Join Simply Rhino and McNeel at Arup for the Grasshopper UK UGM, with updates from McNeel, a presentation from our hosts Arup, a Rhino.Inside.Revit case-study demonstration from Bimorph, and a V-Ray update from Chaos Group.

• Date: Tuesday 4th October 2022
• Time: 18:30-20:30
• Location: Arup, 80 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 4QS
• Book your place: Free to attend but places are limited and you must register for your place

Presenters at the Grasshopper UK UGM include:

Conor Black, Aditya Tiwari and Veronika Heidegger from Arup.

Conor Black is an Associate at Arup, specialising in the development of novel computational techniques to design, pushing the boundaries of how to design for better, more sustainable outcomes.

Aditya is an Application Specialist (Structures) with Oasys, wherein he assists the end users with model reviews, support and training for GSA and GSA Gh. He also acts as an engineering consultant to the sales, marketing and product development teams.

Veronika is a parametric designer at Arup. Her day-to-day work involves creating and managing custom computational tools to support engineering workflows. Since joining the firm in 2013 Veronika has worked on a variety of parametric design projects on different scales, from building component to master planning.

Conor will present how Arup applies novel methods to parametric and generative design with Rhino/Grasshopper, as well as how Arup overcomes complexity and scalability with its techniques.

The presentation will introduce the new Oasys GSA Grasshopper plugin. The main motivations behind developing the plugin will be discussed, while highlighting some of its key features. Some of the potential workflows and use case scenarios of the plugin will also be presented.

Arup has developed a scalable and reusable framework based on Rhino Compute that exposes Grasshopper scripts via a custom, project specific web-interface. In this way, parametric design tools become available to a larger user group and can be shared with clients. The interface allows us to compute and evaluate design options and collaboratively make informed decisions.

Thomas Mahon from Bimorph

‘Rhino.Inside.Revit for Revit add-in development: Why professional devs SHOULD be using it‘

Rhino Inside Revit (RiR): forget the ubiquitous Grasshopper interactions with a Revit model you might have seen, this presentation is a technical deep dive showcasing the fully realised potential of RiR for professional Rhino and Revit C# addin developers.

Gain a unique insight into the true potential of RiR technology as a backend geometry engine for Revit addin development and learn about the significant advantages it has to offer professional developers.

The case study reveals the considerable benefits of RiR through a real-world formwork configuration tool. The presentation provides a before and after comparison between developing the addin using the Revit API vs the results following redevelopment targeting RhinoCommon (via RiR).

Discover:

• The superior repertoire of geometric classes and methods compared to the Revit API
• Significant improvements to execution times and large reductions to SLOC
• Lightweight geometry mapping and communication strategies between the two applications
• PRODEV techniques for decoupling your apps from the Revit API

Learning Outcomes:

• Realise the full potential of Rhino Inside Revit as a backend geometry engine for Revit add-ins
• Discover significant software maintenance improvements with major reductions in SLOC
• Learn how Rhino.Inside.Revit (RiR) supercharges Revit addin’s and circumvents Revit API geometry bottlenecks
• Learn PRODEV strategies for implementing Rhino.Inside.Revit (RiR) into your Revit add-ins

Thomas is the CEO of Bimorph and a professional software architect / engineer. With a background in Architecture, he has worked with leading architectural firms including Foster + Partners and Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners on a diverse range of technically complex, high-profile projects. This experience led Thomas into computational design and software engineering where he has specialised in developing next-generation construction design and delivery tools. Thomas has grown Bimorph into a highly successful construction technology company, with an international client-base and a reputation for providing high-end software engineering solutions.

Yordan Zarev, CHAOS CG Specialist – Chaos

What’s new in V-Ray for Rhino?

Join Yordan Zarev for an exploration of V-Ray 6 for Rhino. You’ll learn how its exciting new features can enhance your design process and bring your ideas to life.

Yordan Zarev has a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia. While studying, Yordan developed a passion for 3D rendering and decided to pursue a career in architectural visualisation. Since joining the Chaos team, Yordan has taken on numerous responsibilities in its 3D pipeline, creating stunning scenes and imagery for videos, training programs and webinars.

Catch up with our previous events, including our last Online Grasshopper UK User Group Meeting where we were joined by engineers Eckersley O’Callaghan and Karamba3D Developer, Clemens Preisinger.

