Effective immediately /r/Rhino will be adopting the Reddiquette policy of self-promotion:

I'd like to introduce Rhino Maps: a plugin to stream and download satellite imagery, 3D cities, and terrain directly into Rhino.

I’m looking for beta testers before launching. If you are interested, you can let me know here or in the comment section of my youtube channel. I mainly need to test multiple OS and computer specs to iron out any remaining bugs.

I’ll make an announcement with a tutorial on youtube when it is released, so the best way follow development progress is to keep up to date with the youtube channel.

I made this plugin over the past couple months after finding getting geospatial data into Rhino still being cumbersome and not leveraging performance techniques that have been used by web applications for years.

Key features:

1. Tiled streaming of base maps, terrain, and photorealistic tiles
2. Explore the globe at 60FPS, then set a boundary to render a hi-resolution site map.
3. Stream editing: Edit, texture, mask, and apply display modes to streamed data, without needing to bake the geometry into the scene, preventing file slowdown.
4. Full geometry import: bake the streamed geometry into the scene for offline use, for both local (OSM fetch) or regional data (PBF upload).

Streaming is an approach to keep the Rhino document lightweight. You can explore the entire planet and streaming will automatically handle the loading and unloading of the geometry that is visible to the camera. This alleviates a lot of the common bottlenecks of a heavy rhino file, and gives the user more room to explore and focus on their task at hand without hitting performance limitations.

Formats: Poly and Mesh Building and Base map streaming (CARTO or Mapbox styling)

Photomesh 3D Tiles (Google 3D Tiles)

Terrain (Higher quality than Photomesh for terrain only - AWS Terrain Tiles)

Looking forward to gauging if there is interest, and what you might be interested in using it for.

Haven't seen any announcements... but looks like it's released!?

hello, I am trying to make the steam basket.. not sure how i could project this on it.. does someone has a idea how i can make it work pls help

I made this for a competition. Final product was rendered in blender. No ai used

Hey everyone!

I wanted to share my latest project: a sleek, minimalist incense holder designed with both precision and daily functionality in mind.
I built this from scratch because I wanted something that looks like a refined art piece on a desk or shelf while cleanly catching all the ash.
Key Features:

• Clean & Functional: Deep recessed tray engineered to collect falling ash without any mess.
• Modular Screw Design: The terracotta-style sphere connects via an integrated thread mechanism-making it super easy to disassemble, clean, or swap.
• Flawless Aesthetics: Modeled with automotive Class-A standards for seamless light reflections
(G2 surface continuity).
• Easy to Print: Geometry is fully optimized for smooth 3D printing without needing complex support structures.

I've already tested and printed it, and it works great. If you'd like to check it out or print one yourself, you can find the model on MakerWorld here:
https://makerworld.com/@martinglauber?appSharePlatform=copy

If you enjoy the design, leaving a Boost Token or a quick rating on MakerWorld would mean the world to me and helps me keep creating more models.

Would love to hear your feedback or see your prints if you give it a shot!

Ciao ragazzi sono uno studente di design, le ho provate tutte nel cercare di modellare quest elica, ma probabilmente mi manca qualche conoscenza per poter raggiungere il risultato.

Ho provato vari metodi ma non riesco a ricostruire il profilo di quest elica, può anche non essere uguale al 100% ma per scopo personale volevo avvicinarmici.

A qualcuno andrebbe di aiutarmi? Posso anche rendermi disponibile per vedere in videochiamata come risolvere questo problema.

Ho una scansione 3d fatta con il LiDar dell Iphone e alcune prove già effettuate, allego anche il file per chi volesse sperimentare.

I model aluminum boats but haven't got the chance to nest it for cnc cutting.

All I know is that, to make a developable surfaces you must run a curvature analysis on it an must show that tha gaussian values is 0 or it shows a green color.

This are the things I'm curious about:

1. does the surfaces have to be 0 or some tolerances will allowable? because I'm really had a hard time making it 0 all the way.

