WIP 9 newbie questions

Rhino Rhino for Windows
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I have installed the WIP on a laptop alongside Rhino 6 (required by a client). No 7 or 8 onboard. I have access to saved .rui and .ini files as well as other resources I use with those versions. 8 is my current workhorse and highly customized. My goal is to align 9 with 8 as appropriate.

Toolbars - I have turned off the default toolbars but when I try to open my v8 rui I get an error saying that “An RUI already exists with that id.” When I drag and drop it in it shows in the Window > Toolbars and Macros list with the proper file name. Comparing the 2 RUI files they are the same. None of my v8 toolbars are present in either Toolbars or Toolbar Groups. I would like to add the New in V9 to my RUI then close the default RUI. I would also like to display with one click all my bars as currently configured in v8. Is this possible?

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one option is to set up v8 on your laptop and import your options and toolbars there save it alll and verify it’s set up the way you want.

then open the v9 beta and run the optionsmigrate command, choose migrate from a previous version and choose v8.

It should import all your options and toolbars, essentially “cloning” your v8.

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Thanks Kyle. Since I am installing on a laptop vs desktop, screen size is different so I am really not trying to “clone” so much as get the toolbars fully present so they can be organized appropriate to the laptop. I see that I can step through the > T & M list and turn items on and off individually.

I don’t know if it makes a difference (memory load or whatever) but is it possibe to close the default toolbar once I have mine installed? I did succeed getting my options and default template going properly.

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yep, simply close what you don’t need. then save your set up that as a custom window layout so you can recall it if needed later.

window>window layouts>save window layout