Rhinoceros 3D
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Oct 22, 2026
Andy ShawGUEST
But I think it's starting to open up.
Andy ShawGUEST
I think we saw recently it's now much more viable to kind of prompt a 3D model, as in Revit or Rhino Sketch or anything.
Andy ShawGUEST
It plugs into anything.
Andy ShawGUEST
So that's opening doors to kind of rethinking your whole workflow, and actually that means rethinking the industry.
Aurimas SabulisGUEST
It's really fast.
Aurimas SabulisGUEST
Usually, you know, the architect designs something in Rhino or SketchUp, then you pass this on to a Revit expert within the company, and it takes them probably two to three months to thoroughly transfer that file.
Aurimas SabulisGUEST
What Quora does, if you consider that somebody else created a design, Quora can actually transfer that design into Revit probably less than a day-
Dimitrius LynchHOST
Hmm
Aurimas SabulisGUEST
So it's really, really intuitive, really easy to do.
Aurimas SabulisGUEST
Right? So, so primarily, I would say Quora is a very good modeling tool which can take an existing design or conceptual design and quickly apply that in Revit through a plugin.
Aurimas SabulisGUEST
Quora can also be a design tool, but you, you know, it has some, uh, to be very transparent, it has some limitations compared to, let's say, what you can do in Rhino or what you can do in, in SketchUp for now.
Aurimas SabulisGUEST
But this is where we're heading as a, as a, as an organization.
Jas BhallaGUEST
And most good projects come from several iterative tests where you've tried this type of thing, you've rotated something, you've shifted something, you've pulled, you've pushed, until eventually you work something that kind of feels like it might have legs in it.
Jas BhallaGUEST
And then you switch and you look at, I'm sure we've all seen them, and I'm sure we have similar algorithms online where you've got someone talking about how this latest iteration of ChatGPT as a plugin for Rhino or Revit is going to completely revolutionize the way architecture comes forward.
Jas BhallaGUEST
And you sketch something, you plug it in, and voila, you get like a Rhino model of the scheme.
Jas BhallaGUEST
And it's just devoid of any meaning.
Jas BhallaGUEST
Like, you know, it's, yes, sure, it's kind of, three-dimensional idea but that doesn't that one's answered whether it's a good idea or whether it is an efficient idea or a productive idea or a beautiful idea exactly it's just it's just taking your sketch and three-dimensionalizing it and making it look believable when actually in a lot of the things that's gone through and then when you you know this particular video that i'm referring to then sort of supplemented this this concept with a series of details which beyond just like you know being I guess, ill-informed or ill-judged then becomes, you know, libelous or dangerous or, you know, are these things properly considered?
Christopher SharplesGUEST
And that doesn't mean that everybody has to use the same software.
Christopher SharplesGUEST
Thornton Tomasetti will use Tekla, for example, and we'll, we'll use Rhino, and obviously we have to use Revit because we have to generate information for the building department.
Christopher SharplesGUEST
But we'll use-
Eric JuraneHOST
[laughs]
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Eric JuraneHOST
It was bu- yeah.
Christopher SharplesGUEST
Then, then we did the Camera Obscura for our very first wa- waterfront park in Greenport, Long Island.
Christopher SharplesGUEST
And we decided, this is before Rhino was automated and parametric, and you didn't have Grasshopper.
Christopher SharplesGUEST
So we modeled the whole thing in Rhino, and when you had to move something, you had to go in and physically move it, and then move the pieces next to it, 'cause it wasn't parametrically updated.
Aditya SomanGUEST
So my journey into design technology started quite similar to a lot of people.
Aditya SomanGUEST
So it started with Rhino, Grasshopper.
Dhruval ShahHOST
Hmm.
Aditya SomanGUEST
Like Grasshopper and the world of possibilities.
Dhruval ShahHOST
But before that, I'd also like to know about your journey.
Dhruval ShahHOST
If I remember correctly, we was some of the very few people back then.
