Arch 20: Architectural Graphics I (Rhino Sequence)

City College of San Francisco

By Chima Chidi

Instructors: Huang/Lum

Table of contentsPear exercise

Chair exercise

Array exercise

Midterm assignment: Pattern exercise

Bottle exercise

Control points exercise

Precision modelling exercise

Surface modelling exercise

Spiral and Helix exercise

Flow surface exercise

Solid modeling exercise

Surface modeling exercise 2

Clipping plane exercise

Prepping a model for prototyping exercise

Turtleboy exercise

Final assignment: Fruitmorphology project

Pear Exercise

Tools used

• Control Points• Extract Isocurve• Copy• Rotate• Curve From Cross-Section Profiles• Curve Network• Split• Join• Gumball• Rendering• Picture frame

Challenges

• Getting the pear to split• Getting the "curve from cross-section profile”

command to work correctly

Images top to bottom: Rendered perspective shot, Right elevation (artistic render), Top elevation (wireframe render)

Chair Exercise

Commands used

• Polyline• Picture Frame• Mirror• Osnap• Fillet Curve• Pipe• C-plane to 3-points• Surface From Planar Curves• Copy• Gumball• Rendering

Challenges

• Getting the pipe command to pipe the exact form of the chair

Images top to bottom: Rendered right elevation, Perspective shot (artistic render), Rendered perspective shot

Array Exercise

Commands used

• Array• Picture Frame• Curve Boolean• Extrude Curve• Grouping• Polar Array• Rectangular Array• Gumball• Rendering

Challenges

• None noted

Images Clockwise: Rendered top elevation, Rendered right elevation, Front elevation (artistic render), Rendered perspective shot

Midterm Assignment: Pattern exercise

Images Clockwise: Perspective shot (artistic render), Pattern Inspiration (“A band apart” by Sarah Morris), Tracing of textile, Perspective shot (artistic render), Rendered front elevation

Midterm Assignment: Pattern exercise

Images Clockwise: Perspective shot (artistic render), Pattern Inspiration (“Fiddle” by Maharam Textiles), Tracing of textile, Rendered perspective shot,Right elevation (artistic render)

Midterm Assignment: Pattern exercise

Commands used on first pattern

• Picture Frame• Copy• Loft• Polyline• Osnap• Group• Gumball• Rendering

Challenges with first pattern

• None noted

Commands used on second pattern

• Picture Frame• Copy• Loft• Polyline• Osnap• Torus• Group• Gumball• Rendering

Challenges with second pattern

• None noted

Bottle exercise

Commands used

• Planar• Sweep 2 rails• Blend Surface• Offset• Extract Isocurve• Pipe• Extrude Curve (Tapered)• Gumball Rendering

Challenges

• Using the Extrude Curve (Tapered) command to create the lid

Images top to bottom: Rendered top elevation, Right elevation (Shaded render), Rendered perspective shot

Control Point Exercise

Commands used:

• Rebuild• Loft• Rendering

Challenges

• None noted

Images Clockwise: Rendered Front elevation, Top elevation (X-ray render), Right elevation (X-ray render), Rendered perspective shot

Precision Modelling Exercise

Commands used

• Polyline• Mirror• Offset• Nudge• Join• Gumball• Rendering

Challenges

• None noted

Images top to bottom: Rendered Perspective shot, Perspective shot (shaded render)

Surface Modeling Exercise

Commands used

• Corner to Corner (Vertical)• 3 points• Corner Points• Control Point Curve• Planar Curve• Edge Curve• Gumball• Rendering

Challenges

• None noted

Images top to bottom: Front elevation (artistic render), Rendered perspective shot, Top elevation (pen render)

Spiral & Helix Exercise

Commands used

• Spiral• Ribbon• Helix• Gumball• Rendering

Challenges

• None noted

Images top to bottom: Top elevation (pen render), Rendered perspective shot, Right elevation (artistic render)

Flow Surface Exercise

Commands used

• Flow Along Surface• Gumball• Rendering

Challenges

• Getting the Rhino logo to flow along the surface

Images top to bottom: Rendered perspective shot, Right elevation (shaded render), Front elevation (pen render)

