RHINO – MODELING ESSENTIALS

Day 1

Overview

·    Objectives and Concept

·    Object Types

The Interface

·    Layout

·    The Mouse and Entering Commands

·    Help

·    Panels and Navigation

·    Move/Copy Objects

·    Viewports/Views

·    Zoom/Panning/Reset Views

Creating Geometry

·    Lines and Free-form Curves

·    Modeling Aids

·    Saving your Work

·    Layers and Selecting Objects

Day 2

Precision Modeling

·    Coordinate Entry and Object Snaps

·    Distance and Angle Constraint Entry

·    Additional Modeling Aids

·    Viewports and Construction Planes

·    Analysis Commands

·    Drawing with Precision

·    Ellipses and Polygons

·    Helix and Spiral

Editing Geometry

·    Fillet/Blend/Chamfer/Trim/Split/Extend/Offset/Array

·    Move/Copy/Undo/Redo

·    Rotate/Group/Mirror/Join/Scale

·    Editing with the Gumball

Point Editing

·    Control Points

·    Edit Points

·    Knots

·    Nudge Controls

Day 3

Creating Surfaces

·    Simple Surfaces and Lofted Surfaces and Revolved Surfaces

·    Rail Revolve

·    Sweeps and Curve Networks

Creating Deformable Shapes

·    ‘Rubber Ducky’

·    Cage Edit

·    Slicing

Connecting Surfaces

·    Edge

·    Tangency

·    Curvature

·    Average

Modeling Solids

·    ‘Soap Bar’

·    Making an Air-Tight Object

·    Logic/Problem Solving