Real life product design examples made in Rhino

Just found another one:

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Fidget rings done for a company called CONQUERing- the gif shows how they work (removable spinners that you flick), however the ring shown in it was not designed in Rhino. The bumpy one was actually done mostly in grasshopper, with a bit of additional direct modeling to finalize the design for manufacture.

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Just found this in my YT recommended!

Timestamp: 3:26

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Quite famous chap in the music industry uses Rhino for his latest invention:

Unfortunately he uses the segment in the video to plug Autodesk Fusion… :sweat_smile:

EDIT: It’s apparently popular in the small music keyboard industry… here’s another example…

Exquis by Intuitive Instruments.

It’s because those CAD programs feature much better surfacing tools and especially ones for convenient control point modeling. That functionality is hugely lacking in Rhino. Less time to complete the job is essential for car companies, especially considering the fact that those people also receive salaries.

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Wow, what an inspiring thread!

I’m a bit late to the party, but here is one of many electronic artworks I’ve designed and engineered almost exclusively in Rhino with a pinch of grasshopper. Unfortunately, I can’t show more than this one yet, but some exciting stuff is coming.

I always say… “horses for courses”. But for me, rhino is by far the most dynamic and versatile program. People always ask me how I can possibly design and fabricate such technical and complex assemblies without a true parametric modeller. I tell them, “You just haven’t discovered why you need it and how deep it goes.” Next time, I will send them here!

I feel as though I’ve only scratched the surface, even after nearly 9 years of using the program pretty much full-time.
I started in Solidworks, I also use fusion frequently, but Rhino will always be where I go to really “design” the crap out of things without feeling creatively suffocated.
For me, it can feel as fast as sketching, but in 3D for the early stages.

I just wish the documentation tools were significantly better, and maybe mesh lights in grasshopper blocks, please.
… And more block functionality in general! I love blocks so much! I also hate blocks so much. But mostly love.
The program has come a long way, but with these things, I think I would almost never have a reason to leave the program to use anything else.

I could go on… With that said, here is my contribution…

Video:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CaH2uGkjqcN/?hl=en

More info:

This is a kinetic light sculpture with 486 moving panels, thousands of LEDs and a 5-channel spatial audio system. The content and software (by the wizards [MindBuffer])(MindBuffer (@mindbuffer) • Instagram photos and videos) is fully generative, including a granular synthesiser for the otherworldly soundscape. It is absolutely a real thing and not a render, as some people initially think :grin: (although I’ve also included some renders of the guts).

Thanks, McNeel for making such a wonderful and accessible program.

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Oh my goodness! :exploding_head:
Teach me your ways, sensei :raised_hands:

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I actually have some of these parts recorded on videos from start to finish, and then uploaded on my YouTube channel.

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Awesome. I will have a look. Thanks!

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Rhino has greatly improved the armaments of countless hordes of rat-men in tabletop wargames around the world now…3D printed in clear resin and glued onto existing model.


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beautiful!

This is about 3d printed furniture. Looks like they use a very big printer with a pallet extruder. Follow the link and scroll down to the video:

First seconds you see Rhino in use.

I originally came across this via a reddit post, here. The used printer is this one. Very interesting.

Looks pretty similar to Nagami

Didn’t know that one, interesting too. Yes, the 3D printed chair designs look somewhat similar.

I’m not entirely sure what it is a model of but it looks like Work Louder uses Rhino.

I just came across this:
Lure design in Japan

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Wow, that’s a lot of docked toolbars!

Yeah, thought the same


Dräger.

Found on LinkedIn

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Found on Instagram, also from Work Louder:

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