of the point cloud. It is super quick, compared to what you have seen so far in Rhino, to load and display point clouds, as it works on multiple threads. Amongst others you can section the point cloud for referencing your footbridge, decimate it as needed for creating the enviroment, denoise it, clip and save parts of point clouds etc. You can right click the cloud components, giving you access to dynamic preview of the cloud, so that it does not drag in viewport while panning and zooming and at the same time controlling the "thickness" of the points in viewport, in case your camera gets close to the point cloud. It is a matter of visual preference.
I think that even 200mil points can be loaded with volvox.
Some references
12million points
13million points
13million points (right click dynamic settings low thickness)
13million points (right click dynamic settings high thickness)
15 million points (around 20sec!! to l0ad)
My pc (i7 3820, 32gb ram, gtx670 4gb) felt comfortable working with up to 15 mil point clouds. But that has to do with hardware along with your patience while working.
All clouds have been loaded as .txt files where the mask describing the info was x,y,z,r,g,b,u,v,w. Depends on how your data is in-text formatted.
You can check fly through animations all done with gh and Volvox here
(starting @~2:20)
best
alex
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ly 26-27-28-29 (digital fabrication)
The third edition of digitalMed Workshop is structured as a design laboratory. Participants will learn the challenging process of producing ideas, projects and research analysis that are to be developed through specific software and concepts that emerge through the use of mapping, parametric design and digital fabrication.
The workshop will take place in the city of Salerno (Italy) and it will last 11 days structured into 3 intensive weekends: July 13-14-15 (mapping); July 19-20-21-22 (parametric design); July 26-27-28-29 (digital fabrication).
Goals and Objectives:
We aim to make clear the theoretical and technical knowledge in the approach to parametric and generative design and digital fabrication. (From collection and data management, to the manner in which these inform the geometries, to the fabrication of prototypes.)
Participants will also have the opportunity to practice the new knowledge gained in the design laboratory through project work.
Project Theme:
"Urban Field" Identify, study and analyze the system of public spaces in the urban area of the city of Salerno.
Connection, mutation, generation and evolution are the themes to be followed in project work.
Brief Description of Topics:
- Mapping. Our reality, in all its forms, has studied through concepts of the theory of Complex Systems. The techniques that will be used to study events and places of reality, will work for the management, manipulation and visualization of data and information. These will form the basis for project management and driven geometry, conducted during the second phase of the workshop.
- Parametric Design. Introduction to Rhino* and Grasshopper. Specifically, we will explain the concepts with which to work with the software of parametric design and how they function. Through these tools, we will arrive at the definition of systems of mathematical and / or geometrical relationships that are able to generate and govern patterns, shapes and objects that will inform the final design.
- Digital Fabrication. In this phase, participants of the workshop are organized into working groups. Participants have access to materials and conceptual apparatus that will take them directly to the fabrication of the geometries of the project, with the use of software CAD / CAM interface and the use of machines for the digital fabrication.
The DigitalMed workshop is organized by Nomad AREA (Academy of Research & Training in topics of Contemporary Architecture), in collaboration with the City of Salerno, the Order of Architects Province of Salerno and the National Institute of Architecture In / Arch - Campania.
Interested parties may download the Notice of Competition at the address www.digitalmedworkshop.com and fill the pre-registration no later than July 10th 2012.
PRESS OFFICE
Dr. Francesca Luciano
328 61 20 830
fra_luciano@libero.it
For information or subscriptions:
e-mail: info@digitalmedworkshop.com - tel: 089 463126 - 3391542980 …
etails elements for more understanding of local problems.
The idea is to get information on the angle for each panel for CNC lasercutting machine.
The main problem, I think is to control the angle to assemble all the elements that will be lasercut. I explored the vectors along the panel but I am lost in finding a way to control this.
I tried also to create finger-joints or jigsaw joints on the edge without success.
The issue would be to able to unroll the surface with the complete control on angles.
If I am just unrolling the surface without knowing how to assemble them it will be random asembling and the tolerance will reck the model. Don't you think ?
I also thought about radial nodes
Does thoses issues are making any sense for anyone here ?
Could you possibly help me find out answers for thoses problems ?
Moreover I have saw this project and they have mastered those problem.
Would you be able to tell me more about it ?
http://www.oliverdavid.de/?page_id=36
I am trying to fully comprehend also the offset properties to create thickness on a mesh in order to turn it into a surface for an eventual "unroll surface command"
It will be ideal if you could answer me with some tips on how to solve those various problems. I am lost and I spent more than 20 hours trying to solve those issues without success.
Thank you for your time.…
heranno la maggior parte delle funzionalità di Rhino, tra cui i comandi più avanzati per la creazione di superfici.
Struttura Le lezioni tratteranno in maniera sistematica argomenti riguardanti l'interfaccia utente, i comandi, la creazione e modifica di curve, superfici e solidi.
Risultati attesi Dopo questo corso l’allievo deve essere in grado di:
• Muoversi agevolmente attraverso l’interfaccia di Rhino.
