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http://download.mcneel.com/whatsnew.asp?show_all=true&rel=171

 

 

Rhinoceros Beta 4 i have found is fully able to meet all my needs for Architectural CADD. With it's new Pagelayout / Details , Line type / styles and hatch.

 

as well as for it's solid NURBS modeling i find it very useful to transfer data to High end applications like Algor to do structural analysis on a new building system i use called Strata.

 

also check out a plugin called Archcut that is under development

http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/default.aspx/McNeel/ArchCut.html

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I never thought of Rhino as a full-fledged CAD package. Have you used it on real projects in DD or CD or just presentation graphics?

 

Also, this Archcut thing... I don't get it. What is it doing that you can't do with things like make2d, contour or Sketchup's Section function?

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AJ-

You can download the trial version of Rhino V3. However the V4 beta is only open to those who have a license key. I'm not sure where you'd be able to find a legit copy of Rhino for $200 since the cheapest I've found has been more like $800, which I still think is a bargain.

 

The latest V4 beta is actually a little buggier than other recent betas so it may extend the release of V4 further into the future.

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not only is it 195$ but it is a commercial licence as told to me by McNeel in a "take your educational copy to work" e-mail.

 

maybe Oct 23 had bugs , but Nov 6th is back to normal production ready level.

 

Pretty sure Bob didn't mean it was OK to use an edu version for making money with..sure take it to work to use for educational purposes ...but using it for client work voids the intent of an educational version .

 

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incorrect.

 

what is this Myth busters?? hehe

 

no need to be upset about Rhinoceros trumping your CADD/3D program(s)

you tell me. i am all ears.

 

An Educational Single User License:

  • is a full-featured commercial license at a special price
  • is for students, faculty (teachers, instructors, and professors),and schools only (proof of status is required)
  • is upgradeable at educational prices if the owner still qualifies for educational prices
  • is upgradeable at commercial prices if the owner no longer qualifies for educational prices
  • can be used for either educational or commercial activities
  • is not transferable (cannot be sold or transferred to another user)

Q: I own a Rhino educational license and I will finish school this spring. I want to use Rhino in my work after I graduate. Do I have to upgrade to a commercial license when I leave school?

A: No. You can continue to use the educational license after you are out of school. Only when you upgrade to the next version of Rhino, would you buy the commercial upgrade and pay the commercial upgrade price.

Q: Can I upgrade my educational single user license to a commercial one? How much will it cost me?

A: Yes, but only when you upgrade to a new version, and you pay the commercial upgrade price. Then your educational license changes into a commercial one. Meanwhile, there is no need to upgrade to a commercial license since the educational software is the same as the commercial software.

Admit it you are trying to disswade students from doing what Bob (who you don't apperenly know at all) said and allows to be done. :)

 

Also chk out that killer Lab licence pricing (as many PC's as you want) unlike a certain you know whose per seat preditory upgrading policies , hey maybe thats y you seem to be upset and are speaking out of your ASS. blow off, you'll cool down, the smell will disapate. no appologies nessisary UNLESS you are so inclined. if you edit yours i'll edit mine.

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There are some companies that allow that, like with Maxwell - the student license becomes a full license when you finish the subscription payments. I've seen others that let you pay a fee to change to a commercial license, and the total is less than the full commercial price.

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There are some companies that allow that, like with Maxwell - the student license becomes a full license when you finish the subscription payments. I've seen others that let you pay a fee to change to a commercial license, and the total is less than the full commercial price.

 

 

yuppers, but not in this case. McNeels is amungst the most, if not The most, liberatory/empowering worker owned companies you will find.

 

forgot the source: http://www.rhino3d.com/eduproducts.htm

 

Maxwell ROXORS too. and works extreemly well inside Rhinoceros

 

sugested movies: The Take & Stupidity

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It's got some good license provisions, but can your really say that Maxwell ROXORS? I've been using it for over a year, and it saves me some setup time, but whenever I've tried to do anything but a sunlit exterior I've been very disappointed. Now I'm using mental ray and loving it. Have you tried Vray for Rhino? It's got more of a learning curve, but the results and render times are hard to beat.

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i have used Vray for Rhinoceros

 

i do like how fast it goes but it does not give me quite the look maxwell does, with time........ ((wo)man must sleep, not PC's)

(have you played with all the light matterials?) my main focus of course being Solar Passive Green Build Architecture so renders that are true to the world/sun like Flamingo and Maxwell help me, to a point of nessesity for calculations for tromb walls, overhangs and clear stories etc

 

it is definatly a time / quality trade off ratio

 

of course i have not taken the time to reasearch and get good at Vrays full capacities

 

Brazil for Rhinoceros is in beta testing now. all the others are for v3 this one will be for v4. Penguin cartoon render now exports to vector format. that is really cool and also 4 v4. yet another learning curve i can only imagine(Brazil).

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incorrect.

 

snip.

 

 

No need for the attitude friend.I was just repeating a fairly wide used industry standard.Hence my "pretty sure" at the beginning of my guess as to his policy.

BTW...I am not trying to "disswade" (wth does that mean anyway...leaving the shallow end of the pool ?? ;) ) anyone from anything. Rather sought to clarify the issue at hand."Assume nothing"....you know how the old saying goes ;)

 

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absolutley.

 

assumptions judgments evaluations are only a volitile cocktail of our emotions being mixed with out values/needs we all share.

 

i am glad you bring up the point, it only shows how cool these people are who listen to their users to make improvments.

 

disswade, i think it's that thing you do in a pool that makes currents/waves against the way the other is swimming, kinds like when you double jump people on trampoliens. ;)

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dis‧suade  /dɪˈsweɪd/

–verb (used with object), -suad‧ed, -suad‧ing.

1. to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often fol. by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.

2. Archaic. to advise or urge against: to dissuade an action.

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a few months out still but wonderful to work with, as a user, excited about how many bases it's covering for me.

 

 

:o

 

Rhino 4.0 Beta 26-Dec-2006 - What's New

Enhanced Features:

 

* Print3D: Insight plug-in supports Stratasys Insight version 4.3.

 

Bug Fixes:

  • BlendCrv: A bug in setting the continuity has been fixed.
  • Boolean2Objects: A failure bug has been fixed.
  • Boss: A failure bug has been fixed.
  • FilletSrf: fixed a crash bug.
  • Fin: Fixed a lock-up bug when picking the same point more than once to specify he height of the fin.
  • Out of Memory: Affects all UDT commands (Bend, Twist, Cage, etc.). The UDT engine could use excessive memory and create very complex geometry when transforming trimmed surfaces that were much smaller than their underlying untrimmed surface. This is fixed by always shrinking the underlying surface prior to transforming.
  • Out of Memory: In some cases, geometry calculation routines were unable to get enough memory to do calculations, even though plenty of memory was available to Windows. This fix should be completely invisible, but should result in Rhino giving fewer Out of Memory errors.
  • Render: fixed a crash that happened when there were many simple objects in the scene.
  • Revolve: Displayed angle measurement units incorrectly. This is fixed.
  • Split: fixed a crash bug.
  • Undo: Objects on the Undo stack use less memory in some cases.

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