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Este taller va dirigido principalmente a arquitectos, diseñadores industriales, diseñadores de interiores y profesionistas o estudiantes afines al diseño. El objetivo ,tanto por la duración como por el método de trabajo que se plantea será mas practico que teórico, se dará a los participantes los conocimientos para utilizar herramientas de diseño parametrico para el desarrollo de algoritmos generativos , para su implementación en procesos de diseño , además de distintas técnicas avanzadas de modelación 3d , edición de materiales, iluminación y renderizado para la producción de infografías.

Bajo la utilización de distintos software se examinaran conceptos y casos de estudio que permitirán a los participantes aprender a utilizar y generar algoritmos que les permitan llevar a acabo distintos procesos de diseño , tanto para exploración de diseños conceptuales, así como para la optimización del diseño para su fabricación además del desarrollo de topologías complejas que respondan a ciertos criterios predefinidos por el diseñador.

Fecha y Lugar
5,6,7  -  12,13,14 de Marzo
Instalaciónes Plataforma de Arquitectura (151-SA)

Cupo maximo
15 plazas

Costo
Estudiantes : $ 2,000.ºº
Profesionistas: $ 2,700.ºº

Importante
*Los participantes deberan traer su propia laptop con todo el software y actualizaciones (originales o verisones de demostración oficiales) previamente instaladas.(se fijara una fecha unos días antes para revisar que todos los equipos esten en orden y listos para trabajar)

Proceso de Inscripción
El participante debera pagar la matricula haciendo un deposito bancario a la cuenta que aparece a continuación.
Banco:Banamex
Nombre:Daniel Camiro Salgado
No.Cuenta:5204 1670 5605 3697
CLABE(transferencia interbancaria):002010437100818177
El deposito minimo para reservar la matricula es del 50% el resto debera ser cubierto por lo menos 7 días antes del inicio del taller.

Una vez que el deposito se haya llevado acabo el participante debera enviar a cualquiera de estos dos correos electronicos: rodrigo@designplaygrounds.com – chidostudio@gmail.com la siguiente información.
-Nombre Completo
-Email
-Telefono
-Institución Educativa u Oficina
-Archivo adjunto de la copia del recibo del deposito bancario

En cuanto se reciban los datos inmediatamente nos pondremos en contacto para especificar los siguientes pasos a seguir.

Organizado en conjunto con:

This is a call out for all rhino user enthusiasts, my friends at RhinoHelp.com have launched an  open competition for all Rhino modellers, a good opportunity to show and to presume your modelling and rendering skills to others ,for more information and submissions of  projects you can go to their  website , have fun.

Design & model a home appliance for year 2050
This contest is solely dedicated to modeling in Rhinoceros 3D modeling software.
In this contest, you are encouraged to try and imagine how would a home appliance look and feel like in a year 2050. It doesn’t have to be fully functionally thought through, but it definitely is a plus if you design into more detail.
Contest deadline
February 1st  -  May 1st
Contest prizes

