![]() ![]() As I mentioned in the introduction, my goal for this post is to provide an overview of the basic concepts or principles of Rhino. Its been around for over 40 years and in my mind, this longevity speaks to its strength and appeal as as 3d modeling application. Key Concepts Rhino is used across a wide variety of industries such as architecture, industrial design, marine, aerospace, jewelry and automotive design. NURBS based 3d design software is the industry standard for engineers and designers who need to create complex, organic, 3d forms. This makes for more accurate rendering and smaller file sizes. The advantage of NURBS over using solid or polygon modelers is that NURBS surfaces have no facets - the amount of information required in NURBS geometry is much smaller when compared to other common solid modeling based apps. NURBS models can accurately model any shape from a simple line, circle, arc to the most complex 3d organic surface or solid. NURBS is a mathematical model which stands for: Non-uniform, Rational, B-Spline curves (just in case you didn’t know). What is Rhino? Rhino is a NURBS based 3d geometry modeling application. ![]() Its building-block based mental model made sense to me and when paired with Grasshopper - a parametric modeling plugin - Rhino emerges as an amazing tool for creating algorithmic, free-form, 3d geometry. Despite not being the quickest to learn when compared to these others, Rhino felt the most intuitive. ![]() In my journey, I’ve tried a few other 3d modeling apps such as Sketch Up, On Shape and Fusion 360. There are plenty of places online for this type of information and will leave it to you to seek that out. I’m not going to get into any tutorials or how-tos, tips, tricks, or short-cuts etc. Disclaimer out of the gate, I am not a 3d CAD or Rhino expert - I’ve been using Rhino for a few years now but still consider myself a novice user. In this post I want to introduce a few basic concepts of Rhino that will give a good foundation for anyone looking to learn this software. ![]()
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