Rhino 5.0

Review posted March 27, 2013

My only complaint is the interface is different on the mac.

Review posted March 19, 2013

We buy from Novedge. Only from these guys. We got something like 20 copies in totally from these guys. Smooth! Thank you!

Review posted February 7, 2013

I've tried and evaluated at least a half dozen cad products. and this is by far the most intuitive and comprehensive package out there. The most important thing to me is that there is lots of help if I ever get stuck on something.

Review posted December 22, 2012

This is a terrific drawing/modeling program!

However it is very large app, and I found the InfiniteSkills training to be essential for learning all of the hundreds of things you can do with Rhino.

Also, make sure that you have the latest driver(s) for your video card.

I use it for generating CNC parts.

Rhino technical assistance was very helpful in getting my problem with my video worked out.

Overall, a great experience.

Review posted July 16, 2012

We are not yet using the software to its the full potential, but we are only limited by our imagination on how we can create and solve problems with this software. Keep it coming!

Review posted December 5, 2011

I wanted to learn this for a design project but it just too me way too long to learn it. In the end, I shifted to a much easier 3-d modelling software..it took me half a day to master it

Review posted July 12, 2011

My company bought Rhino 4.0 and found the software to be very useful. However, when we needed to move the software to a faster computer and could not find the original disk and activation code, NcNeel said we had to pay $1000 for a replacement disk. This is piracy. The CEO was sarcastic and condescending. Better to use the built in rendering in Solidworks than deal with pirates.

Review posted June 22, 2011

We are heavy users of Rhino. We do technical illustrations for oil and gas equipment. Rhino is easy to use and has the tools sets that we need.

Thanks,

Dean Harvey
Axis, LLC

Review posted April 17, 2011

Awesome program, especially when you add T-Splines!!!!

Review posted March 31, 2011

Sales Experience:

I bought Rhino and one of the training guides. When I received the product both training guides come on a CD. Had I been aware of this beforehand I would not have bought the printed guide.

Pros:

The product is easy to use and I have been productive using it, almost since day 1.

Product cons:

It would be nice if basic parametric editing was included as a part of the core product.

Review posted March 4, 2011

My first impression of NURBS was the CAD "monster" it could be. I often felt I'd be better off having a real rhino in my workshop!

I learn best when by watching, so I tuned into a McNeel's introduction webcast.

My initial investment was securing an on-going, "someone to watch" educator. This came in the form of Infinite Skill's Rhino training bundle.

Those two products quickly revealed to me that Rhino was no monster. Rather, what I always needed to tame the beast in my CADCAM hobby!
-KPF

Review posted February 8, 2011

we're not industrial software experts and are just using it as a base for dental-shaper from cimsystem/ sum3d.
requires a more experienced user than dental people, but still does what it should for us. would like more training and esier apps for "regular joes"

Review posted February 24, 2010

As a former user of autocad 14 which I found easy to use I was pleased that Rhino has s similar interface allowing me to be drawing in 3D comfortably after about 12 hours of looking thru the included help file to locate the commands. The drawing commands are 1 mouse click from the left toolbar, and the surface and solid command menues are 2 and occasionally 3 mouse clicks. There is maximum availability of screen space unencombered with tool ribbons in the drawing area. The loft command where you draw airplane wings and car bodies as an example is really wonderful, and can be easily tuned as needed. I have used the edit/rebuild lines command on lofted curves with consistantly good results on the boolian commands. I have called the software developer Robert McNeel .com and talked to their tech department befor buying the software and was impressed with their ability to explain the software to the rest of us.
I bought it the next day from Novedge.com at a cost of $778 and would also reccommend them as the vendor.
I am using a 1.8Ghz AMD processor desktop with 1Gb of ram running windows XP which may be a little light on ram which I hope to update in a few months.
I am a retired construction worker and engineer and use this software for aircraft design. It does all the hard to do stuff effortlessly.I use meshcam and EMC2 for the CAM software and some free downloaded FEA which are not included in this software or autocad or solidworks either.Rhino also has parametric modeling which is used to streach, nudge, and poke a shape into a different shape.

george grimes

Review posted October 26, 2009

Rhino has a great interface and functions for modeling in 3D, I couldn't be happier, I also love the ease of generating 2 sections from 3D objects. My only criticism would be the lack of control of the display of dimensions - I am used to the flexibility that AutoCAD provides in the display of dimensions, leaders, etc., and Rhino has some catching up to do in this department. Otherwise, Rhino is outstanding and has some remarkable functionality for the price.

