Thursday, 17 March 2011

Simple Fabrication Tool

schindlersalmerón Create Simple Tool to Fabricate Complex Curves

schindlersalmeron_curvedchair

The definition overview is on Vimeo from a workshop at CITA.  Found on eat-a-bug.  

Schindlersalmeron a Zurich-based firm used grasshopper to create a system of creating curved pieces of furniture. Both sides of the curve are slotted into one another to fit their specific geometry.

 

ZipShape Parametric Model 06/10 from Christoph Schindler on Vimeo.

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Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Rhino Tutorial Quick Tips: Advanced Object Snap

Rhino Tutorial Quick Tips: Advanced Object Snap

The advanced object snaps are tools that allow you to pick on geometry in a more sophisticated way than the normal object snaps. Among my favorites "Between" and "Alongline" (which by the way, are nestable within a command, meaning you can type them while a command is active). These tools can be found under menu: Tools > Object Snaps. The first block of osnaps correspond to the traditional ones found at the bottom of Rhino's interface; the second block are the advanced ones.

To quickly access these last mentioned, you can hover over the normal object snaps (at the bottom of Rhino's interface) with your mouse, while pressing the Ctrl key down. This will switch from normal to advanced osnaps. I learnt this tip a few days back from Gijs de Zwart, while trying to win a competition on who knew more about Rhino. This item made me loose ;-)...

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