I'm looking for a pipeline to RenderMan. Someone on the Aqsis forums said that they modelled in Rhino and exported RIB to Renderman. Can anyone confirm this before I goto the trouble of getting Rhino?
Yes, Rhino has a direct export to RIB. You might want to grab the demo version first and give that a quick try to make sure it will work for you, but I expect it should be fine.
There's also a Rhino plugin called "RhinoMan" that might be useful, I think it is set up to make the RIB export better yet with stuff like assigning shaders, etc.. http://www.rhinoman.com