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Rhino 3D Certification: Master 3D Modeling with Rhino

Explicit Modeling

Get certified in Rhino 3D modeling with our comprehensive course. Learn essential skills to create stunning designs and boost your career in design and architecture.

Arie-Willem de Jongh

Arie-Willem de Jongh

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This Rhino Certification Course will cover the 3D modeling software Rhinoceros 3D, from the very beginning to advanced use. It doesn’t matter if you are someone who has no prior knowledge of 3D modeling and want to start learning from the start. Or if you’re already somewhat experienced and you want to know methods to enhance your design workflow. Or if you’re an expert and want to know the latest workflows and techniques to model complex shapes or how to automate tasks.

Being able to translate your idea into a digital representation is a fundamental skill in today’s design toolkit. Whether you are an architectural student, a junior designer or a senior manager at a large firm, knowing how to 3D model and understand what are the possibilities and benefits of having a digital representation of your design, is a very valuable skill to acquire.

Our Rhino Certification Course is divided into three modules, each designed to help you master the fundamentals and advanced methods of Rhino modeling. In Module 1, you will learn the basics of Rhino, including the interface, navigation, object creation/editing, and exporting/importing. You'll become familiar with the various geometry objects in Rhino and how they're used in everyday situations. By the end of this module, you'll have the confidence to start modeling your first project. Module 2 starts with importing floor plans/sections and setting up a 2D base layer, from which you'll derive the 3D shape of the pavilion. You'll use various techniques and workflows learned in Module 1 and discover new ones in the process. We'll also look at annotating and documenting projects, as well as creating a diagrammatic image of the pavilion for easy visualization. In Module 3, we'll dive into advanced methods, NURBS geometry, analysis methods, and plugins. You'll model the roof of the London Aquatics Centre using NURBS, Polygon Meshes, and Subd geometry. You'll learn best practices for fast and accurate modeling, including automation of repetitive tasks. You'll also discover ways to enhance Rhino with the help of plugins and other tools. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced modeler, our Rhino course will help you develop the practical skills needed to create accurate and detailed 3D models. Enroll now and take the first step towards becoming a certified Rhino user.

EXPLICIT MODELING

Learn how to harness the power of explicit modeling with Rhino3D.

Rhinoceros 3D is a CAD software with a multitude of complex 3D modeling tools, which allow you to create unimaginable shapes with great precision and detail, whether from a drawing, a sketch or even a 3D scan.

Why is it important to know 3D Modeling?

Being able to translate your idea into a digital representation is a fundamental skill in today’s design toolkit. Whether you are an architectural student, a junior designer or a senior manager at a large firm, knowing how to 3D model and understand what the possibilities and benefits of having a digital representation of your design are, is a valuable skill to acquire.

What is Rhinoceros 3D and why is this software a good fit for me?

Rhino is an open free-form 3D modeling software developed by Robert McNeel and associates. It is a versatile, powerful 3D modeling software and its used to design and engineer products ranging from jewelry and furniture to architecture, marine design and automotive design. In other words, it’s like a swiss army knife. In architecture, it used in the schematic design phases, to quickly and accurately design options — all the way to assist in the process of creating construction documents.

What will I learn in this certification course?

In the first Module of the Rhino Certification Course, we cover the basics of Rhino. You'll go over the Rhino interface and how to set-up, navigate, and organize your model. You'll understand the different types of geometry objects that exist in Rhino and their most common uses. You'll know you how to create and edit objects and understand how they are used in everyday situations. You'll understand how to create simple construction drawings and how to export and import to other software programs. After this course, you will know the basics of Rhino, and become confident to start modeling your first project.

In the second Module, you start with importing the floor plans and sections from the Barcelona pavilion. This exercise is comparable with future sketches you make and want to transform into a digital 3D model. We continue by setting up a 2D base layer consisting of curves and lines from which we'll derive the 3D shape of the pavilion. You use the various techniques and workflows from the first part to do this, and you'll learn some new ones in the process. When you have modeled the pavilion, we look at how we can annotate and document our project. We also take a look at some visualization methods to create a diagrammatic image of the pavilion. This exercise is helpful for you to print out and start sketching on top to create various options quickly or to show to a client.

