In this new Simply Rhino V-Ray video tutorial, part of our new ‘Getting Started with V-Ray’ series, we create a night-time architectural interior render using V-Ray 6 for Rhino 7.

Adding Elements and Materials from Chaos Cosmos

The starting point for this video is the same model and settings as used in our previous daylight V-Ray Architectural Exterior tutorial. We look at examining and adjusting the camera exposure and adding interior elements and materials from Chaos Cosmos before going on to add various lights into the scene and adjusting these to suit the night-time exterior environment. 

Detailed Set-up of Lights and Emissive Materials

Next steps are to look at the set-up of Rectangular Lights, Mesh Lights, Sphere Lights and Emissive Materials and this is demonstrated in some detail. Finally to complete the tutorial we showcase V-Ray Light Mix – a useful tool to make changes to the lighting after the render has completed.

V-Ray 6 and Rhino 7 – Architectural Interior Rendering Video

Find Out More About Rhino, V-Ray, and our CAD Training

Simply Rhino are the UK’s Favourite Supplier of Rhino and Rhino Plugin Software. If you’d like to find out more then you have several options:

• Visit the Simply Rhino Website and find out more about Rhino Software
• Learn Rhino with a Certified Rhino Course
• Contact the Simply Rhino Experts
• Buy your Rhino License Online – for those already looking to use Rhino

Interested in Product Design rendering with V-Ray?

Then watch our V-Ray 6 for Rhino Product Design Render tutorial video.

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In this new Simply Rhino introductory level V-Ray video tutorial, part of our new ‘Getting Started with V-Ray’ series, we show how to create a ‘White Studio Render’ in V-Ray 6 for Rhino, in just a few simple steps.

V-Ray for Product Designers

This type of image, where the product sits on a white ground plane and against a white backdrop whilst having interesting lighting and reflections, is widely used in Product Design. Simply Rhino V-Ray trainer and Rhino expert, Phil Cook, explains the default V-Ray lighting and background setup before going on to create an editable image based lighting solution with the V-Ray Dome Light.

Introduction to V-Ray Render Elements

Phil also shows how V-Ray Render Elements can be added to the Render to allow post processing adjustment inside the V-Ray Frame Buffer.

V-Ray 6 and Rhino 7 – Product Design Render Video

Find Out More About Rhino, V-Ray, and our CAD Training

Simply Rhino are the UK’s Favourite Supplier of Rhino and Rhino Plugin Software. If you’d like to find out more then you have several options:

• Visit the Simply Rhino Website and find out more about Rhino Software and V-Ray
• Learn Rhino with a Certified Rhino Course
• Contact the Simply Rhino Experts
• Buy your Rhino License Online – for those looking to buy Rhino

More V-Ray Video Content

Interested in using V-Ray for Architectural scenes? Then watch our V-Ray Architectural Exterior rendering video tutorial.

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In this new Simply Rhino V-Ray video tutorial, part of our new ‘Getting Started with V-Ray’ series, we show how you can simply create, adjust, and render, an architectural scene using V-Ray 6 for Rhino and Rhino 7. This exterior render is complemented by another video in this series that looks at rendering an interior night-time scene.

Popular Rhino Plugin Renderer, V-Ray for Rhino

V-Ray is an industry-standard photorealistic renderer known for its accurate results and fast raytracing. Although V-Ray is a very popular plug-in for Rhino it does have a reputation in some quarters for complexity – however in this video Simply Rhino trainer Phil Cook sets out to show how an architectural scene can be created, adjusted, and rendered with V-Ray for Rhino in just a few simple steps.

Simply Create an Architectural Scene with V-Ray

The video shows how V-Ray can create quick pre-built lighting solutions for the model which can then optionally be adjusted and tailored to suit a particular geo-location and time. Phil will also show how elements such as exposure, lighting, reflections and denoising algorithms can be adjusted in the V-Ray frame buffer without having to re-render the scene.

V-Ray 6 and Rhino 7 – Architectural Exterior Rendering Video

Find Out More About Rhino, V-Ray, and our CAD Training

Simply Rhino are the UK’s Favourite Supplier of Rhino and Rhino Plugin Software. If you’d like to find out more then you have several options:

• Visit the Simply Rhino Website and find out more about Rhino Software
• Learn Rhino with a Certified Rhino Course
• Contact the Simply Rhino Experts
• Buy your Rhino License Online – for those already looking to use Rhino

Interested in Product Design rendering with V-Ray?

Then watch our V-Ray 6 for Rhino Product Design Render tutorial video.

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Rhino and Grasshopper Popularity

Rhino is extremely popular in the world of architecture and many of the world’s largest and most well-known architectural, engineering, and integrated design practices use Rhino and Grasshopper in their daily workflow. In this use case Rhino is often associated with the creation and development of challenging and complex curved geometry.

Rhino Software also Ideal for Smaller Practices

Despite this association with large studios and complex geometry, Rhino is an ideal software for smaller and owner-operated practices – those who are, for example, using AutoCAD LT for 2D work and SketchUp for 3D modelling. Indeed, Rhino is a compelling alternative to this combination, offering an integrated environment with a full suite of 2D drafting tools and real, manufacturable surface and solid geometry that can be exchanged with Revit and all the major industry standard tools.