2. if flattening the surfaces with some area tolerances from the actual curve surface, what will be the effect in the fabrication process?

I have these paths going through a site I’m designing and they are meant to be large stone pebbles, I’ve done it like this with hundreds of closed surfaces but it keeps causing my file to… want to k!ll itself tbh. How do I keep the idea I’m going for but make it so I can use my laptop again.

I use hops a lot to modularize my grasshopper components - hoping it gets supported in RH9 with GH2!

Reigniting this topic because they really should have an open-hearted discussion with the users specifically about Text/annotation selection problems, there is DOCUMENTED evidence from December 2023 → January 2026 → March 2026, with related selection-performance complaints continuing through September 2026.

That's roughly 2½ years of Rhino 8 being on the market with recurring selection/text-related problems in the form of MONTHLY complaints. Sure, it would be inaccurate to say that one single bug has remained completely unfixed for 2½ years since you have fixed NUMEROUS individual bugs and regressions along the way. The frustrating part is that the broader class of selection/UI performance problems keeps resurfacing in successive Rhino 8 service releases, companies have been reverting to rhino 7 due to “small” things like this.

They’re playing an indisputably dishonest and dangerous game not broadly admitting this: redirecting clients towards their setups, telling them to update drivers / clean install / close the properties window / addressing punctual instances when the interesting question is why do we users keep having to work around selection performance regressions in a mature, paid CAD application close to three years after its release and at the dawn of a later version altogether ?

At this point I can only assume one of three things: 

-They have no understanding of how drafting works, or at the very least no conscience on how serious this issue is for the Drafter userbase. I do an average 4000-5000 text operations a week on this software, multiply that by 1.25 s average (0.5-2s) before being able to edit said text in ANY WAY … costing me a SOLID 20h/drafter/season.

-They’ve given up on having these functions settled until rhino 9.

-They’ve permanently given up on having your software function as a drafting tool and will not be addressing these issues in rhino 9.

So, the question I would LOVE to get written -referable- comment on is: will this BASIC DRAFTING function be infrastructurally addressed once and for all in rhino 9? Or will the Drafter users have to expect a software migration?  If any Mcneel employees see this, consider this an opportunity for honest connection to users in a time where every software is not-so-slowly and surely being reverse-engineered and made free asset by ai .

Lots of hate and indignation from me ,

After posting my tool to another community, the reaction was mostly resistance with a healthy dose of anti-AI sentiment and only the tiniest hint of cautious encouragement. Due to the comments I came up with the decision to make Kaamos open source to make it more transparent than "trust me bro".

Yes, it was built with Claude (design and direction by me, a designer; code by the AI). Kaamos itself has no AI inside, and models never leave your computer.

Some will call it slop, some will call it shit. Call it what you will. But I sincerely hope this will be useful for some of you. And if even one person in a hundred finds it useful, I have succeeded.

• Open source: Full source is on GitHub https://github.com/AtomiLabSlop/kaamos
• Browser based: No install, no account, your models never leave your computer. Tested mainly with Chrome.
• The UI is now Adobe Spectrum 2, with custom colors, fonts, logos
• Real renderings: Raster and path-traced engines, labeled as what they are. PNG export.
• Imports GLB, glTF, OBJ, STEP/IGES

Stack (Do I understand half of this? No. Do I care? Also no.): React, Three.js / R3F, three-gpu-pathtracer, WebGL.

Happy rendering!

Hello! Can you recommend any jewelry design courses for Rhino? I'd prefer something under 300€ but I'm willing to give some more. With or without a certificate.

I know basic silversmithing techniques and I was also using blender for product visualisation. Please don't recommend pj chen YouTube videos, she is wonderful but I don't like the energy.

Thank you

Hi im having a problem with rendering frosted glass in rhino. In my ed model the glass is a curved surface and it seems whatever i do it, it always has this cut off point where the glass is no longer see thru at all. Is there any way to get rid of this or do i have to move into dedicated rendering programme?