• Identificare quando è richiesto modellare in maniera free-form o di precisione.
• Creare e modificare curve, superfici e solidi anche di natura complessa.
• Utilizzare ausili di modellazione per la precisione.
• Produzione di facili rendering per la visualizzazione dei modelli di Rhino.
Destinatari Questo corso è rivolto a progettisti e studenti che vogliono imparare in modo efficace i concetti e le caratteristiche del software di modellazione Rhinoceros. Le lezioni saranno esposte da un docente ART qualificato dalla McNeel esperto di modellazione Nurbs.
Prerequisiti Per affrontare il corso sono richieste competenze di Windows, passione e volontà di modellazione; precedenti esperienze di modellazione, anche con altri software, sono utili ma non indispensabili.
Attestato Alla fine del corso verrà rilasciata l’attestato di partecipazione ad un corso qualificato McNeel valido anche per l’ottenimento di crediti formativi universitari.
Luogo Le lezioni si terranno in Via dei Valeri 1 int.9, 00184 ROMA
Pre-iscrizione Per garantire il numero di iscrizioni è necessaria una pre-iscrizione inviando una mail all'indirizzo 4planstudio@gmail.com il cui contenuto deve essere il seguente:
Nome:
Cognome:
Indirizzo di residenza:
mail:
telefono:
La preiscrizione dovrà avvenire entro il 30/11. A seguito di questa procedura verrà inviata dal tutor una mail di conferma con le procedure di iscrizione.
Quota di iscrizione
Il corso prevede le seguenti quote di iscrizione:
studenti: 400 Euro; (sarà necessario presentare in copia la ricevuta di pagamento dell’anno in corso)
non studenti: 470 Euro. Le quote sono considerate iva inclusa.
Info
Per ulteriori informazioni sono a disposizione i seguenti contatti:
Responsabile didattico: arch. Michele Calvano
Info mail: 4planstudio@gmail.com
tel: 340 3476330
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ly fabricated interventions and interactive electronic performance art installations in Barra Funda. Along with other experts, these tutors will teach how to use and apply new design technologies, notably Rhino and Grasshopper (and numerous plug-ins including GECO, Galapagos, Kangaroo and RhinoCam); Arduino and Processing; and the use of laser-cutters, rapid- prototype machines and CNC routers and mills.
Alan Dempsey of NEX, was in 2010, selected by the Centre for European Architecture/Chicago Athenaeum as one of the 40 most significant architects in the EU under 40. In 2008 he was selected by the British Council as one of the six most significant Design Entrepreneurs. He previously worked with Future Systems, OCEAN and Homa Farjadi. Alan was an AA Unit Tutor and is Director of the AA Independent’s Group (www.independentsgroup.net), which facilitates research into the use of computational design and fabrication. Alan has lectured, exhibited and been published worldwide. His work has received a number of awards, including a LEAF award for Spencer Dock Bridge, and a D&AD pencil for the [C]space DRL 10 Pavilion.
Robert Stuart Smith of Kokkugiais a Studio Course Master at the AA DRL. Robert previously worked for Lab Architecture Studio and Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners. He focuses on self-organisational systems and developmental growth, pursuing polyvalent and environmentally responsive affect. He leads consultation to Cecil Balmond on non-linear algorithmic design research. Kokkugia has projects in the USA, UK and Mexico, and is exhibited and published internationally.
Iván Ivanoff is an artist, programmer, and researcher. He searches for new forms of communication for the society of the future and is the director of different Media Labs worldwide. He founded the artistic collaborative i2off.org+r3nder.net, which develops multi-media and interactive projects, and Estado Lateral Media Lab to investigate and develop new technologies.
The Barra Funda district of São Paulo was once characterised by a mix of small industrial, commercial and residential programmes, but, as economic policies have favoured larger production industries, numerous companies have abandoned the area. In response, the workshop proposes the creation of new types of smaller industries to produce a mix of both consumption and production, manifested through micro-manufacturing interventions that can co-exist alongside retail and housing. Computational design and digital fabrication could be used to help create these new micro-industries, which in turn will help empower local craftsman to produce and sell directly to consumers through micro-manufacturing, located in small urban workshops.
The workshop will tap into emergent gallery scene of Barra Funda and local initiatives that use computational technology to introduce a new cultural and economic impetus. The workshop is a part of the International Festival of Electronic Language (FILE), an exhibition of interactive electronic technology, and will import these electronic technologies out of the galler, collaborating with local manufacturers, artists, and activists, with a goal of disseminating a high-tech yet low-cost and small-scale fabrication systems to promote this new micro-industrial movement. The workshop is open to architecture and design students and professionals worldwide.…
ermedio fondamentali per la corretta comprensione del software Rhinoceros.
