QROST / Crash

Crash allows you to create shared models which can be interacted with by people within your office, or across the globe.

A multi-user collaborative environment for Rhino
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🚀 Poweruser Getting Started

Thanks for checking out Crash! Please follow the steps below to get started in no time! Please make sure you have all the Prerequisites to ensure a smooth building experience.

Installing Crash from within Rhino (Yak)

1. Launch Rhino 7 or 8
2. Type in PackageManager or go to Tools --> Package Manager
3. Search for Crash and press Install.
4. Close and Re-launch Rhino 7 (or 8).
5. Or Press here

Using Crash

To host a new shared mode visit the Crash.Server repo and checkout the README.

To Join a shared model:

1. Type OpenSharedModel command in Rhino.
2. Enter your name when prompted.
3. Enter the server URL from step 4 above.

You're now connected in a collaborative session. To commit your changes to the central model use the Release command.

👨‍💻 👩‍💻 Get Hacking

Thanks again for checking out CRASH! Please follow the steps below to get started and diving into the code in no time!

Prerequisites

• .NET Framework 4.8 and .NET Core 7.0
• Rider or Visual Studio 2022 or Visual Studio Code
• crash.server
• Rhino 7.21+ (win/mac) or Rhino 8.3+ (mac)

Building and Running

1. Clone the repo https://github.com/crashcloud/crash.git
2. Open your IDE of choice and run using Debug
3. The IDE should launch Rhino

Contributing

See the open issues for a full list of proposed features (and known issues). There is also the contribution guide for more info.

Support

For support with Crash please post on discourse in theMulti-user category https://discourse.mcneel.com/c/plug-ins/multi-user/163.

About The Project

This project has been completed as part of the TT AEC Hackathon 2022 - New York. This plugin/application allows users to collaborate on a single central Rhino model. The Team Members for this awesome project are (in alphabetical order):

• Callum Sykes
• Curtis Wensley
• Erika Santos
• Lukas Fuhrimann
• Morteza Karimi
• Moustafa El-Sawy
• Russell Feathers

Acknowledgments

Big thanks to AEC Tech 2022 for arranging this event! Also we would like to thank McNeel for all their awesome work! This project has been a great collaboration of several great minds. Please check out other hackathon projects and future hackathon events hosted by AECTech. Original repo can be found at : crashcloud/crash

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for more information.

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