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Rhino Testing is available to Academic Rhino Proctors.

For more information on the Rhino testing and on becoming an ARP see here.

Download a Rhino Testing brochure …

Power2Work article from GeekWire Magazine   

Congratulations to Cory Torppa and John Niebergall for making this happen at their schools.  

Some of my thoughts as I put these sessions together:  (some one-liners)

"Tips, Tricks, Clarifications" was the phrase I posted on the whiteboard.   All of us gather this stuff as we watch another person model.  Have a notepad handy so you can jot down some of these things for your own learning. How about using 'Notes' command in Rhino for this?

Chronology:  curves, surfaces, polysurfaces:  Clean curves lead to clean surfaces ... lead to clean polysurfaces ... give you clean…

For the last 9 years I have been creating a ski building system that lends itself to school construction.  Production skis are built in presses but that is expensive and creates a single ski type.  The Research and Development teams of ski companies use vacuumed rocker tables to create on of a kind skis.  This lends itself to school since it is the design and construction of their own ski that matters.…

3D Hubs Website This might be a perfect 'printing service' for you and your students.  

Rhino Plugin for 3D Hubs  Download this plugin to export your model to 3D hubs.

Hello,

Have you had a kid in class want to make a guitar? Many of us "woodshop" teachers have. Well the idea has resurfaced with me and some shop friends. Here is a great site "guitarbuilding.org" check them out. NSF backed this and has some really good stuff.

I have connected with some folks that believe this could be a great STEAM project for kids and teachers. I have been working on multiple collaborative projects with other high schools, community colleges and business.…

News Article Guitars at Hanford HS & Kiona-Benton HS

Contact info for the two teachers:   David Lake     …

Oregon's Mobile Classroom... At Gaston Jr/Sr High School

Here is the post from Rhinocam:  Pete's Vacuum hold down system

This is an example of the kind of work teachers can expect at Kelso High School next summer at the Rhino Teacher workshop.  Cory Torppa is the driver behind this workshop.  Guys like Pete make things happen…

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This one is worth the read. Let me know what you think. Anyone you know get a DARPA grant?

JN

Here is another article that might help you educate other folks about what we are doing down in the "shops". Education Week in read by many administrators.

Keep me informed on your success.

John…

Hello All,

Interesting article about how digital design and manufacturing is evolving here in Oregon. We (CTE) teachers are being recognized as a real asset. 

JN…

Sitka High School Design and Fabricate     Posted by Teacher, Mike Viera

Use _MacroEditor command to load Macro Editor panel. [Tools>Commands>Macro Editor…] Type following codes in Macro Editor. (You can also copy and paste them!)

'_4View

_NextPerspectiveViewport

_MaxViewport…

Yea, that's right! Check out the website.

I dislike it when folks use the "fear factor" of 3D printing by bringing up 3D printed guns.  Now I direct them to these great news stories:

• This awesome dad…

Eddie Paul interviews  

The first one is an 'interview with himself'.  A great listen for students.  How he got started with his own ventures and businesses.

The second one is an interview with Kevin Pasko about his 'process' for designing with various software.

from Jenny Styer, Sehome High School

Please create and add your own rubrics to complement these rubrics:

Blank Rubric form doc

Flashlight Design Brief rubric…