1st prize

1. McNeel’s Rhinoceros v4.0 NFR (Not for resale)
2. 3Dconnexion’s SpaceNavigator

2nd prize

1. T-Splines, Inc.’s T-Splines v2 for Rhino
2. 3Dconnexion’s SpaceNavigator

3rd prize

1. 3Dconnexion’s SpaceNavigator

General rules

1. By submitting you agree that Rhino3DHelp.com and McNeel can use your submission, for promotional purposes.
2. Any submission must have been created in 2010 and can not have been featured in any other CG competition or awards.
3. By submitting to the Rhino3DHelp.com’s contest, you warrant that you have obtained permission to submit the works for public display.
4. Any attempt to circumvent any of the competition rules or voting systems will result in you and your company being disqualified and permanently banned from all future contests.
5. Judging will be performed by judges selected by Rhino3DHelp.com. Judges will be responsible for selection and scoring of all submitted images. Criteria for judging can be found on the Judging page.
6. Contestants should be registered on the forums, and need to create their WIP thread in the contest forum.
7. Contestants should post at least 1 WIP shot during the challenge and should comment on others work.
8. For final submission, contestants need to submit compressed (zip or rar) .3dm model for judging.
9. Deadline will be after three months from now.
10. All contestants must provide reliable contact information in their profile, if information provided does not allow us to contact you easily then placement and prizes will be adjusted accordingly to the next ranked entry.
11. Usage of 3rd party plugins is allowed, as long as it is in Rhino and contestants must have aprox. 60% of the scene modeled in classic Rhino way.
12. T-Splines plugin usage is allowed.
13. Modeling in Rhino is obligatory, models needs to be 100% created inside Rhino, and all contestants must provide .3dm model to the jury.

Competition Sponsors

A design exercise made to understand the parametric principles that may apply in the design of a tower structure, in this case I took as a reference for this particular exercise the Canton Tower designed by IBA Architects , which characterizes for using curved and inclined structures instead of the conventional straight structures used conventionally for skyscrapers.

The result of the exercise is a tool that allows the designer to quickly generate tower structures that obey a parametric logic between its  components , among the things the user can change are:

• *The Height of the structure

• *Size of the tower core

• *Rotation angle of the upper profile curve

• *Distance Between slabs

• *Height of slabs

• *Number and Radius of Main columns

• *Number of Secondary columns.

This were the elements or properties I thought would define the basic shape of this particular project however , more functions and parameters can be added to make more precise models. Would be interesting for further experiments to  start testing the structures resulting from this kind of  tools using some finite element analysis  I´ll make some tests using Algor and see how it goes.

I have made a Video Tutorial of this exercise I hope to have time this week to Upload it, meanwhile you can download the definition and play with it.

GH Concepts Covered:

*Extracting Profile Curves / Move Component
*Rotation of objects / Function components  to transform angles in radians
*Creating body surfaces and intersection planes.
*Extract Slabs from BRep intersections.
*Extract lines from profile curves and creating pipes
*Create a single dimension list from different curves using Tree Logic Components
*Transforming single dimension list into a matrix and extract a pattern using VbScript.

Grasshopper Definition:ParametricTowerExperiment.ghx

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The experiment represents a tool to create modular structure systems that can be adaptable to different scales and context spaces, The objective of this project was to develop a generative design strategy for architectural design that could be developed under digital fabrication methods. I have to mentions these are the first steps of  this research project  , currently working in scripting the constructive unions of the modules , tagging the pieces and extract the information for its digital fabrication.

How it Works
The Grasshopper definition extracts the honeycomb structures from two surfaces, this allows the system to adapt better to a pre established place (interior spaces for example) , once you have selected both surfaces they get subdivided and then a VBscript component extract the honeycomb patterns from the surface , which are then used to create lofted surfaces.

As I mentioned befor these are the first steps, I´m woking in a similar version that generates apprtures depending on a distance to a point , if you want to keep updated with this and other projects you can subscribe to my RSS Feed
Rhino File: Honeycomb Surfaces.3dm
Grasshopper Definition: Honeycomb2surfaces.ghx

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So I tried to see if I could achieve this kind of aggregations using a 4-pod element like the one I saw on that project , to do it I revisit a code I saw once at Kokkugia´s wiki about recursive aggregations and tweaked a little bit to adapt it to the 4-pod elementmentioned before. The aggregated component was modeled using T-Splines for rhino as I´ve said in other occasions is great for organic modelling.The code it´s a little buggy and generate some replications in the same places but for a one day experiment I think is ok . If you are curious of trying it out and improve it please let me know.=)

In the next days I will be posting some experiments for surface tesselations on surafces using  Grasshopper if you want to keep updated you can suscribe to my RSS Feed

Script File:RecursiveAggregation01.rvb

Rhino File :Recursive4-Pod.3dm

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Release Improvements:
* BoxEdit: Can now accept units other than active unit system.
* Dimension Properties: A new button takes the user to the Style configuration page in the Options dialog box.
* Open: It is now possible to cancel opening files that are locked by another user.
* Purge: Options now persist between Rhino sessions.
* Save:DWG/DXF: Schemes can now be imported and exported through the Edit Schemes dialog and the AcadSchemes command.

