Hi, new to rhino here and ive been doing step by step tutorials for almost 3 months. Im trying really hard to like this software but i keep running into things that are absolutely mind boggling when they should be simple tasks in any cad software. Some of the functions are so non intuitive its nauseating. I create a circle with a few circle inside of it and figure i can use the push pull to move the surfaces to different depths. absolutely not. Its somehow some crazy layered order dependency that cant be modified independently of its one way function that rhino wont indicate the priority of anywhere. and i mean rhino is littered with these quirky broken functions that even if you do figure them out good luck repeating it. Just chamfering a simple edge is ridiculously difficult. What am i missing? Ive seen other complaints about this software being quirky and broken. SubD seems great. If thats all you need. Once i get into anything nurbs i get stuck on pretty much every function in one way or another. Does this go away after more use? Ive never had a hard time picking up any software. And before you say it. My file tolerance is .001
Hello,
most of the bugs reported are not related to the modeling part of the software.
Rhino is a direct modeling software. This means you get a lot of control, but with little support.
Unless you are expert in other direct modelers like ICEM Surf or Autodesk Alias, you are really comparing apples with oranges.
Basically the learning curve for this category of CAD software is much steeper, but you might value it higher, when you run into modeling problems, a parametric software like Fusion360 or even CATIA will fail.
Nonetheless, it is hard in two ways. There is little theoretical knowledge available about surface modeling in general, and you need to practice a lot to get good at it. Probably years.
Other than that, there are some modeling tasks which are still harder to do in Rhino, than in similar CAD. But from a practical standpoint, Rhino is capable in solving all modeling task. Which is not true for all CAD applications out there.
if you would show some images of the process that would help figuring out what exactly you are doing.
care to name some, ideally in more detail?
there are a few options to change geometry after you have created it, but again you dont name anything specific, its all just a blanco check rant.
i understand coming from somewhere else it always will take a moment to get used to a new environment, i honestly wanted to drop Rhino the moment i touched it either coming from mostly Adobe stuff and some Cinema 4d, but i am glad i pursued it further, since once you get to know how Rhino works you will become blazingly fast, just keep an open mind and learn your new ways.
to be fair, Rhino does work a lot like Autocad, curious what your role model would be here.
Thanks for the reply, that actually was a bit inciteful