Models imported with rhino.io, keep all their clean structure from rhino,and are also ready to use for any high quality 3rd party rendering engine such as Redshift, V-Ray 6, Corona 10 , Octane, Arnold, and more.
After downloading the rhino.io Zip-File, unzip it and copy the folder into the 'plugins' folderof your CINEMA 4D application directory. The screenshots below show the correct locations forWindows and Mac OS X users respectively.
After you installed rhino.io as a CINEMA 4D plugin, you need to obtain a rhino.io license. Thislicense is generated based on the rhino.io serial you received on purchase, as well as the CINEMA 4Dserial of the installation you want to use rhino.io with. Do not use the temporary CINEMA 4D serialyou get on purchase of CINEMA 4D, but the final number you get after registering with MAXON.
The easiest way to get your license code, is to start CINEMA 4D with the plugin installed. Itwill complain about the missing rhino.io license and bring up the Register window. Ignore this bypressing cancel, CINEMA 4D will continue to load. In the Plugins Menu you will find an entrycalled Register rhino.io. Clicking this entry will bring up the registration website with most ofthe info already filled in from what you entered in CINEMAs Register window. Finish filling outthis form and click submit. The license will then be sent instantly to the e-mail adress yousupplied.
You can also directly visit the registration website here:www.rhino.io/register/. If thereare any problems with obtaining a license, please check the support website or send an e-mail to in...@rhino.io.
If you use Rhino Blocks, or if you import an .dwg file via Rhino, rhino.io will also import the blocks correctly, automatically translating them into native CINEMA 4D Instances. this enables new work flow possibilities in combination of Rhino and C4D, the use of blocks becomes a very useful work flow through that feature.
in Rhino you have the possibility to set a custom per object render mesh attribute. rhino.io is able to read this special Object properly and use it for the CINEMA 4D import. int hat way you can easily apply custom tessellation settings to a rhino object without the need to actually tessellate it into a mesh before export. rhino.io will do for you.
in which way would you like to work it further? rhino.io will not help you here i believe. its basically just an interchange plugin for moving objects from rhino scenery into cinema scenery. i assume all it does is to send the mesh and maybe textures and maybe cameras and lights there and back in a convenient way. something which you can do with with exporting as collada.
Rhino.io is a connection and import/export plugin that lets you directly open and save native Rhino files (3DM) from within MAXON CINEMA 4D. In addition, models that were changed in Rhino can be updated into CINEMA 4D while keeping material assignments and other changes inside CINEMA 4D intact, enabling you to work with Rhino and CINEMA 4D side by side.
Rhino could therefore act as a NURBS plugin for CINEMA 4D, connecting the best of both worlds. Rhino's precise and extensive CAD and NURBS toolset can be combined with CINEMA 4D's modern and flexible texturing, shading, and lighting tools.
Models imported with rhino.io are also ready to use for any high-quality third-party rendering engines such as V-Ray for C4D, Maxwell, Fryrender, and more.
Rhino.io is available for a limited time introductory price of 79 EUR. The regular price will be 99 EUR.
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