PanelingTools Plug-in for Rhino4 (WIP)

Summary: Rhino Plug-in for Paneling NURBs Surfaces and Polysurfaces. This is work in progress (WIP)

PanelingTools plugin helps generate 2D and 3D cellular patterns and populate them over rectangular grids.

the plug-in supports intuitive design of paneling concepts as well as rationalize complex geometry into a format that is suitable for analysis and fabrication. The plug-in is closely integrated with Rhino 4.0 and is widely used for architectural and other building designers.

• Download PanelingTools plug-in for Rhino 4.0 SR7 Updated December 21, 2009. File includes toolbars and syntaxml for scripting.
• Download PanelingTools plug-in for Rhino 5.0 32 bit . Runs with the latest build of Rhino 5.0 32 bit.
• Download PanelingTools plug-in for Rhino 5.0 64 bit . Runs with the latest build of Rhino 5.0 64 bit.
• Download PanelingTools Manual Updated December 21 2009 for detailed description of paneling process and commands.
• Download PanelingTools toolabars Updated December 21 2009.
• Download PanelingTools syntaxml for scripting with Monkey RhinoScript Editor. Updated December 21 2009.
• Download PanelingTools for Mac . The Paneling Tools plugin is now part of Mac Rhino. The Paneling Tools menu is not implemented since custom user interface changes are not yet working on the Mac, but all the commands are available. Type “pt” to see all the Paneling Tools commands in the AutoComplete list. Let us know what you think!

Installation instructions

• Download PanelingTools.zip and extract to any location on your computer.
• Drag and drop PanelingTools.rhp file to an open session of Rhino. The plugin should now loaded. You need to do this once. Next time you open Rhino, PanelingTools plugin will load after you call a plugin command for the first time in that session. Another way to load a plugin is to use a PluginManager command and Install PanelingTools.rhp.
• Drag and drop PanelingTools.tb (toolbars) to an open Rhino session. Toolbars will not show at this point. To view them, you need to go to Tools/Toolbar Layout, select PanelingTools and check its menus. Next time you open Rhino, toolbars will show in your workspace.
• If you use Monkey RhinoScript Editor then you need to save PanelingTools.syntaxml file in ../Monkey/Resources folder. This way PanelingTools scripting methods will show on the left hand side tree of Monkey.

For documentation and examples, please check:

• PanelingTools Manual for detailed description of commands and options.
• PanelingScripting page has a listing of paneling methods.
• PanelingExamples page has short movie tutorials.
• PanelingGallery page has users projects with PanelingTools.

Please tell us what you think and how you are using PanelingTools to help shape future development.

For questions and feedback, contact the developer (Rajaa Issa)