New

Toolbar	Menu	Shortcut
File Standard	File New New Using Template	Command ⌘ + N

The New command creates a new Rhino model based on the default template.

To use a different template

On the File menu, click New Using Template.

Options

Standard templates

Displays thumbnails of the standard template files.

To make a template the default

Right-click the thumbnail image to make the selected template the default.

Show Templates / Show Recent Models

Toggles between displaying the standard template files and recently-opened models.

New Model

Opens a new model with no template.

Open Other

Opens the Open browser window that lets you browse for any file.

Templates

A template is a 3DM file that includes all the information that is stored in a Rhino 3DM file: geometry, grid settings, viewport layout, layers, units, and tolerances.

For example, if you want Rhino to use inches as default units, use the New command to open the template you want to change, change the units to inches and use the SaveAsTemplate command to overwrite the changes to the template.

If you do not have a default template file specified in the current user section of the registry, you will have to choose a start-up template.

If the "Ask every time Rhino starts" check box is not selected, the default template file will be set to the one selected file and will be used when Rhino starts from then on.