LaN @ MONTREAL in collaboration with ROBOCUT STUDIO

// topics covered: Learn how the machines of Robocut operate: 3 axis cnc-milling / laser cutting / 3d printing *with greater focus on cnc milling This workshop is intended to suit a range of levels– those with no Rhino experience will gain a working understanding of the program and a vast overview of its compatibility and potential to design in parallel with CNC technologies. Those with some prior RHINO experience will be able to take their understanding far beyond basics of modeling to precision modeling, integration with CAM, parametric realms, real world examples, & output to 3dprinting / CNC milling. All will realize how to instrumentally drive design intentions via congruence with machining processes. Rhinoceros 3d modeling-for-fabrication Learn the modeling environment of Rhinoceros through a fabrication focus. Emphasizing commands and strategies relevant to machining complex geometries… let us frame your modeling thinking back to design, materiality, and advanced geometry. Participants will gain a geometrical understanding of surface types and how they can be analyzed, categorized, and most importantly… constructed. RhinoCam – toolpath generation in Rhino / clever creative machining RhinoCAM training leads us on an exploration of CNC milling–3axis, 5 axis, 7 and on. LaN walks participants through machinery & processes, technical aspects of Rhinocam & of course the design to production feedback loop– machining aspects that drive your design from initial phases. Output is no longer an afterthought. RhinoCam exercises include 2, 2.5, & 3D surfacing operations including the generation of custom toolpaths and simulation settings that allow you to export simulated geometries. Developments from LaN’s 2012 LIVING FORCES focus– including GPS – to- Grasshopper demos to acquire land data from google earth // week 1 October 13 Sat // 18- 20:00 Introductions & studio tour October 14 Sun // 10-13:00 / 14-18:00 Rhino-for-Fabrication CNC Machinery operation (CNC Milling / 3d printing / lasercutting) ////// October 15 Mon *optional self-tracking day GPS tracked group hike @ Mount Royal (data will be used to further participants subsequent weekend Rhino explorations) // week 2 October 20 Sat // 10-13:00 / 14-18:00 RhinoCAM Vcarve CNC Fabrication October 21 Sun // 10-13:00 / 14-18:00 Rhinoceros-for-Fab 2 CNC Fabrication http://www.livearchitecture.net/workshops/upcoming/montreal