Rhino CheatSheet DE1
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Modeling commands
3d modeling commands
- Join (Ctrl+J) connects objects together to form a single object
- Explode breaks objects down into components
- Boolean Unions, difference, intersect objects from each other
- OffsetSrf Offset surface copies a surface so that locations of copy/extrudes (solid) are same distance from original
- Shell creates a hollowed out shell from a solid
- Trim (Ctrl+T) cuts and deletes selected portions of an object at the intersection with another object
- FilletEdge creates a tangent surface between polysurface edges with varying radius
- ChamferEdge creates a ruled surface between selected polysurface edges with varying chamfer distances
- cap fills planar holes in objects with planar faces
- Patch fits a surface through selected curves, meshes, point objects, and point clouds
- Flip reverses the normal direction of an object.
- MergeCoplanarFace (MergeAllCoplanarFaces) combines adjacent coplanar faces of a mesh, polysurface, or SubD into a single face
- toNurbs converts mesh objects and SubD objects/edges to NURBS surfaces or curves
- Mesh creates a polygon mesh from a NURBS surface, polysurface, or SubD
- ToSubD converts supported object types into SubD objects
3d to 2d modeling commands
- make2d (create 2d drawings) draws object edges and outlines in one or four views as flat curves on the World Top plane
- ExtractSrf ExtractSurface separates or duplicates polysurface, Extrusion, or SubD faces
- Dupborder creates curves from the boundaries of the selected objects
- DupEdge creates curves from the selected surface, mesh or SubD edges
- Silhouette creates outline curves from a selected surface, extrusion, polysurface, or mesh object
2d modeling commands
- CurveBoolean trims, splits, and joins curves based on their overlapping regions
- Offset copies a curve so that all locations on the copied curve are a specified distance from the original curve
- Connect extends and trims curves to meet at their endpoints
- FilletCorners rounds the corners of polycurves and polylines with arcs of a single specified radius
- Chamfer creates a line segment between two input curves and trims or extends the curves to meet the line segment
- Fillet adds a tangent arc between two curves and trims or extends the curves to the arc
- Rebuild reconstructs selected curves or surfaces to a specified degree and control point number
2d curves to 3d modeling commands
Workflow
Navigation & Orientation
- ProjectOsnap (in snap-menue!) projects object snaps from the actual snap point to the construction plane
- Select (curves, polysurfaces) Dedicated selection commands let you select by object properties
- Lock/unlock (Ctrl+L | Ctrl+Alt+L ) sets the state of selected objects: not selected, snapped, seen...
- BringToFront makes the selected object display in front of all other objects
- SendToBack makes the selected object display behind all other objects
Transformation
- Move control mouse operation for selecting and dragging
- Mirror creates a mirror-image copy of objects
- scale changes the size of selected objects uniformly in the x, y, and z directions
- Box edit (!) edits objects according to their bounding box size, orientation, and position
- CPlane (!) (surface, 3pt & world top)sets origin and orientation of construction plane in active viewport (in menue!)
- Orient moves or copies, rotates, and scales objects using two reference and two target points.
- ProjectToCPlane flattens objects onto the construction plane
Organisation
- Visibility Manage object visibility
- Group (Ctrl+G | Ctrl+Shift+G) creates an single named unit (not object!) from selected objects
- Named Views Panel (in option/toolbar)Saves the current viewport as a named view
- Snapshots (in option/toolbar) tsaves and restores layer states, lights, objects, renderings, camera views
Information
Gumball
The Gumball already covers many challenges in terms of transformation and 3d modelling with its functionalities (VIDEOLINK). Important functions are: Snappy Dragging,
Allign to CPlane/Object, Smarttrack
Using AI in 3D for help with problems and workflows!
It is possible to use AI platforms like Chat GPT and you.com for solving 3D problems and suggesting a workflow for your project. The key to success is a precise question? In you.com, parallel video suggestions are made on the right side of the screen.
Example AI prompts:
- How can I create walls with windows in Rhino 3d?
- Wie kann ich Wände und Fenster in Rhino 3d konstruieren?
- How can I position non orthogonal objects on each other in Rhino 3d?
- How can I project 3d letters on complex objects in Rhino 3D?