Furniture Design Using Rhino

Duration: 20 hours

Teaching Methodology: Hands-on

COURSE OBJECTIVE

In this course, you will use the skills you acquired in Rhino 1 and 2 to design various furniture models. At the end, you will be able to create your designs using the ETC 3-D printer.

AUDIENCE

This course is for people who want to design furniture using Rhino.

PREREQUISITES

Rhino Level 1 and 2.

COURSE CONTENTS:

01 - Overview of NURBS Topology

Rational vs. Non-rational Geometry ( Clean Curves = Clean Surfaces)
Working with Curves ( Curve Rebuilding vs. Curve Fitting / Control Point Optimization / Curve Continuity)
Working with Surfaces ( Surface Continuity / Surface Generation / Surface Analysis Tools / Rebuilding Surfaces)

02 - Create Complex Curved Surfaces

Working with Simple Curves
Various Methods of Surface Generation
Various Methods of Symmetry Production
Solid Filleting and Blending Tools

03 - Create 3D Relief patterns from 2D Artwork

Importing 2D Raster / Vector Information ( DXF, Illustrator)
Cleaning Up the Output in Rhino
Using Solid Tools to Produce Pierced, 3D Decorative Detail and Relief Patterning

04 - Create Pressed Plywood Forms

Create Complex Forms Using a Master Surface and Offsets
Produce Holes and Cut-Outs that are Normal to the Surface (Orient on Surface and Boolean)

05 - Create Cast Alloy Arms

Create Complex Curved castings (Arm Casting)
Create Complex Curved castings (Arm Casting)

06 - Solid Tools

Create and Modify Solids with Different Solid Tools such as Holes

07 - Block Instances

Create Blocks such as Fasteners, Brackets,…
Store Blocks and Bring them into the Assembly File

08 - STL Files

Short Primer on Writing Good STL Files for Export from Rhino

09 - Basic Animation in Rhino and Rendering in Vray

Create Simple Presentation Animations from within Rhino