Rhino Basics, Week 02

Posted01/20/2010

  • Rhino Basics, Week 02

    This is the second week in a series on the fundamentals of Rhino, as taught at Otis College of Art & Design in the spring semester of 2010. To follow the tutorial from the beginning, start here. There is a parallel series covering the basics of SolidWorks here. Enjoy!

    This week, we’ll be looking at the fundamentals of precision drafting in Rhino using the grid snap, OSnaps, numerical tool inputs, transform tools, and the trim/explode/join tools. We’ll hit on some 3D here, but we’ll mostly be working in 2D for this week.

    This is the fifth video in a ground-up Rhino class taught at Otis College of Art & Design. Topics covered:

    - [grid] snap
    - using exact dimensions in rectangles, circles, and polylines

    Four more vids after the jump:

    This is the sixth video in a ground-up Rhino class taught at Otis College of Art & Design. Topics covered:

    - basic move tool
    - basic rotate tool
    - basic scale 3D, 2D, and 1D

    This is the seventh video in a ground-up Rhino class taught at Otis College of Art & Design. Topics covered:

    - basic ‘OSnap’
    – int, mid, end, near, and cen
    - using OSnap with move, rotate, and drawing tools

    This is the fifth video in a ground-up Rhino class taught at Otis College of Art & Design. Topics covered:

    - example: draw a 16:9 24″ rectangle
    - intro [tab] key
    - basic trim tool
    - basic explode/join
    - solid extrude curve
    - surface extrude curve

    This is the ninth video in a ground-up Rhino class taught at Otis College of Art & Design. Topics covered:

    - drawing a USB logo to dimensional spec

    01/20/2010
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    New in version 007:

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    • new, easier-on-the-eyes visuals

    Download the code:

    I’ve got lots more ideas up my sleeve, but the wife is telling me that I have to actually do something productive with the rest of my day :( Laaaaaame.

    Cheers!

    Adam

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    Posted in Blog.

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    So you’ve decided you want to create digital 3D models.

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    But when you look for a specific program into which you’ll invest lots of time and money, the number of options can be daunting. How do you decide which 3D program is right for you?

    There is no magic bullet in the 3D software world; every piece of software that exists on the market has a niche for a specific type of user with a specific combination of needs. In this set of posts, I’ll try to make the pros and cons of all sorts of common 3D applications easily understandable for the newbie, and hopefully even clear up a few things for the seasoned professional.

    In this, the first post in our series, we’ll be looking at the broader landscape of 3D applications, and discussing the basic categories of 3D applications. more »

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    Posted in Tutorials.

Design for everybody, by everybody.

CADJunkie.com is devoted to making in-depth CAD knowledge available to anyone who wants it, free of charge. My sincere hope is that it will be complementary to great projects like Neil Gershenfeld's 'Fab Labs'; Arduino, RepRap, Contraptor, and others. CAD software is the missing link in the open-source hardware movement, and my goal is to make it accessible to everyone.

Enough jibber-jabbin'. Lets make stuff.

--Adam
Adam O'Hern, Industrial Designer