

Anybody who was familiar and experienced with AutoCAD was very much at home using Rhinoceros. When Rhino was created, they followed that same command format. Auto CAD has names of commands with conventions where you create 2D geometry. I learned it in an architectural firm that I worked at part-time during high school. AutoCAD started as a 2D program to replace drafting on a board for architects and engineers. I started in the 80’s with the AutoCAD software. I have been using Rhino CAD software a long time. It is one of the ones that I am most familiar with since I started using it in 2002, so it has been 14 years.

This Rhinoceros or Rhino CAD software is getting into one of the more comprehensive programs. It still comes down to “What” you want to model, just like with 3D printers the right printer for the job comes down to “What” you want to print. Tom and Tracy discuss why it has been Tom’s CAD program of choice for over 14 years. Its open architecture for 3rd Party Plugins makes it adaptable to many different specialties. Rhino 3D or Rhinoceros CAD software is somewhere in the middle of the parametric engineering intensive and free-form artistic modeling programs available. Learn more about Rhino 3D and be amazed at what you, too, can do with the software. Just like with 3D printers, the right printer for the job comes down to “what” you want to print. It still comes down to “what” you want to model. In this episode, Tom and Tracy Hazzard discuss why it has been Tom’s CAD program of choice for over 14 years. Rhino 3D or Rhino CAD Software is somewhere in the middle of the parametric engineering intensive and free-form artistic modeling programs available.

A free trial download is available.Anything that puts “easy” in its intro always attracts everyone, especially AutoCAD users. Rhino had been a free, closed-source open beta with a community who helped debug and add features to the program. For the last ten years, the company has focused on developing specialty Windows software geared towards designers, engineers, and fabricators. It has offices in Seattle, Boston, Miami, Medellin, Barcelona, Rome, Tokyo, Taipei, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, and Shanghai.įor the first fifteen years, the company focused on replacing drafting tables with AutoCAD systems. Rhinoceros 3D was founded in 1980 and is an employee-owned company. Rhino 5 has several more features included in the software. Rendering: Some of the features are texture mapping, views, lighting, and animation.ĭrafting and Printing: This includes history support for dimensions, revision clouds, draw order, and high-resolution viewport capture.ģD Capture: This has large point clouds for using 3D scanner files and Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) to capture 3D terrain data.
