A short “tool/approach” primer of things I believe are relevant for transitioning to Rhino (industrial design excl. automotive/technical design). If you think something’s missing, please chip in. CURVES In any CAD software, the quality of your primary curves (“splines” or “sections” or “sketches”) …

[image] David Cockey: PageUp and PageDn keys Nearly all users I know have laptops with one or two external displays. Unfortunately, McNeel does not explain in the manual that for N movement, one has to press the fn key. [image] David Cockey: Link to the script is not included. Oops, a…

[image] Gijs de Zwart: yes, correct, I misread that Anyway, need to remove the kink thing and mention the “CP excess” instead.

[image] Lagom: [image] davidcockey: InsertKnot does not change the shape of the curve Which is not what I wrote ; ) And I did not say you did. I was responding to your request: [image] Lagom: If you think something’s missing, please chip in. Is there a reason InsertKnot is not…

Both options are mentioned… “If you think you need an extra CP while shaping a curve, use InsertControlPoint or InsertKnot which both add a span and CP to the curve.”

We could turn this info eventually into a learn page if you are interested. The tools we use allow you to insert commands that automatically add icons as well as a link to relevant help pages. Here’s an example Rhino - Create Curves

Sure, why not? Although, it’s not a comprehensive manual, just capturing what I think are important points for those who transition to Rhino. And maybe over a week or so, other surface modellers will chip in with other things I did not notice.

There is a lot of very good information in this document. Lagom’s efforts are appreciated. [image] Gijs de Zwart: We could turn this info eventually into a learn page if you are interested. The tools we use allow you to insert commands that automatically add icons as well as a link to relevant …

[image] Lagom: Sure, why not? Although, it’s not a comprehensive manual, just capturing what I think are important points for those who transition to Rhino. And maybe over a week or so, other surface modellers will chip in with other things I did not notice. [image] davidcockey: However b…

[image] Gijs de Zwart: I think having that on a webpage will help more users find the information they need than having it buried in a discourse thread. Absolutely. Adding to the initial list, I would add to the “Curves” section: There are two cases, where multi-span curves/surfaces cannot …

[image] David Cockey: There are good reasons to use other degrees, degree 3 in particular, in many situations. What would those situations be? Whether with Alias, ICEM, Catia or recently NX, I have seen users advocating degree 3 over 2 or 5. [image] David Cockey: There are good reasons t…

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