New

Creates a new Rhino model based on a template.

Steps:

1. Select a template on which to base your model file.

2. Click the Use this file when Rhino starts checkbox to make Rhino use the selected template as a default next time you create a new model.

3. Click the No Template checkbox to start Rhino using the internal defaults.

Templates

A template is a 3DM file that includes all the information that is stored in a Rhino 3DM file: geometry, grid settings, viewport layout, layers, units, and tolerances.

For example, if you want Rhino to use inches as default units, use the New command to open the template you want to change, change the units to inches and use the SaveAsTemplate command to overwrite the changes to the template.

If you do not have a default template file specified in the current user section of the registry, you will have to choose a startup template.

If the "Ask every time Rhino starts" checkbox is not selected, the default template file will be set to the one selected file and will be used when Rhino starts from then on.

Templates are stored in the Rhino Support folder.

-New

Open

Opens an existing Rhino or other supported format file.

Steps:

1. Select a file type.

2. Select or type a filename.

3. Click the Open button

Note: When Rhino reads polygon mesh formats, the polygon mesh objects in the original file are not converted to NURBS objects; they remain polygon meshes in Rhino; they are not converted to NURBS objects.

Open Rhino With Shortcut

Using shortcuts, you can open Rhino using a number of options.

Options

/<schemename>

Opens with the saved scheme.

/nosplash

Start Rhino with no splash screen. View the splash screen with the About command.

/safemode

Starts Rhino in safe mode.

/language=<nnnn>

language=1041 starts in Japanese, 1033 in English, etc. See: http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/lcid-all.mspx

modelname.3dm

The path and name of a model to open.

Schemes

Save and restore Rhino workspace settings.

To save and restore Rhino workspace settings use a scheme

The scheme saves:

• Command defaults

• Dialog box positions

• All settings in the Rhino Options pages such as aliases, appearance and colors settings, mouse settings, render settings, shortcut keys

• Recently-used file list

• Toolbar layout

To save schemes

1. Make a Windows desktop shortcut to Rhino like this:

   "C:\Program Files\Rhino3.exe" /scheme="WhiteBackground"

2. Set up Rhino with your white background colors and exit.

3. Start Rhino from this shortcut.

   Rhino will find and store all it's settings in:

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\McNeel\Rhinoceros\3.0\Scheme: WhiteBackground\…

4. Make another shortcut:

   "C:\Program Files\Rhino3.exe" /scheme="BlackBackground"

5. Set up Rhino with your black background colors and exit.

6. Start Rhino from this shortcut.

   Rhino will find and store all it's settings in:

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\McNeel\Rhinoceros\3.0\Scheme: BlackBackground\…

-Open

Import

Merges all objects from file into the current model.

Steps:

1. Select a file type.

2. Type a filename.

3. Click the Open button.

Notes

• Rhino imports objects to the model on their original layers and creates the layers if they do not already exist.

• If the imported file type does not contain layer information (such as when you Save a file using the Geometry only option), the objects are placed on the current layer.