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- Open Rhinoceros on your computer. If you have already completed Rhinoceros 5.1 [toolbars], you can load your custom toolbars and configurations now.
- Select File>New and choose Large object - Inches as the template.
- Using the top or perspective view, start at the origin (0,0,0), please draw a 5’ x 5’ rectangle using the “Rectangle: Corner to Corner” tool.
- Use the Patch tool (Surface>Patch) and select the rectangle you just created. Change the “U-spans” and “V-Spans” to 2 and select “Ok.” You will have created a surface within your rectangle.
- Next, using the “Rectangular Plane: Corner to Corner” follow the command prompt to create one side of the cube. (Hint: you will need to type “V” for a vertical surface after selecting the command, then you will select the first point of an edge, then the second, then type the height of 5’)
- Repeat step 4 to create another adjacent side.
- Use the Polyline tool to create a diagonal line across the top of the cube.
- Using the “Surface from 3 or 4 corner points,” select the three corner points created with this diagonal line and the top of the cube. (Hit enter on the keyboard after selecting the three points.)
- Use the Duplicate Edge command (dupedge or Curve>Curve from Objects>Duplicate Edge) to select one edge of the ground surface (that is not attached to the cube sides created in step 4 & 5).
- Select this newly created curve and the diagonal curve drawn in step 6 and type “loft” (Surface>Loft). This will create a lofted surface from the two selected curves.
- Using the “Surface from 3 or 4 corner points,” create the remaining side of the modified cube.
- Set up a view of the final object that you like. Click the render button on the toolbar (or Render>Render) to create a rendered view of your final shape.
- Use File>Save As... to save a .jpg to your flash drive.
- Upload your saved file to the course website.
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