D00 - Rhino Cheat Sheet

Subject Rhino Cheat Sheet
Date 4 February 2021 Job No/Ref
1 Introduction
One of the most helpful reference resources for Rhino is the full Command List provided by
McNeel, which lists every command in alphabetical order.
This document refers to a handful of the most helpful commands.
2 Helpful Commands
2.1 General Commands
Move
Move objects from one location to another.
➡️
Copy
The Copy command makes duplicates of the selected objects.
➡️
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Rotate
The Rotate command rotates objects around an axis perpendicular to the current
construction plane.
The rotation plane is based on a picked point and the construction plane of the active
viewport.
➡️
Rotate3D
The Rotate3D command rotates objects around a specified axis in 3-D space.
➡️
DupEdge
The DupEdge command creates curves from the selected surface or mesh edges.


Scale
The Scale command changes the size of selected objects uniformly in the x, y, and z
directions.
➡️
Scale1D
The Scale1D command changes the size of selected objects in one direction.
➡️
Explode
Break objects down into components.
➡️
Join
The Join command connects objects together to form a single object.
Join turns lines into polylines, curves into polycurves, surfaces and polysurfaces into
polysurfaces or solids.
➡️


Hide
The Hide command conceals selected objects from view.
Isolate
The Isolate command hides all objects except the currently selected and locked
object.
Isolate
The Show command re-displays all hidden objects.
Mirror
The Mirror command creates a mirror-image copy of objects.
➡️
Flow
The Flow command re-aligns an object or group of objects from a base curve to a
target curve.
Use the Flow command to map a flat, straight shape to a curved shape, since it can
be easier to draw things when they are lined up than to draw a complex shape around
a curve.
➡️
Length
The Length command reports the length of curves or edges.
Lock
The Lock command sets the state of selected objects so they can be seen and
snapped to, but cannot be selected for editing.


Align
The Align command lines up the bounding boxes of objects.
➡️
Trim
The Trim command cuts and deletes selected portions of an object at the intersection
with another object.
➡️
Split
The Split command divides objects into parts using other objects as cutters.
➡️


2.2 2D Geometry Commands
Line
The Line command draws one line segment.
Circle
The Circle command draws a circle from a center location and a radius.
Rectangle
The Rectangle command draws a closed rectangular polyline.
➡️
Extend
The Extend command lengthens or shortens a curve.
➡️


Offset
The Offset command copies a curve so that all locations on the copied curve are a
specified distance from the original curve.
➡️
Patch
The Patch command fits a surface through selected curves, meshes, point objects,
and point clouds.
➡️


2.3 3D Geometry Commands
ExtrudeCrv
Drive closed planar curves in a straight line.
➡️
ExtrudeCrvAlongCrv
The ExtrudeCrvAlongCrv command creates a surface by tracing the path of a curve
along another path curve.
➡️
ExtrudeSrf
Drive surface edges in a straight line to create a solid.
➡️
Loft
The Loft command fits a surface through selected profile curves that define the
surface shape.
➡️


Make2D
The Make2D command draws object edges and outlines in one or four views as flat
curves on the World Top plane.
➡️
Cap
The Cap command fills planar holes in objects with planar faces.
➡️
Boolean Split
The BooleanSplit command splits shared areas of selected polysurfaces or surfaces
and creates separate polysurfaces from the shared and unshared parts.
➡️
Boolean Difference
The BooleanDifference command trims the shared areas of selected polysurfaces or
surfaces with another set of polysurfaces or surfaces.
➡️


3 Visualisation
3.1 Display Modes

There are several default display models which can be accessed by clicking on the small arrow in
the top left corner of the view:


3.2 Display Panel

A panel for display settings can be accessed by right clicking on any of the tabbed panels on the
right-hand side and selecting the ‘Display’ option. This gives you control over background colour,
visibility of curves, the grid etc.


3.3 Custom Display Modes

Custom display modes can be made by going to Tools > Options > View > Display Modes.
Blue highlighted view modes have been changed. It is always possible to Restore Default settings.


3.4 Named Views

Add a ‘Named Views’ panel by right clicking on any of the tabbed panels on the right-hand side
and selecting the ‘Named Views’ option.
You can then save any view you like to named views


3.5 Capture to File

Views from Rhino can be captured to the clipboard or to a file by going to View > Capture > ….


3.6 Turntable Animation

The Animation Toolbar tab can be turned on by right clicking on the toolbar and selecting ‘Show or
Hide Tabs’.
To make a turntable animation, you can click on the Animation tools button and then select Set up
360 degree turntable animation.


Turntable animation properties can then be defined in the pop up.
The resulting turntable animation can then be recorded.


3.7 Snapshots
Add a ‘Snapshots’ panel by right clicking on any of the tabbed panels on the right-hand side and
selecting the ‘Snapshots’ option.
Saving a Snapshot captures object positions, layer states, display modes etc. This can be used for
animation and illustration purposes.


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Date 4 February 2021 Job No/Ref

2.1 General Commands

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2.2 2D Geometry Commands

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2.3 3D Geometry Commands

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3.1 Display Modes

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3.2 Display Panel

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3.3 Custom Display Modes

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3.4 Named Views

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3.5 Capture to File

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3.6 Turntable Animation

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Turntable animation properties can then be defined in the pop up.

The resulting turntable animation can then be recorded.

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