Are you getting this error when accessing the YT link? It is set for public viewingā¦ Are you getting this with both links?
Yes. Both links are also the same.
Same here
I must be missing something, Iāll check with the developersā¦
Nope, same result.
Okeyā¦
They work!
Hi.
Just a side note:
Regarding the overpriced Adobe and Corel solutions you should give Affinity a try.
They almost match the range of functions of the CC Suite. They can also read Illustrator and Photoshop files and are very cheap compared to the competition.
We are on the brink of migrating our whole office from Adobe to Affinity.
One big show-stopper for me is that Affinity designer cannot import or export .dxf or dwg. Itās been mentioned numerous times on their forums over the past years but they just seem to ignore it.
See also this:
I agree with most posters in the thread. I made a quick sketch of what my dream scenario would be like. This could be both a panel that could be dragged out and included in the tabs inside of the properties panel.
The Icons underneath the colors mean: Display by Layer, Print Color by layer, Sync Display with Print Color, Sync Print with Display. I based this mostly on Illustrator, which is why the Arrowhead function is included, I do wish that we could have a choice of printable arrowhead, so that we could create lines with arrows besides the leader.
EDIT: Forgot to include a Match button.
Yep. Thatās really a problem. But somebody mentioned in one of the other Affinity related posts, that there might be a SVG export option within one of the latest Rhino Betas. Iāll have to check that.
Besides, I totally agree that there should be better 2D drawing options in Rhino like the ones proposed, so you donāt have to leave Rhino for that purpose.
Hi Bob, Vanessa & Co.
Allow be to participate with a suggestion or alternative to transparent hatches: In Illustrator (since 1992) it has been possible to create āBlend Shapesā which perhaps best can be compared to the āTween Curvesā in Rhino 4/5/6 when Explicit History/Record History is enabled:
It morphs two shapes (closed or open, filled or not), and respect the fill color and transparency + the width of the strokes (as can be seen in the image example below left and right. Each color or graphics style can be āsampledā with an eyedropper and applied to other objects or kept in a palette for later use or use across different project. Also full support for Pantone, RAL and NCS colorsystems would be really āneed to haveā when using Rhino as a serious alternative to Adobe Illustrator or Affinity Designer.
Thanks for a great product, which I use everyday.
Tim ElkƦr
@Erazmataz - Great, Iāve added this the YT item as well. As a suggestion you can obtain something similar using Paneling Tools and using the Panel 2D Custom Variable. You have command line options that allow you to āmixā different shapes (PatternMethod= Mean or List) using different āblendingā algorithms (DistributionMethods= PointAttractors or Random or Bitmap).
Some great suggestions here. Rhino has steadily taken over from almost all the other packages I use in my workflow but one major weakness is in drawing quality - things like previewing line thickness, hatches, and line types are still very problematic for me. Would love to see this improve.
yep, I agreeā¦things like trim hatches, control of line types, hatch transparency, color swatches etc. would be really great imporvementā¦+1, but what I do like, is the print preview! So you are able to script your own macro to see the appearance of your drawing (line thickness, print colors etc.) in one click.
That is the thing I have been missing a lot. I agree it would be great to have better drafting / illustration tools, even as an extension similiar to Bongo or Flamingo.
My 3 top features would be:
- flexible hatches (asociated, trimmable, transparent etc.)
- easy control over linetypes as shown above but with control over lineweights (in measurable units, mm for example) with adequate display and control wether they end with sharp or round corners.
- more control over drawing order. Maybe ability to make it dependent over the layer order? Would be great to be able to control draw order both 2d and 3d objects so the hatch would for example hide under the front object but stand in front of those at the background. Right now its hard to control.
I have heard that Vectorworks is going this way, which is embeding illustration features to NURBS software. I have never used it but have heard of my colegues and some architecture offices choosing it instead of Rhino for concepual work just because of that. I suppose filling this gap would be very convincing for people to choose Rhino.