---- ======2006 UK User Group Meeting - Announcing Rhino v4.0====== This technology update day will include both new release, including Rhino v4.0, V-Ray for Rhino 1.0, [[penguin:home|Penguin]] v2.0 & Brazil presentations plus in-depth Rhino user stories. Simply Rhino Limited [[http://www.simplyrhino.co.uk|(www.simplyrhino.co.uk)]] are organising the U.K. launch of Rhino v4.0. Contact Simply Rhino Limited for all enquiries regarding pricing and availablity of Rhino v4.0. The event is sponsored by Metropolitan Works. Metropolitan Works is a unique centre that supports London's creative industries and related manufacturing. Located in the East End at London Metropolitan University, the centre encourages and facilitates creative use of digital technologies for research, development and production across a broad range of disciplines. Metropolitan Works is also the London training centre for Simply Rhino. www.metropolitanworks.org |**Date**|**9th November 2006**| |**Location**|**Metropolitan Works, 41 Commercial Road, London, E1 1LA, U.K. **| |**Entrance Fee**|**£20.00 plus VAT- Pre-registration to this event is essential. Tickets are not available on the day**| |**Start Time**|**Registration begins at 9.00am, First Presentation will be at 9.30am **| |**End Time**|** 4.30pm **| |**Organisation**|**[[paul.cowell@simplyrhino.co.uk|Paul Cowell]] **| |**Booking a Place**|**Send an email to or call on 0208 501 7500**| Information on Presentations (this list and the content of each presentation may change): ---- PRESENTATION 1 - **McNeel U.S.** (Developers of Rhino) Scott Davidson & Carlos Perez Quick review of the upcoming Rhino 4 release focusing on these new new features: * "Improved modeling tools, including better variable-radius blend tools and improved Booleans. * "New editing tools, including direct polysurface (solids) editing tools and command history. * "Interface enhancements, including new SmartTrack™ technology and more advanced display options. * "Improved 2-D drawing tools, including line types, line weights, hidden lines, hatching, dimensions, leaders, page layouts, and printing/plotting. * "Better mesh support. All editing tools should work on mesh objects as well as on [[rhino:nurbs|NURBs]] objects. * "More robust third-party software developer tools development - RhinoArq and NPR rendering demonstrations show the direction some of this development is taking. Also includes upcoming development projects that McNeel are working on. ---- PRESENTATION 2 - **Simply Rhino Limited** (Rhino Support, Training & Sales) Phil Cook Advanced Training for Rhino v4.0. This is an excerpt from the new advanced training material. Creating an accurate model of a shelled moulded component can sometimes be less than straightforward - sharp external radii won't offset inwards correctly and things get worse when your client requests last minute changes. Phil Cook from Simply Rhino outlines a typical workflow for this situation and shows how some new v4 tools/improvements can save time. Create Solid (manifold solid) Variable Fillet/Blend Trim Rib/Bosses Match Srf Remove Edge Extend Trimmed Srf ---- PRESENTATION 3 - **McNeel U.S.** (Developers of Rhino) Andy Le Bihan Next generation rendering in Rhino with news on Brazil, the (under development) high quality renderer from McNeel. ---- PRESENTATION 4 - **John Marshall - rootoftwo** John Marshall is undertaking research at The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen into the notion that digital tools such as Rhinoceros® enable new sets of creative, cultural and economic conditions for artists, architects, and designers. Since 2002, Marshall has been working with sculptor Malcolm Cochran using Rhinoceros® as a design and visualisation tool for large scale public art projects. This presentation will look at the contribution made by Rhinoceros® in the development of several works. Marshall co-founded the company ‘rootoftwo’ in 1998 to research, develop, produce, and exhibit contemporary artworks, which incorporate emerging art forms and technology. Previously, Marshall has worked as an Associate Lecturer in 3D Design at Leeds College of Art & Design and as a Designer/Model Maker for Evenflo Company, Inc. John presented at the UK Rhino User Group in 2005 and will be giving us all an update on his work. ---- PRESENTATION 5 - **Metropolitan Works** Matthew Lewis & Marc Collinson Overview of the latest digital manufacturing technologies now available at Metropolitan Works. Facilities include rapid prototyping, laser cutting, 3D scanning, CNC routing and digital printing. These facilities are available as a bureau service with charges based on production time. In addition to providing new technology for prototyping and manufacture, Metropolitan Works also offers a membership scheme, venue hire, training in CAD, and technical and business advice. http://www.metropolitanworks.org ---- PRESENTATION 6 **McNeel U.S.** (Developers of Rhino) David Rutten New scripting editor being developed for Rhino v4.0 ---- PRESENTATION 7 **McNeel U.S.** (Developers of Rhino) Rajaa Issa Introducing two Rhino 4 architectural plugins. SolidTools plugin to directly manipulate extruded geometry through stretching faces, moving edges, creating and editing holes and Boolean extrusions. The plugin has enhanced surface and curve editing tools such as soft editing, partial untriming and extending trimmed surfaces. [[labs:archcut|ArchCut]] plugin provides tools for sectioning architectural models and generating paneling grids. Sectioning include tools to import section locations, create, update, 2D layout and report. Paneling tools support a variety of paneling algorithms ranging from well-defined paneling directions to completely random paneling. ---- PRESENTATION 8 **Versarout** Norman Amos Versarout will be demonstrating how they have paired Rhino & [[rhino:rhinocam|RhinoCAM]] to drive their CNC Woodworking Machines. They have also recently added RhinoART and will be showing how this new Rhino plug-in is used to convert artwork into geometry suitable for machining. ---- PRESENTATION 9 **ASGVIS** (Developers of V-Ray for Rhino) Damien Alomar V-Ray for Rhino Presentation Overview of V-Ray. What it is, A little bit of its history, and its features. Includes section on migrating to V-Ray for Rhino from either Flamingo or V-Ray for Max.