Rhino 6 will then be the same for both Mac and Windows operating systems. You buy one Rhino 6 and decide yourself on which operating system you like to.
Rhino3d for Windows is one of the most widely used 3D modelling applications in the world. Popular with designers, architects, engineers, artists and manufacturers - there is simply nothing to equal Rhino in terms of price and performance. Now this powerful modelling application is available for Mac OS X. Rhino is popular across a broad range of industries including architecture, jewellery, marine design, product design, film and TV, exhibition design, point of sale and transportation. Highly accurate technical surfaces and solids shared with customers and colleagues via a wide range of common file types and Rhino has all the tools required to create 2D production documentation when necessary. Rhino natively supports 3D printing and rapid prototyping and all 3D printers or 3D print bureaus will accept output from Rhino.
Rhino for OSX has been designed from the outset to look and feel like a true Mac application. The interface of Rhino3d for Windows and Rhino for Mac are purposely very different - a real 3D working environment is accessible within the comfort of the Mac interface.
Unrestrained modelling tools allow the user to model anything that can be imagined regardless of shape, complexity or size. Work freely with 2D or 3D curves, surfaces solids and meshes; import existing models, geometry, photographic references or sketches via a vast range of file types. Online torrent to idm converter.
Rhino’s non-prescriptive workflow ensures that designers can model in an individual and unencumbered manner whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy. Besides the 3D environment, Rhino has a full set of 2D tools suitable for both initial design layout and production drafting. Some notes from the Rhino for Mac Product Manager - Dan Belcher, McNeel - “Rhino is used in so many different industries; where there’s freeform shapes, there’s Rhino. It has a robust set of solid, mesh, and analysis tools. It has stylistic display modes that make it clear, fast, and fun to get things visualized.
It’s compatible with so many different products.the go-to software for interoperability. Support is free and human-scale - no silly tickets and bureaucracy - not to mention the user community that has built up over the years. Rhino has become the platform for so many creative projects and we are excited to bring it to the Mac. We think that experienced modelers and OS X users will feel right at home.” Rhino is relatively easy to learn. Have a wide range of designed to shorten the learning curve and provide industry specific workflow solutions.
Finally, Rhino is extremely competitively priced and there are no annual maintenance or support fees.
If you’re looking for an NVidia option in a laptop format you’re very limited with Apple laptops as it’s only the highest spec 15' MacBook Pro that offers an Nvidia option and they’re more than double the price of the base model (unfortunately there is no way to upgrade Apple laptop GPU units as they are hardwired into the control board). However I will say that with Apple laptops if you can afford to buy the premium options the laptop will last you far longer. I recently passed on a 15' Macbook Pro from 2006 to a family member (2.6 Ghz dual core with 4gb memory) and they use the Rhino beta without any problems. You pay an awful lot for the final 25% of performance but you also pay for protection against early obsolescence.
You can of course go for one of the the non Nvidia models. I own the latest MacBook Air (Intel powered GPU) and that runs Rhino perfectly. I wouldn’t use the Air for rendering tasks (beyond preview renders) but that isn’t the point of the Air.
Your have three other options here that spring to mind: 1.) Search out the latest “hackintosh compatible laptop” options that are available to you. Be careful here though as you really need to know what you’re doing. 2.) Buy second hand hardware from a few years ago that meets your specification for Nvidia hardware 3.) Buy a reconditioned unit direct from Apple that has the Nvidia option. This would be my recommended option as it will save you a good deal plus you get all your standard warranty/support options of buying direct from Apple. Hope this helps. I’ve never attempted to ‘Hackintosh’ a laptop and everything I’ve read has put me off.