Michael:

Most of the things that you listed are things that I do not need Rhino for. I have Rhino, SolidWorks, SpaceClaim and Alibre Expert. I prefer MoI as I don't need detail drawings, simple FEA, CAM paths, etc. Rhino has always got me excited so it always sticks in my head as a needed tool but I am sure that beyond a few specific surface tools that I don't even know how to use, a solid MoI user can probably create most anything a strong Rhino user can create.

I think the surfacing items that you stated that MoI is missing now there are probably many work-arounds and this forum seems to have some awesome knowledge behind it.

I think I will stick with Rhino 4 and skip the updated.

Thank you and thanks to all that replied!

Now I get to blow that upgrade money on something else, right? Don't tell my wife.

mjs

Hello,

l use MoI and Rhino v5 regularly. I use Rhino when I have to and MoI for everything else. The reason I purchased Rhino was for its Make2D command with hidden line removal. I had a need to do some surfacing that was not possible in MoI or Rhino but was available from VSR as a Rhino plugin, as well as some basic FEA from Scan and Solve. I realize it's pure opinion but MoI is my favorite 3D package for usability hands down. I'd say 90% in MoI and the last 10% of finishing work in other applications. I am going to upgrade to Rhino v5 since I do find it faster in 64 bit operation. I still think Rhino has one if the worst interfaces, but I do think it is a very good value and excellent compliment to MoI.

Hi msj,

Back when I worked as a Jeweller, I purchased R4 & V-Ray for Rhino as a Render Plug-in.
Having MoI, I've rarely used R4 for my modeling, except when needing something like "CageEdit".
Basically I now use R4 to allow me to Copy & Paste my MoI model, so I can render it with V-Ray.

And now Rhino & V-Ray are both due to be upgraded...

To upgrade both R5 & V-RfR just to do renders, well I'll buy SimLab Composer as a stand alone program for a lot less!
I don't make jewellery any more, so rarely have I found the need for using "CageEdit" when doing my current models.
R5-x64 would be nice, but I've rarely created anything so complex that I've absolutely needed it.

...personally I can't see myself upgrading either of them.

But I WILL be upgrading to MoI V3

HTH, Colin

I will probably upgrade to Rhino 5 for the Python support (particularly the Grasshopper component), and 64bit support to handle larger files.

grasshopper is a pretty awesome tool. I wish I had need for it beyond just playing around.

I really like Rhino 5. There was a big performance increase from Rhino v3 to v4, and there is big performance increase from v4 to v5 (there is also a 64 bit version of Rhino 5). Working with lots of layers and geometry is easy (including imported meshes from other apps). As already mentioned there are a number of plugins available to tailor and enhance Rhino. Including Neon a free fully raytraced viewport plug-in for Rhino 5.0.

MoI and Rhino 5 together are awesome!

"...Neon a free fully raytraced viewport plug-in for Rhino 5.0"

That is a pretty sexy combo. I went to youtube and watched this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDm4xosy5IQ&feature=youtu.be.

Thanks for speaking up.....and probably making me spend the upgrade money :-P

What is the price of Neon ?

At this point Neon is free ... and it is a good tool .. it is slightly jumpy on my machines as it has to create a raytrace each time its moved ... so for most work I would rather use the display built in to MoI.
eric

It's pretty peppy on my new machine.

I also use MOI and Rhino together and have already upgraded to V5. I work with large mesh files (resulting from 3D scanning) and for me the 64bit version is worth every cent of the upgrade price.

Why MOI? I use it during the prototype stage of a project. I really like the speed with which I can create a concept model then dump it (via stl) to my 3D printer.