Rhino For Beginners 101

Session 1: Introduction to Rhino

• Overview of the Rhino environment
• Understanding the interface, viewports, and navigation tools
• Working with units, grids, snap settings, and display modes
• How Rhino’s command workflow operates and how to use it efficiently
  
  

Session 2: 2D Drafting Fundamentals

• Creating lines, polylines, curves, circles, and arcs
• Editing tools, including trim, extend, fillet, offset, and join

Session 3: Assignment Walkthrough and Plan Development

• Solving the guided assignment from the previous session
• Developing a simple architectural plan step by step
• Preparing curves and drawings for 3D use
  
  

Session 4: Introduction to 3D Modelling

• Generating basic 3D geometries such as extrusions, surfaces, and solids
• Controlling geometry through gumball, control points, and transforms
• Understanding booleans, surface creation, and solid operations
• Building 3D forms from the plan created earlier
  
  

Session 5: Annotations and Advanced Geometry Tools

• Adding text, leaders, dimensions, and managing annotation styles
• Setting up layers, colors, linetypes, and lineweight control
• Using loft, sweep, planar surface, and other advanced modeling commands
• Documenting models clearly for design communication
  
  

Session 6: Layout Creation and Documentation

• Setting up layouts for printing and presentations
• Arranging drawings, title blocks, and sheet formatting
• Exporting drawings and preparing deliverables

Session 7: Real Project Workflow

• Importing architectural plans from AutoCAD
• Cleaning and preparing the file
• Building a practical architectural model based on a real residential project
  
  

Session 8: Bonus Introduction to Grasshopper

• Creating a simple parametric setup to demonstrate possibilities
• A glimpse of how computational design can enhance everyday modeling