Bug Fixes:

* BoxEdit: If you are in “Transform objects individually” mode, and if all objects have the same x, y, and/or z dimension, the corresponding edit fields did not show a delta. The same applies to the position fields. If objects share a pivot coordinate, then the position fields not longer display a delta. This is fixed.

* Contour: Some failure bugs have been fixed by new intersectors.
* CrvSeam: A failure bug has been fixed.
* DimRadius: Improvements in leader placement and editing.
* DimRadius: The behavior of the arrow location has been improved.
* ExtrudeCrv: Additional checking for invalid extrusions has been added.
* Object Snap: The object drag osnap is now delayed by default. When you select an object to drag it, you now have 250ms to do an old style non-osnapped drag. If the osnap was able to snap to something, the cursor tail will disappear, and after the delay the osnap will be activated, and you can do a precise drag from the osnapped point.
* Open/Save: The open and save file location incorrectly returned to the default location if Rhino 5 is closed without opening a file or using the SetWorkingDirectory command. This is fixed.
* Open:PDF: A problem with the unit settings has been fixed.
* Open:STP: A problem with importing onto layers that are off is fixed.
* Paste: A problem with pasting from the Edit menu selection has been fixed.
* Print: Minor changes to the dialog box layout have improved readability.
* RemoveMultiKnotSrf: Some problems with updating the display have been fixed.
* Save:DWG/DXF:
o When exporting or saving to DWG/DXF, the “Primary text length factor” is incorrectly not being set in the “Default” imported style from Rhino. The AutoCAD control variable DIMLFAC is now set to match the corresponding length factor.
o Special characters in layer names were lost. This is fixed.
o Layer names with mixed upper and lower case were incorrectly converted to upper case. This is fixed.
* SelLast: A problem with selecting inappropriate objects has been fixed.
* VariableFilletEdge: Several failure bugs have been fixed.

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studies with Giulio Piacentino’s new ‘WeaverBird’ plugin for Rhino by Stuart Fingerhut

Description Straight from the site

This is an early release of WeaverBird (version 0.1.16), a plugin for topological transformations in Rhino 4.0 and Grasshopper 0.6.0043 or 0.6.0019.

Main topological commands:

- wbCatmullClark. Calculates the type of mesh-based recursive subdivision described by Edwin Catmull and Jim Clark, at first in their 1978 paper. The resulting mesh always consists of quad faces.

- wbFrame. Computes a new mesh with higher genus, where each face has a new hole in the center and resembles a picture frame. The resulting mesh always consists of quad faces.

- wbCarpet. Computes a new mesh with higher genus, where each face has a new hole in the center. The resulting mesh always consists of quad faces, and can be used to compute a Sierpinski carpet.

- wbWindow. Replaces each original mesh face with a new one, reconstructed on the inside. Each face has the same number of sides as the original one.

New mesh primitives definitions:

- wbPrism

- wbPyramid

- wbDiPyramid

Additional commands for tweaking:

- wbOptions. To set threading and other options.

- wbProperties. Opens a window with topological information about any mesh object in Rhino.

Apparently  2010 seems to  be te year of Grasshopper lately we have been watching the appearance  of some grasshopper plugins like Rabbit 1.0 , WaveBird and Modetools developed by independent design studios , I predict this tendency will grow this year and we will see some pretty amazing stuff developed for this tool.

If  all this  was not enough  today David Rutten anounced the new WIP version 0.6.0055 Grasshopper 2009 Gold Edition , sounds very fancy right? actually it is this incorporates some new and interesting widgets, one that calls my attention is the Markov widget wich chains to ‘guess’ which component you want to use next based on your behaviour in the past.

