T-Splines demonstration at RhinoCentre, March 26

RhinoCentre is hosting a T-Splines demonstration for designers. The demo will be given by industrial designer and Rhino expert, Gijs de Zwart. View invitation.

Date/Time: Friday, March 26th, 2:00pm

Location:
RhinoCentre
Fortwachter 1
2141EE Vijfhuizen
The Netherlands

Cost: €50
Contact: Gerard Petersen or +31 235423963.

T-Splines academic lab packs

Over the past week, top design schools in France, Japan, Germany, Italy, and the US have installed T-Splines academic lab packs for their students.

If you are a university instructor, did you know that you can put T-Splines for Rhino on every computer in an entire classroom (up to 30 seats) for a one-time fee of only $999 (no maintenance, upgrades extra)?

T-Splines is used by students to quickly create complex forms for architecture, jewelry, and consumer product design. Because T-Splines models are watertight by default, they are suitable for CFD analysis and manufacturing.

Contact us to buy an academic lab license and secure training materials today.

Bonus: Here's an Intro to T-Splines handout that Dave Schulze, instructor at the Otis College of Art and Design, uses for his students and recently shared with the T-Splines community.

Thomas Parel's CAD monkey

I was checking Thomas Parel's industrial design blog to see what he is up to these days, and came across a fun, older post: his CAD monkey, modeled in Silo then brought into CAD as usable T-Splines surfaces.

We've had some people ask lately how to make human and animal forms in T-Splines. With T-Splines v2, this is now much easier with our symmetry, advanced manipulator, and box modeling tools. If you're interested in making these types of designs in NURBS-compatible T-spline surfaces, check out this tutorial about how to make a dolphin.

Tutorial: Modeling a freeform heart ring with T-Splines

Watch this new, carefully annotated, silent tutorial video showing how to model a freeform heart ring with T-Splines for Rhino.

In designs such as this, using T-Splines to enhance your Rhino toolset gives you a malleable surface that stays together without gaps as you create your model. Exploring design variants is easy by pushing and pulling on any part of the T-spline surface.

Training in NYC March 17

Come for a day of basic T-Splines training at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City on March 17.

Taught by Matt Sederberg.

Register early to save $150.

T-Splines at Chesapeake Powerboat Symposium

A paper entitled "T-Splines: A new timesaving technology for designing hulls with minimal control points" will be presented at the Chesapeake Powerboat Symposium on March 19-20. Registration for the event is now open.

Reminder: Basics of T-Splines webinar on Thurs, Feb 4

In the past, creating truly free-form products in CAD has required that you first purchase software that costs $10,000-20,000 -- or more.

T-Splines for Rhino offers an affordable solution for creating high-quality, organic surfaces for manufacturing.

Learn the basics of T-Splines in this free webinar at 12 PM EST (GMT-05:00) on February 4, 2010.

Space is limited. Register now.

In this webinar, we'll take a look at the very basics of how to use simple T-Splines commands to create freeform, organic shapes -- which can be passed as watertight IGES files to any CAD package.

Presenters: Kyle Houchens (owner of The Outside Digital Art and Design and T-Splines user), and Matt Sederberg (T-Splines co-founder).

This is the perfect webinar to watch if you're trying the T-Splines 30-day trial, or if you're just wondering how 3D software for organic design actually works. The webinar will be paced so that you will walk away with knowledge about how to actually use the product. Plus, we will give you the opportunity to ask questions.

This is a must-see if you want to increase your skill set for creating more freeform, organic designs for manufacturing in 2010.

Title: Learn freeform modeling in 2010
Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST

Register now

Rhino3dHelp.com modeling contest

Rhino3dHelp.com is hosting a modeling challenge to "design & model a home appliance for year 2050". The contest runs through May 1.

Robert McNeel & Associates, T-Splines, Inc., and 3dconnexion are sponsors of the contest.