Lynda – Rhino: Introduction to T-Splines

Meet T-Splines, the Rhino plugin for flexible surface modeling. Designed by Autodesk, built for designers like you, T-Splines allows you to model very complex organic shapes much more quickly than what's possible with Rhino alone. In this introductory course, Jean Gorospe provides a comprehensive overview of how T-Splines works. Jean covers the essential tools for working with meshes, creating and editing a model from scratching, converting models to NURBS, and refining your work in Rhino. Chapter 4 focuses on a sample project featuring a model airplane, but you can easily follow along with your own assets.

Topics include:

• Setting up the T-Splines interface and options
  
• Using T-Splines tools: Translate, Rotate, Scale, and more
  
• Selecting points, edges, and faces
  
• Creating primitives
  
• Extruding in T-Splines
  
• Inserting points and edges
  
• Dividing, welding, slipping, and duplicating geometry
  
• Converting finished meshes into NURBS surfaces