Rhino WIP | Tips & Tricks

Modeling & Editing

Learn about some of the improvements when modeling & editing in Rhino WIP.

Modeling Simplified (Direct Modeling - Solid Modeling)

Here are additions related to direct modeling workflows in Rhino WIP.

Inset Multiface

Inset now supports grouping faces. This accelerates the solid editing process and is very helpful when multiple faces of a polysurface need to be pushed-pull or extruded as a continuous element.

Individual Inset vs Grouped Inset

Individual Inset vs Grouped Inset

  1. Download inset-multiface.3dm in Rhino .
  2. Run the Inset command.
  3. Select 3 surfaces adjacent surfaces and press .
  4. Select the Mode option in the prompt . It should read: Mode=Group.
  5. At the Inset Distance prompt , type 10 and press .
  6. You get a single loop that crosses all three faces!

PushPull Multiface

Rhino’s PushPull command now supports selecting multiple faces in one go. This is helpful

Pushpull multiple surfaces at once and solve intersections at connecting faces

Pushpull multiple surfaces at once and solve intersections at connecting faces

  1. Download pushpull-multiface.3dm in Rhino .
  2. Run the PushPull command.
  3. At the Select surface to PushPull prompt , select multiple surfaces and press .
  4. At the PushPull distance prompt, drag your mouse or enter a numerical value.
  5. Keep playing!

Gumball Rotate-Extend

You can now use the Gumball Rotate handle to shear a face while in rotation. This avoids deforming adjacent faces.

Rotate a face vs shear a face using Gumball Rotate-Extend

Rotate a face vs shear a face using Gumball Rotate-Extend

  1. Download gumball-rotate-extend.3dm in Rhino .
  2. Activate the Gumball .
  3. Sub-object select one of the vertical faces.
  4. Hold down + while dragging the Gumball Rotate handle.
  5. Your face is sheared!

Explode | TangentComponents

The Explode command allows you to extract surfaces with a tangent connection as a single part. This is great for extracting parts that need to be shelled or given another wall thickness.

Explode all surfaces vs extract parts with tangency connection

Explode all surfaces vs extract parts with tangency connection

  1. Download gumball-rotate-extend.3dm in Rhino .
  2. select the polysurface.
  3. Run the Explode command.
  4. At the Press enter to accept prompt , make sure: TangentComponents=Yes.
  5. Press twice to end the command.
  6. Your tangent surfaces have been extracted as a single part!

Fillets | Chamfers

Learn about the improvements to surface connecting commands, such as FilletSrf , FilletSrfToRail or ChamferEdge amongst others.

FilletSrf

FilletSrf in Rhino 8 and earlier only allows connecting one surface pair at a time, making the process of filleting a Polysurface very time consuming. In Rhino WIP, FilletSrf includes an option named Continue across faces. Create a chain of tangent fillet surfaces across your product in one go!

Fillet across a polysurface in two clicks. Trim and join the result into a solid.

Fillet across a polysurface in two clicks. Trim and join the result into a solid.

  1. Download filletsrf-extend.3dm in Rhino .
  2. Run the FilletSrf command.
  3. At the Select first surface to fillet prompt , select the fillet surface on the grey cylinder.
  4. At the Select second surface to fillet prompt , select the turquoise cylinder.
  5. In the FilletSrf dialog, select Trim and Continue across faces.
  6. Press OK to close the dialog.
  7. The result is filleted along all faces and trimmed!
Before After
Before
After

Rhino 8

Rhino 9

SubD

Learn about the new features and enhancements to the SubD toolset in Rhino WIP.

SubDMatch

The SubDMatch is new to the Rhino Work-In-Progress. It allows you match a SubD chain of edges to another boundary. This boundary can be a curve, a surface edge or another SubD edge chain. You can also make the SubD tangent to the target object, if it’s a surface or SubD. This is useful when matching a SubD to other objects or shapes that have manufacturing constraints, such as a certain radius.

Match to a SubD | Match tangent to a surface

Match to a SubD | Match tangent to a surface

  1. Download subdmatch.3dm in Rhino .
  2. Run the SubDMatch command.
  3. At the Select a chain of SubD boundary edges prompt , double-click on the edge representing the topline.
  4. Press .
  5. At the Select a chain of boundary curves to match prompt , double-click on the bottom surface edge.
  6. Press .
  7. At the SubD edge match parameters prompt , make sure: MatchTangents=Yes and Bulge=0.2.
  8. Try it on your own! Match the sole openings or play with the Bulge value!

Drafting

Learn about the many new tools added to improve creating technical drawings in Rhino WIP.

Layouts

Non-Rectangular Details

HatchPattern: Create

The HatchPattern command allows you to create your own hatch patterns. These get saved in the 3dm file and can be reused in other projects. This is handy to build a custom library to represent materials or patterns specific to a project.

Create your own hatch pattern from a set of Rhino curves

Create your own hatch pattern from a set of Rhino curves

  1. Download hatch-create.3dm in Rhino .
  2. Run the TweenCurves and press .
  3. At the Select start and end curves prompt , select the two wavy curves.
  4. At the Press Enter to accept options prompt , type 10 and twice.
  5. Run the Trim command.
  6. At the Select cutting objects prompt , select the square and press .
  7. At the Select object to trim… prompt , select the Fence option.
  8. Click and drag a fence around the square to trim the exceeding curves.
  9. Run the HatchPattern command.
  10. At the Choose hatch pattern option prompt , select the Add option.
  11. At the Pattern tile rectangle prompt , snap to the End osnap of the square.
  12. At the Other corner or length prompt , snap to the opposite End of the square.
  13. At the Select curves to define pattern prompt , , window select the trimmed curves.
  14. At the Hatch pattern name prompt , type waves.
  15. Press to end the command.
  16. Run the Hatch command to add your pattern to any closed boundary!

Workflows

Rhino WIP includes various tools to streamline certain modeling techniques.

IsolateToViewports

The IsolateToViewports command makes selected objects only appear in specific viewports, while they are hidden in others. This can be helpful when sketching or presenting different design iterations in viewports side-by-side.

Isolate the images to the Top and Front views. Edit the curve in the Perspective view.

Isolate the images to the Top and Front views. Edit the curve in the Perspective view.

  1. Download sketch.3dm in Rhino .
  2. Run the IsolateToViewports command and press .
  3. At the Select objects to make visible in some viewports prompt , select the images in the and viewport. Press .
  4. At the Click in each viewport the objects should be visible in prompt , left-click in the Top and Front viewport.
  5. Press or right-click to end the command.
  6. Run the Curve command.
  7. Start tracing away! You can visualize and edit the resulting curve in the viewport without the images getting in the way.