Friday, May 28, 2010

P&D Studio excels at automotive styling projects with T-Splines




Read a new case study about how P&D Studio created the complex, organic shape of a tuned Porsche Panamera bumper using T-splines.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

T-Splines at Vicenza Jewelry Show

Since Saskia Dattner bought T-Splines in 2009, most of her work for the international jewelry scene has been designed by using T-Splines and Rhino together. She uses T-Splines because she is used to sculpting her jewelry by hand, and T-Splines gives her a similar feel and lets her produce high-quality smooth surfaces inside a design program she was already comfortable with (Rhino).

These earrings were designed in Rhino and T-Splines and produced in red gold with diamonds. They will be exhibited at the Vicenza Show May 22-26, Padiglione C, booth 2045-48, Collection Gianni Lazzaro .



Another of Saskia's T-Splines designs is this “hand print” ring from the Goldfinger collection designed for SCHMUCKWELTEN Pforzheim.



This charm bracelet was Saskia’s first-ever T-Splines model.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

T-Splines and KeyShot webinar tomorrow (May 20th)




T-Splines: Easier freeform modeling
Keyshot: The key to amazing shots

This webinar will last under 30 minutes, don't miss it!

Tune into this webinar to learn how to use T-Splines and KeyShot at 1 PM EST (GMT-05:00) on May 20, 2010.

Presenters: Kyle Houchens (T-Splines and Keyshot user) and Thomas Teger (VP Marketing, Luxion ApS).

Register here.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Three T-Splines tutorials

Watch these 3 new mini-tutorials for T-Splines v2 for Rhino.

Converting NURBS to T-Splines


Converting meshes to T-Splines


Using the Thicken command

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

T-Splines and KeyShot Webinar


Modeling and rendering in minutes and seconds--instead of hours.

Watch this webinar to learn how to use T-Splines for Rhino to model gorgeously smooth designs in minutes, with less effort than with any other CAD tool, then get photographic renders with KeyShot (formerly known as HyperShot) in seconds.

T-Splines: Easier freeform modeling
Keyshot: The key to amazing shots

This webinar will only last 29 minutes and 58 seconds...don't miss it!

Tune into this webinar to learn how to use T-Splines and KeyShot at 1 PM EST (GMT-05:00) on May 20, 2010.

Register now.

Presenters: Kyle Houchens (T-Splines and Keyshot user) and Thomas Teger (VP Marketing, Luxion ApS).

T-Splines + Grasshopper class


Pivot hosted a T-Splines + Grasshopper crash course on May 10 to show how to use the new T-Splines component inside Grasshopper. Fredrik from Pivot reports that it was a hit and that next time they will extend the class to two days.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

T-Splines in Eastern Europe

IB-PROCADD will be demoing T-Splines at the following events this spring.


16th International Industry Trade Fair


Sub-dealer name: Digit Bt.

Date: 4th to 7th of May 2010
Location: Hungary Budapest Fair Center, H-1101 Budapest Albertirsai út 10., HUNGARY

Hall: A, Booth#: 206J
Contact Name: Kniesz Oliver (Digit Bt., Hungary) Jure Sternad (IB-PROCADD, Slovenia)
Contact E-mail: koliver@digit.hu jure@ib-procadd.si
Contact Phone: +36 1 2245 456 +386 1 565 72 50



International Fair of Technique and Technical Achievements (Sajam tehnike 2010)


Sub-dealer name: 3D CADDIT d.o.o.

Date: from 11th to 15th of May 2010
Location: Belgrade Fair, Bulevar vojvode Mišića 14, 11000 Belgrade, SERBIA

Hall: 3, Booth#: 3013
Contact Name: Miljenko Prohaska (3D CADDIT, Serbia) Jure Sternad (IB-PROCADD, Slovenia)
Contact E-mail: trid.caddit@sezampro.rs jure@ib-procadd.si
Contact Phone: 0381 11 2612 686 +386 1 565 72 50



IRT Industrial Forum 2010 (Industrijski forum IRT 2010)


dealer name: IB-PROCADD d.o.o., Slovenia

Date: from 7th to 8th June 2010
Location: Congress Centre of Hotel Slovenija, Portorose, SLOVENIA

Contact Name: Jure Sternad
Contact E-mail: jure@ib-procadd.si
Contact Phone: +386 1 565 72 50

Monday, May 3, 2010

Rieragasso brings organic jewelry designs to life with T-Splines



“With T-Splines, I can model complex, organic shapes and designs that are far too difficult to create with Rhino alone. With the powerful surfacing and box modeling tools in T-Splines I can realize my designs exactly as I envision them.”
- Miguel Gasso, Goldsmith and Industrial Designer

Read more about how Miguel uses T-Splines to create high-quality freeform jewelry.

T-Splines 2.3 for Rhino Released Featuring Integration with Grasshopper and Orca3D

Integration with popular programs Grasshopper and Orca3D, as well as translation into Italian, French, and Spanish, further expands T-Splines' usefulness for creating high-quality freeform designs.

Provo, UT May 3, 2010 -- T-Splines, Inc., creators of precise and flexible 3D surface modeling tools with full industry standard compatibility, today announced the production release of T-Splines v2.3 for Rhino. T-Splines gives designers the ability to create high quality freeform models, edit them quickly, and export them for manufacturing directly without any remodeling.

T-Splines 2.3 features integration with two other products based on the Rhino platform, Grasshopper and Orca3D, localization in Italian, French, and Spanish, speed enhancements, and new precision modeling tools. A 25-saves free trial of T-Splines can be downloaded at http://www.tsplines.com/freetrial.

Users of Grasshopper, a popular generative modeling program based on Rhino, can now use freeform T-Spline shapes as the basis of Grasshopper-generated models. A T-Splines component for Grasshopper is also available for push-button conversion of meshes to NURBS.

"Using T-Splines with Grasshopper is the best way I have found to model complex and organic forms using parametric data," said Rodrigo Medina of designplaygrounds.com. Examples of how to use T-Splines and Grasshopper can be found at http://www.tsplines.com/grasshopper.html.

The integration of T-Splines with Orca3D, a marine plugin based on Rhino, means that naval architects can cut sections through T-Splines hulls and these sections will update dynamically as control points are edited. T-Splines objects can also be used for Orca3D hydrostatics analysis and can have Orca3D weight/cost properties assigned to them. Learn more about how to use T-Splines and Orca3D together at http://www.tsplines.com/applications/marine.html.

The T-Splines plugin is now translated into Italian, French, and Spanish to further enable T-Splines users in these languages to take advantage of the ability of T-Splines to easily create smooth, freeform geometry that can be passed downstream to any CAD program.

T-Splines v2.3 also features a number of speedups, bug fixes, new tools for modeling with precision, and a 25-saves trial.

"T-Splines is of greatest value to the busiest designers, because it allows them to iterate more quickly between designs and converge on the desired shape," said Matt Sederberg, CEO of T-Splines. "Since we recognize how little time designers have to try new software, we have now made available a free trial of T-Splines that has no time limit--the software is fully functional for 25-saves."

T-Splines v2.3 is a free service release for existing users of T-Splines v2 for Rhino. New users can purchase the product for $599 or download a 25-saves free trial at http://www.tsplines.com/store.html.

About T-Splines
T-Splines, Inc. develops surface modeling software with optimal control and full industry standard compatibility for industrial designers and CAD professionals. Founded in 2004 and based in Provo, Utah, the company develops and markets end-user plug-ins and software development libraries based on its next-generation, NURBS-compatible technology.