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Introduction to Grasshopper

How to make Rhino 3dm files smaller

How to make Rhino 3dm files smaller

Rhino model files are generally more compact compared to other 3d modeling software files. Because rhino uses less points to define a surface. But when you save a big model it takes too much space. This is caused because of rendering meshes and materials are embedded into Rhino 3dm file. Here i will show you how to make your model files smaller.

Modeling a chair from reference images

In this in depth tutorial you’ll learn how to model a bent plywood chair using reference images as guides for your design.

Kangaroo basics tutorial

David Piker shared an awesome tutorial on vimeo for a quickstart to kangaroo. It’s pretty basic, yet shows you what is possible with this physics engine.

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.

Organic 3d freeform jewelry design tutorial

Organic 3d freeform jewelry design tutorial

T-Splines for Rhino is useful for modeling freeform, organic jewelry pieces, such as freeform rings. Here is a silent, annotated video showing how to model a heart ring with T-Splines for Rhino.

Cairo Tiling Definition for Grasshopper

Cairo Tiling Definition for Grasshopper

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Creates tiles based on Cairo tiling algorithm. Author: Lorenz LACHAUER
Category: Grasshopper
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Control point editing

Control point editing

Learn some techniques for editing control points in this beginner level Rhino tutorial. Commands covered include “SetPT”, “Weight” and “MoveUVN”.

Cross supports with Grasshopper