When we consider Rhino and its use in Industrial Design and Product Design, we often think about creating and developing exterior shape and form, managing complex surface transitions and very much concerning ourselves with the visual ‘appearance’ of a product. 

Internal features for manufacture and assembly

However, it’s very often the case that designers need to concern themselves with interior features that are very often unseen, to describe, even if only in outline detail, how parts can be manufactured and assembled. Adding this type of detailing isn’t just the preserve of engineers using engineering solid modellers, it can be done in Rhino too.

Adding Internal Detailing in Rhino3D

The assumption for these videos is that we are dealing with the final design and we’ve spoken to the toolmaker/moulder and have agreed the draft and other moulding details. Phil then starts our Rhino tutorial by adding internal detailing to an injection moulded assembly, working onwards from the external or ‘A’ surfaces.

Shelling, Offsetting & Creating a clamshell lip

In the first video of the two, features such as shelling, offsetting and creating a clamshell lip feature are explored. Phil investigates using both Solid and Surface metaphors to create detailing using Rhino 8.

Watch the Industrial and Product Design Detailing with Rhino Video – Part 1

Adding Internal Ribs and Fixing Bosses

In the second video of the two we take a look at using Rhino when adding internal ribs and fixing bosses to our agreed design. Again, both Solid and Surface metaphors are explored.

Watch the Industrial and Product Design Detailing with Rhino Video – Part 2

Watch more Rhino 8 Videos

Don’t miss out on our other Rhino 8 Videos, we have looked at ShrinkWrap, SubD Crease, Rendering with Rhino 8, and the significant Rhino 8 for Mac speed increases. More Rhino 8 videos coming soon too!

Find Out More About Rhino 8 and Expert Rhino Training

• 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 looking to buy Rhino Online

Simply Rhino are the UK’s Favourite Supplier of Rhino Software and Rhino Grasshopper Training.

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Ideal for SketchUp users that are new to Rhino

This beginner level tutorial, exploring how Rhino can be used like SketchUp, is for you if you work in Architecture, or related industries, and are familiar with SketchUp but are new to Rhino. The video continues on from the other videos in this short series, these are PushPull Modelling Explored in Rhino 7 and Solid Modelling Tools for Architecture.

New and improved tools in Rhino 8

This video covers the creation of the building we used in our recent ’Sun and Sky Architectural Exterior Rendering’ video where we looked at creating an interior architectural visual in Rhino 8 using the built-in Sun and Sky system and Rhino’s Raytrace render engine. Within this new Rhino modelling tutorial we look at how the new and improved features of Rhino v8 further enhance and simplify the process of creating quick solid models and massing studies.

Rhino 8 Toolset Enhancements

Rhino 8 has an enhanced toolset that Simply Rhino’s senior trainer, Phil Cook, introduces to us in the video. These new tools include:

• PushPull
• Inset Face
• Auto CPlane
• Improvements to the Gumball

Rhino 8’s New and Improved Modelling Tools 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 third. You can find the other 2 videos listed here:

• Rhino for SketchUp Users – Push/Pull Modelling Explored in Rhino3D v7
• Rhino for SketchUp Users –  Solid Modelling Tools for Architecture

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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Rendering with Rhino 8, for beginners

This beginner level video looks at creating an interior architectural visual in Rhino 8 using the built-in Sun and Sky system and Rhino’s Raytrace render engine.

How to apply library and custom materials

The video commences by introducing a method of setting up the interior perspective view by controlling Rhino’s camera widget before moving on to look at applying both library and custom materials to scene elements.

Rhino 8 Sun and Sky Render – Connecting the sun and sky

Phil then looks at setting up the Sun as a source of direct illumination and replacing the default environment with the Physical Sky model in order that the sun and sky are connected.

Raytrace Render Engine

The final render is then created with the Raytrace render engine and Phil outlines how to use post effects to improve the exposure, and how to export a transparent background in order that the colour-ramp sky can be easily replaced with a photographic image in subsequent editing.

Watch the Rhino 8 Sun and Sky Render Video

Watch more Rhino 8 Videos

Don’t miss out on our other Rhino 8 Videos, we have looked at ShrinkWrap, SubD Crease, and the significant Rhino 8 for Mac speed increases. More Rhino 8 videos coming soon too!

Find Out More About Rhino 8 and Expert Rhino Training

• 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 looking to buy Rhino Online

Simply Rhino are the UK’s Favourite Supplier of Rhino Software and Rhino Grasshopper Training.

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Viewport Responsiveness and Raytraced Rendering

It’s fair to say that the performance of Rhino 7 for Mac lagged significantly behind its Windows counterpart; most notably in terms of Viewport responsiveness and Raytraced rendering times.

20 Times Faster Than Rhino 7

The great news is that Rhino 8 for Mac fixes these issues and, as we’ll see in our video, is 20 times faster for some tasks than Rhino 7.

Rhino 8 on Apple Silicon

In our video Simply Rhino’s, Phil Cook, runs through a series of tests comparing Rhino 8 against its predecessor (v7) on both an Apple Silicon based machine and an older Intel based Mac.

Watch the Speed Tests and Interface Improvements Video

Looking for Hardware Recommendations for Rhino for Mac?