I still can remember a little more than a year ago when I downloaded the first version of Grasshopper , (called Explicit History in those days ) it had very few components but for somebody who had to learn rhinoscript the hard way was easy to see the hidden potential of the tool, I ´m happy to see what it has become, with every realease they appear lots of  features I wouldn´t even imagine it could have, can´t really say how version 1.0 is going to be, but I can say its going to be something HUGE for the world of parametric design softwares.

While that happens I invite you to try out this version wich can be downloaded from HERE and as always have fun.

What features do you thing will appear in the future or which ones you thing are missing ?

Improvements for this version (straight from the site)
This release fixes a number of reasonably serious bugs:
- VB and C# components would have problems loading referenced assemblies from unexpected folders. This is (at least somewhat) fixed.
- Enabling objects would fail to properly enable input parameters for components, this is fixed.
- Probably some other ones too, my bookkeeping skills leave something to be desired.

It also offers some new functionality:
- A new Group object has been added. Groups allow you to visually link several components. Group colour cannot yet be changed, but by double clicking the group, the outline mode can be toggled.

- A new Markov widget has been added. This widget uses Markov chains to ‘guess’ which component you want to use next based on your behaviour in the past. It takes a while for it to get accustomed to you as a special and unique and lovable individual, so don’t expect miracles right away.

- A new Profiler widget has been added (off by default). The profiler lists worst-case runtimes for parameters and components, allowing you to track down bottlenecks in networks and to compare different components in terms of performance.

- All widgets now have proper tooltips.

- Mouse picking has been improved. Different actions are now handled better and especially making new wires should be somewhat easier.

- Toolbars now draw separators between different groups of objects. Separators can be disabled via the View menu.

- Fuzzy searching has been improved.

- Scribbles now allow font sizes up to 100pt.

- All Complex Number components have been moved into their own Tab.

- Tabs are now scrollable when the width of all tabs exceeds the width of the window.

And of course a couple of new components (to be honest, I have no idea which ones are new since the last release):

- Repeat Data
- Random Reduce
- Domain Inclusion
- String Concatenation
- Sinc (Sinus Cardinalis) trigonometry function
- Spherical Cloud
- Sort Points
- Vector Rotate and Vector Mass Addition (are these really new? … I forgot)
- Curve Dash pattern
- Nurbs Curve Control Points
- Metaball with custom charge overrides
- Curve self-intersections

A quick excercise of components between two surfaces, I´m starting to get into the world VB scripting for Rhino Garsshopper which I think is key element that differeciates grasshopper from any other parametric design tools available at the moment the syntax is a little bit more complicated than just using plain rhinoscript but once you start setting the input and output variables it all starts to make sense , this excercise comes from a tutorial of Woo Jae Sung I recomend a lot to check out his work.

As for this excersie I think is very helpful to start understanding the basics o the VB component for Grashopper like how to set the correct input variables aswell as the output ones, also it helps a lot with a problem I had always had with the point surface divide component which by deafult outputs a list of points in a zigzag fashion which is very dificult to use instead with teh help of a script written in VB you can sort your points in a 2×2 array which allows you to have much more control over your points.

I have added the tutorial link , and uploaded my version of the Grasshopper definition I hope you find it useful as I did.

Pdf Tutorial :Here
File Name:VBscript_excersise.ghx

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The definition is made so you can set up the number of sections in the X and Y axis separately , also you can set up the height of each sections as well as the thickness of the material you are going to work with. Finally the definitions orients al the parts to the  X-Y axis  with an ID tag  so you can easily organize them and get them ready for the CNC mill or the laser cutter.

This definition will help understand most of the basic components  that Grasshopper currently has implemented,It was made with Grasshopper Version 6.0019 we have to remember it  still is a WIP so they maybe some problems using it in other versions. I strongly recommend you to download both files the grasshopper definition and the rhino file so you can get familiarized with the inputs you need to start working.

I think that is  all , I hope you find it useful an please if you do some work with it, send it to me  so I can post it here, have fun!!!

Rhino file: Ribs(WaffleSystem).3dm
Grasshopper DefinitionFile: Ribs(WaffleSystem).ghx

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