Command Quick Reference
Numbers
3DFaceCreates mesh or SubD faces that can be standalone or added to an existing mesh or SubD.
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3ViewSet up a three-viewport workspace.
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4ViewSet up a four-viewport workspace.
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AboutDisplays Rhino version and license information.
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AcadSchemesEdit AutoCAD export schemes.
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AddGuideAdd temporary infinite guide / construction line.
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AddMissingBlockAttributeKeys
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AddNextUAdd the next control point in the u direction to the selection.
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AddNextVAdd the next control point in the v direction to the selection.
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AddNgonsToMeshConverts regions of connected coplanar welded faces into Ngons.
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AddPrevUAdd the previous control point in the u direction to the selection.
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AddPrevVAdd the previous control point in the v direction to the selection.
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AddToGroupAdd an object to a selected group.
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AlerterOpen the Alerter options page.
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AlignLines up the bounding boxes of objects, or object grips (control points, edit points, vertices...).
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AlignProfilesLine up one curve to another.
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AlignVertices
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Mesh / SubD Repair Tools > Align Vertices |
Angle
Report the angle between two picked or defined lines.
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Analyze Angle |
ApplyBoxMapping
Add a box texture mapping channel to an object.
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ApplyCrv
Wrap a curve onto a surface.
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Curve Curve from Objects > Apply UV Curves |
ApplyCurves |
ApplyCustomMapping
Add a custom texture mapping channel to an object.
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ApplyCylindricalMapping
Add a cylindrical texture mapping channel to an object.
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ApplyMesh
Fit a mesh that matches a source mesh onto a surface.
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Mesh Apply to Surface |
ApplyMeshUVN
Wrap meshes and points onto a surface.
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Mesh Apply Mesh UVN |
ApplyOcsMapping
Lines up textures with the object rather than the world coordinates when textures use WCS/OCS or WCS/OCS (Box style) mappings.
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ApplyPlanarMapping
Add a planar texture mapping channel to an object.
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ApplySphericalMapping
Add a spherical texture mapping channel to an object.
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ApplySurfaceMapping
Add a surface texture mapping channel to an object.
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ArcBlend
Create an arc blend curve between two curves.
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Curve Blend Curves > Arc Blend |
Arc
Draw an arc with options for center, start, angle, and direction.
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Curve Arc > <Options> |
AreaCentroid
Report and marks an object's area centroid.
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Analyze Mass Properties > Area Centroid |
AreaMoments
Report an object's area moments of inertia.
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Analyze Mass Properties > Area Moments |
Area
Report an object's area.
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Analyze Mass Properties > Area |
Array
Copy and space objects in columns, rows, and levels.
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Transform Array > Rectangular |
ArrayCrv
Copy and space objects along a curve.
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Transform Array > Along Curve |
ArrayCrvOnSrf
Copy and space objects along a curve on a surface.
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Transform Array > Along Curve on Surface |
ArrayHole
Copy and space holes in rows and columns.
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Solid Solid Edit Tools > Holes > Array Hole |
ArrayHolePolar
Copy and space holes around a central location.
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Solid Solid Edit Tools > Holes > Array Hole Polar |
ArrayLinear
Copy and space objects in a single direction.
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Transform Array > Linear |
ArrayPolar
Copy and space objects around a central location.
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Transform Array > Polar |
ArraySrf
Copy and space objects in rows and columns on a surface.
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Transform Array > Along Surface |
Arrowhead
Create or remove an arrowhead on a curve.
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AssignBlankTexture
Assign texture names to objects.
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AttachGHSData
Add GHS (General HydroStatics) information to objects.
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Tools Attach GHS Data |
Audit3dmFile
Checks a Rhino 3dm file which is not currently opened for errors and lists the contents.
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Analyze Diagnostics > Audit 3DM File |
Audit
Checks the current Rhino model for errors.
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Analyze Diagnostics > Audit |
AutomaticSubDFromMesh
Controls how box-mode TSpline objects in Rhino 5 3dm files and meshes with non-zero division levels in FBX files are read into Rhino as SubD or mesh objects.
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Autosave
Save the current model to a backup file.
B
BackgroundBitmap
Manage a background image in a viewport.
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View Background Bitmap > <Options> |
Bake
Combine an object's textures and decals into a single bitmap file and assign that bitmap as object's texture.
