Shape the Land: Terrain Modeling & Grading with RhinoLands

See how to generate 3D terrain from contours and points, reshape topography, create grading operations for platforms, paths and roads, control slopes and elevations, and calculate cut-and-fill volumes directly from the model with this free RhinoLands webinar.

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Continuous Curves, Rotating Forms: A New Approach to Ceramic Printing

What if clay 3D printing could move beyond stacked layers? Mark Meier’s experimental rotary-axis process combines Rhino, Grasshopper, Python, and robotic fabrication to draw continuous ceramic patterns directly onto rotating 3D forms, creating remarkably light and intricate structures.

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Solander 38: Rhino as the Common Language of an Evolving Vessel

Solander 38 is a self-sufficient, solar-electric cruising catamaran developed through an unusually collaborative design and build process. At its center, an evolving Rhino model became a common language between designers, builders, fabrication workflows, construction drawings; and eventually an interactive digital record of the vessel itself.

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Parametric Design with Grasshopper 1 by Navalapp

Parametric Design with Grasshopper 1 introduces practical parametric 3D modeling focused on yacht geometry, from Grasshopper fundamentals and interface and module assembly to creating and refining NURBS surfaces. 

You will learn to build clean, functional definitions, control relationships between geometric elements, and use parameters to adjust dimensions, proportions, and shapes as a design evolves. 

Through hands-on exercises such as modeling a cockpit, floor liner, bathing platform, sheer line, hull-side and bow surfaces, and a hardtop, you'll learn a workflow that combines Grasshopper with Rhino. By the end, you'll be able to parametrically construct the center-console boat geometry demonstrated in the course and continue developing your own definitions.