Blocks in Rhino 6

Serengeti (Rhino WIP) Mac
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Hello there,

I was wondering if blocks are getting an update in Rhino 6. I’d like to organize and categorize blocks and insert them by just dragging them in

thanks,
stefan

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dynamic blocks would be awesome as well, any information on that?

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I also would like to have some updates regarding Rhino 6 mac and this topic (blocks, dynamic blocks).

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Blocks in Rhino for Mac v6 will be pretty much the same as in the Windows version.

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Thanks for your response

could you explain what you can do with blocks in the windows version?

thanks,
Stefan

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It will be a lot more productive if you try the Rhino 6 WIP and tell us what is missing.
Also, don’t expect us to know what feature ‘xyz’ in package ‘æøå’ does. Describe the functionality that you are missing in Rhino.

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Hi wim,

in the “Blocks” panel the “Insert” button is not working to me (latest RhinoWIP).

To echo what Stefan wished, it would be nice to have a drag&drop feature where from the list in the “Blocks” panel one could just drag the desired block to the scene, and also organize the list into subsections – I imagine the latter in a similar manner like layers work.

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Hi wim,

yes I tried the blocks in Rhino 6 WIP and as far as I can tell there was no other functionality added.

Are there any major differences to the windows version?

Here are the wishes:
-somehow to categorize blocks into different categories, much needed if you work with hundreds of blocks (like materials in Rhino 6 WIP)
-to drag and drop blocks
-to make them dynamic in some way (i know there are possibilities to do that with grasshopper, but to have multiple dynamic blocks it is a LOT of work. It would be so great to scale and stretch blocks and adjust thickness with a separate window-like the box edit window)

thanks,
Stefan

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It is unlikely that there will be features beyond what Windows v6 offers, as this Rhino WIP 6 for Mac is about bringing the Mac version up to speed with the Windows version -> feature parity. There is still boat loads to do to get that far.

After that we can always look at adding new stuff, that’ll be v7 and beyond, though.

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Thanks for your response Nathan,

I’l be patient and be dreaming about how awesome it would be XD