Thursday, June 25, 2009

Rhino 4.0 SR6 Release Candidate 2 Available

Rhino 4.0 Service Release 6 Release Candidate 2 is available for download.

This is pre-release software. If you are not comfortable running pre-release software, please do not download this build.
This release candidate has been tested by our internal testing staff and is believed to be stable, reliable, and suitable for use in production. As with all release candidates, however, there may be problems that we didn't uncover in our own testing. We expect several thousand people to download and test this Service Release and report any problems they have.

When we are satisfied that there are no major problems with this release, we'll release the Service Release officially.

Please report any crashes you experience using the McNeel Error Reporting dialog box that will appear. Report any other problems to our support team.

Bug Fixes:

  • Starting Rhino on Vista Improved: previous releases of Rhino 4.0 sometimes would only start when run as Administrator. SR6 should start without administrator permissions.
  • Crashes Fixed in BooleanUnion, EdgeSrf, Flow, Installers, InterpCrvOnSrf, Loft, and PanelingTools.
  • Many other bugs have been fixed, too.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Shanghai Aquatic Sports Center and Grasshopper



The SASC – Shanghai Aquatic Sports Center was renamed by the mayor. Now it is called SOSC – Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The SOSC includes a gymnasium, a natatorium and an outdoor diving stadium. It will be completed and in use in 2011.

Since most of the design was done using Grasshopper, ZHANG Yan has been posting progress reports on www.grasshopper3d.com. The façade and roof mockup are finished. For all the details, see:

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Autodesk Inventor 2010 supports Rhino


Autodesk has released a Rhino 3DM importer for Autodesk Inventor 2010 and Autodesk Inventor LT 2010. All versions of 3DM are supported.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Using Rhino with SpaceClaim



SpaceClaim posted details on the round-trip integration of Rhino and SpaceClaim.

Details and video...