New 3D model was sent to me by Pierre Dubertrand. This NURBS 3D model was unwrapped and got personalized textures for bump. 3D model is provided in NURBS format for Rhinoceros, materials are set for V-Ray. Little girl was added in Photoshop from Viz-people collections.

If You are going to set up materials for different render engines, don’t forget to repeat Diffuse map 10 times in both U & V directions, smaller bump map 10 times in both U & V directions and large customized bump map only once.

Download model for:

Rhinoceros 5 + V-Ray 1.5

Fabric texture + UV bump map

Download also Fauteuil bas – large version.

New 3D model was sent to me by Pierre Dubertrand. This NURBS 3D model was unwrapped and got personalized textures for bump. 3D model is provided in NURBS format for Rhinoceros, materials are set for V-Ray. Little girl was added in Photoshop from Viz-people collections.

If You are going to set up materials for different render engines, don’t forget to repeat Diffuse map 10 times in both U & V directions, smaller bump map 10 times in both U & V directions and large customized bump map only once.

Download model for:

Rhinoceros 5 + V-Ray 1.5

Fabric texture + UV bump map

Download also Fauteuil bas – smaller version.

Thanks to one of our most loyal fans – Fede Fernandez, FlyingArchitecture brings You this great article.
Kitchen by Fede got the “Excellence award” in FlyingArchitecture Forum

Read the making-of article here.

3D model of this leather Zanotta Yuki armchair was kindly provided by Viz-People.

Download it for:

Rhinoceros 5 + V-Ray 1.5

Rhinoceros 4 + V-Ray 1.5

Rhinoceros 4 + Fryrender

It was very interesting to watch Yosi’s progress in the Forums. His WIP Topic named “Forest home” was truly entertaining. Now we are bringing You Yosi’s secrets, steps and even 3D models, so everyone of You can get the very similar high-quality scene in Rhino. Follow this link to read the artile.

Free 3D model of a glass bowl with chrome soup spoon and small glass cup. Download for free in 3dm files for Rhino4 and 5, or obj file for any other 3D program, such as 3DS Max, Modo, Maya, Cinema 4D and others.

Download:

free Rhinoceros 5 + V-Ray 1.5 NURBS model.

free Rhinoceros 4 + V-Ray NURBS model.

free Rhinoceros 4 + Fryrender NURBS model.

free general obj model.

Free decorative 3D lamps models from one of our projects. This ceiling (hanging) lamp was made in Rhinoceros 5 and now it is available for several combinations (check the download links)

Download:

free Rhinoceros 5 + V-Ray 1.5 NURBS model.

free Rhinoceros 4 + Fryrender NURBS model.

free Rhinoceros 4 NURBS model.

free general obj model.

Thanks to Pierre Dubertrand for sending this nice 3D model of Ant chair by Arne Jacobsen. Chair was designed in 1952 and now we added it to the legendary furniture collection here, on FlyingArchitecture. Rhinoceros 5 model uses Unwrapped texture, however Rhinoceros 4 model cannot load this UVmap correctly. Please use Box mapping instead.

Download:

free Rhino 5 NURBS model – V-Ray – Unwrapped.

free Rhino 4 NURBS model.

free general OBJ model.

free UV texture for NURBS model.

Saulo Macedo, architecture student from Brazil shared this nice 3D model of a DOT chair by Republic of Fritz Hansen. Model was made in Rhinoceros (NURBS), it comes ready for use in V-Ray and Fryrender + Arion render. General mesh OBJ file is included, as always.

Download:

free Rhino 4 NURBS model – V-Ray.

free Rhino 4 NURBS model – Fryrender.

Free general OBJ model.

Enjoy for free and leave a comment.

What’s new in 1.5?

Rhinoceros 5.0 (32 and 64-bit) support.
Real-time plan views (video).
New display mode ‘Hidden’.
Control points in slabs (video).
Improved object and style editor dialog.
Walls can be extended to roofs and slabs.
VisualARQ 1.5 fixes all known bugs. There are also a number of enhancements.

Download VisualARQ HERE.

See the complete list in What’s new.

New features:

Rhinoceros 5.0 (32 and 64-bit) support.
Real-time plan views.
New display mode ‘Hidden’.
Control points in slabs.
Improved object and style editor dialog.
Walls can be extended to roofs and slabs.

Changes:

vaWallsFromCurves command has been replaced by vaWall command option FromCurves.
Installer remembers license user name, organization and product key.
vaSectionView command picks existing selected section mark.
It is now possible to change the order of style sub-components, like wall layers or door leaves.
When changing the style of a door/window, if the new style has the same profile, the sizes are kept.
Walls can be extended when the surface only covers its footprint partially.

