2/12/07

Rhino 4 New Features

Rhino 4.0 is the most significant upgrade in the history of Rhino, with hundreds of new features and enhancements.

  • Modeling enhancement including robust variable blend tools, improved Booleans, and G-infinity™ blending. Video...
  • Editing tools including UDT for free-form deformation of all geometry types, feature recognition for direct polysurface and solids editing and command history for editing surfaces by changing their input curves. Video...
  • Interface enhancements including SmartTrack™ technology and live help with video clips. Video...
  • Display pipeline takes advantage of the latest graphic card technology to provide a major speed improvement, new advanced display modes, new analysis tools, dual-screen support, and support for new third-party applications. Video...
  • Rendering enhancements including new basic rendering technology, upgraded Flamingo and Penguin, Brazil r/s available, and new third-party renderers including V-Ray and Maxwell. Also included are texture mapping tools that can be used by all Rhino plug-in renderers. Video...
  • 2-D drawing/drafting tools including line styles, line weights, hidden lines, dimensions, hatching, page layout and printing/plotting. Video...
  • Mesh modeling, editing, analysis, repair, and rapid prototyping. Major enhancements in mesh creation and editing. Also many new tools for STL repair and 3-D printing. Video...
  • Analysis with new tools for both measurement and display. Also enhanced tools detecting problems and evaluating model quality so the problems downstream can be avoided. Video...
  • Large projects support with hierarchical layer management, file locking, and enhanced support for worksessions, blocks, and reference files. Video...
  • Compatibility enhancements including improved PDF, AI 8+, STEP, DWG/DXF, PLY, DGN, FBX, SolidWorks, Google Earth, SketchUP, and WAMIT support. Video...
  • Software developer tools for users and third-party developers.
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