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Vectorize plugin for Rhino 6 or 7 Windows and Mac.

   The developer of the Trace plugin passed away a few months ago.  Dale Fugier, one of our Rhino developers, wrote the Vectorize plugin to replace the Trace plugin.  Thanks Dale.  And also thanks to Gérard Bouteau, the original developer of 'Trace'.…

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…

Overview:   

With cnc desktop mills and routers, we have decided it is time to dig up

some old and new projects.

Projects that require precision measuring, precision modeling, & precision machining. …

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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Blue Tape Trick…

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

A remodel project for intermediate Architecture Design students.

Concept design a remodel for a 1905 craftsman house.  

Develop a budget for the remodel. 

Research on Zillow to find comparable homes to determine the value of the home as it is and what the the value may be after the remodel.  

Present your preliminary remodel ideas to the client and the budgets with the potential return on thier investments.

Project description Word doc.…

   Kalama High School CTE teacher is busy making face-shields for the Peace Health Hospital, St. John Foundation

All the information about the 3d printing of the face-shields is here including the downloadable stl file. Open…

Bellingham High School teacher and students help the first responders with PPE  

Story from KGMI a bellingham radio station…

• A Seattle neighbor of mine designed this clip on face shield.
  
  To build it you need a 3d printer and an empty 2 liter pop bottle.
  
  The STL file of the headband is available here at www.fromel3d.com…
  
  

Greetings from Rhino in Education. We know that schools are working remotely during this time and want to let you know we have support and resources available for you and your students.

Resources:

• Free 90 day Rhino 6 Evaluation versions for Windows and …

Sherwood High School, Sherwood, Oregon

Google Docs: …

Video by Brian…

Here is a kitchen renovation project that uses Rhino to develop and communicate the design options to the client. After nearly eleven interactions, the design, colors and materials were decided upon.

The project was due to begin and late October 2019 and be finished by the first week in December. In-stock cabinets from Home Depot were used to keep the project on budget and schedule.

I, along with Bob Koll and Pete Sorenson believe this could be a great project for high school…

Step by step process, edit as needed

Download this word doc…

This is a quick, simple little project I altered from one a friend does.  It's good for teaching some simple principles of working with 3D objects, using the various viewports, and great for having a discussion at the 3D printer about the best way to orient a model to minimize support.

Tutorial Video…

v6 Rhino notes:  Open the ...Finished model below. (It is a v5 Rhino model).  Run this command: 'Rendering' (opens the rendering panel). Go to the bottom  and click 'Reset to Defaults'.  Set the Perspective view to 'Rendered' display mode. Save the model with a new name.  Render the model. 

It is a fun model to render on the pc or the mac.  'Plastic' material works well, color orange, of course.…

Excellent example of a well-written design brief.  Output = 3d printed project…

Here's a monogram sign project that my kids complete at the end of the 'Editing Geometry' section in the Level 1 Training Manual.  This is their first project on the CNC plasma, and one that has been popular with parents.

Monogram%20Sign.pdf