Adobe Illustrator (.ai) export

To save as or export a Rhino model

From the File menu, click Export Selected or Save As.

In the dialog box, the Files of type list displays the currently supported file types for export.

In the Files of type box, select the supported file type.

In the File name box, select or type a file name.

Specify what is to be saved.

Save small

Though clearing the render meshes makes the file smaller, it will shade and render more slowly the next time you open the file.

Save geometry only

Saves geometry objects only. No layers, materials, properties, notes, or units settings are saved.

This is similar to exporting the objects. A new file is made, but it does not become your active Rhino model.

Save Textures

Embeds external textures used by materials, environments and decals into the model.

If the export can be configured, click Options to specify export settings.

If the file type creates only mesh objects, in the Polygon Mesh Objects dialog box, specify the mesh settings.

Exports a rectangle that corresponds to the current viewport boundary. It is useful for registering curves to renderings or screen captures taken in the same view.

To turn the message back on

Click Options in the appropriate Save, Export, Open, Import, or Insert dialog box.

Note

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Before exporting, position the objects in the active viewport the way you want them to fit the page in the illustration program.

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Rhino exports text and dimensions to AI files.

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Rhino exports NURBS geometry and polygon meshes as wireframe curves.

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Curves have fewer control points than the original because the Adobe Illustrator file format only supports non-rational cubic Bézier curves. Rational curves or curves higher than degree 3 are approximated with a cubic Bézier.

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If you draw curves using the free-form curve tools degree 3 or lower and export them from the top view, they won't get refit and will look exactly the same in Adobe Illustrator.

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Hatches export into AI as closed paths with standard solid fills.