These docs cover RhinoArtisan 7.0, which is still in beta. The contents are provisional: features and pages can still be added, changed or removed before the final release.
Getting Started
License
RhinoArtisan gives you two licensing systems. Both use the same product key — what changes is where the license lives.
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 | Working from several machines, or sharing licenses in a team |
| License lives | On that computer | In your Rhino account |
| Setup | Enter the product key in the License Wizard | Add the license to Cloud Zoo, then enable it in RhinoArtisan |
Whichever you pick, you can switch later — the product key is the same.