Hi David, What about Python in Rhino5 Is it still in there?
Patrick On Mar 11, 1:28 am, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Marc, > > there is no beta list for Rhino5, if you own a copy of Rhino4 you'll > be able to download a beta once we release it. Then, I suppose you're > on the beta list. > Wishes can be made at any time on the Rhino newsgroup, they'll get > logged in our development-tracker system along with all bug reports. I > have been a bit disappointed with our (McNeel) capacity to deal with > wishes lately, but maybe the release of Rhino5 beta will free some > developers up to do tangential stuff. > > The main improvements for Rhino5 at the moment are: > > - 64 bit version (though possibly not right away, I think we'll start > beta testing the 32 bit version first) > - Real time shadows > - Better open gl pipeline which allows for pixel shaders, bump/normal > mapping etc. > - Faster display, especially of blocks. > - Better intersector, so we should get better results on Fillets, > Booleans etc. > > As far as I know there are very few new commands or UI improvements. I > suppose we'll add those during the beta process but don't expect a > major difference from Rhino4 right away. > > -- > David Rutten > [email protected] > Robert McNeel & Associates > > On Mar 10, 6:16 pm, Marc Syp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Wish I had been on a beta list for Rhino 5. Never got a chance to > > express my wish list like I have done here for GH... so all I can do > > is pray that somebody made the same requests and they were honored. > > Things I would love to see in Rhino 5: > > > 1) Most importantly: vastly improved Xref functionality. As of now, > > you can't separate the layers of a linked DWG to drive geometry > > creation (through manual creation, Record History, and/or > > Grasshopper). Look at 3DS Max for a model of the functionality I'm > > looking for... the lines are not editable, but they are used as > > proxies for functions like extrude curve, loft, etc... > > 2) Isolate layer functions that work like AutoCAD. (I know, something > > works better in AutoCAD than in Rhino? It's hard to believe...) > > 3) No control point picking hassles... (when zoomed in close the point > > on the screen and the point you must click to get the control point > > are different... OpenGL problem? Dunno...) > > 4) Improved Area and volume calculations... Rhino often gives bad > > data for single surfaces yet includes these in totals without > > warnings. Calculating areas and volumes become a time-consuming > > process of "Rebuild"ing surfaces and checking individual surface > > results to assure accurate and consistent results. Rhino should > > identify calculation problems automatically (e.g., negative and absurd > > results) and give warning messages at the very least, and at most > > automatically rebuild surfaces (in memory) to achieve the best > > approximations possible. > > > I've got to say that there are very few things in Rhino that drive me > > absolutely crazy, but these are a few things I can think of off the > > top of my head that I have been hoping for in Rhino 5... I'm sure > > there are a couple other little things... > > > Marc > > > On Mar 10, 5:36 pm, David Rutten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I send a build of GH 0.6 to some people inside McNeel yesterday, they > > > found 2 serious bugs. Once I fix those I'll send it out again. We'll > > > keep repeating this until we can find no more (serious) bugs. > > > So, if all goes well, tomorrow... Don't count on that. > > > > Rhino5 is currently being held up by the installer. We ran into a few > > > issues with installing 32-bit Rhino on 64-bit windows when a 64-bit > > > Rhino was already installed or something similar. I'm not keeping > > > close tabs on the installer guys. > > > > Why do you want Rhino5? I mean, what do you think it will give you > > > that Rhino4 hasn't got? I'm just curious... > > > > -- > > > David Rutten > > > [email protected] > > > Robert McNeel & Associates > > > > On Mar 10, 4:56 pm, jd <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks David. Is there an ETA for the next release of GH? What about > > > > Rhino 5?- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