In the third and final module, you'll learn more advanced methods, commands, and workflows of Rhino. We'll go more in-depth on how to create, edit, and transform any free form shape. We start by getting a better understanding of the inner workings of NURBS geometry and how to perform various analysis methods to check curves and surfaces for their smoothness and continuity. We'll 3D model the roof of the London Aquatics Centre from Zaha Hadid Architects using NURBS geometry, Polygon Meshes and also a newer type of geometry called Subd and we'll take a look at the differences between both. We'll go over some exciting options to enhance Rhino with the help of some useful plugins and other tools. As you know, time is always an essential factor when designing your project, so we spend time understanding best practices to model fast and efficient without losing accuracy and control over your project. We'll look at repetitive tasks and ways to automate those and how to create a set-up to model like a pro.

Fundamentals of Rhino

  • 1.- Introduction and Interface

    15min 10seg
  • 2.- Selecting and Navigating

    17min 04seg
  • 3.- Accurate Modeling

    26min 22seg
  • 4.- The Different Rhino Objects Explained

    14min 53seg
  • 5.- Creating and Editing 2D Geometry

    28min 13seg
  • 6.- Creating 3D Geometry

    22min 16seg
  • 7.- Editing 3D Geometry

    24min 52seg
  • 8.- Transforming Geometry

    23min 22seg
  • 9.- Organizing your Document

    21min 36seg
  • 10.- Annotation and Documentation of your Project

    24min 41seg

Modeling your First Project

  • 1.- Importing your Sketches

    14min 25seg
  • 2.- Drawing our 2D Lines - pt1

    22min 45seg
  • 3.- Drawing our 2D Lines - pt2

    21min 23seg
  • 4.- Converting our Lines into 3D Objects - pt1

    13min 37seg
  • 5.- Converting our Lines into 3D Objects - pt2

    23min 52seg
  • 6.- Creating Annotations for our Model

    15min 28seg
  • 7.- Visualizing our Model

    16min 09seg

Advanced Rhino Techniques

  • 1.- NURBS Geometry Explained - Curves

    17min 25seg
  • 2.- NURBS Geometry Explained - Surfaces

    13min 18seg
  • 3.- Modeling the London Aquatics Centre - pt1

    16min 55seg
  • 4.- Modeling the London Aquatics Centre - pt2

    17min 07seg
  • 5.- Modeling the London Aquatics Centre - pt3

    08min 33seg
  • 6.- Mesh and Subd Geometry Types

    25min 50seg
  • 7.- Automation Methods Explained - pt1

    16min 05seg
  • 8.- Automation Methods Explained - pt2

    14min 06seg

Visualization

  • 1.- Introduction to visualization in Rhino

    07min 34seg
  • 2.- Environment and lights

    09min 04seg
  • 3.- Camera

    08min 45seg
  • 4.- Materials - part 1

    11min 44seg
  • 5.- Materials - part 2

    08min 58seg
  • 6.- Materials - part 3

    15min 43seg
  • 7.- Materials - part 4

    12min 06seg
  • 8.- Preparing our scene for rendering - part 1

    13min 46seg
  • 9.- Preparing our scene for rendering - part 2

    19min 10seg
  • 10.- Preparing our scene for rendering - part 3

    09min 45seg
  • 11.- Importing Substance materials in Rhino

    07min 51seg

SubD Modeling

  • 1.- Introduction to SubD modeling in Rhino

    05min 10seg
  • 2.- Basic principles

    06min 15seg
  • 3.- Subd toolbar commands and workflows - part 1

    13min 57seg
  • 4.- Subd toolbar commands and workflows - part 2

    12min 20seg
  • 5.- Subd toolbar commands and workflows - part 3

    06min 42seg
  • 6.- Subd toolbar commands and workflows - part 4

    10min 10seg
  • 7.- Modeling a coffee mug

    14min 53seg
  • 8.- Modeling a Storm Trooper helmet - part 1

    10min 07seg
  • 9.- Modeling a Storm Trooper helmet - part 2

    12min 56seg
  • 10.- Modeling a Storm Trooper helmet - part 3

    16min 08seg
  • 11.- Modeling a Storm Trooper helmet - part 4

    09min 53seg
  • 12.- Modeling a facade detail - part 1

    12min 15seg
  • 13.- Modeling a facade detail - part 2

    13min 21seg
  • 14.- Modeling a facade detail - part 3

    07min 47seg