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More than 30 new compatibility enhancements and new updated libraries allow hundreds of other applications to read and write Rhino 4.0's native 3DM files.

Direct I/O support ( new, enhanced)

  • Save 3DM - Rhino V4 saves 3dm files in V4 format and has a SaveAs V3 and V2 option.
  • DWG/DXF import/export -
    • Opens, imports, and saves AutoCAD 2004, 2005, and 2006 files in addition to previous versions.
    • Opens and imports AutoCAD 2007 files.
    • Reads solids, hatchs, linetypes, line width, ordinate dimension, and MLINES.
    • Imports AutoCAD blocks as Rhino blocks.
    • Save DWG - Unreferenced block definitions are now exported to DWG file format.
    • Use schemes to save the option settings. The schemes apply to both DWG and DXF exporting.
    • Control the way curves are converted to AutoCAD.
  • DGN - Open, import, insert, or attach MicroStation DGN files.
  • FBX - Import and export.
  • GHS (General Hydrostatics) import/export (updated) - Major enhancement for reading and writing GHS geometry and part maker files.
  • GTS import - Import GNU Triangulated Surface (GTS) files.
  • KML - Export to Google Earth.
  • EarthAnchorPoint - Stores a latitude and longitude in the model so that when it is exported to mapping and GIS software (like Google Earth) it will be properly located.
  • PDF/AI import - PDF and Adobe Illustrator 8+ files.
  • AI export
    • Supports page size, line weight, line type, and object color.
    • ViewportBoundary option.
  • PLY - Import and export.
  • SketchUp - Import.
  • SketchUpImportOptions - Specifies how SketchUp files are read into Rhino.
  • STEP import - Updated to support parts and assemblies as blocks.

  • STL export - warns if objects are not closed.

  • STEPTree - Browse the structure of a STEP file.

  • WMF - Supports units.
 

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Third-party I/O support

  • openNURBS developer's toolkit supports Rhino 4.0 native 3DM files. Other 2-D and 3-D CAD/CAM/CAE and graphic applications can read and write Rhino's 3DM files directly without Rhino. These development tools are free to all software developers.
   
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