# Bongo - Animation for Designers > Animation for Designers Base URL: https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/ ## Bongo Support - [Can I use Bongo 1.0 and Bongo 2.0 on the same computer?](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/can-i-use-bongo-1/): Yes you can By using the Bongo Version Selector. Bongo Version Selector The Bongo Version Selector can be found in the following Bongo 2.0 folder: C:\Program Files\Bongo 2.0 (32-bit Windows) … - [Display Problems](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/display-problems/): Are you having problems viewing your Material or Layer visibility animation in Bongo? This is unfortunately caused by a problem in the Rhino display. It will be fixed in a future version of Rhino. The … - [How do I make a view animation go slower/faster?](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/how-do-i-make-a-view-animation-go-slower/): There are a few ways you can speed up or make a view animation goes slower. In this article we’ll go though them. Adding/removing ticks on the timeline To speed up or slow down an animation, the … - [How to Animate in Instances (Blocks)?](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/how-to-animate-in-instances-blocks/): How to enable this feature? You enable the feature by checking the checkbox in the Bongo Document Options page under the General section. Please see here. What does it do? Governs whether animation … - [How to Convert An Evaluation To A Full License](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/how-to-covert-an-evaluation-to-a-full-license/): Convert Evaluation Version Evaluation versions of Bongo can be converted to full standalone licenses or floating licenses from the Licenses page in the Options dialog. You will need to purchase a … - [How to Create a Bongo System Report File](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/how-to-create-a-bongo-system-report-file/): Bongo 2 You’ll find the Bongo System Reporter by going to: C:\Program Files\Bongo 2.0 If you have a 64-bit machine and use 32-bit Bongo 2.0 then you’ll find it by going to: C:\Program Files … - [How To Remove Bongo Data From a File?](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/how-to-remove-bongo-data-from-a-file/): Remove all Bongo data from a file In order to remove ALL Bongo data from a file, you have to do the following: Type in -SaveAs on the command line. When prompt: Save file name … - [How to Render with Flamingo nXt?](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/how-to-render-with-flamingo-nxt/): Rendering with Flamingo When using Flamingo nXt as the target renderer, there’s a few things you may want to keep in mind. Supported features Flamingo nxt doesn’t support all features in Bongo. For … - [Move/copy animation data from a view/object](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/move-copy-animation-data-from-a-view-object/): Move or copy animation data You can move/copy the animation data based on: Object View Light Layer Document Content by using the commands: BongoSaveEntityToFile - this will save out the data to a file … - [Problems loading Bongo in Rhino 7](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/problems-loading-bongo-in-rhino7/): Problems loading Bongo in Rhino 7 Have you just installed Bongo and it is not showing up inside Rhino 7. After Bongo has been installed, Rhino 7 should detect that there’s a new plug-in and ask if you … - [Problems Using Groups?](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/problems-using-groups/): This has always been an issue with Bongo - mainly because “grouping” in Rhino is really only a selection helper. It doesn’t really combine the objects. Therefore all the objects inside the group will … - [Problems with Copy/Pasting Animations](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/problems-with-copy-paste/): When copying the same animation into a file multiple times the hierarchy links goes wrong. Why is this? The Bongo hierarchy code is based on the objects ID number that they’re given inside Rhino. When … - [Problems with Rhino Render](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/problems-with-rhino-render/): Select rectangular area to render first. Press Enter to use previous, Esc for none: -Error The error message shows up before every rendered frame. This is caused by a Rhino Render setting. You can … - [Problems with Rotate3D?](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/problems-with-rotate3d/): Why doesn’t the Rotate3D command work in Bongo? Bongo is not able to use native Rhino commands (includes Gumball) to add rotation data because Bongo needs a pivot and Rhino doesn’t know anything about … - [Scripted Installation](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/scripted-installation/): Installing on Rhino 6 or 7 Please make sure you have the latest Bongo 2.0 installer (SR8 or later). It can be downloaded from here. Run the Command Prompt as an administrator. The command used should … - [Where Is The Bongo SDK?](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/where-is-the-bongo-sdk/): Download it from here: Bongo 1.0 C++ SDK Bongo 2.0 C++ SDK - [Which Renderers are Compatible?](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/which-renderers-are-compatible/): Compatible renderers The following rendering engines are known to work with Bongo 2: Rhino Render (supports all features) Octane V-Ray for Rhino Legacy renderers Brazil 2.0 for Rhino (supports all … - [White Dotted Lines and IK Text in the View?](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/white-dotted-lines-and-ik-text/): How to disable them? You can disable the hierarchy links and the IK information in the Bongo Document Options. To change Bongo document settings run the command Options and switch to Bongo on the … - [Z-up Problem](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/support/faq/z-up-problem/): Why does the constrained object “flip”? It’s caused by the Z-up problem. This means that when using a constraint that does not specify the way the Z-axis of the pivot faces (for example, look at … ## Bongo Documentation - [Animating Layer Visibility](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/animating-layer-visibility/): How to animate Layer visibility In Bongo you can animate the layer visibility. To Animate the layer visibility Open the Layer tab in Rhino. Press the Animate button and when you turn the layers on/off … - [Animating Named Views](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/animating-named-views/): Named Views Wizard The Bongo Named Views wizard lets you set up a view animation that passes through a number of named views. Named view animation is especially good for architectural walk- or … - [Animating Object Properties](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/animating-object-properties/): Object properties animation is only available when the renderer supports the rendering features built into Rhino (The RDK - Render Development Kit). Animate Object Visibility Bongo can make Rhino’s … - [Animating RPC Objects](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/animating-rpc-objects/): Animating RPC objects in Bongo Rhino supports RPCs and some of them can be animated. With the help of Bongo you can now animate the animated RPCs inside Rhino. Supported Renderers The renderer need to … - [Animating the