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BatchRenderNamedViews
Renders all the named views in the model and saves the renderings as image files to a folder.
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Render Batch Render Named Views |
Bend
Deform objects along an arc.
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Transform Bend |
Bevel
Chamfers/fillets mesh or SubD edges with specified segments.
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Mesh / SubD Bevel |
Blend
Connect two curves maintaining continuity.
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BlendCrv
Connect two curves with continuity control.
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Curve Blend Curves > Adjustable Curve Blend |
BlendEdge
Create a surface between polysurface edges maintaining continuity.
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Solid Fillet Edge > Blend Edge |
BlendSrf
Create a blend surface between two surfaces with continuity control.
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Surface Blend Surface |
Block
Define a block object.
BlockEdit
Allow selecting a block instance to change the block geometry and update the block definition.
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Edit Blocks > Edit Block in Place |
BlockManager
Manage the block definitions.
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Edit Blocks > Block Manager |
BlockResetScale
Resets the x, y, and z scales of a block instance to 1, or applies the best-fit scale to all axes.
Boolean2Objects
Cycle through possible Boolean operations between two objects.
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Solid Boolean Two Objects |
BooleanDifference
Subtract the volume of one set of objects from another.
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Solid Difference |
BooleanIntersection
Create a new solid from solids' intersected volumes.
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Solid Intersection |
BooleanSplit
Split and close solids at intersections.
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Solid Boolean Split |
BooleanUnion
Combine the volumes of one or more objects.
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Solid Union |
Boss
Extrude closed planar curves normal to the curve plane toward a boundary surface where the boundary surface is trimmed and joined to the extruded objects.
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Solid Boss |
Bounce
Shoot a ray at a collection of surfaces to create a polyline path.
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Curve Polyline Bounce Ray |
BoundingBox
The BoundingBox command creates a box that encloses all selected objects, or each object in selection.
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Analyze Bounding Box |
Box
Draw a solid box.
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Solid Box > <Options> |
BoxEdit
Size, scale, position, and rotate objects numerically.
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Panels BoxEdit |
BoxEdit |
Bridge
Creates faces to connect two SubD/Mesh edge chains.
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SubD/Mesh Bridge |
BringForward
Makes the selected object display one level up in the draw order.
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Edit Arrange > Bring Forward |
BringToFront
Makes the selected object display in front of all other objects.
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Edit Arrange > Bring to Front |
BringViewportToTop
Bring a viewport to the front.
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Cage
Create a control cage object used by the CageEdit command to deform other objects.
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Transform Cage Editing > Create Cage |
CageEdit
Deform objects smoothly using control cage objects.
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Transform Cage Editing > Cage Edit |
CalcRPN
Toggle the on-screen RPN (reverse Polish notation) calculator.
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Tools RPN Calculator |
RPN Calculator |
Calc
Toggle the on-screen calculator.
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Tools Calculator |
Calculator |
Camera
Show, hide, or toggle the visibility of the viewport camera.
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View Set Camera > Show Camera |
F6 |
Cancel
Cancel the current command and deselects objects.
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Cap
Fills planar holes in objects with planar faces.
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Solid Cap Planar Holes |
Catenary
Creates a curve that a hanging chain or cable assumes under its own weight when supported only at its ends.
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Curve
Catenary > <Options> |
Centermark
Draw a cross or a cross and center lines at the center point of a curve.
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Chamfer
Create a line segment between two curves and trims or extends the curves to meet it.
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Curve Chamfer Curves |
ChamferEdge
Create a ruled surface at polysurface edges.
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Solid Fillet Edge > Chamfer Edge |
ChamferSrf
Create a ruled surface between two surface edges.
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Surface Chamfer Surfaces |
ChangeDegree
Change the degree of the polynomial that defines the curve or surface by adding or subtracting control points between knot spans, while maintaining the knot structure.
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Edit Change Degree |
ChangeLayer
Change an object's layer.
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Edit Layers > Change Object Layer |
ChangeSpace
Move or copy objects between layout and detail viewports.
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ChangeToCurrentLayer
Change an object's layer to the current layer.
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Edit Layers > Change Object to Current Layer |
Layer Right-click layer name > Change Object Layer |
CheckInLicense
Check in a license to the Zoo license manager.
