Hi Solheiro
I'm not sure I can contribute much here though I have had many years of experience (I started using AutoCad in 1982 and stopped using it about 8 years ago).
For the last number of years I mostly use Rhino.
Over time I have always worked relatively small (12 Cad stations at the most) and for nearly 20 years have a small town rural practice ... working alone and I love it.
Now I use MoI as my primary design and modeling tool. It is wonderful to work with, fast, intuitive and versatile.
I do use it in tandem with Rhino as a drafting tool and my primary rendering device. I set up basic drawing sheets in Rhino with all layers and materials assigned. Then I open this file into MoI and work with styles as though they were layers. When most of the design work is completed I then 'import' the contents of the MoI file back into a copy of the original Rhino setup sheet. This preserves all the original layer characteristics and material assignments. [If I save the MoI file and then open it in Rhino without the import step ... then the materials are lost as far as Rhino is concerned].
It would be nice if blocks worked in MoI but not yet. It would be nice if MoI had dimensions ... but not yet and it would be nice if I could do renderings with a plug-in.
But as a design tool MoI is the best one I have used, bar none. (I beta tested early SketchUp years ago .. it is a good tool and well advanced but for me it always felt awkward even the newest iterations don't feel comfortable as a working tool ... each of us approaches the world differently).
As an aside ... Octane Render is very promising either as a stand alone (MoI drawings import into it very well) or as or plug in for Rhino rendering tool. The price is currently low as it is still in development ... but it is fast and high quality.
When you do some finished work with MoI please post some samples.
Cheers,
eric
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