When we consider Rhino and its use in Industrial Design and Product Design, we often think about creating and developing exterior shape and form, managing complex surface transitions and very much concerning ourselves with the visual ‘appearance’ of a product. 

Internal features for manufacture and assembly

However, it’s very often the case that designers need to concern themselves with interior features that are very often unseen, to describe, even if only in outline detail, how parts can be manufactured and assembled. Adding this type of detailing isn’t just the preserve of engineers using engineering solid modellers, it can be done in Rhino too.

Adding Internal Detailing in Rhino3D

The assumption for these videos is that we are dealing with the final design and we’ve spoken to the toolmaker/moulder and have agreed the draft and other moulding details. Phil then starts our Rhino tutorial by adding internal detailing to an injection moulded assembly, working onwards from the external or ‘A’ surfaces.

Shelling, Offsetting & Creating a clamshell lip

In the first video of the two, features such as shelling, offsetting and creating a clamshell lip feature are explored. Phil investigates using both Solid and Surface metaphors to create detailing using Rhino 8.

Watch the Industrial and Product Design Detailing with Rhino Video – Part 1

Adding Internal Ribs and Fixing Bosses

In the second video of the two we take a look at using Rhino when adding internal ribs and fixing bosses to our agreed design. Again, both Solid and Surface metaphors are explored.

Watch the Industrial and Product Design Detailing with Rhino Video – Part 2

Watch more Rhino 8 Videos

Don’t miss out on our other Rhino 8 Videos, we have looked at ShrinkWrap, SubD Crease, Rendering with Rhino 8, and the significant Rhino 8 for Mac speed increases. More Rhino 8 videos coming soon too!

Find Out More About Rhino 8 and Expert Rhino Training

• Visit the Simply Rhino Website and find out more about Rhino Software
• Learn Rhino with a Certified Rhino Course
• Contact the Simply Rhino Experts
• Buy your Rhino License Online – for those looking to buy Rhino Online

Simply Rhino are the UK’s Favourite Supplier of Rhino Software and Rhino Grasshopper Training.

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Ideal for SketchUp users that are new to Rhino

This beginner level tutorial, exploring how Rhino can be used like SketchUp, is for you if you work in Architecture, or related industries, and are familiar with SketchUp but are new to Rhino. The video continues on from the other videos in this short series, these are PushPull Modelling Explored in Rhino 7 and Solid Modelling Tools for Architecture.

New and improved tools in Rhino 8

This video covers the creation of the building we used in our recent ’Sun and Sky Architectural Exterior Rendering’ video where we looked at creating an interior architectural visual in Rhino 8 using the built-in Sun and Sky system and Rhino’s Raytrace render engine. Within this new Rhino modelling tutorial we look at how the new and improved features of Rhino v8 further enhance and simplify the process of creating quick solid models and massing studies.

Rhino 8 Toolset Enhancements

Rhino 8 has an enhanced toolset that Simply Rhino’s senior trainer, Phil Cook, introduces to us in the video. These new tools include:

• PushPull
• Inset Face
• Auto CPlane
• Improvements to the Gumball

Rhino 8’s New and Improved Modelling Tools Video Tutorial

The Rhino for SketchUp Users Video Series

There are 3 videos in our short Rhino for SketchUp Users series and this video is the third. You can find the other 2 videos listed here:

• Rhino for SketchUp Users – Push/Pull Modelling Explored in Rhino3D v7
• Rhino for SketchUp Users –  Solid Modelling Tools for Architecture

Find Out More About Rhino and Rhino Training

Simply Rhino are the UK’s Favourite Supplier of Rhino Software. If you’d like to find out more then you have several options:

• Visit the Simply Rhino Website and find out more about Rhino Software
• Learn Rhino with a Certified Rhino Course
• Contact the Simply Rhino Experts
• Buy your Rhino License Online – for those already looking to use Rhino

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Viewport Responsiveness and Raytraced Rendering

It’s fair to say that the performance of Rhino 7 for Mac lagged significantly behind its Windows counterpart; most notably in terms of Viewport responsiveness and Raytraced rendering times.

