I’m a blender software user who has made the switch to Rhino3d. I can’t figure out how to set the absolute dimensions of a box for example. Later, if I wish to tweak the size of the box, I can’t figure out how to do that as well. I am not a fan of the command line enter of commands as it makes learning any software far more cumbersome. One of the reasons I abandoned blender is that the shorts didn’t work from one version to the next making updating a nightmare. At a very basic level, is there any way to do this with the dimensions of my object always showing once I click on that object?
Hi Scott Does,
Rhino is fundamentally NURBS-based direct modeling software. This means you’re directly manipulating surfaces and geometry without a structured history tree. It’s like digital clay sculpting - you push, pull, and shape however you want.
In contrast, SolidWorks/Inventor/etc. are constraint-based parametric modelers. Here, every feature is recorded in a history tree with relationships and dependencies. You define parameters (dimensions, relationships) that drive your geometry. When you change a value, everything updates automatically according to those relationships.
use boxedit. that obviously also works for none boxy shapes.
you can also set it up as a panel so its open at all times on your side
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