Report Templates

A report template is an ordinary Rhino file (.3dm) stored in the Artisan report folder. The Report panel lists every .3dm found there by file name, and uses the one you choose as the layout of the report it generates. These two commands are how you add templates to that folder and how you open one again to edit it.

Both commands need the report folder to be defined; if it is not, the command line reports that the folder for the report templates has not been specified and nothing happens.

Save Report Template

Saves the current Rhino document as a report template. A Save as dialog opens directly in the report folder, filtered to Rhino (*.3dm) files. Choose a name, and the document is saved there with Rhino’s own SaveAs, which means you keep working on that file from then on.

The template list of the Report panel is refreshed immediately, so the new template can be picked without restarting Rhino.

Open Report Template

Opens an existing template for editing. If the document you currently have open has unsaved changes, Artisan asks whether you want to save it first: answering Yes saves it and continues, answering No cancels the command, so you can never lose work by opening a template.

An Open dialog then appears in the report folder, again filtered to .3dm files, and the template you choose is opened as the current Rhino document. Edit its layout, then run Save Report Template — or Rhino’s own Save — to store it back.