Taking 2D Plans into 3D Space

In the video, using the example of a conceptual pre-planning massing study, Phil will show how 2D plans and elevations similar to those in AutoCAD LT can be positioned in 3D space and used as the basis for a quick, SketchUp like, modelling exercise. Along the way Phil introduces some of the basic concepts of selection and editing in Rhino.

Rhino for SketchUp Users Video Tutorial

The Rhino for SketchUp Users Video Series

There are 3 videos in our short Rhino for SketchUp Users series and this video is the first. You can find the other 2 videos listed here:

• Rhino for SketchUp Users –  Solid Modelling Tools for Architecture
• Rhino 8 for SketchUp Users – New and Improved Solid Modelling Tools

Find Out More About Rhino and Rhino Training

Simply Rhino are the UK’s Favourite Supplier of Rhino Software. If you’d like to find out more then you have several options:

• Visit the Simply Rhino Website and find out more about Rhino Software
• Learn Rhino with a Certified Rhino Course
• Contact the Simply Rhino Experts
• Buy your Rhino License Online – for those already looking to use Rhino

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Meeting Information:

• This live online Rhino 3D event took place on Thursday 25th February 2021
• Time – 18:30 – 20:00 (UK Time)
• The meeting was recorded and the video is shown below

We had two live presentations, firstly from the Parametric Applied Research Team (p.art) at engineers AKT II in London. Then we heard from Mindesk which develops a real-time platform for CAD software that allows the editing of 3D models in virtual reality. Following each presentation we had live Q&A sessions with our presenters.

Meeting Presentations:

AKT II have extensive experience in collaborative computational design. They have developed a suite of tools including structural façade, bioclimatic and sustainable design.

This presentation will use a complex timber gridshell as a cover for a case study on the use of advanced digital modelling tools and their interoperability. Here, a mix of an in-house developed suite of tools paired with Rhino and Grasshopper allowed the AKT II team to respond to an extremely challenging site. Complex analysis on the timber gridshell allowed them to engage fully with the material performance, enabling the architects to maintain a ‘light-touch’ approach and providing a sustainable output.

Mindesk is a plugin for Rhino 3D that allows users to edit .3dm files in VR or have real-time rendering through Unreal Engine. The latest developments include multi-user VR sessions, compatibility with Varjo (retina-resolution headset) and Hololens2, and a series of advanced features for the Unreal live link created upon the feedback of prominent AEC professionals.

Watch the full Video Recording of the meeting here:

Organised by Simply Rhino

Sponsored by BEAM and PNY

Watch the recording of our previous AR/VR for Rhino and Grasshopper meeting, featuring Heatherwick Studio and Epic Games, here.

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Meeting Information:

• This live online Rhino 3D event took place on Thursday 11th February 2021
• Time – 18:30 – 20:00 (UK Time)
• The meeting was recorded and the video is shown below along with a transcript for download

We had two live presentations, firstly from architecture and design studio Softroom’s founder, Oliver Salway. Then from the mixed reality platform Fologram. Following each presentation we had live Q&A sessions with our presenters.

Meeting Presentations:

Softroom | For the last 25 years, architecture and design studio Softroom have been creating world-class physical and virtual environments for clients ranging Wallpaper magazine, the Virgin group and Turkish Airlines to the V&A and the British Museum, and are currently developing concepts for the NHS and the BBC.

Softroom founder Oliver Salway will discuss his ongoing research into the opportunities and challenges VR/AR technologies present for architecture and how they may disrupt what we design for the physical world, from the living room to public space, as well as considering the wider issues surrounding appropriate applications for these technologies.

Fologram | Holographic Construction with Fologram – Immediate opportunities and use cases for mixed reality in AEC.

Gwyllim Jahn is the co-founder and creative director of Fologram, a Melbourne-based startup building mixed reality software solutions for architecture, engineering and construction. Fologram’s software overlays physical environments with precise, interactive digital models that can be used for rapid prototyping of mixed reality applications to solve design and construction challenges.

Gwyllim will share how Fologram’s clients and partners have identified high value use cases and immediate opportunities for mixed reality to reduce construction time, cost and risk through several recently completed case study projects. These include work by All Brick to replace traditional 2D drawings with interactive, shared and in-situ holographic models describing all construction stages of the brickwork in the Royal Hobart Hospital, and the effective use of analogue tools and traditional steam-bending techniques to fabricate the complex double-curved structure of the Tallinn Architecture Biennial pavilion.

The talk will conclude with a brief demonstration of new software platforms for creating and sharing augmented reality experiences currently in development at Fologram. Rhino users are encouraged to download and install the Fologram for Rhino plugin and the Fologram for Mobile app in order to experiment with streaming their own models from Rhino and Grasshopper as there will be time for a brief Q&A around user experience at the end of the presentation.

Get Fologram:

Fologram for Rhino – www.fologram.com/download
Fologram for Mobile – search on the App Store or Google Play
Fologram for HoloLens – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/fologram/9nn9sjwh9qc1

For more information, case study projects and examples see: 
www.fologram.com
www.vimeo.com/fologram
www.instagram.com/fologm

Watch the full Video Recording of the meeting here:

Organised by Simply Rhino

Sponsored by BEAM and PNY

Watch the recording of our previous AR/VR for Rhino and Grasshopper meeting, featuring Heatherwick Studio and Epic Games, here.

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