A NEW TECHNOLOGY
There is a new technology that is
emerging in our AECO+ industry.
It is called Rhino Inside.
Rhino inside means that Rhino is
installed as an “add-in” to other software. This is revolutionary for software
in AEC. In this blog post let’s focus on all the amazing things Rhino has to
offer when it is attached to Revit….
and thus refer to Rhino
Inside as Rhino Inside Revit.
WHAT DOES RHINO INSIDE REVIT DO?
For starters Rhino inside Revit makes
a seamless by-directional handshake between Rhino and Revit so elements and
data could be passed back and forth in real time.
….and…..There is more…. Much much
more.
With Rhino Inside Revit you also
get all of Rhino’s functionally including Grasshopper for Revit. Grasshopper is
a visual programming language similar in concept to Dynamo although there are
fundamental differences.
With Grasshopper for Revit it now offers a new
plethora of functionality that taps, all the grasshopper add-ins including Human
UI, and many others and gives you access to all of Rhino’s geometry creation
tools
Not a Rhino user but want to use Grasshopper
for Revit? No problem! The great thing about Rhino inside Revit is that you don't
even need to know anything about Rhino to use Grasshopper for
Revit. If you only open Grasshopper within Revit then Rhino is invisible, you
never even see it.
WHERE DO I GET RHINO INSIDE?
So how does one start to use Rhino
inside Revit? Currently Rhino inside Revit is an add-in that could be found
here.
Also, you would need a licensed
version of Rhino (at least up
To version 6) and would need to get the WIP (version 7 beta) here.
I plan to show the world this
amazing technology through this blogsite, conference presentations, and
training. I am currently writing a book
"The Dynamo
Handbook" and I also will be adding in some Grasshopper for Revit
examples within the handbook for easy reference...
Good luck with the new tech and
keep looking forward AEC!