mermaid.initialize({ startOnLoad: true });</script><metacontent="Aron Petau"property=og:site_name><metacontent="Lampshades - Aron Petau"property=og:title><metacontent=https://aron.petau.net/project/lampshades/property=og:url><metacontent="An exploration of the depths of rhino/grasshopper"property=og:description><metacontent=https://aron.petau.net/processed_images/lampshade4.dd78c47f733c60b6.pngproperty=og:image><metacontent=en_USproperty=og:locale><body><headerid=site-nav><nav><ahref=#main-contenttabindex=0> Skip to Main Content </a><ul><liid=home><ahref=https://aron.petau.net><iclass=icon></i>Aron Petau</a><liclass=divider><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/project/>Projects</a><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/pages/contact/>Contact</a><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/pages/cv/>CV</a><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/pages/about/>About</a><liid=search><buttonclass=circleid=search-toggletitle=Search><iclass=icon></i></button><liid=language-switcher><detailsclass=closable><summaryclass=circletitle=Language><iclass=icon></i></summary><ul><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net//de/project/lampshades/lang=de>Deutsch</a></ul></details><liid=theme-switcher><detailsclass=closable><summaryclass=circletitle=Theme><iclass=icon></i></summary><ul><li><buttontitle="Switch to Light Theme"class=circleid=theme-light><iclass=icon></i></button><li><buttontitle="Switch to Dark Theme"class=circleid=theme-dark><iclass=icon></i></button><li><buttontitle="Use System Theme"class=circleid=theme-system><iclass=icon></i></button></ul></details><liid=feed><detailsclass=closable><summaryclass=circletitle=Feed><iclass=icon></i></summary><ul><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/rss.xml>RSS</a><li><ahref=https://aron.petau.net/atom.xml>Atom</a></ul></details><liid=repo><aclass=circlehref=https://forgejo.petau.net/aron/awebsitetitle=Repository><iclass=icon></i></a></ul></nav><divid=search-container><labelclass=visually-hiddenfor=search-bar>Search</label><inputplaceholder="Search for…"autocomplete=offdisabledid=search-bartype=search><divid=search-results-container><divid=search-results></div></div></div></header><mainid=main-content><article><divid=banner-container><imgclass=full-bleedid=bannersrc=https://aron.petau.net/project/lampshades/lampshade4.png></div><divid=heading><p><small><timedatetime=" 2022-12-04T00:00:00+00:00">Published on December 04, 2022</time></small><h1>Lampshades</h1><p><small><span>By Aron Petau</span><span> • </span><span>2 minutes read</span><span> • </span></small><ulclass=tags><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/3d-printing/>3D printing</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/todo-unfinished/>TODO, unfinished</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/grasshopper/>grasshopper</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/lamp/>lamp</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/lampshade/>lampshade</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/parametric/>parametric</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/private/>private</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/rhino/>rhino</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/studio-d-c/>studio d+c</a><li><aclass=taghref=https://aron.petau.net/tags/university-of-the-arts-berlin/>university of the arts berlin</a></ul></div><divid=buttons-container><atitle="Go to Top"href=#topid=go-to-top><iclass=icon></i></a><ahref="https://shareopenly.org/share/?url=https://aron.petau.net/project/lampshades/&text=An%20exploration%20of%20the%20depths%20of%20rhino/grasshopper"id=sharetitle=Share><iclass=icon></i></a><atitle="File an Issue"href=https://forgejo.petau.net/aron/awebsite/issuesid=issue><iclass=icon></i></a></div><h2id=Lampshades>Lampshades</h2><p>During 2022, I was exposed to some of the awesomenest tools for architects. One of them was Rhino, a 3D modeling software that is used for a lot of architectural design. I hate it. It has quite an unreadable interface and is not very intuitive, with straig