Dhruval ShahHOST
And when I say back then, this is like 2015, 2016 era, where we were trying to explore Grasshopper and Rhino as a tool set-
Aditya SomanGUEST
Yeah
Karl JonesHOST
Today, I'm delighted to be joined by Kevin Wegner, based in Washington, D.C., in the U.S., who has spent nearly 40 years working across architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, design technology, storytelling and marketing, and now works as Director of Marketing at MVNA Architects.
Karl JonesHOST
Kevin has seen several technology waves arrive in practice, from hand drawing to AutoCAD, MicroStation, Rhino and Grasshopper, Revit, Generative Planning, and now AI visualization.
Karl JonesHOST
We'll be talking about AI visualization and the important distinction between a design that is buildable and something that a contractor will not immediately swear at.
Karl JonesHOST
In this conversation, we explore Kevin's career journey, why software can literally shape the building we produce, the difference between visualization and design, how architects should evaluate AI tools, why replicable workflows matter, and whether AI can help with housing, planning, data, and better decision-making in the built environment.
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Karl JonesHOST
I've had this conversation almost, um, on a previous podcast where we had the discussion, do, do we think that architects are, who have gone into the profession are a different sort of person or who have different interests today to maybe what they might have done 20 years ago or 30 years ago or 40 years ago? You know, there might be some fundamental differences why you might want to go in that direction, and it might be focused around technology.
Karl JonesHOST
If you're pretty proficient and you love technology, that might be a good enough reason to go down a particular route.
Karl JonesHOST
But I mean, looking back, obviously across this whole transition from hand drawing, CAD, MicroStation, Rhino and Grasshopper, Revit, and now AI, do you, do you see AI as another technology wave in a familiar pattern, or does this one feel fundamentally different, do you think?
Kevin WegnerGUEST
Uh, it's fundamentally different in a, a, a variety of ways.
Taha JamshidiGUEST
There's a lot of fans.
Taha JamshidiGUEST
And so I modeled this in a software called Rhino and also, like, did it in Revit.
Taha JamshidiGUEST
And so we fabricated it, we tested it, uh, we used a specific filament.
Taha JamshidiGUEST
So we did a lot of work over the sum- uh, d- not the summer, but the previous one to, like, really nail this thing down.
Taha JamshidiGUEST
Uh, I made, I was working with a group that made two models.
Taha JamshidiGUEST
So basically I did exactly what I was doing here.
Taha JamshidiGUEST
So I was working on Rhino.
Taha JamshidiGUEST
I was working on Revit.
Camila BruggerGUEST
So you think you need someone for construction drawing that uses Revit and this, but then you throw like, oh, and they could also design.
Camila BruggerGUEST
And like if they know some Rhino, so it's very large, like the specification of what you need.
Camila BruggerGUEST
But what you need for...
Camila BruggerGUEST
What would you hire? You would hire even locally would be like a specific task that it's what you need the most.
Christopher K. HoGUEST
I mean, thank you for sharing that.
Christopher K. HoGUEST
I'm always looking for someone to help me do something in Rhino so that it can be CNC mode.
Christopher K. HoGUEST
I mean, as you're telling me this, I'm like, huh, interesting.
Christopher K. HoGUEST
I should play around with using AI to do that.
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Christopher K. HoGUEST
And there's like a porousness also to the substructure itself.
Christopher K. HoGUEST
That's kind of like half and half, but that's actually a lot of that's like 3D printed.
Christopher K. HoGUEST
So a lot of that's like Rhino designed to look handmade.
Christopher K. HoGUEST
But on top of that, then, is the actual handmade stuff, which is, you know, I wanted to find something that, for instance, different types of paint.
Maria YandulovaGUEST
Yeah, so, and then, you know, of course, then it started to be cut and then marks and then other than that, it was very easy for me to catch up.
ChrisHOST
Have you ever used Rhino?
Maria YandulovaGUEST
I tried, but Rhino mostly used by European people.
ChrisHOST
And jewelers.
ChrisHOST
Yes.
ChrisHOST
I use Rhino and Matrix.
ChrisHOST
I know.
ChrisHOST
I've tried because