Considering upgrading my Rhino 6 but not sure if I should wait for Rhino 9 since 8 have been out for a couple years now ? Also, since I do all my modelling in Blender now and use Rhino mostly for drafting, is it even worth upgrading? I have a nice workflow with 6 but there are things in my mind cou…

Rhino 8 is now out since a few months, like eight months roughly. If McNeel keeps the usual cadence, Rhino 9 will be out in a little less than two years from now.

All depends on what you need to do, have you seen Rhino - Features ?

Thanks. Thats quite a long ways out.

Mostly drafting plans, sections, elevations. My workflow is to: model in Blender, export to obj, import the obj into rhino, generate section cuts and make2d plans/elevations from that imported obj, change all lines to a single layer, and then manually change layers for correct linetype/thickness… …

section tool alone may be worth the upgrade to 8 for you- [image] Rhino 8 Feature: SectionTools Integrated Serengeti (Rhino WIP) SectionTools plugin allows you to create dynamic sections and drawings to support modeling, drafting and fabrication workflows. Sec…

You will be surprised how much better V8 is in Drafting things compared to V6. It absolutely worth the upgrade in my opinion.

Simply the general concept of software beeing constantly developed should already be enough to tell you that after two major versions and about six years later - it’s probably worth the upgrade.

The list of improvments on the drafting tools and workflows is so long that it’s like a new software. Give a try to the demo version and you’ll see the difference.

Thanks, but setting everything up is a bit of a pain. Is there an extensive list or video of the new drafting benefits? I know there’s a lots of info about the 3d part, but Im not finding much about the simple drafting part which I use 99% of the time.

Rhino 9 release date? Is it worth upgrading from 6 to 8 for drafting?

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theoutside (Kyle Houchens) July 3, 2024, 6:23pm 6

section tool alone may be worth the upgrade to 8 for you-

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