How to Draw Lines, Shapes, and Curves in Rayon — Transcript

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1. 0:00This video is going to show you how to
2. 0:01use round shape tools from a polyline to
3. 0:04a guideline. So, you know exactly which
4. 0:06one to reach for and how to use it. And
5. 0:08before we go through each tool, it's
6. 0:10worth understanding how each of them
7. 0:11work because the structure is consistent
8. 0:13across the board.
9. 0:16Every shape has three things worth
10. 0:18knowing. Number one is modes. Most tools
11. 0:20can switch between two or more drawing
12. 0:22behaviors, for example, between a
13. 0:24straight line or an arc. Modes are shown
14. 0:27at the top of the active command bar and
15. 0:29can be toggled as you draw. The next are
16. 0:31arguments. These are the input values
17. 0:33that control the geometry, distance,
18. 0:35angle, radius, width, or height. You can
19. 0:38type them in directly here for precise
20. 0:40distances and angles. And the third is
21. 0:42properties. When you trigger a shape
22. 0:44tool, two properties will appear on the
23. 0:46right panel. The first is the active
24. 0:48layer. This will determine where the
25. 0:49geometry is drawn and how it's managed.
26. 0:52And the second is the active style,
27. 0:53which is where you can control the
28. 0:55stroke, fill, weight, and color. Both
29. 0:57can be set before placing a single
30. 0:59shape. And every tool has a keyboard
31. 1:01shortcut, as you can see here alongside
32. 1:03each shape type. So, first up is the
33. 1:05polyline. It draws a continuous series
34. 1:07of connected segments, [music]
35. 1:09which you can switch between straight
36. 1:11line and arc mode any point as you draw.
37. 1:13And if you want to draw multiple shapes
38. 1:14one after another, you can turn on the
39. 1:16loop mode and continue drawing. [music]
40. 1:19And on the right-hand side, you can then
41. 1:20define the shape fill or stroke.
42. 1:23Changing the fill and the stroke will
43. 1:24help you customize the shape. And if you
44. 1:27want to find any specific tools, you can
45. 1:28search using the command line or typing
46. 1:31in any of the shortcuts. The line tool
47. 1:33is a simpler version of the polyline.
48. 1:34It's a single straight segment with the
49. 1:36same distance and angle arguments. It's
50. 1:38useful when you only need one clear line
51. 1:40rather than a continuous path. And
52. 1:42equally, you can draw multiple lines in
53. 1:44the loop mode. The arc tool draws a
54. 1:47curved segment defined by distance,
55. 1:49angle, and radius.
56. 1:50>> [music]
57. 1:50>> So, you can input these arguments to
58. 1:52make your arc really precise. And if you
59. 1:54want to create more free-form organic
60. 1:56curvature shapes, you can use the curve
61. 1:58tool. Where an arc is defined by a fixed
62. 2:00radius, a curve lets you place multiple
63. 2:02points. And you can customize this path
64. 2:05by selecting edit, and you can pull some
65. 2:07of these anchor points to change some of
66. 2:10the curvature. You can add control
67. 2:13points, remove control points, and
68. 2:15customize this much further. And you can
69. 2:17go through the same editing process with
70. 2:19a rectangle, for example. You can edit,
71. 2:22add, and remove control points [music]
72. 2:24to customize your shapes further.
73. 2:27Next up is the circle. Really simply,
74. 2:30select your center point [music] and
75. 2:31define your radius.
76. 2:34And the rectangle tool might be one you
77. 2:36use quite often.
78. 2:37You can define the width and height here
79. 2:39by typing in the arguments
80. 2:42to define your distances. And
81. 2:44alternatively, you can draw from three
82. 2:46points, [music] which will allow you to
83. 2:47determine the angle of that rectangle.
84. 2:50Select your [music] two points
85. 2:52and drag as you wish. The polygon tool
86. 2:54will allow you to draw polygons using
87. 2:56the internal or external edge of a
88. 2:58circle. You can define the counts of
89. 3:00these edges, the radius, and angle.
90. 3:04And finally, the guideline tool. Now,
91. 3:06this is slightly different from the
92. 3:07others. It doesn't create a geometry to
93. 3:10a finished drawing. It creates reference
94. 3:12lines that help you organize and align
95. 3:14everything else. You can draw them
96. 3:15horizontally, vertically, or any angle
97. 3:17as you wish. And this is particularly
98. 3:19useful for defining grids in your floor
99. 3:21plan or specifying any shapes or
100. 3:24geometries you want to draw around those
101. 3:26guidelines. And that's the complete
102. 3:28shape toolkit. Eight tools that cover
103. 3:31everything from a precise technical
104. 3:32boundary to a free-form curvature shape.
105. 3:35One thing worth noting, if you're
106. 3:37drawing walls and rooms, Rhinoceros has
107. 3:39a dedicated wall tool with its own
108. 3:41thickness, style, and zone behavior.
109. 3:43This is called the BIM toolkit, and the
110. 3:45shapes are for everything else. [music]
111. 3:46Try it for yourself with a free
112. 3:48Rhinoceros account linked in the
113. 3:49description. Thank you for watching, and
114. 3:51I'll see you in the next one.