University of Michigan
Design Computing: 3D Modeling in Rhinoceros with Python/Rhinoscript
University of Michigan

Design Computing: 3D Modeling in Rhinoceros with Python/Rhinoscript

Taught in English

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals

Glenn Wilcox

Instructor: Glenn Wilcox

4.9

(91 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
26 hours to complete
3 weeks at 8 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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What you'll learn

  • Apply Python fundamentals including: module importing, conditionals, iteration, operators, functions, comments, booleans, tuples, and dictionaries

  • Apply Rhinoscript fundamentals to create geometric systems and produce variable geometric form, in 2D and 3D, rendered in still and animated formats

  • Produce code that produces variable geometric form (in 2D and 3D) in still image and animated formats.

  • Produce coded geometric systems that are reactive to changes in input parameters and attractor geometries (points, curves, surfaces)

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There are 5 modules in this course

Following an introduction to the fundamentals of the interface and explaining what code does, we will look at Variables and Points, the building blocks of code and geometry.

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19 videos12 readings2 quizzes1 app item1 discussion prompt

This week we dive deeply into the specific elements of Python coding and explore the possibilities of using them to create more complex and variable geometric systems.

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20 videos11 readings5 quizzes2 app items

Building on the material from the previous two weeks we will expand the possibilities and interconnectivity of our geometric systems by introducing higher level elements of Python code.

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16 videos10 readings3 quizzes2 app items

This week we jump into 3D and explore the design possibilities of 3D matrix structures culminating in the design of a wall structure.

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10 videos6 readings1 app item

In this final week we will explore the possibilities of NURB surfaces as generative base geometries and complete the course with a tower project.

What's included

20 videos11 readings2 app items

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4.9 (33 ratings)
Glenn Wilcox
University of Michigan
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