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Thanks so much for your feedback and congrats on making it to Lesson 8. My math says you're only 5% of people haha! I'd love to make another series someday - Especially now that we can use AutoLISP with AutoCAD LT. My other tutorials didn't turn out as good as this one. I have better tools and a bit more experience. But I would need time and ideas I guess.

They're coming I just need to finish the model and a few other things. Maybe by the end of the week but I'm hoping for sooner.

@ that’s ok thanks very much for your response 😉

When I said that I wasn't quite sure what I would get someone else to do. I guess I'm just looking for ideas and critique. Or to see if anyone else is actually building a template in Rhino. Or even if people have a use-case for it. I'm also trying to figure out how to get some sort of model library together. I'm getting back into rendering but finding that I don't have the assets I need to populate my scenes. I started creating things (also getting better at things Rhino was actually designed for) but it feels dumb to model things that probably 100 other people created better versions of.

@@randomCADstuffI actually felt a lot like you!! That i was naive just to think that a only Rhino workflow could be done, but got super happy when I ran intoo your profile. Again would be happy to share what I can,

@@Gioelepe Thank-you!! As I further the template I'm going to post more videos like this. And eventually I'll make the template available but for now it's basically just layers.

Here's the link: keithscadservices.gumroad.com/l/ngbmd Sorry for taking 2 days to get back!!

I don't have a Revit license and don't see myself getting one anytime soon. With the cost and the actual amount of money I haul in freelancing it doesn't make sense... at least not right now. That kind of surprises me. A company would pay me around $50,000 - $60,000 USD to sit in their office all day and putter around with Revit at a slow pace. But finding freelance work is actually quite challenging. Glazing, cladding and curtain wall design is cool stuff. I'm definitely interested in it and even bought a couple books on the subject, but they weren't that great. Rhino is somewhat popular with Facade design thanks to the parametric aspect (Grasshopper). Many firms that do the wild custom facades list Rhino/Grasshopper in their desired skills. There's even a way to use "Rhino in Revit". It's capable but also turns into a time pit.

Believe it or not back in the day I was a structural drafter. That's how I got into all of this design stuff in the first place. I've always wondered whether or not Rhino would be a good tool for structural engineers. There is Karamba and Kiwi 3D. I've been able to draft small steelwork projects but I think for larger stuff we'd need a big (and expensive) BIM program to stay competitive.

@@randomCADstuff At least at my firm, I've seen Rhino + grasshopper utilized to create parametric solutions for complex geometries. I also especially love Rhino from it's ability to create meshes for 3D FEM models. At the moment I currently have to rely on a coworker of mine to work in Rhino for me, since I am unfamiliar with the software but I hope to learn it for myself one day.

@@bsamexican Back when I worked with Concrete Towers the 2-way slabs were eating up so much time and resources. I had an idea to use Rhino + Karama (or Kiwi 3D) to do the FEM on the slabs and then figure out a way to automatically populate the rebar with proper bar cut-offs... it would save so much time!! I'm far removed from those projects now (well in that capacity at least). I definitely saw the potential. I remember seeing the price tag on some of the higher-end FEM software it can be over $20,000 per year!! Karamba is still under $1,500 :-O . I wouldn't touch the seismic stuff of course. The slabs are key elements obviously but for the most part the loading calculations are less involved than the building's lateral systems... less involved but still time consuming.

I can't remember where I downloaded this specific font but I do remember it was free and it was called "Graphite MM". Perhaps you can search for that? It's very similar to Adobe's Graphite font. I like the hand-written style but it's hard to find ones that are readable.

Thanks for your feedback! I don't program as much in LISP because I grew very accustomed to the built-in LISP editor. Even in 2024 there's few programs that have such a feature. The editor (VLIDE) only comes with AutoCAD's full version which is quite expensive. I wish one of the other CAD programs would create their own built-in editor, or Autodesk include it with AutoCAD LT.

Are you referring to the 3:00 mark? Are you using AutoCAD or something else? I've used the drag in ACAD '25 it appears to be working.

@@randomCADstuff Dragging does not work after windows 10. Do you know a method for windows 11? Can you help ?

​@@kubraburak8111 There could be another way like via a right-click menu - I don't even have an AutoCAD license at the moment unfortunately. In reference to my comment above one month ago: I was able to drag it successfully while running Windows 11 (ACAD '25). I don't doubt your issue exists as Windows 11 is pretty wacky and inconsistent. For me, maximizing and minimizing windows often goes haywire among other things. It's been the most 'broken' Windows version I've ever used.

Only recently did I realize that a lot of the fonts I'm using are included with the programs I had installed. The "Stylus BT" font in particular, I can't figure out what program that came with (it has also since disappeared from my computer). Windows doesn't actually include a lot of fonts unfortunately.

