Introduction to Rhinoceros 3D for Furniture Design
A course by Christian VivancoIndustrial Designer
A course by Christian Vivanco, Industrial Designer
Learn how to use the software’s tools from scratch to design, model, visualize, and perfect your furniture in 3D
Furniture design is a booming industry, which means more and more designers are entering the workforce every day. That's why it's crucial you know how to use a powerful tool like Rhinoceros 3D to make your projects stand out. Join industrial designer Christian Vivanco and learn how to model, display, and master the art of furniture design.
By the end of this 9-course Basics, you'll have the skills and knowledge to design different types of furniture from scratch, from the first lines to a piece ready for fabrication. If you'd like to learn more about furniture design with Christian, check out his first course Design and Conceptualization of a Chair.
Start this Domestika Basics with an introduction to Rhinoceros 3D and all the options it has to offer. Christian walks you through how to download and install the program on your preferred device and shows you around the interface.
Next, see how to create a circle, an ellipse, a rectangle, and a variety of other polygons before learning how to organize your work in layers.
The third course covers precision modeling. Learn how to draw lines in specific locations and start creating your first solids.
Build on these concepts by exploring the creation and transform tools for surfaces and solids and then find out how to make curves.
In the fifth course, see how to model wooden furniture, from simple lines to volume, joints, and the finishing touches.
In the next course, discover another important material: metal. Learn how to create pipes and extrusions and model a metal piece of furniture.
Then, see how to model upholstered furniture following the same process while contemplating the little details that make all the difference.
In the eighth course, Christian introduces you to the materials library and shows you how to create your own materials as well as how to use different displays and even create new ones.
To wrap things up, see how to make furniture plans in Rhinoceros 3D. Learn how to create general views of your design and set line properties for your plans based on your needs.
Technical requirements
⦁ A computer capable of running 3D modeling software ⦁ Rhinoceros 3D ⦁ A graphics tablet is recommended, but not necessary
Recommended software & tools for this course
Reviews
- 4 months ago
It's an informative course however the original videos are in Spanish and it's auto dubbed and so it's not always a perfect translation nor does the audio work on all videos. I had to rewatch certain portions to understand what he was trying to teach. That being said, it was still a good class to for beginners to learn Rhino.
- 5 months ago
Curso perfecto para empezar a modelar en Rhino
- 6 months ago
A comprehensive and well-structured course for Rhino
- 7 months ago
Perfect course for learning the basics of Rhino; as someone who was already somewhat familiar with the program, I found many useful tips and suggestions that I didn't know about before.
- 9 months ago
Excelente curso para conocer los conceptos básicos de Rhino y adentrarse en el mobiliario.
During his 10-year professional career, he has had the opportunity to participate in projects in Colombia, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Spain, and the United States.
In 2018 he was invited by WeWork to curate and design the furniture used in their offices in Mexico and Latin America, and had the opportunity to design pieces of furniture that today are used in more than 40 buildings in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile, and Costa Rica.
Content
Course 1: First Steps
- U1
Introduction
- Welcome
- U2
Software installation and technical requirements
- Software installation and technical requirements
- U3
Software basics
- Software basics
- U4
Is Rhinoceros a good choice for designing furniture?
- Is Rhinoceros a good choice for designing furniture?
- U5
The software interface
- The software interface
- U6
Assimilation of software and its interface
- Assimilation of software and its interface
- U7
Practice: Navigating and interacting with objects
- Navigating and interacting with objects
Course 2: Rhinoceros 3D and Its Tools
- U1
The design language within Rhinoceros
- The design language within Rhinoceros
- U2
Curves and polygons
- Curves and polygons
- U3
Help tools for your model
- Help tools for your model
- U4
Layers
- Layers
- U5
Tools for editing curves and other lines
- Tools for editing curves and other lines
Course 3: Precision Modeling
- U1
Plot with constraints
- Plot with constraints
- U2
From line to solid
- From line to solid
- U3
Free curves and complex shapes
- Free curves and complex shapes
Course 4: Surfaces, Solids, and Curves
- U1
Tools for creating surfaces
- Tools for creating surfaces
- U2
Tools for surface transformation
- Tools for surface transformation
- U3
Tools for creating solids
- Tools for creating solids
- U4
Tools for solid transformation
- Tools for solid transformation
- U5
Tools for creating curves from objects
- Tools for creating curves from objects
- U6
About the various checkpoints
- About the various checkpoints
- U7
Quick modeling using control points
- Quick modeling using control points
Course 5: Modeling Wooden Furniture
- U1
General strokes for pieces of wood
- General strokes for pieces of wood
- U2
Volumes and principal solids
- Volumes and principal solids
- U3
How to model assemblies
- How to model assemblies
- U4
Details make the difference
- Details make the difference
- U5
Modeling of the bench "Quieto", finalist of the "Design of the Year" 2015
- Modeling of the bench "Quieto", finalist of the "Design of the Year" 2015
Course 6: Modeling Metal Furniture
- U1
First strokes to create a metal furniture
- First strokes to create a metal furniture
- U2
How to create pipes and extrusions
- How to create pipes and extrusions
- U3
Introduction to basic upholstery modeling
- Introduction to basic upholstery modeling
- U4
Modeling of the Auxiliary Table "Octavio", designed for "Los Patrones"
- Modeling of the Auxiliary Table "Octavio", designed for "Los Patrones"
Course 7: Modeling Upholstered Furniture
- U1
General strokes
- General strokes
- U2
Main volumes
- Main volumes
- U3
Cage Edit
- Cage Edit
- U4
Details make the difference
- Details make the difference
- U5
Modeling of the "3X Long Bench", designed for WeWork
- Modeling of the "3X Long Bench", designed for WeWork
Course 8: Raising the Display of Your Model
- U1
Library materials and your supplies
- Library materials and your supplies
- U2
Editing materials
- Editing materials
- U3
Display modes
- Display modes
- U4
Creation of animated GIFs and basic renders
- Creation of animated GIFs and basic renders
- U5
Material exploration in finished designs
- Material exploration in finished designs
Course 9: Furniture Plans in Rhinoceros 3D
- U1
Creation of views and definition of technical lines
- Creation of views and definition of technical lines
- U2
Dimensions
- Dimensions
- U3
Creation of plan formats
- Creation of plan formats
- U4
Your descriptive plan
- Your descriptive plan
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FAQs
Yes, this course is designed for beginners who want to learn furniture modeling from scratch using Rhinoceros 3D.
You’ll need a computer with at least 8 GB of RAM, a modern processor, and Rhinoceros 3D installed to fully benefit from the course.
You’ll learn to model wooden, metal, and upholstered furniture, create solid surfaces, draw precise lines, and generate visualizations and detailed drawings in Rhinoceros 3D.
The course covers modeling wood, metal, and upholstered furniture, line drawing, creating and editing solid surfaces and curves, 3D visualization, and producing detailed drawings.
No prior experience is needed, as the course covers concepts and tools from the very basics.
You should have access to a compatible computer with the latest version of Rhinoceros 3D installed to complete the practical exercises.
You’ll learn how to build the base structure and add surfaces that mimic upholstery, using subdivision and surface editing techniques in Rhinoceros 3D.