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Using NURBS, almost any object that can be imagined can be described as a combination of relatively simple forms. Finding those forms is up to the individual artist or designer, and bringing them together is made much easier with Rhinoceros 2.0 - affectionately called Rhino by those who use it - a 3D design package developed by Robert McNeel & Associates. For the price, a relatively modest $895, Rhino is the highest-quality, most feature rich modeling package on the market today.
As a pure surface-modeling package, Rhino is easy to learn and simple to use. The package's powerful import and export features that allow it to be connected to other programs such as Adobe Illustrator and IGES.
With Rhino, all curves and surfaces, including the surfaces of solids, are NURBS-based. The package supports an impressive set of tools for creating surfaces, including edge curves, planar, extrudes, lofts, networks, rail sweeps, revolves, drapes,...