Kangaroo.
Shear, stretch and bending strengths can be adjusted separately for different properties.

Architectural Rendering Tutorial by ASGVIS

When rendering an image in V-Ray for SketchUp, often times you’ll see a bluish tint – caused by the sun – on the white materials. We’ve created a short video tutorial that explains how to reduce that bluish tint, making your white materials brighter. Watch this V-Ray video tutorial and download the SketchUp scene file for practice now!

You can view the tutorial here.

Rhinoscript for rendering named views

Rhinoscript for rendering named views

Description:
This script renders all the named views in your model and saves them in a folder of your choice. You can just run the script and go have fun while rhino does its job. Great script!
Category: Rhinoscript
File Size: 3.1 KiB
Downloads: 916 hits
 Download Render-namedviews.rvb
One of the best batch render solution for rhinoceros.

Profile Extrusion Grasshopper Definition

Profile Extrusion Grasshopper Definition

Description:
This great definition allows you to create profile extrusions much easier. You can rotate the section and it also allows non-linear extrusions.
Category: General
File Size: 187.3 KiB
Downloads: 821 hits
 Download proExtrude.ghx

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Golf ball definition for grasshopper

Golf ball definition for grasshopper

Description:
Creates a sphere made of spheres.
Category: Grasshopper
File Size: 536.7 KiB
Downloads: 820 hits
 Download Golf Ball Definition

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Boy Surface definition for Grasshopper

Boy Surface definition for Grasshopper

Description:
Creates a surface based on Boy Surface Algorithm. Author: Lorenz LACHAUER
Category: Grasshopper
File Size: 20.9 KiB
Downloads: 673 hits
 Download Boy Surface definition for Grasshopper

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