Organised by Simply Rhino

Sponsored by BEAM

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Join Simply Rhino and McNeel at Grimshaw for the Grasshopper UGM, with updates from McNeel, a presentation from our hosts Grimshaw alongside Buro Happold, and a V-Ray for Grasshopper update and presentation from Chaos.

• Date: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
• Time: 18:30 – 20:30
• Location: Grimshaw, 57 Clerkenwell Road, London, EC1M 5NG
• Book your place: The event is free to attend but you must register for your place

Presenters at the Grasshopper UK UGM include:

Carlos Perez and Agustina Jaime from McNeel Europe

Carlos and Agustina will be presenting at our first (post lockdown) in-person User Group Meeting, topics they’ll be addressing include:

• What’s new and what’s coming in Rhino v8. What can we expect to see in the next release of Rhino?
• How users of Rhino v7 can access and influence the development of Rhino v8 and beyond.
• What else have the Rhino development team been up to while locked up for 2 x Pandemic Years?  Come and find out!
• There’ll also be discussions around the status of Grasshopper v2, Compute / Hops and of course, Rhino.Inside.Revit.

Georgios Tsakiridis from Grimshaw and Dr Al Fisher from Buro Happold

Our second presentation will be from Georgios Tsakiridis, London Computational Design Manager at Grimshaw and Dr Al Fisher, Head of Computational Development at Buro Happold.

The wider AEC industry has recently seen a growing number of platform-based approaches, focusing on the deployment of DFMA and industrialised construction. A common aid to this approach is digital configurator solutions, ever-increasingly developed by AEC practices, technology start-ups, and others, aiming to improve design efficiency. This talk will focus on the proposed Common Configurator Framework – a means to allow these diversely developed configurators to exchange data with one another – developed as part of the on-going research under the UK-led Construction Innovation Hub (CIH) research programme.

Yavor Stoikov – Team Lead, Technical Content & Media • 3D Team • Chaos

Chaos’ 3D artist, Yavor Stoikov, will showcase how V-Ray’s powerful and time-saving V-Ray can accelerate your daily workflow in Rhino and Grasshopper. Watch as he explores and populates with Geometry, Set Lighting, Set Camera effects, and Set Animations.

You will find out how to:

• Work with V-Ray, Vision and Vantage in live link
• Use, manage and populate Chaos Cosmos assets including editing and work-sharing
• Generate environment lighting
• Create an object, sun, or camera animation
• Render out straight from Grasshopper or using Rhino functionalities also
• What’s coming soon

Yavor’s presentation will be followed by Q&A.

Yavor joined Chaos in 2010. With a background in architecture, he started as a 3D artist and became one of the driving forces behind the V-Ray Training Program. Since then, he has travelled around the globe as a CG Specialist to meet with artists and studios in the AEC and M&E industries, helping users to optimise their workflow using V-Ray.

Catch up with our previous events, including our last Online Grasshopper UK User Group Meeting where we were joined by engineers Eckersley O’Callaghan and Karamba3D Developer, Clemens Preisinger.

Organised by Simply Rhino

Sponsored by BEAM

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In this Simply Rhino video tutorial we continue our Rhino to Twinmotion series with an Introduction to Materials, Characters and Vegetation in Twinmotion.

Our senior Rhino3D Trainer, Phil Cook, starts by using the model brought into Twinmotion in our previous video Exporting data from Rhino3D using the new Datasmith Rhino Exporter.

Applying Twinmotion Materials and Characters

Phil first looks at geo-locating the pavilion model, before applying Twinmotion materials and characters. Phil demonstrates two ways of adding Twinmotion trees, plants and grasses before moving on to create vehicle and character paths for truly dynamic content.

Creating and Exporting a Video from Twinmotion

The video concludes with an explanation of the process of creating and exporting a video.

Rhino to Twinmotion Video Tutorial

If you would like to learn more then watch our Introduction to Materials, Characters and Vegetation in Twinmotion video tutorial below.

Information and How to Buy Twinmotion

What is Twinmotion? Twinmotion gives you the power to create high-quality images, panoramas, and standard or 360˚ VR videos from design data. It is an easy to use architectural rendering solution that is suitable for everyone.

Want to find out more? Visit the Twinmotion Product page on the Simply Rhino website.

If you’re looking to buy Twinmotion software visit the Rhino Webstore and buy Twinmotion online from the Authorised UK Twinmotion Reseller, Simply Rhino.

