Week 1 - Introduction + Rhino Overview 124b 2014 Summer
Course	124b
Date	2014/06/25
Learning Objectives	This first class will serve as an introduction to the course and its objectives. Students will be introduced to the online wiki which will provide the course content and weekly assignments. The second half of this class will be a brief overview of Rhino 3d commands and workflow tips. This session is intended as a refresher, as students are expected to be familiar with basic modeling in Rhino.
Agenda	Introduction to the course, format and objectives Overview of syllabus and exercises Studiomaven Tour Rhinoceros 5 workshop item selection/camera movement curves/polylines surfaces/polysurfaces importing references/scaling/tolerance In class exercise Project one hand-out + Group assignments
Uses Tool(s)	Rhinoceros

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• Course Survey

Lecture: Overview 3d modeling in Rhino

• Polylines, Curves: When to use what?
  • Polyline, Line, Curve, InterpCrv, POn, Split, Trim, Extend, Fillet
• Organization: Layers, Selection Tools: Fixing a Messy Drawing
  • SelCrv, Hide / Show, Join, Explode
• Surface Commands
  • Planar Surfaces: Plane, Plane (Vertical), PlanarSrf, PlaneThroughPt, CutPlane,
  • Extruded Surfaces: ExtrudeCrv, ExtrudeCrvAlongCrv, ExtrudeCrvTapered, ExtrudeCrvPoint, Ribbon, Fin
  • Non-Planr Surfaces: SrfPt, EdgeSrf, Loft, Revolve, RailRevolve, Sweep1, Sweep2
• Editing Tools:
  • Boolean Commands, ExtendSrf, FilletSrf, ChamferSrf, Variable Fillet / Blend, Connect Surfaces, BlendSrf, OffsetSrf, Unroll
• Curve Extractions:
  • Project, Pullback, Interpolate on Surface, DupEdge, DupBorder, Extract Isocurve, Extract Point, Extract Curve, Extract Wireframe, Section, Contour

Workflow

Precision Modeling, using a Jig to model a kayak or canoe

This workflow takes you through the steps to precisely model curved objects such as kayaks or canoes. By creating jigs, or consecutive sections, you can easily loft along a NURBS surface that accurately fits the shape of the hull.

Exercise

Make a Kayak

Assignment

Each group will collect information/research on their chosen building:

• Scan/trace plans and sections, and import them at scale into Rhino
• Loose 3d model of the building.

Please submit the final Rhino file (.3dm, Rhino5 or earlier) to dropbox by next Monday at midnight.

Additional Help / Links

• Rhino Modeling help page list and describes the various commands, with several short (<10 sec) videos.
• Digital Toolbox has great 2d and 3d tutorials, surveying some of the basic Rhino commands.
• Rhino3dHelp has a step by step tutorial on creating a simple house. This can be helpful for reviewing some of the basic concepts of putting together a building via plan and section.
• Rhino Tech Tips offers a range of video tutorials modeling advance objects from headphones to chairs.