How To Change Units In Rhino For Mac

How To Change Units In Rhino Mac
How To Change Units In Rhino For Mac Catalina
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How To Change Units In Rhino For Mac Os

Permalink Reply by Michael Freytag on February 15, 2012 at 11:23pm

Nick,

Rhino for Mac will always have a default command set with a fixed set of commands. When providing support, we may ask you to switch Rhino for Mac back to the default command set so there will not be any confusion about what a particular menu item or keyboard shortcut will do. To change the default command set, you must create a copy of it. Maya's default measurement units are in Metric (centimeters, millimeters) but you can set them to Imperial (inches, feet) in the Settings preferences Working Units section. Note: You can change the default working units in Maya, which are in metric, but it is recommended to leave them unchanged as some tools in Maya have a set type, for example, Nucleus and Bifrost are set so that 1 unit = 1.

Unfortunately, there isn't currently a way to change the analysis units once they've been established.

You can explode the model to clear out the Scan&Solve data and join it back together to establish the new units. Of course you'll have to re-apply the restraints, loads and other settings.

Out of curiosity, if Scan&Solve would modify the analysis units to always match the Rhino units (scaling the loads into the new units), would this be acceptable behavior?

~Michael

EDIT: See my reply below.

How To Change Units In Rhino Mac

Permalink Reply by Bob Johansson on February 26, 2012 at 6:29pm

HI:

It sounds like Scan and Solve is missing a 'clear results' command which

clears the current analysis results without having to re-apply the loads, contraints

or other settings.

So you would clear the current analysis results.

Change the units

Then do a new analysis

Thx,

Bob

Permalink Reply by Michael Freytag on February 27, 2012 at 11:27am

All,

Regarding 'clear results,' the [Purge] button on the Specify tab will clear solution results. It won't do anything for changes in units.

Try the latest version (1.4.1.8). It checks for a change in units in the Rhino document and prompts the user for guidance. It will also warn if unsupported length units are being used to model the geometry.

~Michael

Permalink Reply by Nick on February 27, 2012 at 5:56pm

Thanks Michael. Since this is probably a rare occurrence it isn't necessary to have a feature for changing units.

Maybe a units item in the results tab and displaying the reaction forces will be enough to alert users to any inconsistencies. I only picked up on it when I checked the weight of the item. Those things are our human checks to see if it is being modelled and solved correctly, they're things that a computer can't really comprehend.

regards,

Nick.

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Click right mouse button on the top viewport title > Background Bitmap > Place
Choose your background file
Arbitrarily choose two points in Top View to place the Image – The image is to be scaled directly after it is placed.
You will notice in the command line that the background image command is still active. Click the 'Scale' option.
Choose two points as a reference (scale bar is ideal if you have one)
Type in the actual dimension> Press Enter.
Test the scale by typing 'Distance' and measuring various known measurements of the drawing.

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Step 1 Place Background Bitmap

Click right mouse button on the top viewport title > Background Bitmap > Place

Step 2 Choose your Background File

Save your PDF to an image file or take a screenshot

Step 3 Place the Image

Arbitrarily choose two points in Top View to place the Image – The image is to be scaled directly after it is placed.

Step 4 Scale the Image

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You will notice in the command line that the background image command is still active. Click the 'Scale' option.

Step 5 Choose two points as a reference

Choose two points as a reference (scale bar is ideal if you have one)

Step 6 & 7 Type in the actual dimension

Type in the actual dimension. Press Enter. Test the scale by typing 'Distance' and measuring various known measurements of the drawing.

You have now imported your reference drawing into Rhino, and scaled them to the right size to continue working from in future.
If you have more than one image you need to import, try using Picture Frames. This will allow you to place multiple scaled images in the same view.

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