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1.You can bend your objects to show design simulations:

BEND

2. You can create compleX 3d designs with simple 2d curves:

SWEEP RAIL 1

SWEEP RAIL 2

LOFT

RAIL REVOLVE

3.You can create modular designs and apply them on complex surfaces:

FLOW ALONG SURFACE

4. You can slice your design and use it to make models with laser cutting:

5. You can even use this automated software pepakura, that translates your design into 2D sheets and physically assemble it:

6. Make Axonometric drawings from your Rhino Model and export them to Autocoad or Illustrator for editing:

7. Import Google Earth topography from your site to Rhino:

digital toolbox is a website that investigates and educates on the use of tools in architecture.

As technologies change, tools change. Over the history of the discipline, architects have used pencils and pens, trace and vellum, ruler and compass. With each of these tools came a history of technique: how to use them, what value each had, and when not to use them.

Digital Tool Box Website

    How do you map a city?  By sketching a two-dimensional, black-and-white street plan?  Through a multi-coloured schematic of bus and underground lines?  Or by tracing links which haven’t yet been marked down?  By recording a new cultural phenomena, say, or by mapping personal experience, for example an individual’s memories of their neighbourhood or the sounds heard by a blind man on his walk from home to work.? These are questions to consider  for the representation of time-space mapping .

The above  dynamic map is a visual exploration of where New Yorkers moved in the last decade. It distills more than 4000 moves from over 1700 people, collected in an informal survey by WNYC, a New York based public radio station.

Each circle corresponds to one zip code area. Its size indicates the number of moves to or from the area. Actually, it is consists of two overlaid circles: a red one for people moving out of the area, and a blue one for people moving to the area. So, a small purple circle with a thick blue outline indicates a place where people tend to move and stay, whereas a red outline indicates a less attractive place.

For more examples on mapping techniques click here

A set of Vray tutorials to help you  understand how Vray works for Rhino.

VRAY INTRODUCTION

VRAY SUN

VRAY CAMERA OPTIONS

VRAY MATERIALS

VRAY IMPORTING MATERIALS

VRAY HOW TO USE MAPS

VRAY HOW TO SET YOUR CAMERA SCENE

VRAY LINKS WITH PHOTOSHOP

Adding People via Photoshop

Adding grass via Photoshop:

Adding Water Reflections:

Adding Dramatic Sunlight:

Editing your sections and elevations:

A huge library from people, trees, boats and anything you can imagine is available for free at: Google Warehouse. For those working on Sketch Up and even for those working with Rhino can import items and add on your designs.

Successful Exploded Axonometric Drawings:

• Show a complete image of design
• Give a clear understanding of all elements of design used in a drawing
• Emphasize on the relationship of different elements of design

It is useful to use them to explain concept, process and complete description of your project

To follow the tutorial for the above image please click here

For more examples please click here:

Few tutorials to help you with editing your drawings and visualizations for your design proposals:

Water effects:

Light effects:

Adding people:

Editing drawings: