Install the Land F/X Rhino 3D Connection Plugin (Beta Version)

Why beta, and what does it mean for you?

We're so excited about our Planting F/X Plugin for Rhino that we wanted to give it to you as soon as possible, as a beta version. What does that mean for you? It means you have the chance to be part of the development process. Although we won't be able to offer full support for the Rhino plugin, you'll be able to help us discover and work out some of the inevitable kinks.

As with all our products, we invite you to send us a technical support ticket to let us know about any issues you encounter. Keep in mind that our development team will likely need more time than usual to build a solution.

Get help from other users

Although we will provide as much assistance as possible, it's always a good idea to reach out to other Land F/X users who, like you, have chosen to be pioneers in the Rhino frontier. We encourage you to use the Rhino Plugin section of our Community Forum to ask questions. Another user may very well have run into the same issue and may be able to help. Forum posts tend to factor prominently in beta releases, and we want to make sure you're covered.

Prerequisites

Rhino installed (support for Rhino 8 for Windows).

Note: Rhino is a separate program you need to purchase and download from Robert McNeel & Associates.

Our previous Rhino 7 beta plugin is the only version that will work with Rhino 7. If you choose to install this new beta version, it will only work with Rhino 8.

Using a Mac? Install Rhino for Windows using Parallels.

Our Planting F/X Plugin for Rhino also requires the Chromium browser. Without Chromium installed, our dialog boxes will load empty in Rhino. Get Chromium

Your office must be using Cloud Data. More information:

• How to find out whether your office is using Cloud Data
• More information on Cloud Data

How to install the Planting F/X Plugin for Rhino

Our Planting F/X Plugin for Rhino is only available for Windows machines at this time. Verify that you have Rhino 8 open when installing – a blank document is fine. Here's how to install the plugin:

1. Click the link below to download the latest beta version of our plugin for Rhino 8.

2. The plugin will download to the location where your downloads usually go, such as your Downloads folder or your computer desktop.

Navigate to that location, locate the file landfx.yak, and drag that file into the open Rhino window.

You should now see a Successfully installed Landfx (version) message in the Rhino Command line.

The Planting F/X Plugin for Rhino toolbar should now be visible. It may be floating anywhere on your desktop screen. You can move it and dock it into Rhino at this time.

• If the toolbar is visible, continue with Step 3 below.
• If the toolbar is not visible, follow the steps to Load the Planting F/X Plugin for Rhino toolbar manually first, then return here and move on to Step 3.

3. Click the gear (settings) icon on the Rhino toolbar and follow our steps to:

• Set your Rhino library location and
• Enter your Support ID

Installing as a student? You might qualify for our Academic License program.

• Single-user install: We recommend creating a folder named Rhino in the location C:/Landfx and then copying the Rhino Library folder to that location.
• Multi-user install: We recommend creating a folder named Rhino on a shared mapped drive, ideally in your Landfx folder, and then copying the Rhino Library folder to that location.

 

Load the Planting F/X Plugin for Rhino toolbar manually (if necessary)

You only need to complete these steps if you were unable to see the 3D Connection toolbar in Step 3 of the How to install the Rhino Plugin steps above.

1. Run the Toolbar command.

2. If you see a Landfx option in the menu, select it, then select the checkbox that appears to the left of the Land F/X option. If the toolbar shows up on the ribbon, continue with Step 3 of the installation steps above.

If you don't see a Land F/X option in the menu, continue with the rest of the following steps to install the proper toolbar manually.

3. In the same window, open the File menu and select the Close LandFXRhinoAddin option. Click No to save the changes.

4. Again in the same window, open the File menu and select the Open option.

Navigate to the location C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\

Rhinoceros\packages\8.0\Landfx\1.6.0

 

Select the LandFX.rui file in that location, then click Open.

5. Land F/X should now be loaded in the menu. Click OK, and the Land F/X toolbar should pop up on the ribbon.

6. Continue with Step 3 of the installation steps above.

Update the Rhino plugin

To check which version of the plugin you have, and whether or not you're up to date, click the gear (Settings) button on the Planting F/X for Rhino toolbar.

If your version of the plugin is not up to date, you'll see an Update button next to the current version number in the Settings dialog box, along with a message showing which version is available.

 

Updates are not yet available through the plugin. Until further notice, check back on this page for updates.

 

In the meantime, to update our Planting F/X Plugin for Rhino:

To update your plugin to the latest version:

1. Follow our steps to uninstall our plugin for Rhino.

2. Follow our steps to install the latest version of our plugin for Rhino.

 

Uninstall the Planting F/X Plugin for Rhino

To uninstall our Rhino plugin:

1. Within Rhino, type PACKAGEMANAGER

2. Select the Installed tab in the Package Manager.

 

Select the Landfx option, then click Uninstall.

3. You'll see a message that The following packages will be uninstalled: Landfx.

 

Click Uninstall.

4. You'll see a message that you'll need to restart Rhino for the update to take effect. Restart Rhino.

5. If you need to remove the folder completely, navigate to the location C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\8.0 and delete the Landfx folder.