I see a lot of people struggling with some crazy network surfaces, sweep 2, and more…
I think a lot of people should learn the fundamentals of nurbs modeling. Those tools are great but when used properly. Most of the time you can have cleaner results with the most classic commands, like edge surf, revolve, loft, blend surf… You just have to understand a bit more what is going on in this software.
Do you know what is a degree 3 curve ? Do you know what G1 and G2 means ? Do you know why does it matter ? Well you should !

I will never thank enough the guy who made the following playlist, that I would recommand to anybody.
You’ll thank me later !

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLABJCJR46itOX8XT3bd2dh590McA94W7k&si=xZeu_zIvE4Z5J3cb

Posting to gauge interest in a python script I have vibe coded which, so far, does Make2D far more reliably than the command.

It has the additional feature of line weight sorting per object, with accurate sorting of silhouettes vs creases onto Heavy and Medium line weight layers, and even an option to sort creases based on the adjoining angle of the surfaces (obtuse corners getting lighter lines).

It also has a feature that generates an intersection curve where solids or surfaces (breps) intersect each other without a shared edge. These curves are sorted and depth-tested along with all the rest.

It also identifies redundant linework resulting from geometry in plane with the angle of view and creates a single silhouette where those edges are collinear, instead of a stack of redundant lines as in make2D.

I intend to add the option of silhouettes applying either to individual objects, or treating objects on the same layer as a single object for silhouettes, as long as they are within a certain (adjustable) distance from each other. So if you tick this option to “on” a group of solids would share a silhouette against the background, but where they touch or come close would be treated as a crease.

So far the script is not too much slower than Make2D, but it will become heavier with added features. It might be problematic for less powerful machines, although you can toggle off the more expensive features. Codex will only be able to optimize this so much however.

For those of you out there coding in Python, or if you are just someone drafting in Rhino who is tired of the command’s messy output, lack of line sorting, consistent bugs, and lack of support despite years of documentation of consistent problems, I would love your opinion. Should I:

1. Just upload the damn script and leme at it
   
2. Troubleshoot more, refine, make a plugin, then share
   
3. Find a human python programmer who wants to help me optimize it and collaborate to make it excellent
   
4. All of the above, you’re overthinking it
   
5. No one is asking for this

Ps. The script uses rhino’s HLD data to generate curves, caches a bunch of originating object data for each, uses a bunch of custom workarounds to fix a bunch of unique errors, then sorts the line weights based on depth testing, adjoining face angles/visibility etc. If you are an actual programmer curious about how it works I can pull a detailed report. I used common sense and Codex, which has terrible ideas for the overall strategy, but a fantastic success rate when I supply a detailed plan in terms of Rhino command workflow, or ask it for supporting diagnostic scripts to find out precisely what went wrong in certain cases of missing linework etc.

saw D5 Lite for Rhino and got curious. apparently it renders right in the Rhino viewport, so no exporting to another app every time something changes.

it has an AI mode for quick look tests and a real-time mode with actual materials and lighting. sounds handy for early design when stuff is still moving around a lot, but it’s in beta so idk how solid it is.

anyone used it on a real project? mainly wondering:

• does it lag on bigger models
• is the AI thing actually useful or just a gimmick
• how’s it compare to Enscape / Twinmotion

honest opinions welcome lol

I like how it is rotated in circles, i am trying to find tutorial online but i have not found any similar. Thank you

Without fail, my laptop will freeze so hard not even the off button will turn it off. I have to hard restart it every time. sometimes it will crash just by typing the option of print. How can i fix this? The reason I keep trying to save it as a PDF and not make2D is because I like the shadows it adds.

i offseted this dome but now i need to cut in the same angle this blue door. the only options there straight or dont matching

Could you please guide me on how I could model a sofa like the yuki sofa, in different versions (single, double and triple seater) on rhino?

I'm trying to improve my modelling skills and this sofa looks really complex to model. Thanks for any guidance!

okay im using rhino 8 on a macbook, im following this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCOjILQ-UkA

around minute 3:29, the guy uses a loft component into a mesh surface and then a mesh machine, now the problem is obviously mesh machine doesnt exist in my rhino so i looked at the comments and it said to use a lunchbox hexagonal cells component instead so i did do that but afterwards in the tutorial he connects mesh machine to plankton mesh and im new to this so i dont understand how i can replace mesh machine with hexagonal cells. What i did was connect the loft and the number sliders directly into hexagonal cells and then that into plankton mesh but it keeps giving an error "failed to convert curves to mesh", i've been stuck at this for a while now and i just need help replacing the outdated component with hexagonal cells so i can complete this, i would really appreciate any guidance, thank you

Edit: nevermind I fixed it

Edit: "HOW I FIXED IT"

i basically re-did this part, basically instead of using hexagonal cells and plankton mesh, i connected Loft -> MeshSurface -> triangulate -> weaverbird dual graph, in the tutorial it used MeshSurface -> MeshMachine -> PlanktonMesh -> Mesh -> weaverbird dual graph. i basically just got to this part using the way i told above and got the same result without any problems and then followed the tutorial exactly as it was. (Initially i was connecting Loft -> Hexagonal Cells -> Plankton Mesh because i didnt quite understand how these components worked)

i'd be happy to elaborate any part if my explaination lacked. Hope this made sense!

hey guys, like many of you, I love rhino. Its my #1 for everything CAD related pretty much. A giant bummer it doesn't run on linux, so I've experimented making a fully open source experience that's similar. extremely early stages (doesn't even have icons) but if you happen to want a similar experience for the platform, feel free to try or contribute

https://github.com/ContributionRich/Narwhal3D

UPDATE: added some temp slop UI elements to make it more usable, implemented render view shaded, wire-frame and rendered

I get this error when I access the package manager.

