Optional | Skill Lab: 2D Rhino for Lasercutting

Rhino 2D Tutorial

Paula Garza Gonzalez

Intro to Rhino 2D

Rhino 2D Tutorial - EDITED.3dm

Instructions: Attached is a Rhino file that helps with learning the basic commands for Rhino. 

You go through the exercise from left to right, top row to bottom row, completing the turquoise commands listed on the top of each row. Make sure you read what the command asks for you to do (i.e. for Trim it first asks for "cutting objects," and then "object to trim") and pay attention to the options for each command in order to get familiar with them.

The idea is to get the bottom of each row to match the top of each row. You use the black lines you are given, with the points for reference, and transform the given black lines to look like the above red lines according to the command listed. See attached images for more details. 

The exercise serves to give a basic intro to common Rhino commands and to get good at using OSnap / SmartTrack for making properly aligned 2D drawings. 

Once you've gone through all the commands, you can apply them in a step-by-step drawing. 

Deliverables: When you have finished the tutorial, post your completed file in the Responses folder above. 

Creating With a Laser Cutter

Aaron Laniosz

Creating with a Laser Cutter

Title: Laser Cutting Cardboard

Goal: Students will apply their Rhino skills to recreate pieces of their deep-sea creature from their cardboard explorations.

Instructions: Using the skeletal structure of your deep-sea creature from our previous exercises, choose one piece of the model you created by hand and re-create it in Rhino using the following workflow:

1. Identify the primitive 2D shapes that make up your model. Measure these shapes with a ruler and draw them on paper.

2. Transfer your drawn shapes in Rhino, ensuring they are the correct dimensions.

3. Choose how you will connect your pieces - do they need a hole for a bolt to screw through? A score line to make a fold? A cutout for another piece to fit through?

4. Make any necessary modifications to the shapes in your file to be more realistic.

Bonus: Try cutting out and scoring patterns in your pieces to mimic the texture of your sea creature!

Deliverables: In the Responses tab above, make a post that includes the following:

  1. A scan of your sketch
  2. A screenshot of your Rhino file
  3. Photos of your laser-cut parts, assembled
  4. Your Rhino file attached