We offer recommendations to help you make decisions when looking to buy new Mac hardware to use with Rhino 8. If you’re interested to read our practical advice for professional users then you’ll find them listed, alongside our Rhino 8 Speed Test Results document which supports the video above, on the ‘Hardware for Rhino 8 for Mac’ support page on the Simply Rhino website.

New Commands in Rhino 8

Rhino 8 offers many new commands and in two of our recent videos we look at two of our favourites, SubD Crease – which brings weighted creases to Rhino, and ShrinkWrap – allows for the creation of watertight meshes.

Find Out More About Rhino 8 and Expert Rhino Training

• 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 for Mac License Online – for those looking to buy Rhino Software Online

Simply Rhino are the UK’s Favourite Supplier of Rhino Software and Rhino Grasshopper Training.

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What is SubD Crease?

SubD Crease introduces weighted creases to Rhino, these allow for soft, defined transitions to be added to a SubD form without increasing complexity.

What’s in our SubD Crease Video Tutorial?

In this Simply Rhino video Phil Cook, our Senior Rhino trainer, starts by explaining the new command on a simple example and comparing this to the older Rhino 7 workflow, before moving on to a practical example of an automotive sketch model. Here, Phil demonstrates adding and controlling character lines to the model and how the new SubD Crease command allows for easy iteration at the design stage. There’s also some general tips on SubD layout and creating a custom display mode.

Watch the Rhino 8 SubD Crease Video

ShrinkWrap and Rhino for Mac Speed Enhancements

Rhino 8 offers other new features and commands, you can watch our ShrinkWrap video, or if you’re looking to use Rhino 8 on the Mac platform then we trust you’ll enjoy our Rhino 8 for Mac Speed Enhancements and Interface Updates video.

Find Out More About Rhino 8 and Expert Rhino Training

• 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 looking to buy Rhino Online

Simply Rhino are the UK’s Favourite Supplier of Rhino Software and Rhino Grasshopper Training.

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What is ShrinkWrap in Rhino 8?

The ShrinkWrap command creates a watertight mesh from geometry that is less than optimal. Any combination of surfaces, solids, meshes or SubD’s – whether they are open or closed – can be used. ShrinkWrap will also create meshes directly from a point cloud.

What is ShrinkWrap ideal for?

ShrinkWrap is the tool you could reach for within Rhino 8 to create:

• Meshes for 3D printing
• A solid union mesh from multiple objects
• A solid mesh from 3D scan data fragments
• Meshes without internal self-intersections
• Offset meshes for shelling
• Meshes from point clouds when reverse engineering
• Valid closed meshes from broken or often hard-to-repair geometry

ShrinkWrap Video Tutorial

In this Simply Rhino video Phil Cook starts by looking at the basics of the ShrinkWrap command before looking at two specific examples both of which are based on real-life customer examples.

Watch the Rhino 8 ShrinkWrap Video

More New Features and Commands of Rhino 8

We hope you enjoyed our ShrinkWrap video, another feature of Rhino 8 that we take a deep-dive in to is SubD Crease, and if you’re looking to use Rhino 8 for Mac then you will find our Rhino 8 for Mac Speed Improvements video useful.

Find Out More About Rhino 8 and Expert Rhino Training

Simply Rhino are the UK’s Favourite Supplier of Rhino Software and Rhino Training. 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 looking to buy Rhino Online

Simply Rhino are the UK’s Favourite Supplier of Rhino Software and Rhino Grasshopper Training.

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Adding Detail to your Rhino Model

Using the massing study created in the first video (Push/Pull Modelling Explored in Rhino3d v7) Phil looks at adding more detail such as wall thicknesses, openings and recesses in walls, glazing details and stairs.

Solid Modelling Tools in Rhino3D

The solid modelling tools introduced include; Extrude Planar Curve, Shell, Slab, Wire Cut and the Boolean commands.

Setting C Planes in Rhino

Phil also looks at setting construction planes (C Planes) and creating and saving views with Named Views.

Watch the Solid Modelling Tools for Architecture 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 second. You can find the other 2 videos listed here:

• Rhino for SketchUp Users – Push/Pull Modelling Explored in Rhino3D v7
• 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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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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3D Paint allows for painting directly onto a 3D object. This is a great way to add dirt, ageing, corrosion and other arbitrary textures onto local areas of geometry.

Phil uses the example of a metal casting, modelled in Rhino 7, and shows step-by-step methods for adding dirt, corrosion and paint wear in KeyShot 11 using 3D Paint. Phil also shows how to set up the initial model in Rhino 7 to ease the process.

KeyShot 11 – 3D Paint Video Tutorial

Learn more and KeyShot Training

To learn more about KeyShot you can visit the KeyShot page on the Simply Rhino website. If you’re interested in learning KeyShot then you can find details of our 1-day KeyShot Essentials training course too, and if you’re after more project focused training for KeyShot then contact us, we’re always happy to help.

KeyShot 11 Trial Version

If you’d like to try KeyShot 11 for free then you can download a trial version below, just choose your KeyShot 11 installer platform and follow the instructions:

• Download and Launch KeyShot from the installers listed above. Start KeyShot and select ‘Start a Trial‘
• Log into your KeyShot Cloud Account, or create a new account if you do not already have one
• Select ‘Activate with a trial code‘
• Enter your Trial code as: SIMPLYRHINOKSTRIAL

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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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