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.

New

Create a new alias.

Delete

Delete the current alias.

Double-click name

Double-click the Alias or Command macro to change the contents.

Options menu

Import aliases from file

Import the settings from a text file.

Export aliases to file

Export the settings to a text file.

Reset aliases to default

Resets the alias list to its default state.

Default aliases

AdvancedDisplay=PreferencesPage > Display Modes

C=SelCrossing

COff=CurvatureGraphOff

COn=CurvatureGraph

DisplayAttrsMgr=PreferencesPage > Display Modes

M=Move

O=Ortho

P=Planar

PlugInManager=PreferencesPage > 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

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

.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

OnPolySurface, OnPolySrf

PersistentOnCurve, PersistentOnCrv

PersistentOnSurface, PersistentOnSrf

PersistentOnPolySurface, PersistentOnPolySrf