
(See Figure 3.) After observing and analyzing these data, the student concluded that on average, Melbournians would find 580– 600 lux a comfortable light level for reading. Second, the student visited a number of popular reading locations around Melbourne carrying the ambient light informer, which consisted of an Arduino light sensor and a lux reader to measure the ambient light level in these spaces. (See Figure 2.) The parametric variations in the Rhino model are scripted using RhinoScript.

Changes on the ambient light level trigger fluctuations on LDR readings, which subsequently trigger updates on the parametric models set in Rhino. First, the student experimented with Rhino 3D models that are responsive to real- time ambient light data input from Arduino Light-Dependent-Resistors (LDR). Although there can be a number of parameters in designing a comfortable reading space, such as noise, temperature, wind, and light, given the short time frame of the project, light was chosen as a design constraint of the reading space for proof of concept. inform the design, instead of using the traditional approach of using light simulation and a solar path diagram to predict the light level at different times of day, experiments were performed with a lux reader and ambient light informer, the DIY urban probe, made of a number of light sensors connected to an Arduino (See Figure 2) in the preliminary design processes. NET 2.0 assemblies to read and write the file format, on supported platforms – Windows, Windows 圆4, Mac, and Linux. An open-source toolkit, openNURBS includes the 3DM file format specification, documentation, C++ source code libraries and. The Rhino developers started the openNURBS Initiative to provide computer graphics software developers the tools to accurately transfer 3-D geometry between applications. The Rhinoceros file format (.3DM) is useful for the exchange of NURBS geometry. A visual scripting language add-on for Rhino, Grasshopper, is developed by Robert McNeel & Associates. Rhinoceros is developed for the Microsoft Windows operating system and OS X. jewelry design) as well as for multimedia and graphic design. automotive design, watercraft design), product design (e.g. Rhinoceros is used in processes of computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), rapid prototyping, 3D printing and reverse engineering in industries including architecture, industrial design (e.g. Rhinoceros geometry is based on the NURBS mathematical model, which focuses on producing mathematically precise representation of curves and freeform surfaces in computer graphics (as opposed to polygon mesh-based applications).


Rhinoceros (typically abbreviated Rhino, or Rhino3D) is a commercial 3D computer graphics and computer-aided design (CAD) application software developed by Robert McNeel & Associates, an American, privately held, employee-owned company founded in 1980.