Fixed bugs:

Fixed a crash when using dynamic section with disjoint polysurfaces.
Fixed a crash when importing a DWG with empty dimension style names.
The new installer failed at giving 15 additional days in computers where previous versions of VisualARQ had been installed.
Some VisualARQ objects disappeared when changing display mode in a plan viewport.
Dynamic section didn’t work with Hidden display mode.
Section lines in VisualARQ objects were invisible in wireframe display mode.
The property list was empty when the property for a table field was selected.
It was impossible to change the object type for a table style.
It was impossible to add new fields to an existing table style.
vaDoor and vaWindow commands didn’t remember last entered values.
When changing document units, slabs and door/windows using a block definition were wrongly scaled.
Sometimes a roof disappeared when changing its type from hip to gable.
Square edge cut didn’t work in gable roofs.
Gable roof slopes had different thickness if they had different slope angles.
It was impossible to remove top cutting height in a gable roof.
Sometimes a hip roof didn’t cover all selected boundary curves.
Hip roofs were cut at a certain height when adding a hole.
It was impossible to specify the slope angle in a shed roof.
In commands vaDoor and vaWindow, the “Other…” option didn’t work.
Automatic dimensions for some walls were too large.
If a wall was completely occluded by door/windows or columns, it was generated without any hole.
Slabs were drawn in plan views where they don’t belong.
In French, vaRoof command options Hip and Gable were swapped.
Section hatches of VisualARQ object in plan views didn’t hide when turning off the object layer.
Fixed a crash when creating a section view.
Sometimes dialogs disappeared when using more than one monitor.

Chrome and wood barchair as a free 3D model. Now available in unwrapped NURBS for Rhinoceros 5! Have a better look at the sections of the wooden part ;) Cool, huh?

Download:

free Rhinoceros 5 model – unwrapped textures.

free Rhino 4 NURBS model (no unwrapped).

free general 3DS model.

3ds model is plain model with no textures packed. Textures are avaiable in zipped file linked as NURBS model.

Enjoy for free and leave a comment.

Dear Rhinoceros fans and nerds(I’m one of them, actually)!

McNeel team is doing great job working on new Rhinoceros releases, I have to admit. However, there are still some missing features, which might be included in Rhinoceros. Find some time, try to think which are you personally missing and let me know in the comment area below. After some time, I’ll collect your answers and I’ll send them straight to McNeel team, maybe this could help a bit to push the development forward.

Thanks for the rest of the Rhino community :)

UPDATE: March 9th, 2012

I sent the official email, containing this document to Bob McNeel

Click this link to view this file in Fullscreen window.

Thanks for Your help, dear fans. Keep Your fingers crossed ;)

3D visualizations: V-ray 1.5 for Rhino workshop
LaTiendaDelCAD + SMD + FlyingArchitecture
Barcelona 19-20.03.2012
McNeel Europe offices, c/ Roger de Flor 32-34, 08018 Barcelona (map)

Description:
The focus of this workshop is to provide participants all the necessary knowledge for being able to make renders inside Rhino platform. We will be using V-ray 1.5 for Rhino to develop such renderings.

In these two intense days, participants will learn the workflow for rendering inside Rhino with the V-ray plugin. As a plugin, V-ray works inside the Rhino interface and makes easy all the process of rendering because it is not necessary to change to another application or exporting geometry.

The course will start with the basics of rendering and will cover more advanced settings to end up with some tips for post-producting those renders in Adobe Photoshop. Participants will develop typical case studies about rendering architectural visualizations, interior visualizations and product design among other basic case studies that use render as main representation technique. While developing those case studies, participants will learn how to handle V-ray parameters and how to create textures inside the normal workflow for rendering.
Day one will start as introduction and will end with some advanced topics, day two will cover advanced settings and postproduction.

Every participant should bring his or her own laptop with the software installed. In the class will be also computers in case any participant could not bring a laptop.

Details:
Instructor: Matúš Nedecký from FlyingArchitecture
Language: Classes would be conducted in English
Schedule: 19-20.03.2012 // 9.00-18.00
Organizers: LaTiendaDelCAD + SMD + FlyingArchitecture
Venue: McNeel Europe Offices, c/ Roger de Flor 32-34, 08018 Barcelona

A base knowledge of Rhino would be helpful for focusing deeper in V-ray render settings. No necessary knowledge of rendering is required though it will also be helpful.

Software:
Rhinoceros 4 SR9 (Rhinoceros 5) (PC platform, MacOS Rhino does not load plugins for now)
V-ray For Rhino
Abode Photoshop

Links to trial versions of the softwares will be facilitated to participants when get into the registration process.

Registration:
Students* : 299€
Professionals: 399€

Early bird promo

Registrations made before 20th February will get a discount over the price:

Early Bird promo Student* : 199€
Early Bird promo Professional: 299€

* Students will have to proof their status with a student ID

The course will be confirmed as soon as the minimum number of participants is reached, and no later than the 27th February. There will be places for a total of 14 participants. For registering, participants should have to fill up the form and send it back.

Download the form from here
Mail the form to Xavi Garcia: xavi@latiendadelcad.com
Phone: +34 933 196 868

If you need more info about the workshop, please contact at info@smdarq.net

Arezzo lamp was designed by Rendl Light studio (Czech Republic) and is available as a NURBS model for free.
Model is set for V-Ray and Fryrender in Rhino 3dm extension and and is also delivered in general obj extension as well.

I also created a step-by-step tutorial for modeling this lamp, check it out here.

Download:

free Rhino mesh model (V-Ray).

free Rhino mesh model (fryrender).

free general obj model.

Stellar mirror was designed and modeled by Jake Phipps.
Enjoy this nice, structured crystal mirror as a free 3D model for Rhinoceros in NURBS, set for V-Ray and Fryrender, and also in general obj format.

Download:

free Rhino mesh model (V-Ray).

free Rhino mesh model (fryrender).

free general obj model.