Aliases

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Aliases run individual Rhino commands or scripts.

You can type command aliases just like normal Rhino commands. You can use them to create abbreviations for often used commands or command scripts. You can also use them to make Rhino share command names with another product.

Alias

The list of existing command aliases.

See: Naming conventions in Rhino

Command macro

The alias definition.

Some object snaps cannot be used in aliases.

Import

Imports aliases from a text file.

Export

Exports aliases to a text file.

New

Creates a new alias

Delete

Deletes the selected alias.


Restore Defaults

Reloads the alias list that ships with Rhino. All custom aliases will be lost.

Default aliases

AdvancedDisplay=OptionsPage > DisplayModes

Break=DeleteSubCrv

C=SelCrossing

COff=CurvatureGraphOff

COn=CurvatureGraph

DisplayAttrsMgr=OptionsPage > DisplayModes

M=Move

O=Ortho

P=Planar

PlugInManager=OptionsPage > Plug-Ins

POff=PointsOff

POn=PointsOn

S=Snap

SelPolysurface=SelPolysrf

U=Undo

W=SelWindow

Z=Zoom

ZE=Zoom > Extents

ZEA=Zoom > All > Extents

ZS=Zoom > Selected

ZSA=Zoom > All > Selected

ZT=Zoom > Target

Hidden options

These options are English-only hidden command options. They can be used whenever Rhino is asking for a point.

These options:

  • Do not work as aliases.
  • Work as a part of a script.
  • Do not autocomplete.
  • Many have several variations to support older names.

Options

From, BasePoint

Along

AlongPerp, PerpFrom, AlongPerpendicular, PerpendicularFrom

AlongTan, TanFrom, AlongTangent, TangentFrom

AlongParallel

Between

Chain

IP, InfinitePlane

OnCurve, OnCrv

OnSurface, OnSrf

.x, .y, .z, .wx, .wy, .wz, .xy, .yx, .yz, .zy, .zx, .xz, .wxy, .wyx, .wyz, .wzy, .wzx, .wxz

Nosnap

Near, NearSnap

Center, Cen, CenterSnap

Knot, KnotSnap

Quadrant, Quad, QuadrantSnap

Midpoint, MidPt, Mid, MidPointSnap

Intersection, Inter, Int, IntersectionSnap

End, E, EndSnap

Perpendicular, Perp

Tangent, Tan

Point, Pt, PointSnap

OnPolySurface, OnPolySrf

PersistentOnCurve, PersistentOnCrv

PersistentOnSurface, PersistentOnSrf

PersistentOnPolySurface, PersistentOnPolySrf

Save option settings for use on other computers

OptionsExport

Save Options settings to a file.

OptionsImport

Restore Options settings from a file.

See also

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