After many years of happy Rhino use (since Rhino 5? and upgraded since then) I decided to look into Lands Design as well and bought the perpetual license (loaded both licenses in my Cloud Zoo). The bulk of my usage will be Rhino only though. When installed I got three icons on the Windows desk: Rhino8, RhinoLands, and Lands Design. Three questions…
Why three icons?
When clicking on Rhino8 I see the RhinoLands plug-in tools as well. Can I de-activate them when click on that icon, only running Rhino8?
Why do I see, despite having the Lands Design license as well, that the plug-in is running in the cloud? Occasionally I am off-grid… (traveling abroad, ferries, rural areas etc) so is there a version which can be downloaded on the laptop as well?
Hi Hendrik,
Rhino 8 automatically loads Lands Design in the following cases:
At start, if a Lands Design panel was opened last time you exited Rhino 8
On calling any Lands Design command (from toolbar or typing it in the command line)
So, make sure you have all Lands Design panels closed when you exit Rhino 8 and it will no longer load at start the next time. There are two panels, one for edition and another for animation.
Why 3 desktop icons?
“Rhino 8” opens Rhino in the regular way.
“Lands Design 6” is a launcher that let’s you select on which application Lands Design will run: Rhino 8, Rhino 7, AutoCAD 20XX, etc.
In case there is just one compatible host application, then it just launches it without asking. In any case, it starts with a new document from a Lands Design template adapted to the landscapers needs.
This icon uses the same Rhino scheme that the regular Rhino 8, so that all Rhino options you change will persist when using the “Rhino 8” desktop icon.
This icon will also automatically open the Lands Design panels at start, and since the windows layout is stored in the Rhino scheme, you’ll get theses panels opened next time you use the “Rhino 8” desktop icon (forcing Lands Design to load), unless you close them before exit.
“RhinoLands” opens Rhino with a completely changed user interface so that it looks like a standalone landscaping application. The icon is also a launcher that let’s you select Rhino 7 or Rhino 8, but in this case it uses an own Rhino scheme, so that settings and window layout are independent from the regular Rhino 8 (not so the disabled plugins).