UK User Meeting 2009

3D Systems Europe
Hemel Hempstead
Monday 16th November 2009


Provisional Agenda


09.00 Registration & Coffee


09.30 Welcome
09.30 Paul Cowell
09.30 Simply Rhino


09.35 Rhino 5 Update
09.35 Carlos Perez
09.35 McNeel Europe

An overview of the many new ideas and technologies that have been prototyped for Rhino 5.0, including:

• Gumball Manipulator
• Shelling
• Better Display Performance for 2D
• New surface-surface intersector
• Improved platform support (including
• Monkey editor, multiple scripting languages
• including Python, new rendering SDK
• and improved C++ and .NET SDK)
• New Visualisation and Rendering tools
• including Material editor, real-time shadows,
• sun and environments, Procedural Texture
• editor, Cameras, and Displacement.
• Mac version and much more.




10.00 Nicolas Register
10.00 Marc Newson Limited

Marc Newson is one of the most accomplished and influential designers of his generation. Initially known for his sculptural furniture
designs he has gone on to work across a wide range of disciplines to create everything from household objects, a concept car for Ford, restaurant and interior designs, mobile phones and clothing.

His design company Marc Newson Ltd is based
in London and the Design Director,
Nicolas Register, will be presenting some recent projects which have had a substantial Rhino involvement; notably the interiors of the
Quantas A380 aircraft and the EADS Astrium Space Plane.




10.30 Matt Sederberg
10.00 T-Splines 2.1 for Rhino

Since their release in late 2007, T-Splines plugins have proven themselves again and again in solving challenging design problems across a wide range of industries. Customers include world renowned firms such as Zaha Hadid Architects, HOK Architecture, Dell Computer, Mattel, Bose, BMW, Burton Snowboards, Bulgari and many more.

11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 Optional tour of 3D Systems

3D Systems is a leading provider of 3-D Printing, Direct Rapid Prototyping and Direct Manufacturing solutions. Its systems and materials reduce the time and cost of designing products and facilitate direct and indirect manufacturing by creating actual parts directly from digital input. These solutions are used for design communication and prototyping as well as for production of functional end-use parts: Transform your products.




11.30 Barnaby Scott
11.30 Waywood Furniture Design

Waywood Furniture Design & Makers are a
small team that has been designing and making pieces of furniture to commission since 1986.

Waywood generally favour simplicity of design and work in sympathy with the wood employing its natural warmth and feel. Although the pieces are individual this is never achieved at the expense of a harmonious and functional design, nor solely by the use of decoration.

Rhino is used throughout the design stages and
V-Ray renders are used to present clients with photorealistic images prior to construction.
Waywood also use RhinoCAM to drive
their SCM Router

12.00 Rendering Update
12.00 Phil Cook
12.00 Simply Rhino

An update of the latest rendering technologies available for Rhino including V-Ray,
HyperShot, Maxwell 2.0 and Brazil.




12.15 Linceo VR
12.00 Andrea Carignano
12.00 SEAC02

LinceoVR is a new progressive, innovative and complete real-time rendering and augmented reality software solution.

Ideal for industrial design, architecture, point of sale and design and marketing professionals who want to see their virtual model in an existing real location.

Working with existing Rhino or neutral format CAD files LinceoVR puts your data into the real world in the three simple steps

12.45 Close


Venue:

3D Systems Europe Limited
Mark House
Mark Road
Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
HP2 7UA

cost: free

to book contact:
fionuala@simplyrhino.co.uk