DOTS__Introductory Workshop Series - Baton Rouge

DesignOnTheSide, a collaborative network of designers forming an environment for the exploration of digital design and fabrication, is pleased to announce Introductory Workshop Series - Baton Rouge. The intent of this series is to introduce a variety of design tools and techniques to the regional design community. Structured as two intensive project-based workshops held over the period of one day, these workshops are designed to develop an exchange and culture around design technology within the region. The topics for the first installment of the series are an Introduction to Revit's Conceptual Massing and an Introduction to Grasshopper. The workshops will be held on April 2nd in the Historic Hilton Hotel located in downtown Baton Rouge.

For more information about DOTS and this workshop series, please visit [www.designontheside.net]

Introduction to Grasshopper

Description:

Parametric and Associative design processes are rapidly becoming a part of any design workflow. As opposed to traditional explicit modeling techniques in which every aspect of the model is prescribed and its underlying logic is implied from our design ideas, parametric modeling enables the designer to construct the logical framework of associations and influences from the beginning. This results in an inherently flexible model that can be updated instantly with any change in design decisions.

This workshop is part of a series aimed at introducing advanced design tools / fabrication techniques to the Cajun south! The workshop will cover basic parametric modeling topics and provide a functional understanding of the Grasshopper plug-in for Rhino. Grasshopper, a developing tool for architects and designers, is a graphical algorithm editor tightly integrated with Rhino’s 3-D modeling tools. Grasshopper requires no knowledge of programming or scripting, but still allows designers to construct robust parametric models very quickly.

Participants will gain the necessary framework to incorporate intelligence and extreme flexibility within their own work. We will lightly touch on larger geometry topics by incorporating the use of vectors, points, curves, and surfaces in order to see the advantages of working with Grasshopper and to extend Rhino’s functionality for personal and professional applications.

Details:

Tutors: Michael McCune & Art Terry
Time: 2pm - 6pm

Date: April 2, 2011
Location: Hilton Hotel, downtown Baton Rouge
Cost per Session: $30 Student / $45 Professional
Registration: March 28th, but space is limited!

Tags: Baton, Louisiana, Rouge, Workshop

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Comment by Cat Pham on November 8, 2011 at 1:06pm: Hi Michael -

I recently saw a project you did ["Soft-Bodies Using Paneling Tools"] and I am working on a project of a similar scope and could use some advice as I am running into some issues. Like you, I am using Maya to model about 5 different components that I would like to populate across a surface. I am using the command _ptPanel3DCustomVariable because the PatternMethod option allows me to get the Mean between two different components (I want one component to morph into the next across the surface). The problem I am running into is that when I go to select a component or "pattern surface," it is broken down into smaller polysurfaces and I cannot select the whole surface. So my question is: What do you do to successfully export a polygon surface modeled in Maya into Rhino so that you can run the _ptPanel3DCustomVariable command and populate it across a surface? If there are more details you can offer about how you achieved the final output of "Soft-Bodies," please enlighten me! Thanks!

-Cat

Comment by Shavarsh on July 4, 2011 at 11:15pm: Too bad I missed the worksop, hope there will be another soon.

Comment by Luis Fraguada on March 2, 2011 at 2:56pm: Sounds like a great plan! It seems like all the makings for a good initiative. Please keep us updated on the progress.

Comment by Michael McCune on March 2, 2011 at 12:37pm: Well, we wanted to keep the workshops affordable with the intent of hosting workshops more often than usual in varying parts around the state. This is really the first "public" workshop being held, so we have no expectations. Only desires! We are approaching this as a community driven workshop-based network where fees are determined per venue & course materials.