Il corso si svolgerà nei seguenti giorni:
Lunedì 07/10/2013 dalle ore 9:30.00 alle ore 13:30
Martedì 08/10/2013 dalle ore 9:30.00 alle ore 13:30
Lunedì 09/10/2013 dalle ore 9:30.00 alle ore 13:30
Martedì 15/10/2013 dalle ore 9:30.00 alle ore 13:30
Scadenza preiscrizione per Rhinoceros StartUP : 04/10
Contenuti
- Presentazione e spiegazione dell’ interfaccia
- Approfondimento dell’ utilizzo dei comandi base 2D per la gestione del documento di progetto
- Teoria Free-Form
- Modellazione di architetture semplici per eseguire operazioni Booleane semplici e complesse
(addizione, sottrazione, intersezione)
- Presentazione e spiegazione delle superfici a doppia curvatura e loro pannellizzazione
- Comandi di editing, superfici tagliate e raccordi tra superfici
- Analisi di curvatura, tangenza e posizione delle superfici
- Impaginazione e costruzione degli elaborati bidimensionali attraverso modelli tridimensionali
- Modellazione di architetture complesse
Destinatari
Il corso è rivolto a studenti universitari, professionisti ed anche a coloro che non hanno precedenti esperienze di modellazione 3D.
Alla fine del corso, verrà rilasciato l’attestato di partecipazione ad un corso di Rhinoceros qualificato e certificato dalla casa sviluppatrice McNeel, valido anche per la richiesta di crediti formativi universitari.
Docente del corso
Il corso sarà tenuto da un docente qualificato con riconosciuta esperienza universitaria, esperto in disegno e rappresentazione dell' architettura e del design ed istruttore McNeel:
Michele Calvano| _architetto, dottore di ricerca in rappresentazione architettonica specializzato nella modellazione matematica (Nurbs) e modellazione parametrica.
Docente ART ( Autorized Rhino Trainer) - [vedi - CV]
Info
Per ulteriori informazioni di carattere didattico sono a disposizione i seguenti contatti:
Responsabile didattico e docente del corso : arch. Michele Calvano
Info mail: parametricart@gmail.com
cell: 340 3476330
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y in English. ○Presenter
Robert (Bob) McNeel (McNeel & Associates founder) Robert (Bob) McNeel is the founder and president of Robert McNeel & Associates (RMA). Founded in 1978, RMA originally focused on developing accounting software for accounting, architecture, engineering, and other personal services firms. Within a few years, RMA expanded its services to include selling and supporting microprocessor-based engineering and design software including AutoCAD. By 1985, the main focus of the business had shifted to AutoCAD sales, service, training, and software development. Bob McNeel grew up in the mountains of southern Washington State on a subsistence dairy farm. To pay for college, he worked in construction as a carpenter, welder, and cement finisher. Bob has a BA in Accounting from Washington State University. Prior to founding McNeel & Associates, he was a practicing Certified Public Accountant and the comptroller for a large construction company in Spokane. Andrés González (Rhino Fablab director) Andrés is a software trainer and developer since the 1980s. He has developed applications for diverse design markets as well as training materials for different CAD and Design software including the community of training materialswww.Rhino3D.TV Andrés has been working with the Rhino Team since the very early stages. He is now the head of the McNeel Southeast US & Latin American Division. He is the worldwide director of the digital fabrication community called RhinoFabLabwww.RhinoFabLab.com as well as the Generative Jewelry & Fashion Design community GJD3D www.GJD3d.com and Generative Furniture Design community GFD3D www.GFD3d.com 1981 -1985 University of North Carolina at Charlotte N.C. - EE.UU. B.S., Bachelor of Science in Engineering
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Added by Yusuke Oono at 9:28pm on October 16, 2013
Introduzione a Grasshopper", il primo manuale su Grasshopper.
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I corsi PLUG IT nascono dalla volontà di promuovere le nuove tecnologie digitali di supporto alla progettazione e condividere il know-how maturato attraverso ricerca, collaborazione con i più importanti studi di architettura e pubblicazioni internazionali.
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Verranno introdotte le nozioni base di Grasshopper approfondendo le metodologie della progettazione parametrica e le tecniche di modellazione algoritmica per la generazione di forme complesse. Il corso è rivolto a studenti e professionisti con esperienza minima nella modellazione 3D e si articolerà in lezioni teoriche ed esercitazioni.
. Argomenti trattati:
- Introduzione alla progettazione parametrica: teoria, esempi, casi studio - Grasshopper: concetti base, logica algoritmica, interfaccia grafica - Nozioni fondamentali: componenti, connessioni, data flow
- Funzioni matematiche e logiche, serie, gestione dei dati - Analisi e definizione di curve e superfici
- Definizione di griglie e pattern complessi - Trasformazioni geometriche, paneling - Attrattori, image sampler
- Data tree: gestione di dati complessi - Digital fabrication: teoria ed esempi - Nesting: scomposizione di oggetti tridimensionali in sezioni piane per macchine CNC
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Verrà rilasciato un attestato finale.
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Ulteriori info e programma completo su: www.arturotedeschi.com e su www.samilolab.it…