Getting Started
License
RhinoArtisan gives you two licensing systems. Both use the same product key — what changes is where the license lives.
You choose between them in the RhinoArtisan license window: it opens by itself when you run a command without a license, with the ArtisanLicense command, or from Options › Artisan › Manage license… Switching from one system to the other takes effect at once, without restarting Rhino.
RhinoArtisan’s own system
The simplest and fastest way to get going: open the License Wizard, enter your product key, and the license is activated on that specific machine. Nothing else to set up.
The step-by-step, with screenshots, is on its own page:
RhinoArtisan’s own system — how to activate
Cloud Zoo — Rhino’s license manager
RhinoArtisan also integrates with Cloud Zoo, the licensing system developed by McNeel — most likely the one you’re already using with your Rhino.
Your license is tied to your Rhino account instead of one computer, so you can access it from anywhere, and organizations can pool licenses and share them with the team. It works online or offline, and McNeel manages the server infrastructure.
Setting it up takes two steps:
1. Add your license on Cloud Zoo
2. Set RhinoArtisan Get License from Cloud Zoo
Which one should I choose?
| RhinoArtisan’s own system | Cloud Zoo | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | One machine up and running in a minute, trials, or floating seats shared by a team | Teams that already manage their Rhino licenses in Rhino Accounts |
| License lives | On that computer (or on the floating license server) | In your Rhino account |
| Setup | Enter the product key in the License Wizard | Add the license to Cloud Zoo, then choose Cloud Zoo in the license window |
Whichever you pick, you can switch later — the product key is the same.