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...

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Basic SolidWorks, Wk 01

Since I’m putting together a video series walking through the basics of Rhino, I’ve decided to create a parallel series looking at the equivalent functionalities in SolidWorks 2010. Since I’m trying to stick pretty literally to the Rhino video series, it should be easy for noob’s to follow the differences between these two very different methodologies. This is the first...

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Rhino Basics, Week 01

As many of you know, I will be teaching a basic sophomore-level CAD class at Otis College of Art & Design during the spring of 2009. As the class progresses, I’ll be publishing what we learn each week here on the site, so that anyone else who wants to can join in. We’re starting at the very beginning here: greetings noobs! You’ve come to the right place! For a complete...

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Rhino Basics, Syllabus

This is the syllabus for a video 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! Course Description An introductory course covering the fundamentals of Computer Aided Design (CAD) using an...

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HDR Light Studio Basic

HDR Light Studio is a great way to make quick, high-quality studio HDR setups for your modo scenes. HDR lighting is far more efficient than rendering with ray-traced lights, yielding stunning results in very little time. We’ll also look at a few file setup tricks to make your alpha outputs more useful, especially when working with HDR images. Happy...

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