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Is Rhino 5 worth upgrading to ?

Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:34 pm
by adamwade
A little off topic, but I'm on Rhino 4 and want to know if there's any issue's if I go to version 5 ? I don't built much in Rhino, but import to it for Maxwell. Can I still use Rhino 5 on two computers with the network turned off ?

Mostly I want to keep up to date, but not add problems.

Thanks,

Re: Is Rhino 5 worth upgrading to ?

Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:11 pm
by raja
Did not face any problems with Rhino 5 with regard to maxwell, been using it since early 2012 (when it was in beta stage).
Rhino 5 has some serious improvements over Rhino 4.
For one, Rhino 5 is available in 64 bit version also, better for handling larger files. You might find Gumball useful in handling scenes (/objects in your scenes).
About using Rhino 5 on two computers (simultaneously), i don't think that is allowed in the license agreement. McNeel has a 'Zoo' licensing for this, don't know too much about that.

Re: Is Rhino 5 worth upgrading to ?

Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:22 pm
by Polyxo
I can't think of anything which could get considered a disadvantage of Rhino5 - which is on it's Service release 6 already.
These things come to my mind which might be helpful, even if you don't use any of Rhino's modeling tools but just take it
as your render host, probably for Nurbs geo from other sources.

- 64 bit - you'll be able to load larger models
- better standard projectors for textures (still not ideal but better)
- improved .obj importer
- nicer texture display in the viewport
- immediate viewport update of externally updated texures

Re: Is Rhino 5 worth upgrading to ?

Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 12:40 pm
by kami
not to forget the much faster display performance (especially for curves) ... still not fast enough sometimes for larger models though :(

Re: Is Rhino 5 worth upgrading to ?

Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 3:35 am
by adamwade
Thanks guys ! I got my Rhino 5 in the mail today and installed.