When I used to use rhino on windows, i remember the command prompt just had a few lines above it which would display the last few commands. This was super useful for instance when you used the Distance command, as you could see what variable it spit out right above it. Now, on mac, the only way I can find to show the command history is with this annoying separate window. I apologize for this (probably asked before) annoying question, but how do i get it to show the command history in the old way i described?

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to recreate the flowing, curved grooves on the surface shown in the reference image using Rhino 8.

The grooves are evenly spaced and smoothly transition across the surface, creating a flowing, twisted appearance. They also seem to blend smoothly into the main surface rather than looking like separate ribs attached on top.

What would be the easiest way to model this in Rhino 8? Would you recommend using Grasshopper, or can it be done with Rhino's native commands?

I'm looking for a beginner-friendly workflow, preferably with a step-by-step explanation or a tutorial.

Thanks!

Struggling to figure out a Mac to purchase. I had a Lenovo Legion 5i Pro. I am debating between the M5 with 32 GB RAM, or the M5 pro 48GB 18-core CPU and 20-core GPU.

If I opt for the M5 pro option, really wrestling between the 14 and 16 inch. I was disappointed realizing that the keyboard is the same for the 16 inch because it feels really small. At home, I have a monitor, but for potentially long hours away from home, I don’t know how tolerable a 14 inch can be for extended periods of time and if the portability an annoyance is worth it. Would really appreciate recommendations, thank you.

This is a quote wheel with a free-spinning drum and a V-shaped button that slides into gear teeth to stop it instantly. Everything was modeled in Rhino and designed for 45-degree overhangs so it prints without supports.

The character holding it started as an AI image-to-3D mesh that I cleaned up in MeshMixer, then brought into Rhino to flatten the base and split the eyes for multicolor printing.

Free model if you want to look at the geometry: https://makerworld.com/en/models/3460759-chubbs-the-quote-roulette-desk-buddy-fidget-wheel#profileId-3948999

Full design process, failures included: https://youtu.be/J-OxfgX7AfQ

Happy to answer questions about the modeling approach.

I am a professional artist working on my first large-scale design project, which is a home renovation. I have been using Rhino for a year, which was introduced to me in a one-year design course I took. I also learned a bit of Blender, but I stuck with Rhino because it’s more straightforward for me. I like the precision.

The problem is it often crashes/renders super slowly. Part of this is a computer problem, which I will solve. But aside from that, I know Rhino‘s native renderer isn’t that great. In my course we started to learn TwinMotion which looked super cool and shiny, but I haven’t learned it yet. I‘m curious what would be the best solution for me right now for material application.

My workflow was: draw the as-built plan in AutoCAD, import into Rhino, use as a framework to 3D model. Now I’m doing basic modeling in Rhino to get spatial orientation down and crucial measurements for material and finishes. I am doing some detailed design in Rhino but will likely go back to AutoCAD for the specifics. Unless I can do plans from Rhino? Don’t have the hang of it yet.

The goals are:

- Can import from Rhino

- Material application is straightforward and easy to manipulate. e.g. a program where it wouldn’t be hard to make a carpet texture from scratch if I had to. Doesn’t have to be Pixar level of detail, just something bumpy and fuzzy.

- Excellent rendering of lights, plants, and textures like textile, wood grain.

- Easy to build surrounding terrain.

- Not so hard on my RAM. I’m guessing I‘ll have issues no matter what I use because I just need to upgrade. btw I’m working on a Big Mac desktop, and sometimes a Mac Book. Both 2018. Should I consider Windows?

I am hoping to open a boutique design studio after this project. Most of my clients will probably come from my network of artists, curators, etc. So the final results have to look really good for extremely visual people.

On the architectural side I will plan to keep using Rhino and AutoCAD for drafting.

Thanks!

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