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+ | ====== Using Schemes to Start Rhino====== | ||
+ | >Start Rhino with different sets of options on the same computer | ||
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+ | Basically, Rhino Schemes are just different sets of personalized options that can be called from a specific desktop shortcut. | ||
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+ | By default, one scheme is always created (Default), and any modifications will automatically get saved to that. To have more than one scheme, you must specifically create new ones. This page explains how to do that. | ||
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+ | A newly created scheme will always start with the default set of options (as if Rhino was freshly installed). | ||
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+ | ===== How to create a new scheme and desktop shortcut===== | ||
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+ | 1. Create a new shortcut on your desktop which points to your new Rhino scheme. | ||
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+ | 2. Right-click on the copied icon. From the menu, click **Properties**. | ||
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+ | 3. On the General Tab, edit the name: Rename it to something that will identify the scheme with which you are starting Rhino. | ||
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+ | 4. On the Shortcut tab, edit the Target path. Add a switch for the new scheme: \\ | ||
+ | //(The example path below is for Windows 10/11, Rhino 7.0. Others are similar.)// | ||
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+ | **" | ||
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+ | //-- Make sure there is a single space before the **/ | ||
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+ | 5. The new scheme should start from this shortcut with a new set of default Rhino settings that you can change without affecting the original Rhino scheme. | ||
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+ | **Notes:** //// | ||
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+ | * **A template** is a 3DM file that can include any information stored in a Rhino 3DM file: document properties such as units, grid settings, tolerances, etc. as well as viewport layouts, layers, and even geometry. So you can create templates with preset units, layouts, title blocks, geometry, etc. -- anything that normally can be saved in a 3dm file. | ||
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+ | * **A scheme** is a key in the Windows registry that tells Rhino that a set of options has been stored under that scheme name. From Rhino V6 on, the options themselves are stored in the settings folder under the scheme name. The settings folder is located here: **// | ||
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+ | * **A scheme can include a template specification**, | ||
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+ | ===== How to duplicate a scheme===== | ||
+ | //This topic has been updated to Rhino V6 and later !// | ||
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+ | As of V6, Rhino options and various other settings are stored in an .xml file the settings folder located in C: | ||
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+ | This has made duplicating schemes (within the same version) relatively simple. | ||
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+ | **Note that this can also be applied for duplicating Rhino options from one computer to another.** | ||
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+ | **Important notes:** | ||
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+ | * Replacing the settings file of of a Rhino version with that of a different version (i.e. V6 to V7) is not recommended. | ||
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+ | * The settings file includes which workspace file(s) should be loaded by a specific scheme, //but it does not modify the workspace files themselves// | ||
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+ | * //(For V7 and earlier)// If different schemes share the same workspace file (.rui), a change made to the workspace by one instance will affect all others that use it! The workspace file is independent of schemes -- the scheme only knows which one to open, not its structure. | ||
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+ | * It is not currently possible to control the loading or unloading of plug-ins with Schemes. | ||
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+ | >Last edit 12.09.23 by MSH/ | ||
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