ARCH211 W08
Assignment 4.2: Projection in Rhino
SOFTWARE:
DUE DATE:
Rhinocerous 4.0, Adobe InDesign
3.25 (Tuesday) at midnight
Perspectival anamorphosis has a long tradition in architecture. The term refers to the distortion of an image
achieved through an oblique projection that can only be viewed “normally” from a specific vantage point. In its
ability to manipulate and store different construction planes and views, Rhino provides an good platform for
the creation of such images. In this exercise, you will use a simple image to create an anamorphic projection in
a Rhino model and produce a series of views of the resulting space.
PROCESS:
Download the Rhino template model from the website. This file provides a preset layer system and a very basic
virtual space in which to stage your anamorphic projection (you are free to add to or alter this space or to
build your own, but don’t use up too much energy on this part and keep in mind that adding surfaces will make
the project very complicated very quickly).
Draw points for the placement of the camera and target and then place them (View > Set Camera > Place
Camera and Target) to create an oblique view of the wall. Save this view (View > Set View > Named Views). Set
the CPlane to this view (View > Set CPlane > To View) then reset its origin (View > Set CPlane > Origin) to a
point along the line connecting the camera and target. Save this CPlane (View > Set CPlane > Named CPlanes).
Choose a simple graphic for your projection. Be discriminating about this - use something simple but interesting. Curves are more difficult to project than straight lines. Draw the graphic on the new CPlane so that it is
within the visual boundaries of the wall and ground from the perspective of the saved view. Draw lines connecting the camera point to the vertices of the graphic, then extend them to the projection surface. Draw the
projected graphic using these projected points. Extrude the projected graphic 1” from the surface to give it a
slight relief and change the rendered color it its layer.
Make two renderings of the scene - one from the original saved view and one from a view that shows a distorted version of the projection (save this second view as a “Named View” as well). Place the renderings in the
Adobe InDesign template (downloadable from the website) and print as a PDF.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS (files to be posted to your IFS space by the due date and time):
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1 Rhinoceros fi le (.3dm) with projection and two named views; name the fi le “4-3_uniqname.3dm”
1 PDF with two rendered views of the projection
GRADING:
This assignment will be graded on demonstrated modeling ability (particularly the correct use of saved Views
and CPlanes) and the representational clarity of the rendered views.
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