Solid Modeling Exercise

Commands used

• Sphere• Rebuild• SetPt• Scale 1D• Insert Knot

Challenges

• Using control points to sculpt the tail and beak from spheres

Images top to bottom: Perspective shot (shaded render), Rendered perspective shot, Top elevation (shaded render)

Surface Modeling Exercise 2

Commands used

• Mirror• Loft• Join

• Rectangle• Extrude Surface

• Trim• Duplicate Edge

• Offset• Fillet Curve

Challenges

• None noted

Images top to bottom: Rendered perspective shot, Rendered top elevation, Front elevation (technical render), Rendered perspective shot

Clipping Plane Exercise

Image: Layout made in Rhino

Commands used

• Clipping plane

Challenges

• None noted

Prepping A Model For Prototyping Exercise

Commands used

• Analyze -> Mass Properties -> Volumes• Analyze -> Edge Tools -> Show Edges -> Naked Edges• Loft• Analyze -> Edge Tools -> Join 2 Naked Edges

Challenges

• None noted

Images top to bottom: Rendered perspective shot, Right elevation (artistic render), Top elevation (pen render)

Turtleboy Exercise

Commands used

• Surface Network• Offset• Piping • Rendering• Picture frame• Free-form curve polyline

Challenges

• Piping the arms and legs to look like the original picture

• Splitting the head to create the helmet

• Offsetting the mouth inwards to create mouth opening

Images Clockwise: Rendered perspective shot, Perspective shot (Wireframe render), Rendered right elevation, Front elevation (pen render)

Final Assignment: Fruit Morphology Project

The final assignment of Arch 20 saw us select a fruit/vegetable of our choice and explore its spatial qualities through hand-drawings and sections and elevations made in Rhino.

Images Clockwise: Bell pepper section sketch, Bell pepper section sketch, Bell pepper section sketch

Final Assignment: Fruit Morphology Project

Tools used

• Control Points• Extract Isocurve• Copy• Rotate• Curve From Cross-Section Profiles• Curve Network• Split• Join• Gumball• Rendering• Picture frame• Clipping Plane

Challenges

• None noted

Images Clockwise: Rendered perspective shot, Rendered right elevation, Rendered top elevation, Perspective section (pen render)

Iteration 1

Final Assignment: Fruit Morphology Project

Tools used

• Copy• Rotate• Split• Join• Gumball• Rendering• Clipping Plane• Torus• Cap Planar Holes

Challenges

• None noted

Images Clockwise: Rendered right elevation, Perspective section (pen render), Rendered top elevation, Rendered Perspective shot

Iteration 2

Final Assignment: Fruit Morphology Project

Tools used

• Control Points• Copy• Rotate• Join• Gumball• Rendering• Clipping Plane• Pipe• Twist• Bend

Challenges

• None noted

Images Clockwise: Rendered right elevation, Perspective section (pen render), Rendered Perspective shot, Rendered Perspective shot

Iteration 3

Final Assignment: Fruit Morphology Project

Tools used

• Control Points• Copy• Rotate• Join• Gumball• Rendering• Clipping Plane• Pipe

Challenges

• None noted

Images Clockwise: Rendered top elevation, Perspective section (pen render), Rendered front elevation, Rendered right elevation

Iteration 4

Student Learning OutcomesCourse: Arch 20 Architectural Graphics I

Student Name: Chima Chidi

Semester: Spring 2015

Assessment Selection, Spring 2015:

SLO A: Create accurate drawings that communicate simple architectural

design intentions

Assessment Methodology- Learning Portfolio. Students submit a

portfolio of all process and work, including their assessments of their

work and reflections that reflect their level of understanding of graphic

representations

Apply graphic conventions and standards appropriately I believe I applied graphic conventions and standards appropriately.

This is evident in the way that I laid out the my portfolio.

Relate each drawing within a set to each other to fully describe significant aspects of a design from the general to the specific

I believe this was achieved by incorporating detailed information about each

drawing below it.

Demonstrate a correspondence between the design intentions to be communicated and the graphic representations produced to communicate them

I believe this was achieved by the relationship of text to drawings in my

portfolio slides.

Produce drawing that are readable and meaningful to others I believe I incorporated understandable and telling drawings.