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CheckNewObjects
Report errors in an object's data structure as it is created or imported.
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CheckOutLicense
Check out a license from the Zoo license manager.
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Check
Report errors in an object's data structure.
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Analyze Diagnostics > Check |
Circle
Draw a circle from center and radius, diameter, points on the circumference, and circumference length.
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Curve Circle > <Options> |
Clash
The Clash command uses clearance distance to detect clashes between two sets of objects.
ClearAllMeshes
Delete render and analysis meshes.
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ClearAllObjectDisplayModes
Remove all per-view, per-object display mode overrides.
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ClearAnalysisMeshes
Deletes all surface analysis meshes in the model.
ClearDrawOrder
Removes the draw order tags from selected objects.
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Edit Arrange > Clear Draw Order |
ClearUndo
Clear the undo buffer to free memory.
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ClippingPlane
Create a plane that hides objects.
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View Clipping plane |
CloseCrv
Close open curves.
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Curve Curve Edit Tools > Close Curve |
CloseRenderWindow
Close the render display window.
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ClosestPt
Create a point object on an object at the nearest location to a base location or to another object.
CloseViewport
Close the active viewport.
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View Close Viewport |
CollapseMeshEdge
Move mesh edge vertices to a single vertex.
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Mesh Edit Tools > Collapse > Edge |
CollapseMeshFace
Move all mesh face vertices to a single vertex.
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Mesh Edit Tools > Collapse > Face |
CollapseMeshFacesByArea
Move all mesh face vertices to a single vertex based on face area.
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Mesh Edit Tools > Collapse > By Area |
CollapseMeshFacesByAspectRatio
Move all mesh face vertices to a single vertex based on face aspect ratio.
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Mesh Edit Tools > Collapse > By Aspect Ratio |
CollapseMeshFacesByEdgeLength
Move all mesh face vertices to a single vertex based on face edge length.
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Mesh Edit Tools > Collapse > By Edge Length |
CollapseMeshVertex
Move a mesh vertex to an adjacent mesh vertex.
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Mesh Edit Tools > Collapse > Vertex |
CommandHelp
Open the docking context Command Help window.
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Help Command Help Panels Help |
Help |
CommandHistory
Open the Command History window.
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Tools Commands > Command History |
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CommandList
Open the Command List window.
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CommandPrompt
Manage the display of the command prompt window.
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Commands
Display the Command List Help topic.
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Help Command List |
ComputeVertexColors
Evaluate texture coordinates and set vertex colors.
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Cone
Creates a surface cone.
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Solid Cone |
Conic
Draw a conic section curve with options for the start, end, apex, and rho value.
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Curve Conic |
Connect
Extend and trim curves to meet at their endpoints.
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Curve Connect Curves |
ConnectSrf
Extends or trims two surfaces to where they intersect.
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Surface Connect Surfaces |
ContentFilter
Open the Content Filter dialog box.
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ContinueCurve
Continue to draw the selected curve using control points.
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Curve Free-Form > Continue Control Point Curve |
ContinueInterpCrv
Continue to draw the selected curve interpolating through picked points.
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Curve Free-Form > Continue Interpolated Curve |
Contour
Create a spaced series of planar curves and points through objects.
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Curve Curve From Objects > Contour |
Convert
Change a curve to polyline or arc segments.
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Curve Convert <Options> |
ConvertDots
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ConvertExtrusion
Convert extrusion objects to surfaces and polysurfaces.
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ConvertTextToBlockAttribute
Turns exiting text objects into block attributes.
ConvertToBeziers
Change the structure of a NURBS object to a Bézier object.
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CopyCPlaneSettingsToAll
Match all viewports' grid and snap settings to the specified viewport.
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CopyCPlaneToAll
Match all viewports' construction planes to the specified viewport.
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CopyDetailToViewport
Copy a detail viewport to a model viewport.
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Copy
Duplicate objects.
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Transform Copy |
CopyHole
Copy a hole in a planar surface.
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Solid Solid Edit Tools > Holes > Copy Hole |
CopyLayout
Copy the active layout to a new layout.
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CopyLinkedBlockDefinition
Copy a linked block with Reference style layers.
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CopyRenderWindowToClipboard
Copy the image in the render window to the Clipboard.
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CopyToClipboard
Copy objects to the Clipboard.
