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 and double-click PanelingTools installer. Once installed, when open new session of Rhino, the installed version will be loaded (no need to drag&drop or use PluginManger to load). Toolbars are also installed, but you need to load first time using Tools/Toolbar Layout…
• PanelingTools for Grasshopper is now released. Click for details...

• PanelingTools plugin is part of the Rhino for Mac WIP... . Please note that 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!

For documentation and examples, please check:

• PanelingTools Manual for detailed description of commands and options.
• PanelingTools for Grasshopper Manual includes tutorials and description of PT-GH components.
• Paneling Scripting page has a listing of paneling methods for RhinoScript.
• Paneling Tutorials page has links to video tutorials.
• Paneling Short Clips page has short video tutorials that covers the core functionality of PanelingTools.
• Paneling Gallery page has users projects with PanelingTools.

• Paneling Tools Webinar - February 11, 2011
• Paneling Tools Webinar on Vimeo

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

Join the PanelingTools Group in Rhino Forum and post photos, news and discussions. Make sure to tag with keyword “PanelingTools”

For questions and feedback, contact the developer