Upload your first building - Rhino
1. Create your first project in Finch
Navigate to the
Projects
page on the web-app and selectCreate New
. Give your project a name, and hitOK
.
2. Load the project into Rhino
The Rhino plug-in does not support dark mode on Mac. To use the plug-in, switch to light mode.
Switch over to Rhino and type
Finch
to open the Finch plug-in.Log in with your Finch account under the
Account
tab.Under the
Project
tab, select your new project and variant from the drop-down menus, and clickLoad Project
.
When you load a project into Rhino, the Finch layers are automatically imported to the layers panel. You use these to send and receive geometry to Finch.
3. Create a building mass
Draw a building mass in millimeters.
For precise calculations, each building mass on a site should be uploaded as a single, unified mass.
If you are modeling using separate blocks for stories, use the
BooleanUnion
command to create a single mass prior to uploading.
4. Assign geometry to Finch Layers
Place the volume onto the
building mass
layer, multiple masses go on the same layer together.
5. Sync project
Sync
to upload the building mass.Once the sync is complete, the Rhino model will display floors and a data tag within the Rhino mass and the building will appear inside of Finch.
Video Tutorial
Questions? Reach out to amelia.henry@finch3d.com
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