Transfer settings between Rhino easily cross-platform
We’re excited to introduce an improved Options transferring experience in Rhino WIP! We hope these new changes can make backing up settings, moving computers and distributing Rhino settings to your colleagues, students and friends easier.
Which data is included?
Note : This is only for OptionsExport / OptionsMigrate
- Window Layouts
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Aliases
- Plug-ins
- Schemes
- Default RUIs
- Advanced Settings
- Window Positions
- Rhino Options
- Custom RUIs!
It is also worth noting that Window Layouts get their paths replaced during transit, so they will point to their corresponding RUIs correctly, which you may have found to be an issue if doing this manually in the past.
Which versions are supported?
Win/Mac
8 → 9 is fully supported
Win only
7 → 9 is mostly supported but has some known issues with Custom Toolbars that will be resolved.
5/6 → 9 is WIP
Exporting
The OptionsExport command exports a .rhs file of all your settings. .rhs files allow for exporting and importing your entire Rhino setup.
For users who like the existing .plist/.ini system, these are included in the .rhs file which can now be chosen from OptionsImport.
Importing
OptionsImport will work as it always has with no changes. For those who’ve never used this, you can import from a settings file which merges with your existing settings. NOTE : This is platform specific, you can only import from the OS you exported from.
OptionsMigrate will let you migrate your entire Rhino setup from a previous version, a .rhs file export from another machine or even a backup created by this or Reset. The process should be easy for all users and make moving versions, machines, and operating systems very simple.
OptionsMigrate replaces the OptionsImporter and PreviousOptionsImporterThe commands were a bit confusing, and they didn’t fully capture what they can do.
Data safety
All of the above commands (should) create backups of everything they replace, so you should never lose any data whilst using them. Having the files bundled up as .rhs also makes backing up easier. (This is, of course, the Rhino WIP, and this release is in need of external testing!)
.rhs files
.rhs files can be dragged and dropped onto Rhino instead of using the command.
.rhs are Rhino Settings files that are a simple renamed zip file. You can rename them back to .zip and unzip them as necessary.
Please try these commands out and let us know of any issues.