Rhinoceros 7 Plugin News

The latest news for plugins for Rhino and Grasshopper

• New plugins and releases:
  • There is a new version of the Lark Spectral Lighting Grasshopper plugin. Or, for rendering, try the beta for V-Ray 6 for Rhino.
  • Tunny, a Grasshopper optimization component using Optuna, an open-source hyperparameter auto-optimization framework.
  • RCP Panel in Grasshopper, for control of sliders and buttons, without searching for them in the canvas.
  • Hive, helps clarify the consequences of architectural design decisions on energy efficiency, comfort, cost, and emissions.
  • Sandworm, a bridge between analog and digital landscape modeling.
  • Gelatinous Cube, a set of discrete spatial modeling tools.
• Adaptive Parts Environment, a new Grasshopper plugin to design your tools to improve your workflow.
• See food4Rhino for more apps for Rhino and Grasshopper. It's a mix of plugins for many, many applications.

• Software lists! BIM Corner published BIM in Grasshopper Ultimate Software List, providing a list of connections and plugins between Grasshopper and BIM. ParametricArchitecture published 10 Grasshopper Plugins Trending in the AEC Industry.
• Want to learn more about Kangaroo? See Kangaroo 3D: A Form-Finding, Optimized, and Constraint-Solving Engine.
• Rhino3D.Education has two new online courses: Digital Footwear Modeling in Rhino 7 (currently in Spanish only) and VisualARQ, Flexible BIM Tools for Rhino, a step-by-step guide explaining the architecture modeling workflow of Le Corbusier's The Villa Savoye, using VisualARQ and Rhino to illustrate their different commands and features.
• For a video on how to visualize Grasshopper files in AR with the help of ShapeDiver and any mobile device, watch How to View Rhino Grasshopper Files in Augmented Reality (AR)!
• In Valencia, the Arqueha studio used Rhino.Inside.Revit, Grasshopper, Revit, and Ladybug to develop an environmentally conscious project, Àgora València.
• The Swiss startup macu4 uses parametric design and 3D printing to radically transform how arm prosthetics are made. 

Symposiums, webinars, and workshops

Would you like to learn more about Rhino and its plugins in a workshop or webinar? Check these links for more details.

• Robots That Build. The Extensions of Man, October 20-21. Eindhoven, NL. Symposium examining robotic fabrication with the framework of craft, craft-anchored techniques, and multi-material systems.
• Chicago Innovate Tech 2022, October 20-21, Chicago. Symposiums and workshops focusing on innovation and technology in the Architecture Engineering Construction Operations industry.
• Training for Trainers, October 25-27. Online workshop for expert Rhino users to get approved as Authorized Rhino Trainers.
• The Augmented Architect, November 2. Webinar on a use case for a custom computational toolbox.
• Hull Design and Fairing Level 1&2, November 4-25. Online intensive training for rapid hull modeling for ships, yachts, workboats, and multihulls.
• Fluidic Expressions V1.0, November 6, Online webinar on fluidity, its forms, and logic through Rhino SubD's.
• 8 Fundamental Steps to Learn Parametric Design in 8 Weeks, November 8. Online training to learn parametric design.
• Contorted Compositions V2.0, November 12. Webinar. DesignMorphine introduces a set of form-finding methods based on the minimal surface concept and its combination with polygon modeling methods with Rhino, Grasshopper, and 3ds Max.
• Sustainable Cities, November 14-16, online workshop on tools for sustainable urban modeling.

 Rhino experts needed!

• World-architects.com lists both Job Offers and Job Seekers. 
• Job openings listed on the Archinect site.
• Find more job listings on our Rhinoceros web site.

Take care,

Sandy
Robert McNeel & Associates
Phone: +1 (206) 545-7000