![]() ![]() OK, that previous sentence is only partly true. I decided purchase it as a “beta test printer” to see how I adapted to and made use of my own 3d printer, before spending $75k on a professional jewelry printer for the store. I purchased a 3D printer, not for work, but for home. Also, the Mac version of Rhino was starting to gain some parity with the PC version and I began some test drive usage of Rhino at home on the Mac.Īgain, a bit of time passed and the future collided with me again. We have a cooperative relationship and I was able to test drive their printers and it did not take long to see the amazing change that 3D printing was about to cause.Īt the same time I had been teaching myself more pure Rhino usage instead of relying on Matrix as much. The next thing I knew, the future arrived! A nearby jewelry store which did CNC wax milling for jewelry purchased a 3D printer to produce their models. As any business owner looks to the future, I realized that I may have to take a serious look at the Mac version in the future, but I will continue that in a moment. That has changed dramatically, as the ongoing updates keep delivering improvements. I began trying the Rhino for Mac version near its original release out of curiosity, but at that early beta time it was too lacking in features/functionality to make professional use of. I also use it to prep designs for CNC production. I also of course generate visuals for customer approval and marketing. I use it a visual aid for my design process to get the look and a physical aid for generating measurements and material costs with the Matrix package. I have had professional training on this package and have made use of it for designing jewelry for my jewelry store. The Matrix package is only available on the PC platform. ![]() For those that don’t know, Matrix is a piece of software that overlays Rhino3d transforming the interface and adding massive amounts of jewelry design functionality. Specifically, I use the the jewelry design package Matrix. Many years ago, I had a career change and opened a jewelry store with my wife and started using Rhino on the PC. As you will see, I abandoned the AutoCAD platform when shifting professions and thanks to the rise of Rhino for Mac, have not looked back. I used Autocad for many years as a professional furniture designer/maker and have scratch-built and operated various CNC machinery over the years. I have a pretty solid computer background on the hardware and software side and Macs and PCs both. I prefer the Mac platform, but use PC’s as needed. I have been enjoying seeing the progress on the Mac side. Sorry I couldn’t be more descriptive with regard to the workload. Rhino is as important as a pencil and paper when drafting ideas quickly! Having come back to 3D design i’ve found Rhino 5 to be much improved (especially layouts based on evidence from colleagues using the PC version) I used to use Rhino 4 for PC a couple of companies ago and found it a perfect replacement for AutoCAD where I didn’t need many layouts, just detailed drawings form 3D models. fbx to be the best option but didn’t really want to have to resort to meshing the model. step files to be a little more forgiving and ultimately. It’s interesting that exporting from Rhino to Max is still a bit of a black art, I found. I think most of the problems I’ve had were self created, poor choices during the first build of surfaces and a steep learning curve on continuous curves, rebuilding curves and the dreaded ‘join edges’ where filleting things at a later date fell on its backside. I’ve been working on a couple of projects that I can’t share publicly due to confidentiality but I could send you a link privately. ![]()
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