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Edit Copy |
Ctrl (CMD) + C |
CopyToLayer
Copy objects to a layer.
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Edit Layers > Copy Objects to Layer |
CopyViewportToDetail
Copy or move a model viewport to a detail viewport.
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CPlane
Set the construction plane in the active viewport.
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View Set CPlane |
Crease
Changes smooth SubD edges/vertices into creased edges/vertices, or welded mesh edges into unwelded edges.
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SubD Edit Tools > Crease |
CreaseSplitting
Control whether surface creation commands divide creased surfaces into polysurfaces.
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CreateRegions
Replace a non-manifold polysurface with all solid manifold regions defined by the surfaces of the input.
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CreateSolid
Create a closed polysurface from surfaces.
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Solid Create Solid |
CreateUVCrv
Project a surface boundary and trim curves onto the world xy plane.
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Curve Curve From Objects > Create UV Curves |
Crv2View
Create a curve by averaging two input curves that are planar in two different views.
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Curve Curve From 2 Views |
CrvDeviation
Report the maximum and minimum distances between two curves.
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Analyze Curve > Deviation |
CrvEnd
Place a point object at the end of a curve.
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Curve Point Object > Mark Curve End |
CrvSeam
Change the seam (start/end) location on closed curves.
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Curve Curve Edit Tools > Adjust Closed Curve Seam |
CrvStart
Place a point object at the start of a curve.
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Curve Point Object > Mark Curve Start |
CSec
Create cross-section curves through profile curves.
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Curve Cross-Section Profiles |
CullControlPolygon
Toggle the display of control points that are behind the surface.
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CullDegenerateMeshFaces
Delete zero-area mesh faces.
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Mesh Edit Tools > Cull Degenerate Mesh Faces |
CurvatureAnalysis
Evaluate surface curvature using false-color analysis.
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Analyze Surface > Curvature Analysis |
CurvatureAnalysisOff
Turn off curvature analysis display.
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Curvature
Evaluate the curvature of a curve or surface.
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Analyze Curvature Circle |
CurvatureGraph
Evaluate curve or surface curvature with a graph.
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Analyze Curve > Curvature Graph On |
COn |
CurvatureGraphOff
Turn off curvature graph display.
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Analyze Curve > Curvature Graph Off |
COff |
CurveBoolean
Trim, split, and join curves based on their overlapping regions.
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Curve Curve Edit Tools > Curve Boolean |
Curve
Draw a curve from control point locations.
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Curve Free-Form > Control Points |
CurveThroughPolyline
Create a curve from polyline vertices.
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Curve Free-Form > Fit To Polyline Curve Polyline > Fit Through Points |
CurveThroughPt
Fit a curve through point objects.
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Curve Free-Form > Fit to Points |
CurveThroughSrfControlPt
Fit curves through surface control points.
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Cut
Delete objects and place them in the Clipboard.
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Edit Cut |
Ctrl (CMD) + X |
CutPlane
Create planar surfaces through objects at specified locations.
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Surface Plane > Cutting Plane |
CutVolume
Report the volume of the intersection of a solid and a box.
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Cylinder
Draw a polysurface cylinder.
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Solid Cylinder |
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DecimalPoint
Checks to see whether numbers with decimal points are being correctly printed and read.
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DeleteFaces
Remove faces from a mesh, SubD or Polysurface to create a hole.
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Mesh / SubD Edit Tools > Delete Faces Solid Solid Edit Tools > Delete Faces |
DeleteMeshNgons
Converts Ngons on a mesh into triangle or quad faces.
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Delete
Removes objects or sub-objects.
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Edit Delete |
Delete or Backspace |
DeleteSubCrv
Remove a portion of a curve that is between two locations.
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Curve Curve Edit Tools > Delete Subcurve |
Break |
Detail
Manage layout detail viewports.
DevLoft
Creates a single developable surface between two rails.
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Diameter
Report the diameter of a curve at a specified point.
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Analyze Diameter |
DigBeep
Turn the digitizing arm sound on and off.
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DigCalibrate
Validate digitizer measurements against a model.
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Tools 3‑D Digitizer > Calibrate |
DigCamera
Set the view based on the probe position and direction.
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DigClick
Pick a location with a digitizing arm.
