What do you do for a living and how is Rhino essential to your workflow?

Set designer in film industry. It became part of my workflow 4 years ago just before the release of v5 and allowed me to switch from AutoCad. As a 3d modeler I use it in conjunction with my other 2 main packages, Cinema 4D and Zbrush.
Very excited for a lot of new things coming in V6.

I’m often asked what I do for a living and I respond with ā€˜3D Designer’ which invariably leads to a conversation about ā€˜what do I design’. It’s tricky to answer… What do you need? :slight_smile:

My background is scenic sculpture and prop making/pattern and mould making for the entertainment industry but I had a sojourn within the retail industry as a project manger for interiors and furniture for a few years. I’ve been using CAD software from the early 1990’s with old school AutoCAD before WYSIWYG through so many different pieces of software but I didn’t discover Rhino until [2006] so I’ve only been using it from version 4.

Silly as it seems I’ve never completed any training or classes, it’s all been self taught. If I wasn’t using this kind of software for a job I’d be doing it in my spare time due to self interest and personal projects etc. It’s like a pen and paper… If I could also make my breakfast with it I probably would.

I’ve been self employed since Feb 2014 mainly working for sculptors and designers/developers and entrepreneurs helping them realise their ideas. I’m a problem solver and ideation is my passion so I get my kicks from the process and the journey rather than the finished item.

Most of my old work is listed here but I don’t really bother with portfolios and updates nowadays: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/2dcube

Andy

illumination optics - designing freeform optic surfaces for lighting systems in the aerospace industry. I use a combination of Rhino, LightTools, Matlab, and a collection of custom Rhino, Matlab, and Excel scripts to automate some of the tedious steps.