Zbrush for Industrial Design

Zbrush is a very interesting product for designing sculpted products.
In my experience it does not replace CAD modellers like Alias, Rhino and Solidworks but creates a nice transition from sketching to 3d. It is not like you dont need to sketch though- but this provides a relatively fluid way to concept different ideas.

Rhino 5.0

I have been trying out the Rhino 5.0 trial while my installation discs are in transit.
This is a release where you can really feel the influence of the architects in the Rhino user base. The new functionality has a strong Sketchup feeling- which is really cool- Kudos to McNeel and Associates. Solid editing with control points is a really fresh take on the modelling process. This feels like a home run release for them.
Test project monkeying around with the new tools.


The handles/frames are rendered curves
Edge softening is really cool- although it would have been cool as a shader level toggle.


To their credit the interface has only gone through a slight refresh. Tabs have been added and functionality is chunked together- which is great for new users.

Datsun Sketches

Zbrush work for a mad scientist

Monday Morning Meeting Sketches and Night Doodles

Raspberry Pi Housing Concept

BMW Sketch and Render

Coming Soon I swear

Warm Up for Southern District Conference

Sketches for Boy Scouts

I love talking to kids- especially about design and drawing. My friend took his troop of Boy Scouts on a tour of our office and stopped by my desk. We brainstormed about something they used everyday- pencils and sharpeners. There was an avalanche of requests for lasers and robot legs and sharpeners that came to you to sharpen pencils..very cool

Links to all files can be found below: CAD files: http://db.tt/iFgzN45Q Powerpoint Short Notes: http://db.tt/ldVwCKI3 Step By Step pdf http://db.tt/7EbFuPv8

Work in progress: really need to save the iterations every 20 minutes or so...there were quite a few design iterations that I did not document.

This workshop deals with how to work fast in a digital environment and create a sense of flow while using Photoshop and Solidworks. The main ideas here are to minimize unnecessary cursor movement and maximize muscle memory. Thanks to IDSA Kansas City Chapter as well as Wacom, Hallmark and Garmin for sponsoring this event. The above video has about 30minutes of theory at the beginning with more sketches through the last half.



http://thomasparel.com/2011/12/death-of-the-mouse/ for more information

Recent work for Cerevellum

Interior Proposals for the SSC Tuatara.
http://grabcad.com/library/tuatara-interior-proposal