# 3D Printed Tiles Using Rhino/Panelling Tools

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**Tags:** neon, rhino5\
**Created:** [September 10, 2016, 7:28am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/3d-printed-tiles-using-rhino-panelling-tools/36716 "2016-09-10T07:28:15Z")\
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As part of a 2nd year Digital Design Course at [ARC] Department of Architecture, University of Nicosia, participants were asked to model and 3D print a tessellated tile using Rhino and paneling tools.

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Cyprus has a long history of decorative patterns of noteworthy geometric complexity. Starting from discovering such a pattern, participants developed and proposed their own 3-dimesnional pattern and populated it to create a tessellated tile, using the knowledge acquired during the course. The tile was modeled in Rhinoceros 3D/panelling tools, set in Voxelizer, exported and fabricated using the desktop Z-morph 3D printers of [ARC] University of Nicosia.For the illustrations we have used Neon for Rhino.

You can find more info below:

[http://blog.zmorph3d.com/3d-printed-patterned-landscapes/](http://blog.zmorph3d.com/3d-printed-patterned-landscapes/)  
[https://zmorph3d.com/use-cases/3d-printed-patterned-landscapes](https://zmorph3d.com/use-cases/3d-printed-patterned-landscapes)

> **[Ancient Greek inspired patterned 3D tiles - MaterialDistrict](https://materialdistrict.com/article/ancient-greek-inspired-patterned-3d-tiles/)**
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> a group of students from the University of Nicosa in Greece have printed their own patterned 3D tiles.

[http://www.parametricdesign.net/?p=1128](http://www.parametricdesign.net/?p=1128)