I bought a book and played with the program and am slowly learning. A class would help but if you know AutoCAD pretty well you can pick up Rhino quickly.

Not suggesting against it, just saying you will learn a lot by playing. Also don't know of any classes per your question.

my 10 year old sister learned it in a week you will be fine :)

maybe just sit with somebody already using it for the purpose you want to and that would be good enough.

what part of the west coast?

there is a rhino scripting class announced here: Sunday-Monday, March 29-30 Link

don't lie anti... your sister came out of the womb with such knowledge ;)

I'm actually in las vegas, but i can accomodate for ca places if need be.

hmmm, Those workshops look not bad, but i'm looking for something more long term, more than a few hours; something more like a class. I'm actually considering the sunnyvale workshop

I'm in the middle of going through the first training manual page by page. but I want to get really good really fast.

Sketchup has held me prisoner for too long. SKETCHUP NO MORE!

anti is partly right, rhino is quite easy and stable, i bought the visual tips and pick it up within a week... i think the real fun part is grasshopper, need more time to digest.

I am a beginner too. If it's not your first program, then it's not necessary to learn it in class. It's easy and fun! Watch video-tutorials and that's it) I think it's possible to learn it in a few weeks.

is your friend.

and don't forget you can ask any question on their newsgroup and get 24 hour help. news://news.rhino3d.com/rhino

Are there any good books/tutorials that specifically target architects using Rhino? I'm looking for something more complex than the Barcelona Pavilion. I'm tempted to buy the BMW tutorial, but maybe there is something better.