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F12 |
DigDisconnect
Disconnect the digitizing arm.
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Tools 3-D Digitizer > Disconnect |
Digitize
Connect and initialize a digitizing arm.
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Tools 3‑D Digitizer > Connect |
DigLine
Draw a line normal to a surface with a digitizing arm.
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Tools 3‑D Digitizer Normal Line |
DigPause
Suspend/pause input from the digitizing arm.
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Tools 3‑D Digitizer > Pause |
DigScale
Set a scale factor for digitized points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Tools 3‑D Digitizer > Set Scale |
DigSection
Create planar cross sections with a digitizing arm.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Tools 3‑D Digitizer > Planar Section Curve |
DigSketch
Sketch a curve with a digitizing arm.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Tools 3‑D Digitizer > Sketch Curve |
DimAligned
Draw a linear dimension lined up with two points.
DimAngle
Dimension the angle between two lines.
DimArea
Dimension the area of a closed curve, surface, mesh, or hatch.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Dimension Area Dimension |
DimCreaseAngle
Dimension the angle between two planes.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Dimension Crease Angle Dimension |
DimCurveLength
Dimension the length of a curve.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Dimension Curve Length Dimension |
DimDiameter
Dimension the diameter of a curve.
Dim
Draw horizontal or vertical linear dimensions.
DimOrdinate
Dimension the x or y distance from a base location.
DimRadius
Dimension the radius of an arc or circle.
DimRecenterText
Return dimension text to its default location.
DimRotated
Draw a linear dimension that is rotated from the xy axis.
Dir
Display and edit an object's normal direction.
DirectionalLight
Insert a light with parallel rays pointing in a specified direction.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Render Create Directional Light |
DisableClippingPlane
Turn off the selected clipping plane.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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DisableOsnap
Manage persistent object snaps.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Tools Object Snap > Disable Object Snaps |
DisplayCommandPrompt
Re-display the command prompt.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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DisplayProperties
Open the Display panel.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
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Panels Display |
Display |
Distance
Report the distance between two picked locations.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Analyze Distance |
Distribute
Spread objects out evenly between the end objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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DivideAlongCreases
Divide a surface into separate parts at kinks.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Surface Edit Tools > Divide Surface on Creases |
Divide
Create point objects along a curve by the number of equal length segments or segments of a specified length.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Curve Point Object > Divide Curve by > Number of Segments Length of Segments |
DocumentProperties
Manage the settings for the current model.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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File Properties |
DocumentPropertiesPage
Open the Document Properties dialog box at the specified page.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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DocumentText
Opens the Document User Text panel that lets you manage the document text.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
|---|---|---|
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Panels Document User Text |
Document User Text |
DollyZoom
Move the camera location and change the lens length at the same time.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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View Set Camera > Adjust Lens Length and Dolly |
Domain
Report the domain of a curve or surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Dot
Draw an annotation dot that stays parallel to and sizes with the view.
DownloadLibraryTextures
Downloads required bitmap files for textures.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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DraftAngleAnalysisOff
Turn off draft angle analysis.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Close the dialog box. |
DraftAngleAnalysis
Visually evaluate surface draft-angle using false-color analysis.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Analyze Surface > Draft Angle Analysis |
DraftAnglePoint
Place a point object on a surface the surface's draft angle break location.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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DragCopy
The DragCopy command creates a copy of the object being dragged at the current cursor location.
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|---|---|
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DragMode
Specify the plane object dragging will be parallel to.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Edit Change Drag Mode |
DragStrength
Sets the amount of object drag as a percentage of mouse movement to control the speed of the drag movement.