Helpful Links, Video Software Information and Credits:

Download Twinmotion from here: https://www.twinmotion.com/en-US/plugins

Model used in the video courtesy of Othmane Kandri

Video uses Rhino3D version 7 and Twinmotion 2021.1.4 on the Windows platform and all the processes described here are transferable to Twinmotion 2022.

Previously – Watch the recording of our AR/VR for Rhino and Grasshopper User Group Meeting (October 2020) to meet Epic Games (developers of Unreal Engine and Twinmotion) along with a presentation from Heatherwick Studio.

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Join the team from Simply Rhino live & online for our next Rhino User Group Meeting on Wednesday 17th November 2021.

We have two great presentations followed by our usual live & interactive Q&A sessions with our presenters.

• This live online meeting took place on Wednesday 17th November 2021
• Time: 18:30 – 20:00 (UK Time)
• The meeting was recorded and the video can be found following the presentation details below

Rhino.Inside.Revit is an exciting new project that brings the power of Rhino 7 and Grasshopper to the Autodesk Revit® environment.

Presentation Details:

Presentation #1 – AKT II

AKT II have extensive experience in collaborative computational design. They have developed a suite of tools including structural façade, bioclimatic and sustainable design. The presentation will show how AKT II is using  Rhino.Inside.Revit in complex geometry projects and how Rhino.Inside.Revit can speed up the production and maintenance of the BIM modes.

Presenters from AKT II:

Deyan Marzev has been with AKTII for more than 14 years and for the last 8 years has been part of the parametric research team. He’s leading the development and delivery of 3d models and BIM models for highly complex projects in AKT.

James Magbanua has been with AKTII for 9 years and now leads the company’s BIM / Analytical model interoperability. His focus is on streamlining the practice workflows on the production and delivery of 3D BIM models, specialising on projects with complex challenging geometry.

Presentation #2 – McNeel and Associates

What have McNeel themselves been up to recently with the development of Rhino.Inside.Revit?  Come and hear from Scott Davidson, Japhy Walton & Ehsan Iran-Nejad.  Latest developments in v1.2 (just announced) will be discussed.

Join in the discussion and help shape the future of the product.The Rhino.Inside.Revit project brings the power of Rhino 7 and Grasshopper to the Autodesk Revit® environment.  https://www.rhino3d.com/inside/revit/1.0/

Watch the full recording of this Rhino.Inside.Revit focused meeting:

Watch the recording of October’s Rhino3d Meeting, featuring ceramic artist and maker Michael Eden.

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In this Simply Rhino video tutorial, our senior Rhino3D Trainer, Phil Cook, takes a look at exporting data from Rhino3D to Twinmotion using the new Datasmith Rhino Exporter.

This new technology, currently in ‘Preview’ mode, has many advantages of the ‘old’ way of moving data to Twinmotion. Layer structures are preserved, and Rhino objects can be moved independently of each other once inside Twinmotion.

Improved Rhino to Twinmotion Workflow

The new Direct Link, which also uses the Datasmith file format, makes it very easy to have Rhino and Twinmotion open together and push design changes in Rhino to Twinmotion for evaluation.

Rhino to Twinmotion Video Tutorial

If you want to know how to export Rhino data then watch the Exporting Data from Rhino3D to Twinmotion video tutorial below.

We have made a transcript of the video for anyone that would like to follow along using that – you’ll find the Rhino and Twinmotion (Datasmith Rhino Exporter) Video transcript PDF here

Information and How to Buy Twinmotion

What is Twinmotion? Twinmotion gives you the power to create high-quality images, panoramas, and standard or 360˚ VR videos from design data. It is an easy to use architectural rendering solution that is suitable for everyone.

Want to find out more? Visit the Twinmotion Product page on the Simply Rhino website.

If you’re looking to buy Twinmotion software visit the Rhino Webstore and buy Twinmotion online from the Authorised UK Twinmotion Reseller, Simply Rhino.

Helpful Links, Video Software Information and Credits:

Download the Datasmith Rhino Exporter here: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/twinmotion/plugins

Model used in the video courtesy of Othmane Kandri

Video uses Rhino3D 7, Twinmotion 2021.1.3 on Windows

Previously – Watch the recording of our AR/VR for Rhino and Grasshopper User Group Meeting (October 2020) to meet Epic Games (developers of Unreal Engine and Twinmotion) along with a presentation from Heatherwick Studio.

New and Available now – our next video in our Rhino to Twinmotion tutorial series is an Introduction to Twinmotion Materials, Characters and Vegetation.

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