NEW DESIGN PART 5

In today’s video, I’m taking you inside my Rhino + Grasshopper workflow to finalize a custom outsole pattern from scratch.
We go deep into SubD cleanup, bridging, fixing non-manifold edges, creating a fully controllable tiling mesh, exporting to Modo, re-importing, snapping vertices, thickening, cleaning artifacts, and then prepping everything for Grasshopper.

This is a full behind-the-scenes look at how I build production-ready outsole patterns that you can use in your own footwear designs.

If you want all the project files, Grasshopper definitions, and printable meshes, you can download them inside my design club.
It’s exactly like Netflix…
except instead of watching other people live their lives… you build your own.
And you can make money from your designs.
Welcome to DESMIA.

What You’ll Learn

How to isolate pattern faces properly in SubD

How to create perfectly flat pattern sources

How to bridge edges cleanly and convert triangles → quads

How to detect and fix disconnected edges

How to use Fill Hole / Pinch / Bridge techniques

How to convert SubD to Mesh and keep topology clean

Why Modo still has the best mesh tools for footwear

How to remap a mesh pattern onto your outsole

How to thicken and smooth everything for production

How to debug Grasshopper stretching, offsets, and alignment

How to build repeatable tiling patterns you can use for any outsole

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Better than Netflix.
Instead of watching… you build.

Timecodes

00:00 Intro
00:20 Setting up the Rhino workspace
01:30 Creating a clean SubD pattern
04:00 Fixing triangles & bridging properly
06:45 Detecting disconnected edges
09:20 Working around SubD weirdness
12:30 Exporting to Modo
14:20 Cleaning and snapping vertices
18:00 Rebuilding the mesh for Grasshopper
21:20 Stretching + thickening variations
25:10 Final cleanup
26:00 What’s coming next