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Data Exchange for Rhino®, Tech Preview

Data Exchange for Rhino®, Tech Preview

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Autodesk, Inc.
Rhino Connector enables the users to share the subset for data from the Rhino into other applications such as Autodesk® Revit®, Power Automate, and Autodesk® Inventor®.

General Usage Instructions

You can refer to the following links for the detailed documentation of the Rhino Connector:

Screenshots

Commands

Installation/Uninstallation

Install 

  • This section explains how to install the “Data Exchange – Rhino Connector” on your computer. Ensure that you read the Prerequisites section before installing the Connector. 
  • Double-click the downloaded “Data Exchange - Rhino Connector.exe” installer package. 
  • The installation setup wizard screen appears. Click Next. 
  • Click Install to confirm Installation. 
  • After successful installation, click Finish to exit. 
  • To Enable the Rhino Connector, the account administrator must install the Data Exchange - Rhino Connector app from the App gallery to your Autodesk Docs.  
  • If you are an Account Administrator, click Account Admin from the picker. 
  • Click the Apps tool. 
  • Select the Data Exchange - Rhino Connector app. 
  • Click Install to enable Data Exchange - Rhino Connector. 
  • Click Authorize and Install to complete the installation. The Data Exchange - Rhino Connector app will now display as Activated. 

Additional Information

Known Issues

Refer to the Known Issues.

Contact

Company Name: Autodesk, Inc.

Author/Company Information

Autodesk, Inc.

Support Information

A few points to note:

  • In order to leverage the power of Revit Connector, make sure you install the 2023.0.2 or a later version of the Revit software. 
  • Install Rhino 7 when testing the Rhino connector. 
  • Ensure you have access to data exchanges in your Autodesk Construction Cloud project.

In case of any queries please reach out to The Data Exchange Team at - data.exchange.support@autodesk.com  

Version History

Version Number Version Description

2.0.4

1. Support BIM 360 projects along with ACC. Users should be able to create and load exchanges into their BIM 360 Projects. 2. Bug Fixes.

2.0.1

1. Resolved issues while loading exchanges from Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2. Added support for QADMESH 3. Minor bug fixes

2.0.0

1. Support Reading Data Exchange from Autodesk® Civil 3D® and Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2. Added color support for exchanging Mesh Geometry. 3. Fixed issues with the update exchange option. 4. Minor bug fixes

1.2.9

1. Support Creating and Loading Exchanges from ACC projects in the EU region. 2. Fixed issues with writing parameters from Rhino. 3. Fixed scaling issue for Primitive geometry. 4. Support Reading and Writing mesh geometry.

1.2.7

1. Support Creating and Loading Exchanges from ACC projects in EU region. 2. Fixed issues with writing custom parameters from Rhino. 3. Fixed scaling issue for Primitive geometry. 4. Minor UI updated and Bug fixes.

1.2.2

1. Latency improvement for large data samples 2. Fix for issues related to writing custom parameters 3. Fix of issues related to level imported from Revit Exchanges 4. UI Improvement for filtering.

1.2.0

1. Performance Improvements 2. Added Support for Primitive Geometry types (Lines and points)
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