CAD Sculpting Exercise in Rhino 5
Magis Easy Chair CAD Sculpting Exercise
For the fourth week of 'lock down' in New Zealand, I chose the Easy Chair by Jerszy Seymour as the subject of my CAD sculpting exercise. There are no flat…
CAD Sculpting Exercise in Rhino 5
Vitra HAL Armchair CAD Sculpting Exercise
We are into our third week of 'lock down' in New Zealand and I have used some of my time to improve my modelling skills. This week, I picked the…
Modelled in Rhino
Bubble Letter Alphabet Modelled in Rhino 5; Nurbs Surfaces
A personal challenge to model the alphabet in Rhino, using nurbs surfaces.The letters were not modelled alphabetically. I tried some different approaches on the letters, so some results are better…
Calculator form studies and modelling exercise
Continuing on from recreating my 70's calculator in Rhino, I have developed several form studies in Rhino and then taken 4 further, creating the keys, split lines, cases, etc. This…
Solidworks Tutorial: A master model methodology using ‘Insert Part”
Using a master model to control derived parts means parts that share boundaries, surfaces, split lines etc, can be driven from a single part. This allows the modeller to modify…
Modelling and rendering exercise
70’s Rockwell 20 R Calculator CAD model and renderings
The Rockwell 20 R calculator was introduced in 1974. I purchased one in the UK in the mid 2000's and ever since have been meaning to model and render the…
Modelling Exercise in Rhino
Eames Fibreglass Rocking Armchair CAD sculpting exercise
I have been meaning to model this chair for some time. This project kept me busy over the summer/Christmas holidays. The main seat shell was modelled as a main half,…
Modelling Exercise in Rhino
Apple Magic Mouse surfacing/sculpting exercise
The mouse was modelled in Rhino 5 as a nurbs surfacing/sculpting exercise. Instead of defining the boundaries and patching in smaller surfaces, I tried overbuilding a single surface for the…
Noho by Formway Design
Noho pre launch
I'd like to share a project that I have helped with over the last few years. Noho will be launching soon; designed by Formway Design; made in NZ furniture that…
Solidworks Tutorial: Surface modelling a three arm junction/n sided surface.
A tutorial covering one way to create a blend tangent to three other surfaces. This is done by creating two 4 sided surfaces, one of which is trimmed. This technique…