Review posted October 5, 2009

more than I had hoped for makes modeling and really works well with my other design work and programs like autocad, has accelerated progress considerably.

Review posted September 30, 2009

Rhino is a great software. It is useful across a wide spectrum of industries, and with the tools available for customization, and the plug-ins available, the potential is almost limitless. For example, Rhino could take an idea, design it, use the Flamingo plug-in to render a photo-realistic image, then use the MadCam plug-in to produce the part on your CNC.

Review posted September 15, 2009

If only AutoCAD could work so well!

The guys at Robert McNeel know what they're doing - this program sets the bar.

Review posted August 16, 2009

so far so good, from a very, very novice!

Review posted July 6, 2009

I used the rating, FAIR, only because I was not able to find the S/W utilities that would allow me to design the drawing that I wanted. I'm sure that the utilities are there somewhere but I could not find them. All S/W should be intuitive as far as how it works and where to find readily what is needed. With more learning time, I can probably do what i want to do but time is not a luxury.

Review posted June 5, 2009

I couldn't be happier with my Rhino purchase. The good people at Novedge were very helpful at every stage of the process.

I am a very happy customer.

Review posted May 6, 2009

I'm a happy Solid Works user and purchased Rhino for its free form surface capabilities. So far, I really like the product.
Its fun to use and I've already been able to create some designs. I'm looking forward to becoming a more advanced user. I definitely recommend Rhino if your looking for a powerful and very moderately priced solution.

Review posted April 14, 2009

I'm still learning the program but have used Alias for the prior eight years and that helps with the transition. The major difference is that there is limited history built into Rhino which I guess accounts for the more affordable price but changes the way one constructs objects; you need to save often.

Overall Rhino has plenty of capability and the interface is pretty much straightforward if you're at all familiar with 3D modeling programs. The Help does include short videos that make it easier to understand vs. reading just text.

Novedge delivered the product very quickly and had a very good price.

Review posted April 7, 2009

I was looking for a program to help me see in 3D some ideas I was thinking about. Since I had no previous CADD experience and can't render myself, I was hoping a program could help. Boy does it ever.

I resisted buying this program since I thought cheaper ones did all I needed, and I was afraid I could not master this one, since it has so much to offer. Boy was I wrong.

The cheaper programs crashed, and don't have nearly what this one does. Every day it seems I'm discovering another feature that just makes me shake my head. What a clever program.

The number of view modes is awesome; shaded, ghosted, rendered....I had my project done in reasonable time, and was thrilled with the result.

I don't know what other programs are thinking, they have so many features and then....don't explain them. This program does, and there are lots of tutorials available as well.

It's the BMW of programs. I looked at a lot of others and carefully made the choice to get this one and have enjoyed every day with it.

It's slick!

Wes

Review posted February 18, 2009

Novedge had the best price and worked with me to get the software delivered when I needed it..even when they did not have it in stock. Rhino 4.0 is the best 3D modeler I've found (using it for architecture)...and I've tried several since I started looking 20 years ago.

Review posted January 3, 2009

The CNCeditor is really very good designed.It is easy to use.Best for verification of CNC programme.
Thank you very much for providing such a great software.

N G Parmar

Review posted November 3, 2008

Rhinoceros 4.0 is the best choice for C.A.D. Novedge offers this amazing tool for the most affordable price. It's really that simple.

Review posted February 25, 2008

I'm new to solid modeling. I'm a scale model maker and have drawn with 2D AutoCAD LT for a few years. I make cast parts in resin and metal. My model parts require master patterns to produce rubber molds for spincasting. My goal is to use Rhino to develop master patterns that will be made cnc and possibly 3D printed. The tutorials are good and the program in general is great. I'm just learning but I like what I see so far and expect to use it extensively.

Good value for the money and a relatively fast learning curve for the average person.

Jack Mc Kie

Review posted December 14, 2007

What an intelligent, intuitive and comprehensive program! As an Autocad 12 (up to 2002 now) expert user, I'm not easily swayed by other programs. Rhino is packed with abilities, has a very easy to grasp GUI, and the command line is there, which is essential for speed. I easily lofted a set of Autocad-made hull sections into a solid, nicely renderable surface. I feel at home with the program, only after four sessions. I'm going to buy the Rhino for sure, eliminating the need for about $6,000 of resource-hungry 3D Studio and Autocad upgrades. And the Rhino and Autocad 2002 combo don't embarrass my Dell Latitude's 4-year-old Pentium 4.

Mark B., Santa Fe

Review posted December 10, 2007

Excellent Product. A little hard to learn, but the unlimited capabilities is well worth it.

