Rhino3D Aircraft NURBS Professional 3D Modeling Course by Krzysztof Kubasek

This course is for intermediate Rhino3D users who want to stop guessing and start controlling every curve and surface. You’ll build a high-quality, photorealistic Pipistrel Panthera aircraft, learning the professional NURBS workflows that separate hobbyists from industrial designers.

🎯 What you’ll learn

Design 2D curves and 3D surfaces using NURBS technology.
* Use surface control points to edit and refine organic shapes.
* Apply advanced surface matching, blending, and networking with geometric continuity.
* Manage surface UV, flow objects along surfaces, and extract references.
* Manage a 3D project from concept to completion.

✅ Requirements

• Skills: Basic understanding of Rhino3D interface and navigation.
• Tools: 3-button mouse.
• Hardware: Minimum 8GB RAM, dedicated GPU recommended.

📝 Description

Professional 3D design starts when you can control every single surface. This course skips the fluff and gets straight to the tools that matter. You’ll learn how to create class-A surfaces using NURBS technology, focusing on practical techniques like curve matching, surface blending, and analyzing continuity with the curvature graph.

The entire project is built around the Pipistrel Panthera, a complex organic shape that forces you to solve real-world modeling problems. You’ll learn how to think conceptually about a model, break it down into manageable parts, and use Rhino’s professional toolset to execute your vision. The course covers everything from setting up technical blueprints to final rendering, giving you a complete pipeline for any advanced surfacing project.

🧑‍🎓 Who this course is for

• Product designers who want to control every detail of their surfaces.
• Industrial designers looking to master geometrically continuous 3D surfaces.
• Design students ready to move from intermediate to professional-level Rhino3D skills.
• 3D printing enthusiasts who need to understand surface design for prototyping.

🧑‍🏫 About the Author

Krzysztof Kubasek is an Industrial Designer and Ph.D. professor at design schools like the School of FORM in Poznań and the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Wrocław. He has extensive experience leading industrial projects from concept through 3D modeling, CNC prototyping, and manufacturing. He also designs social robots with the Wrocław University of Technology, and his work has been exhibited at the London Science Museum, CES Las Vegas, and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

🏁 Final Result

• A complete, photorealistic 3D model of the Pipistrel Panthera aircraft.
• A deep understanding of professional NURBS surfacing workflows in Rhino3D.
• A portfolio-ready project demonstrating advanced surface continuity and control.