Layout & Drafting: What's the plan?

[ryan.odom (Ryan M. Odom)]

@scottd

We are always looking at stuff. We always are considering how to push things forward and we continue to push drawings and drafting for each release.

I’m completely on board. This is why we are Rhino users. We are watching unfold, in real time, what happened when other software companies don’t listen to their customers. I believe in the ethos of development at McNeel and feel privlaeged to be a part of this conversation.

@scottd

Another way to think about it is if the object thinks it is a wall or roof and acts accordingly, then it is a VisualArq thing. If it is more generic like a layout, dimension or block, then it is a rhino thing

This sounds about right. However, I’ve come across a handful of threads, other than this one, that make me question what is under Asuni’s development scope and what is not. Take this clipping plane thread for example. According to the YT, enhanced clipping was requested as early as 2009, but now it exists to some extent for BIM users in VisualArc. This enhancement is essential for workflows across disciplines. Why is it locked inside the BIM package?

@osuire

I’ve done mechanical and architectural drawings, and if you can make automatic, interactive hatched sections, put dimensions and annotations that will update when sizes or attributes change, and eventually export that to a vector format, you’re pretty much covered.

The same can be asked for the items @osuire has cited above concerning layouts and drafting. Not only BIM users need these.

@scottd

Rhino kind of sits in the middle of all of these industries, trying to solve problems that none of the others do within a reasonable price. Essentially trying to fill in where other products have gaps. Sometimes those gaps can be quite large.

It is always clear that everyone would like on application to do all their work.

The first thing I say to new students when covering Rhino is that it’s “the Swiss Army Knife of 3D software.” I don’t expect it to do everything. On many fronts Rhino already does, on others, is gets SO CLOSE to crushing the competition but doesn’t quite get there.