My intent isn't to be rude but your post does reflect a common style of post by resellers - no objective arguments but rather simply stating their product is "better". If you instead were able to post something more objective it would be very helpful for people trying to pick out an AutoCAD alternative. Better yet if you are not a reseller make a video showing a quick tour of ActCAD (especially in English if possible because I cannot find that). I'm always on the lookout for new CAD programs so I had a look. It is cheap and looks to include lots of features but the big flag I noticed were obvious fake reviews. For example people are writing things that aren't really applicable to your basic everyday AutoCAD tasks/workflows. Aside from fake reviews it's hard to find much information on ActCAD in English which indicates it's not very widely used by English speakers (meaning you're on your own if something doesn't work - but that is often the case with Autodesk products anyways). The issue plaguing the industry is that so many vendors are marketing focused. Nobody wants to do real work and demonstrate objectively that their product will work for their customers. They just want to sucker dumb managers into committing to their products. Vendors that rely on resellers are often the most out of touch. Successful upstarts are actually hiring people to do live demos and prove what the software can do, and even showing how to work around what the software cannot do. I think the title of "Best Value AutoCAD-style Program" is really for the taking right now for whichever company wants to actually look at what their customers need.

Rhino should actually be way better at it. In hindsight I never should have even gone into this much detail in a Revit model. I need to model a bike like this in Rhino as some point so maybe I could do that in the near future. And I actually have a spare fork in the same room as the computer which I'm sitting at; having a reference object handy makes it so much easier.

Unfortunately the code is lost. I have made a new improve version which is included with my template: th-cam.com/video/GNQ7n7sM3lE/w-d-xo.html

I'd love to see more of your method. One reason I don't like annotating in Layout Space is when you have things that are annotations, but tied to physical elements. This can include elevation symbols that show the actual elevations and grid lines. I've been pondering ways to make these work. Programmatically I can create elevation symbols in model space (they won't automatically update when changed/moved but I can almost do that as well). Grid lines create a challenge but maybe we could 'tag' them just like we do for windows, walls, floors, etc... The way my house project is set up you could actually annotate similar to what you describe. The 2D line work is laid out flat in the model space (just without the 3D floor elements). I like the block idea. One thing I've had trouble coming to grips with is Rhino's block editing. It's a smooth transition to and from the block editor... a bit too smooth. Nested blocks can especially create confusion. I had some good success utilizing Visual Arq's plan and section views; they (kind of) automatically update. They had a few glitches that they may or may not fix in Visual ARQ 3. With a bit of tuning up that would be the system I use. Without though it's too much working-around.

If you close and open AutoCAD it should load the aliases. And if you open a new drawing (I think I can't remember). But ya it's convenient to setup everything in a single session without having to close/open stuff.

It could be your file tolerance. Check that first. From there, it becomes a series of uglier and uglier solutions starting with exploding the polysurface and using the "join" command. It might be better to start over if that doesn't work. Since posting this I've been looking at McMaster-Carr's database. Their 3D models are really good. There's also the bolt gen app I mention in another video. Those things existing as they do mean this is more of an exercise rather than something you'd use every day. If you can get fast it'll improve your Rhino skills, so don't fret too much about having to start the process from the beginning.

@@randomCADstuff hey, thanks for your reactivity, i fell less lonely in this situation :) I tried your recommandations and unfotunately it does not work, but I learned from it and tolerances parameters. I started again your tutorial since the beginning, and I found my mistake ! Actually, I was using the TRIM tool instead of SPLIT, but result is the same... still having open borders. I used the file in inch as you mentionned and your sizes, that I did not really followed ad I used a file in MM. And in my version I used a 8MM long helix when you use a 77MM one. So i looks like you use a bigger size but I'm not sure this makes the difference as well. Probably the important step is when you place the circle at the INTERSECTION of the helix, at the minute 8:23. As simple as it, now I have a close solide polysurface because I followed your tutorial strictly. THANKS

Thanks for the comment! My videos aren't exactly the crown jewel of AutoLISP resources out there. I originally started making videos basically because nobody else really does - kind of sort of... my aim is to conclude the tutorial with something a person can maybe use in their day-to-day work. As I dabble in other programming languages I've come to realize how good the AutoLISP resources actually are (Start with AfraLISP.NET because it's pretty amazing itself but has links to many other great resources as well).

@@randomCADstuff vids are awesome man and they help a lot of people. Something about programming for cad that helps with your day to day stuff is addicting, I deff got bit by the lisp bug.

I think I mention that in an earlier video. The vaSectionView (Visual ARQ 2's that is) works really good but also requires more knowledge as well as a VARQ license. I find that it is a little unpredictable in the way it updates. And sometimes it grabs geometry that I would prefer it didn't. And no projected hatches. Using Make2D is slower but somewhat more predictable I guess. Visual ARQ 3 is in Beta and I'm dying to try it out right now but just don't have the time. Rhino 8 has some advantages that negates the need for model space linework, so in R8 my approach might change. If I stayed with R7 this is probably how I would do things.

@@randomCADstuff I also want to try visual arq 3, can you share the downloaded file of visualarq 3.

@@kalpit3d934 I think you have to get in touch with Asuni (The company that makes Visual ARQ) to get the Beta. You also have to have a Visual ARQ 2 license. It's impossible to share.

@@randomCADstuff ok, I will try....

I'll try to find time!! I'm using Rhino 8 now and my process changed, but just a little bit.

Thank-you! Hopefully I'll have time to make more videos in the future :-) .

Glad to hear it worked and thanks for sharing!

I created that myself many years ago. Unfortunately, I lost most of what's shown there in a computer crash. Also installing the dialog onto someone else's computer would be a lot of work on their end. Especially for the images used for the dialog buttons.