Rhino files will not initialize on the iPad app

iRhino 3D
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Hello

I can’t get files to initialize on the Rhino iPad app. I’ve tried different versions 3-7, different iPads but can’t get them to initialize. I can upload files no problem. I can view the provided models when I download the app but can’t get my files to open.

I’m using Rhino 7 on a PC.

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Hi -
You might want to take a look at rview as an alternative to view Rhino models outside of Rhino.
-wim

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Just saw this.
Does that mean that iRhino is being abandoned?

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Not officially no.
That said, there have been other higher development priorities so it has been on the “back burner” for some time.

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I didn’t know it was broken and I advised our customers to use it. Now they are complaining that they wasted their time and effort trying to make it work. I also wasted some time trying to figure out why it tells me that it can not open Rhino 6 files when I tried to open a Rhino 7 file.
Either you should fix it or remove it from the App Store to eliminate the confusion.

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I figured out that iRhono 3D actually works but not with Rhino 7 files, in which case it says that it can not open Rhino 6 files. So as long as you save your file as Rhino 6 you can preview it there.
So in the meantime it would do if this message was changed to ‘can not open Rhino 7 files’.

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Any news on when the app will be updated to read Rhino 7 files?
Seems pointless to keep models in rhino 6 and 7 formats…

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Hi Morten -

That’s not on the table at this point.
Perhaps you should look into one of the viewers out there…

-wim

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After much trial and error I got iRhino to accept files again. My starting point is Rhino 7 on Mac

  1. Export as Rhino 5
  2. Open in Rhino 5 (because I have 5, might work for 6)
  3. View in rendered mode and make sure materials are Rhino 5 materials.
  4. Save in shaded mode
  5. Save file in google drive, Dropbox or http/…
  6. Open iRhino, go to +, then Dropbox, select file to import
  7. Should work! (Although saved in shaded mode, displays as rendered mode.)

Because IRhino is old, I found that it requires file to be opened and saved using Rhino5, exporting from 7 to 5 alone did not work. Thus all materials get substituted for Rhino Basic material Types, but this might get messed up, hence step 3.

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This is no longer a requirement. iRhino has been updated to support all versions of Rhino files.

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Thank you for responding I have been using the new iRhino for a couple months and love it! Thank you! Rudy

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