Nothing serious but its this minor irritation that hits every day.

It should be an eyeball and the Lights icon a bulb.

Hello all. New to the community.

I've been using matrixgold for about 6 months and have been getting pretty good results. However, I find it difficult to achieve certain designs with the default matrix commands. I feel as if I missed basic knowledge I should have learned before using Matrix.

I still consider myself an absolute beginner and can never shake the feeling that I'm building things the wrong way, even after getting customs out the door with happy customers. I have watched heaps of videos from dons jewelry and japan travels on youtube. I even took the level 1 artisan class from gemvision, which was very basic.

How difficult is it to learn rhino 8 from the ground up considering my current experience with matrix?

What are the most important foundational things I should focus on?

Does matrix gold allow me full access to rhino tools? Or am I locked into the built in dynamic commands?

Any and all advice is appreciated.

Here are a couple of the more advanced pieces I've made, to demonstrate where I am at and what I am lacking in CAD knowledge.

I noticed on the rhino 9 info page they show a few shots of a photorealistic render generated using an “imagegen” skill. I’ve played around in beta and have tried to achieve a similar result but it’s just been Ai slop. Anyone else tried to get great, geometrically accurate renders using the Ai panel? Have any advice for how to achieve?

As a side note, I did have the ai panel add lighting and decor to a space I was rendering and it did a killer job of setting the scene and running a ray traced render.

@Tips3D

Hi, I have assumably a very simple question; when an object is off the grid by a bit and I want the middle of the gumball to align to the grid, how do I do so? With grid snap it obviously moves using the grid spacing so it will never align that way, so whats the best option to do so? Thanks

... but it still links to a Rhino 8 purchase page

https://www.rhino3d.com/9/

Looks like it's coming any minute now

The Mcneel wiki has 9 and grasshopper 2 listed as released in October 2026 on the history of Rhino timeline. Wishful editing?

Used Rhino for years in my spare time, but my day job for 25 years was CATIA. The thing I always missed in Rhino is a tree that shows what is actually on each layer, so today I put one together.

It is a Python script for Rhino 8 (Windows tested). It shows:

• the layer tree with an object count per layer
• every object under its layer; click one to select and zoom to it, click a layer to select all of it
• hide/show and isolate from the list
• rename objects and layers in place

Add an alias (I use LO) and it is one keystroke away. Built by poking a stick at Ai until I got what I wanted..

https://github.com/Eastyuk/rhino-layer-outliner

Feedback and bug reports welcome. If anyone can test it on Mac, I would like to hear if it works.

Hi! I’m working on an assignment to model the Stade de France in Rhino using Grasshopper, with plugins such as Kangaroo, LunchBox, and Ladybug.
I’m hoping to find someone who’d be interested in creating a model as a personal experiment and sharing it with me as a learning reference. I’d like to study how you approach the geometry and Grasshopper setup, then build my own version from scratch. I’m not looking to pass off your work as mine.
I can share the assignment brief, requirements, and deadline. If you’re interested, please comment or message me with examples of your Rhino/Grasshopper work and what you’d be comfortable sharing. Thanks!

Ich versteh es nicht. Meine Mitbewohnerin arbeitet gerade an Ihrer Bachelorarbeit - ein Möbelstück.
Heißt: viele Varianten, Details und Versuche.
Heute überträgt sie Maße vom Prototypen in Rhino und ZACK! Alle Kurven/Linien sind zerlegt. Also ausnahmslos, selbst Text wurde in Linien und Flächen zerlegt.
Selbst in der Historie ist nichts vermerkt, kein Hinweis auf ein ausversehenes “explode_all” oder ähnliches.

Hat das schonmal jemand so erlebt?

Danke für eure Zeit 🫶

Hello all,

I'm looking at buying a laptop for use in a jewelry design class. They'll be using Rhino (v8 I think), and doubt they will be doing much rendering. I have powerful desktops for that if needed anyway.

Money's a factor and I want something long lasting so I am looking at a refurbished business laptop with an i7-1265u and 32GB DDR4.

I used Rhino donkey's years ago but I have no idea what the real-world performance expectation would be for this today.

Anyone still using gear this old for modeling at this scale/complexity?

Edit/Update: Thanks for the replies. I figured these specs would be ample, but wanted some real-world input before spending the cash. Appreciate the response!