Rhinoceros

Designer: SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP

PanelingTools is a powerful plugin that enables you to create complex structures and surfaces in rhinoceros easily. Now McNeel has released a new PanelingTools manual (about 80 pages), and new release are now available for download.

Download PanelingTools Manual for detailed description of commands and options.

Read more from McNeel Wiki

This is work in progress (WIP).

Paneling Tools for Rhino 4.0 sr5  has been recently updated(June 8, 2009). 

Download

A new release of PanelingTools plug-in for Rhino 4.0 SR5 is available for download from:
http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/default.aspx/McNeel/PanelingTools.html

Short video tutorials for PanelingTools Plug-in for Rhino 4.0.

Intro lugins to demonstrate the Gumball transformation control.

Usage: Click this for more information

Moving the Gumball

Three types of transformation controls. To move the gumball, click, drag and release the controls. If you need to reposition the gumball without moving the objects it transforms, tap the CONTROL key while dragging a transformation control.

1. Translation controls:

• Click and drag on one of the arrows. The translation will move back and forth along the line the arrow lies on.

2. Rotation controls:

• Click and drag on one of the arcs.

3. Scaling controls:

• Click and drag on one of the small boxes.
• If you want uniform scaling, tap the SHIFT key while dragging a scaling control.

Download the Gumball plugins.

[via]Rhino Labs

Quote: Rhino news

Zach Downey is an Architectural Designer at SHoP architects in New York City. He shares his Rhino expertise on his blog.

• Creating Surface Patterns Using Bump Maps Created in Photoshop as an input parameter in Rhino’s Grasshopper
• Paneling Tools
• Patterning and Facade Studies Using Adobe’s Illustrator Part 2
• Populating a Surface with Polygons Extruded to a Point
• Patterning and Facade Studies Using Adobe’s Illustrator

A new release of PanelingTools plug-in for Rhino 4.0 is available for download.