Rhino 3D

[david tilbury]

Anyone out there using Rhino?

 

Just to say been using it now for about 10 years with excellent results, i use Vray as well for my renderer, just a few samples of what i've done, all have been printed using Formlabs Form3 or Zortrax filament printers at a number of scales

 

Thanks for looking.

 

 

[leccyflyer]

Very nice - especially like the throttle quadrant. Do you sell these files at all?

[david tilbury]

Hi ...thanks......nope sorry, the amount of work put into building the 3D model as you probably know if you use 3D CAD is very high, i have built bespoke CAD files for people but that comes at a cost or hourly rate.....for example I did some work for a Museum in the UK they needed a full size gunsight for a P51 Mustang.....they lent me the original which i copied and then printed in about 5 parts and joined.....results below 

 

All the best

 

Dave

 

 

 

[leccyflyer]

Superb work sir. 😎

I hope to get a long way further up the 3D CAD learning curve this year - so far I've only done the most basic modification to existing STLs and just the one simple undercarriage door from a 2D scan, but it's a fascinating topic and the possibilities are endless.

[david tilbury]

Hi, thanks.....

 

I spent 35 years in London as a designer, everything we created had curves/surfaces.....20 of those were using CAD....ProE....RHINO.....SDRC.....Alias and i made 1:1 models mostly in blue foam, what we do in our hobby is what i call nuts and bolts.....it's mostly engineering and some surfacing .......surfacing is a whole new ball game, getting tangency and blending surfaces is not easy.....you can sort of cheat especially with  renders but not so easy with mesh files like stl plus when surfaces don't blend it sticks out like a sore thumb....:-)

 

Rhino is a great CAD program....quite easy to learn compared with say ProE......

 

Models like the cutlery below which i did in Rhino are a good example of surfacing.....no straight lines....:-)

 

Edited January 14, 2023 by david tilbury