Sun](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/animating-the-sun/): How to animate the sun in Bongo? You can animate Rhino native Sun in Bongo. This is a great tool to view how light and shadow will play on your model. It’s easy to use and fast. Tutorial Open the Sun … - [Animating Video Textures](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/animating-video-textures/): Animating video textures in Bongo You can now animated Video Textures in Bongo. It’s an easy and fast way to get a texture animated. All you need is a video file, or a sequence of images, and the rest … - [Animating Waves](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/animating-waves/): Water animation done in Bongo, using the Displacement plug-in in Rhino. Please note This can only be rendered using renderers that support the RDK feature in Rhino. How to do it? Download the finished … - [Animation Hierarchies](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/animation-hierarchies/): The Basics Animated objects can have parents and children. This is displayed in the Animation Manager on the hierarchy tree. Each object is either the child of the Animated Objects item or the child … - [Animation Manager](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/guides/animation-manager/): The Animation Manager lists all animated objects, views, layers, and render content in one place. - [Animation Sets](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/guides/animation-sets/): Bongo Animation Sets provide the ability to run several completely separate animations on the same model. - [Bongo Basics 1: Simple Object Animation](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/guides/basics-1-simple-object-animation/): A guide to basic object animation using Bongo, showing how to animation object motion, rotation, and scale. - [Bongo Basics 1: Simple View Animation](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/guides/basics-2-simple-view-animation/): This guide shows how to create a simple view animation using Bongo. - [Combining Multiple Animations](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/guides/combining-multiple-animations/): This guide covers how to combine two Bongo animations into one single animation. - [Curve Editor](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/guides/curve-editor/): The Bongo Curve Editor allows you to graphically edit the speed of the changes in your animation. - [Document Options](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/guides/document-options/): This guides covers the Document Options available in Bongo. - [Expressions](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/expressions/): What are expressions? An expression describes how a set of values defines a new value. It consists of numbers, parameters, operators and functions. Operators and functions define how numbers together … - [Getting Started](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/guides/getting-started/): This guide gives an overview of Bongo's important concepts and shows you how to get started with Bongo. - [Global Options](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/guides/global-options/): This guides covers the Bongo Global Options exposed in the Rhino Options dialog. - [Inverse Kinematics](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/inverse-kinematics/): What is Inverse Kinematics? When multiple objects are linked together with parent-child-relations the structure is called object hierarchy. In an object hierarchy parents usually transform their … - [Keyframes and Editor](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/guides/keyframes-and-editor/): A guide to editing Keyframes and the Keyframe Editor dialog in Bongo - [Looping](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/guides/looping/): Certain types of animations require some elements to repeat while the animation plays. This is achieved with looping. - [Multiple Constraints and Weighting](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/multiple-constraints-and-weighting/): The Object and View Constraint Managers can apply multiple constraints causing the object or view to be affected by several different constraint conditions at the same time. Initially, these … - [Object Pivot](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/guides/object-pivot/): Bongo object pivots: how to move and rotate. - [Object Properties](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/guides/object-properties/): A guide to the Bongo Object Properties panel, which manages the animation data for each animated object. - [Piston Animation Using IK](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/piston-animation-using-ik/): About Inverse Kinematics (IK) In an object hierarchy, parents normally transform their children as they are themselves transformed. For example, when a parent rotates 90°, its child also rotates 90°. … - [Render the Animation](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/guides/render-the-animation/): A guide to the Bongo Render Animation controls. - [Robot Arm Animation Using IK](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/robot-arm-animation-using-ik/): About Inverse Kinematics (IK) In an object hierarchy, parents normally transform their children as they are themselves transformed. For example, when a parent rotates 90°, its child also rotates 90°. … - [Rotate Then Move](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/rotate-then-move/): Animate an espresso machine In this tutorial example we animate how to remove the coffee filter from the espresso machine. To remove the filter you first have to rotate the handle and then move it. … - [Sample Models](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/sample-models/): Some example models done with Bongo 2.0. - [Simple Morphing](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/simple-morphing/): Simple morphing in Bongo Morphing is a special effect in motion pictures and animations that changes (or morphs) one image/objects into another through a seamless transition. With the help of Bongo … - [Timeline](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/guides/timeline/): A guide to the Bongo Animation Timeline and all its options. - [Turntable Animation](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/turntable-animation/): Turntable Animation with Bongo Turntable Animation with Bongo by Dave Schultze Part 1 Create a 360 degree, turntable rotation for your design. This video focuses on activating Bongo, using the proxy … - [Tweening](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/tweening/): Tweening Tweening in Bongo 1.0 was a bit of a hit-and-miss affair - while we provided the ability to smoothly animate between object and view positions with very little additional work, the power to … - [Using Looping](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/tutorials/using-looping/): Looping Objects that have repetitive movement can be looped. This means the animation will re-run a set number of frames within the timeline for a certain object. Each item can have its own separate … - [Video Encoder and Formats](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/guides/video-encoder-and-formats/): Bongo: A guide to the Bongo Video Encoder and supported formats. - [View Animation](https://www.rhino3d.com/plugins/bongo/en/docs/guides/view-animation/): An in-depth guide to View Animation with Bongo.