20 Times Faster Than Rhino 7

The great news is that Rhino 8 for Mac fixes these issues and, as we’ll see in our video, is 20 times faster for some tasks than Rhino 7.

Rhino 8 on Apple Silicon

In our video Simply Rhino’s, Phil Cook, runs through a series of tests comparing Rhino 8 against its predecessor (v7) on both an Apple Silicon based machine and an older Intel based Mac.

Watch the Speed Tests and Interface Improvements Video

Looking for Hardware Recommendations for Rhino for Mac?

We offer recommendations to help you make decisions when looking to buy new Mac hardware to use with Rhino 8. If you’re interested to read our practical advice for professional users then you’ll find them listed, alongside our Rhino 8 Speed Test Results document which supports the video above, on the ‘Hardware for Rhino 8 for Mac’ support page on the Simply Rhino website.

New Commands in Rhino 8

Rhino 8 offers many new commands and in two of our recent videos we look at two of our favourites, SubD Crease – which brings weighted creases to Rhino, and ShrinkWrap – allows for the creation of watertight meshes.

Find Out More About Rhino 8 and Expert Rhino Training

• Visit the Simply Rhino Website and find out more about Rhino Software
• Learn Rhino with a Certified Rhino Course
• Contact the Simply Rhino Experts
• Buy your Rhino for Mac License Online – for those looking to buy Rhino Software Online

Simply Rhino are the UK’s Favourite Supplier of Rhino Software and Rhino Grasshopper Training.

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In many design disciplines, including the ceramics industry, it’s often the case that much 2D design work is done before being progressed to 3D and this tutorial follows that methodology.

The starting point is an existing 2D CAD drawing presented in Adobe Illustrator. We’ll look at bringing the Illustrator artwork directly into Rhino and explaining the key differences between Illustrator’s cubic Bezier curves and Rhino NURBS before moving on to quickly reconstruct some of the major construction curves in Rhino. The emphasis then is on creating high quality surfaces relatively quickly from the minimum of curve input before assembling a watertight solid model suitable for production.

In this video, the second in the series of three, we look at Creating the Spout ‘A’ Surface; Creating the Lid ‘A’ Surface and how to Create the ‘B’ surfaces manually to allow for varying wall thickness.

Simply Rhino are the most popular Rhino3D reseller in the UK, they offer expert training and support for Rhino and all key Rhino plugins.

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In many design disciplines, including the ceramics industry, it’s often the case that much 2D design work is done before being progressed to 3D and this tutorial follows that methodology. The starting point is an existing 2D CAD drawing presented in Adobe Illustrator.

We’ll look at bringing the Illustrator artwork directly into Rhino and explaining the key differences between Illustrator’s cubic Bezier curves and Rhino NURBS before moving on to quickly reconstruct some of the major construction curves in Rhino.

The emphasis then is on creating high quality surfaces relatively quickly from the minimum of curve input before assembling a watertight solid model suitable for production. In this first video in the series of three we specifically look at the following:

Import 2D Illustrator data into Rhino;
Differences between Illustrator cubic Bezier curves and Rhino NURBS curves;
Re-create main construction curves in Rhino;
Build high quality surfaces from minimal curve input;
Main Body Surface and Handle Creation

In the next video in this series we’ll look at Creating the Spout ‘A’ Surface; Creating the Lid ‘A’ Surface and how to Create the ‘B’ surfaces manually to allow for varying wall thickness.

Simply Rhino are the most popular Rhino3D reseller in the UK, they offer expert training and support for Rhino and all key Rhino plugins.

Follow Simply Rhino on Instagram and Twitter to keep up to date with our latest and upcoming free video tutorials.

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Using the simple example of a vehicle wheel arch, Phil introduces how continuity is expressed and evaluated in Rhino before looking at a number of solutions to producing a controlled smooth transitional surface.

Simply Rhino are the most popular Rhino3D reseller in the UK, they offer expert training and support for Rhino and all key Rhino plugins.

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Both developable and non-developable (double curvature) surfaces are covered along with techniques to apply 2D curves and 3D objects onto 3D surfaces.

Simply Rhino are the most popular Rhino3D reseller in the UK, they offer expert training and support for Rhino and all key Rhino plugins.

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