Training for New ARTs - North American Region

North American Region Including United States (except FL, GA, NC, and SC), Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Max. Number of Participants: 25. If there is no quorum, the course will be cancelled 15 days prior to the start date of the workshop.

• Candidates will need to pass the Rhino Level 1 Specialist exam before the training.
• Have own or have access to Rhino 8.
  • The Rhino 8 can be personally owned or owned by the company where you are employed currently.
• See ART details here.

• Class will be presented with the latest Rhino 8 for Windows
  • Get the latest Rhino 8 service release here.
  • If you do not have Rhino 8, you will need to download the Eval.

December 1-5, 2025, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST Pacific Time

ART Training Week (Monday through Friday sessions)

• Monday, December 1, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST Pacific Time
  • Intro - Mary Ann Fugier, McNeel NA
  • Ready to go with Level 2: Kyle Houches, McNeel NA

• Tuesday, December 2, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST Pacific Time
  • The Scoop, The Bottle
  • Applying Graphics, Sculpting, Deformation

• Wednesday, December 3, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST Pacific Time
  • Reset of Deformation Mesh Defined - Kyle Houchens, McNeel NA
    • ShrinkWrap, SubD - Kyle Houchens, McNeel NA

• Thursday, December 4, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST Pacific Time
  • Blocks, Layouts, Annotations - Mary Ann Fugier, McNeel NA
  • Layouts & Printing: 2D and 3D - Mary
  • Section Tools - Mary
  • Grasshopper Intro: The Why of the GH - Mary

• Friday, December 5, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST Pacific Time
  • Rendering and Mesh - Kyle
  • Any additional topics
  • ART Final Project Requirements - Mary & Kyle

This class will be held online for convenience and recording.

• Kyle Houchens, McNeel NA, kyle@mcneel.com
• Mary Ann Fugier, McNeel NA, mary@mcneel.com

• Each ART candidate will need to be at a computer that is acceptable to run Rhinoceros for Windows (current version). The Rhino minimum system requirements are here. You will also need a good Internet connection and mic/speakers or a headset with mic for the GoToTraining.
• Rhino for Windows will be used by the instructor during the training.
• Rhino for Mac is ok, and it will be briefly discussed. But you will need to be able to keep up with the Windows presentation.
• The Rhinoceros for Windows 90 Day Evaluation (current version) is available for download here.
• All session will be recorded for your review and study. Recordings are generally posted the day of the session.
• Attendance for the live training is mandatory.
• Webcam sharing for each session is required to confirm your attendance.
• ART Candidates will be required to provide name, location and contact information.

This course will concentrate on how to teach Rhino. How to make users more successful in a short time and without the pain of trial and error. We will not cover in detail each part of Rhino, still the Level I and II guides will be the main reference.

The following is a list of topics that will be discussed during the course.

• A welcome from McNeel North America
• ART and ARTC requirements
• New Rhino licensing tools
• Level I and II basic courses
• One on one training versus class training. Getting to know your pupils.
• Class setup (windows / Mac)
• Level I training: the most important one. A good start for an excellent user.
• Why Rhino. Where the program sits in a project’s workflow.
• Interface basics for the end user.
• Precision modeling.
• Making good curves.
• More complex Curve handling.
• Keeping your project under control: layers organizations and templates.
• Surfaces in Rhino.
• “Solids” how to use in a NURBS environment.
• Surfacing tools. Which ones and in what sequence.
• Meshing for visualization versus meshing for Rapid Prototyping.
• Present a Helpful Level I course: Make simple but controlled objects.
• Boolean explained. What could go wrong.
• NetworkSrf a close look and caveat.
• Surfacing in depth (Level II). Comparing different techniques.
• The Approach to Modeling: How do objects made with different techniques compare? Advanced ways to analyze objects.
• Fillets
• Annotations and Layouts
• Section Tools: Clipping Sections and Clipping Drawings
• UDT
• Implicit History
• From Implicit to Explicit History aka Grasshopper
• While we do not require our ARTs to have a specific knowledge in Grasshopper or any other programming language, it would be good to provide the end users a minimal information about what Grasshopper is.

Rhino Inside Revit Courses

• https://www.rhino3d.education/p/rhino-inside-revit
• https://2024.acadia.org/workshops
• https://2024.acadia.org/registration
• https://www.thinkparametric.com/library/topics/interoperability
• https://parametric-architecture.com/?s=Inside+revit

Grasshopper Courses

• https://www.youtube.com/@paracourse
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/learn-grasshopper/
• https://www.rhino3d.education/p/micro-minor-computational-jewelry-design
• https://www.rhino3d.education/p/learn_grasshopper
• https://parametrichouse.com/paracourse/
• https://howtorhino.com/grasshopper-guide/

Questions? Email Mary Ann Fugier, McNeel Training and Tech Support.

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