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- | ====== Using Schemes to Start Rhino====== | ||
- | >Using Schemes to 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===== | ||
- | //(for Rhino 3 and up)// | ||
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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 Vista/7/8, Rhino 5 64 bit. 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. | ||
- | * **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 without editing the registry===== | ||
- | //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// | ||
- | ===== How to duplicate a scheme by editing the registry===== | ||
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- | **Note: //<color red>Be extremely careful when registry editing! If you use the above method, this is usually not necessary.</ | ||
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- | * From the Windows Start button, choose **Run**, then type **Regedit**, | ||
- | * Navigate to // | ||
- | * You will see all your schemes listed there. | ||
- | * Place the file where you can find it again, like on the desktop. | ||
- | * Right-click on the .reg file and choose **Open With...** and select **Notepad**. | ||
- | * Inside you will see many instances of your original scheme name, let's say it's //Scheme: MyCurrentScheme// | ||
- | * Using the Replace function in Notepad, replace the phrase //Scheme: MyCurrentScheme// | ||
- | * Make sure you replace __all__ instances! | ||
- | * When that is done, save the .reg file and close Notepad. | ||
- | * Right-click on the .reg file and choose **Merge**. | ||
- | * All you have to do now is create a shortcut on your desktop to your new Rhino scheme. | ||
- | * It's a good idea to rename the shortcut so that you know which scheme it will start. | ||
- | * The new scheme should start from this shortcut with all of the previous settings of // | ||
- | * Change what you want while in this instance of Rhino// (make sure only this instance is running!)//, | ||
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- | > **Note:** //It is not currently possible to control the loading or unloading of plug-ins with Schemes. | ||
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- | > **Important: | ||
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