Rhino 8 Features for Architects

Serengeti (Rhino WIP)
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I know why you did get a 1-star review; someone was thinking that you have a “Free Model” that can be used by either a student to someone who is looking for a free design service. until they realized that the model you shared was aimed at researching Rhino and documenting your experience with it.

I think Rhino can be the best tool for single family residential projects especially for sole proprietors and smaller partnerships when you don’t need Revit / ACC deployments and you don’t work with heavy consultants who are BIM heavy. This is what I’m trying with my smaller projects where I’m aiming to introduce V8 earlier.
I have a building permit set scheduled next month, I’ll share my model with you once I’m done.

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Thanks Tay! I might not be on R8 for a while yet. But actually while you’re here: Is it useable? I’m concerned about the PDF issues and also my hardware. For the later I suspect that general modelling requirements are about the same?

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They are going to work on it shortly.
Everything else is compared to V7 if not better.
I’ll let you know when the PDF issues are resolved

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Appreciate that!! I might even join in on the Beta testing if I can find some free time this week. I’ve been full AutoCAD for weeks now and dying to get back at it.

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Beta testing is past. V8 was very quietly launched a few days ago although extensive work on improvements is still happening. You can download it for 90 day evaluation for free.

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They’re getting my money no matter what hehe… So I’ll probably buy while the discount is available :smiley:
My hope is that once the PDF issues are fixed I can skirt around any other issues.

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Remember that you can have V7 and V8 open simultaneously on the same computer, and cut and paste data between them.

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Thanks, same now that R8 is out. I have even more investigating to do.

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In the case that somebody didn’t know, it’s possible to copy and paste objects between AutoCAD and Rhino.
This is awesome !

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You can start with a 90-Day Evaluation and still can have time to upgrade during the promo period.

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