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These single pages are added to 'prime the pump' with basic skills for drafting on paper or with Rhino.

  Books and other affordable drafting resources

Check back for additions to these pages.  Download…

Vectorize plugin for Rhino 7 Windows and Mac.

Trace plugin for Rhino 6 Windows and Mac.…

The 'basics' is what the sketching and drafting posts are about.  In today's school environment there are other ways to teach design.  This is an attempt to fill in some blanks for teachers who have spent little time sketching and drawing.  Simply put, it is our attempt to encourage time with a pencil and paper for both teachers and students. 

Build up your library.  There are many $5.00 books 'out there'. …

  Inspiration from Pete's one-pager:    Scaling Exercise.  

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Table of Contents is working.  Let me know if you want anything added to this 'projects' document.

This is getting to be popular all around the world.  Thanks for those of you who are 'talking it up'.  This is a good way to add members.  Add some photos, post a tutorial, or classroom activities to the page.…

Projects to go with this series of updated/changed shed models:

Research and 'purchase' each and every part of the shed model. Be aware of the lengths of lumber to be purchased vs the length of lumber to be cut on the job.

Sketch each part of the shed beginning with the pier block.  (Both Isometric sketches AND orthographic sketches.)

Sketch the entire shed…

The 'basics' is what the sketching and drafting posts are about.  In today's school environment there are other ways to teach design.  This is an attempt to fill in some blanks for teachers who have spent little time sketching and drawing.  Simply put, it is our attempt to encourage time with a pencil and paper for both teachers and students. 

New:    …

Graph Paper digitizer doc file…

Model:  'Rhino Head' (image) downloaded from the internet

Series of 5 videos:   (Videos 5 to 6 minutes each)

Reduce Mesh count:                                                                  video 1 of…

Sketching.docx

Here is a short story of how Sketching took a team of Lynden students to MIT.

If you would like to know more I would  be happy to provide details.

I hope you can use this to partially answer the question -- why are we doing this?

Dave

  Build a House: Foundation, Framing, Terrain, Blocks…

Here are a set of videos I made for my students for our usage of Rhino 6 for Mac. There's a lot I'd like to develop more of, but for now, you can share as you'd like:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh3iFL9dzjQR4XIAoq1CJ8EJzgcwBmhdY

Video:    Laser Template for your classroom

 ( 3 minutes-36 second video )…

Rhino Viewports Explained

Intro to 3D Printing

Daniel Aghassi, a 9th grade student at North Creek High School in Bothell, Washington, was very eager learn…

A model taken from the L1 training manual.

Teaching the Contour command with Project to Cplane, and Remap to x,y plane for laser…

1/8" Baltic Birch plywood, paper drinking-straw spars:…

It might be time to get started with Grasshopper.  This set of models and videos is generated to help you begin. Let me know if it works for you.  Give me a shout if you need any clarification. 

Bob Koll (bobkoll@mcneel.com)

Table Lamp Rhino model:…

2d to 3d House     

(not intended as a structural house model; much is missing)

Use your 2d floor plan lines and curves, foundation cross sections…

Creating Geometry for Laser Cutting and Engraving

Daniel Aghassi, a 9th grade student at North Creek High School in Bothell, Washington, was very eager learn Rhinoceros.

He decided to create a series of Absolute Beginners Tutorials for…

PART 1, Deck Design   Research, Sketch, Report:      Output ideas pdf

Model to download for Output ideas project…