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====== Using Schemes to Start Rhino====== | ====== Using Schemes to Start Rhino====== | ||
- | >Start Rhino with different sets of options on the same computer | + | >Start Rhino with different sets of options on the same computer |
Basically, Rhino Schemes are just different sets of personalized options that can be called from a specific desktop shortcut. | 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. | 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. | ||
- | A newly created scheme will always start with the default set of options (as if Rhino was freshly installed). | + | A newly created scheme will always start with the default set of options (as if Rhino was freshly installed). |
===== How to create a new scheme and desktop shortcut===== | ===== How to create a new scheme and desktop shortcut===== | ||
- | 1. Create | + | You first need to create |
- | 2. Right-click | + | * Make a new folder |
+ | * //Copy// the shortcut from your desktop into the new folder. | ||
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- | 3. On the General Tab, edit the name: Rename it to something that will identify the scheme | + | Edit your copied shortcut |
- | 4. On the Shortcut tab, edit the Target path. Add a switch for the new scheme: \\ | + | 1. Right-click on the copied icon. From the menu, click **Properties**. |
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+ | 2. 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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+ | 3. 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.)// | //(The example path below is for Windows 10/11, Rhino 7.0. Others are similar.)// | ||
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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. | + | 4. 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. |
**Notes:** //// | **Notes:** //// | ||
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**Important notes:** | **Important notes:** | ||
- | * Replacing the settings file of of a Rhino version with that of a different version (i.e. V6 to V7) is not recommended. | + | * Replacing the settings file from one Rhino version with that of a different |
* The settings file includes which workspace file(s) should be loaded by a specific scheme, //but it does not modify the workspace files themselves// | * The settings file includes which workspace file(s) should be loaded by a specific scheme, //but it does not modify the workspace files themselves// |