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BeavCo has released a pack of base shank styles for T-Splines for Rhino 4. These are great for modifying and incorporating into your jewelry designs. T-Splines allows you to create very fluid and seamless geometry, and these models are no exception. The are very versatile, and present a large list of design possibilities.

View more on the BeavCo T-Splines Starter Shank Pack!

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Here’s a quick video (not the best quality) on how to create a twisted rope or cable look in Matrix / Rhino. This uses a rounded star shape profile and a two rail sweep.

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This is a quick video showing some manipulation of an existing Rhino model using the Pull tool in 3D Jewelry Claim / SpaceClaim. In the video I add thickness to the interior bars and then shorten the length of the channels on the side of the ring.

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A video on RhinoParametrics 1.0 Alpha.

Find out more on RhinoParametrics HERE!

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CadCamTrav.com is hosting an event in Raleigh NC dedicated to the variety of technologies available to digital jewelers. Learn about a variety of products, and how to integrate them into your business. Curious about how to use multiple CAD software applications together for a more seamless work flow? This is the event to be at. For more information, and to purchase your ticket, visit the link below.

Saturday April 17th 8:00AM to 6:00PM - Classes and Presentations by

* Paul Gaboury of Pixologic / Zbrush
* Kent West of Gemvision / Matrix
* Harry Hamill of Harry Hamill Designs / Sensable Freeform
Jennifer Schachter of Sensable Technologies / Sensable Freeform
* Juan Santocono of TSplines / TSplines
* Raffi Assarian of Ignite Technologies / Space Claim
* Brian DiNola of JBD Studio / Laser Scanning and working with scans.

For more information, and to purchase tickets, visit THIS LINK!

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What’s better than using one great CAD package on a project? The answer, two great CAD packages. Now that SpaceClaim and Rhino have almost seamless integration with one another, the power of creating and editing geometry has become much more efficient for a lot of us. Using the power of Rhino’s sweeps to lay out some free-flowing surfaces, then using SpaceClaim’s great fillets and offset tools really does improve workflow.

Here’s a video on how powerful Rhino and SpaceClaim can be when used together. Going back and forth from the two software packages is a breeze, and can be very useful.

See the video below.

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Digital Toolbox is an easy to navigate tutorial site dedicated to McNeel’s Rhino 3D and Grasshopper. Full of tutorials, workshops, case studies, and other useful links, Digital Toolbox is a must bookmark site. They have videos ranging from beginner to advanced user levels, so there is something for everyone.

Here’s a sample video from Digital Toolbox showing some useful control point editing techniques in Rhino.

For more on Grasshopper, you can visit the Grasshoper Site.

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Here’s a quick video on how to customize the dimension display properties in Rhino 4.  This could be of use if you are working on a particularly large, or small piece, and need to illustrate size via Rhino dimensions.  This video will also cover how to build and save your favorite styles for your dimensions.

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Here’s a great video overview of T-Splines for 2.0 for Rhino, and T-Splines in general.

Get your free trial at the T-Splines website.

T-Splines 2.0 for Rhino overview from T-Splines on Vimeo.

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Brian James is a guru.  He knows his stuff, especially when it comes to Rhino.  With that said, check out this video of him breaking down some pretty cool tips and tricks for using and editing control points in Rhino 4.

Be sure to use the full screen mode (button in the lower right hand corner of the Vimeo player) to watch the video in better detail.

Since a focus of Rhino 4 was improving and expanding the methods in which the user is able to edit objects, you should check out their page on the new “Editing Tools” and don’t forget to read up on the UDT and other new technologies that were introduced in Rhino 4.

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Sometimes setting up a render in Rhino can be the most difficult part of a job. There’s a lot that goes into some renders, and camera angle is certainly a crucial step. I hate when I get just the right angle, then BAM, accidental rotation. How about when one of those pesky ortho views gets out of line? That’s always fun… note the sarcasm. Here’s a keyboard shortcut that may help with all of that.

Typing the commands UndoView and RedoView in the command line will step through the view history, but who likes typing these days? Use the Home and End keys on your keyboard to quickly step through the view history instead. It’s much faster.

That’s it. No magic, just a couple of keys over there where your fingers never are.

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