Hi Steve, I guess the disconnect is that MoI is not really intended to be like a completely direct replacement for Rhino, it is focused on somewhat different things than Rhino.

There is certainly overlap, and that overlap will grow larger over time, but it just was not a primary goal of MoI to do all the exact same things as Rhino.

I guess that's why it does not seem strange to me to recommend using MoI and Rhino in combination with one another, if Rhino does things that you need that MoI currently does not do.

- Michael

Hi Michael,

>>>the "What" command for Rhino v1 did not give size or orientation information on solids.

I know, it would give me the info if the object was closed or not. The script posted to select solids now gives me this info, So not a problem.

>>>If you have Rhino I guess I don't quite understand what the fundamental problem is for you, are you having problems transferring data into Rhino to perform these types of queries?

I personally purchased version1 (on its release) for work, after that, all other versions where purchased by the company, so I do not use them at home.

>>>I can understand that you might have some frustration with this approach if you are more used to the "tons of stuff" kind of approach instead.

It is not a case of "tons of stuff", I was just looking for a simple way to give me ref of an objects position etc. Probably more due to habit rather than a real need.


Steve

Hi Steve,

> I personally purchased version1 (on its release) for work, after
> that, all other versions where purchased by the company, so
> I do not use them at home.

I see.... unfortunately the 3DM file toolkit only supports reading Rhino v1 files and not writing out to them.

So it only works to copy from Rhino v1 and then paste into MoI, you can't do copy/paste in the other direction like you can with Rhino v2, v3, or v4.

- Michael

Hi Michael,

>>>I see.... unfortunately the 3DM file toolkit only supports reading Rhino v1 files and not writing out to them.

It does not matter, I dont really want to use Rhino at home. I will use MoI. I also have other programs for meshes etc.

Anyway, I have now made purchase of MoI

Steve

Thanks very much for your order Steve!

- Michael

Just to clarify a thought maybe.
To me, an SR, a point version like 1.1., or a say. 1.1betaA are all the same thing.

Brian

Hi Steve,

>>all other versions where purchased by the company,
>>so I do not use them at home.

But you might use it. Just reread a license conditions.

Petr