Review posted December 4, 2007

Seriously, for doing anything from unfolding for quick model building to full size manufactured production, a better 3d modeler for such a price is impossible to find. Not only can Rhino open almost any format you through at it, but it can write back to those formats as well. Don't have Illustrator? No Problem, open the file in Rhino, edit it, and return it as an illustrator file. Don't have solidworks? Open a solidworks file here to view and edit and return. Need to make a 3dPrint, you can use Rhino for this also. All in All, its the best choice for modeling with the familiar interface of Autocad, but with streamlined 3d and a set of tools that you would be hard pressed to find elsewhere.

Review posted December 4, 2007

Import/Export .STP Files fom/to Catia V5

Review posted November 26, 2007

My background; My work history was concerned with sophisticated mechanical devices, and I am an electronics/computer hobbiest, but I had zero experience with CAD.
When the need came along to use a CAD program, I asked around knowlegible folks and was pointed towards Rhino. I did the Rhino tutorials and was off and running. With no classroom training in CAD of any kind, I thought it wise to buy as much Rhino reading material as I could. I got books from Amazon, and I bought Rhino Training Manual 1. There are DVDs associated with all these publications which makes self teaching easy.
The Rhino Training manual stands head and shoulders above all the rest, being easy to understand and to the point. With the training manual to the side and my computer screen in front of me, I play with the lessons in the training manual and the Rhino program, it is fun.
I find Rhino very do-able.

Review posted October 18, 2007

I first tried the demo version of Rhino and found the included tutorial easy to understand and with excellent demonstrations of Rhino's capabilities. I then tried several demo's of other 3D software and found they were no match to Rhino's ease of use and exemplary tutorial. I made a quick purchase and am even more pleased with the full learning tutorial and manual. It's the easiest to use and most intuitive 3D drawing software I have seen.

Review posted October 10, 2007

Coming from Pro/CDRS or Desiger, AutoCAD 2006, Alias Studio, Rhino has been the most easy to learn and use 3D software by far. I don't use it for animation or particles, but for product design and scene creation it does a superb job. Simple compared to those other programs I've worked with in the past for real world designing.

Review posted August 30, 2007

It beats AutoCad and a few other 3d rendering programs. I'm still a newbie with the 3d arean, so very user friendly. For those of you with lots of experience I think you'll find it up to your standards and quick to produce your stuff.

Review posted July 16, 2007

Have only just began learning Rhino. The program seems very powerful and have had a frustrating, but great time and a lot of fun finding my way around. Am in the process of financing rapid prototyping milling machine for jewellery purposes. Rhino drives this device and is part of the package, so essential I use these early tutorials to get a bit of a head start. Will review again further down the line. Thanks for the free trial download.

Review posted June 25, 2007

Great modelling fotware , easy inteface and it can also work meshes. Love it.

Review posted June 18, 2007

i like rihno i trying to save up to buy it cause im in high school and i need rihno but i cant find anyone to give it to me for free so but this is great

Review posted June 15, 2007

It's great new upgrade.However, it has a lot of bugs including low (surprisingly) performance. Booleans refuse to function properly in certain situations. The work around: use trim & split actions together with extracting surfaces from solids. If new SR1 or SR2 release could improve this I will give to it 5 stars...

Review posted June 7, 2007

i love rhino

Review posted May 29, 2007

We have used not for long time but at first opinion is great

Review posted May 21, 2007

I really do enjoy allot of the new tools and my never go bact to version 3. But it is a bit frustrating when things like this happen. I also realize I have more to learn. If anyone has a solution for this observation could you please advise me about how to correct it.

Review posted May 4, 2007

Rhino is good for models, but not for my animation needs. To create animation I should buy an additional plug-in called Bongo.

Review posted April 20, 2007

Still cant get the time to actually understand its full capacity. It is not easy if you are not used to this kind of programme. I find it hard to coprehend in some of its tasks, but maybe its's because I don't have a lot of spare time to just sit and play with it to understand it. I will keep on trying though.

Review posted April 18, 2007

It is very usefull to me.

As a patent agent, I am able to view CAD models provided from inventors and give instructions to draftsmen.

I love it!

Maxime

Review posted March 19, 2007

I had downloaded a demo version of Rhino.It was very limited all kind of accesses that's why I couldn't create any design. One more thing there is no listings of gem stone sizes, by carat, like 0.02, 0.25, 1.00 etc…

Review posted February 21, 2007

Its a great upgrade from Rhino 3.0 and under development still. I didnt think that it was out for sale thou.