| Toolbar | Menu | Gumball widget menu |
|---|---|---|
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Drag Strength |
Drape
Create a surface through the intersections of objects and points projected toward the construction plane.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Drape |
DrapePt
Create a grid of points at the intersections of objects and points projected toward the construction plane.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Point Object > Drape Points |
DupBorder
Create a curve or polyline that copies a surface, polysurface, or mesh border.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Curve From Objects > Duplicate Border |
DupEdge
Create a curve that copies a surface edge.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Curve From Objects > Duplicate Edge |
DupFaceBorder
Create a curve that copies a polysurface face border.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Curve From Objects > Duplicate Face Border |
DupLayer
Duplicate (copy) a layer including all layer attributes and geometry.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Edit Layers > Duplicate Layer |
DupMeshEdge
Creates a polyline that duplicates the edge of a mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Curve From Objects > Duplicate Mesh Edge |
DupMeshHoleBoundary
Create a polyline that duplicates the boundary of a mesh hole.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Edit Tools > Extract > Hole Boundary |
E
EarthAnchorPoint
Add information about the model's position for GIS mapping applications.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Echo
Turn on echoing of script commands to the command history window.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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EdgeContinuity
Uses line hairs to visualize distance, tangency and curvature difference between an edge pair.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Analyze Surface > Edge Continuity Panels Edge Continuity |
EdgeSrf
Create a surface from two, three, or four curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Edge Curves |
EditLightByHighlight
Add lights based on highlight locations.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Render Edit Light by Highlight |
EditLightByLooking
Set a spotlight direction using view manipulation tools.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Render Edit Light by Looking |
EditPtOn
Displays edit points on curves or SubDs.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Edit Control Points > Show Edit Points |
EditPythonScript
Edit a Python script.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Tools Python Script > Edit |
EditScript
Open a text editor utility for editing RhinoScript files.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Tools Rhino Script > Edit |
Ellipse
Draw a closed elliptical curve from focus points, center and edges, bounding rectangle, and around a curve.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Ellipse > <Options> |
Ellipsoid
Draw a solid ellipsoid.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid Ellipsoid > <Options> |
EMapOff
Turn off environment map display.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Close the dialog box. |
EMap
Visually evaluate surface smoothness using an image bitmap reflected in the surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Analyze Surface > Environment Map |
EnableClippingPlane
Turn on selected clipping planes in the active viewport.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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EndBulge
Adjust the shape of a curve at its end or a surface near an untrimmed edge.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Edit Surface > Adjust End Bulge Edit Adjust End Bulge |
EnterEnd
Simulate the Enter key to complete a command string in a script.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Enter
Simulate the Enter key in a script.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Environments
Opens the Environments panel.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
|---|---|---|
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Render Environment Editor Panels Environments |
Environments |
EvaluatePt
Report the world and construction plane coordinates of a picked location.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Analyze Point |
EvaluateUVPt
Report the u and v coordinates of a specified location on a surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Analyze Surface > UV Coordinates of a Point |
Exit
Close Rhino.
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Toolbar |
Menu |
Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
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File Exit |
Ctrl (CMD) + Q |
ExplodeBlock
Explode a block including any nested blocks into component objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Edit Blocks Explode Block |
Explode
Break objects down into components.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Drawing
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Edit Explode |
ExportBitmaps
Create files from bitmaps in the model.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Export
Save selected objects to a new file.
ExportWithOrigin
Save objects to a new file with a specified origin and construction plane.
ExtendCrvOnSrf
Lengthen a curve on a surface to the surface edges.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Extend Curve > Curve on Surface |
ExtendDynamic
Lengthen a curve by its natural extension to a boundary or point.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Extend
Lengthen a curve.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Extend Curve > <Options> |
ExtendSrf
Lengthen a surface by a value.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Extend Surface |
ExtractAnalysisMesh
Duplicate an object's analysis mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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ExtractBadSrf
Separate surfaces with errors from a polysurface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Analyze Diagnostics > Extract Bad Surfaces |
ExtractConnectedMeshFaces
Separate mesh faces connected to a face.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Edit Tools > Extract > Connected |
ExtractControlPolygon
Fit a polyline through curve control points or a mesh through surface control points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh From NURBS Control Polygon |
ExtractCurvatureGraph
Duplicate a curve's curvature graph.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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ExtractCustomMappingObject
Extracts the custom mapping source, a mesh or a surface, embedded in the selected object.
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|---|---|
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ExtractDuplicateMeshFaces
Separate duplicated faces from a mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Edit Tools > Extract > Duplicate |
ExtractIsocurve
Duplicate surface isoparametric curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Curve From Objects > Extract Isocurve |
ExtractMeshEdges
Separate faces from the parent mesh determined by a draft angle or weld status.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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ExtractMeshFacesByArea
Separate faces from a mesh by area.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Edit Tools > Extract > By Area |
ExtractMeshFacesByAspectRatio
Separate faces from a mesh by aspect ratio.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Edit Tools > Extract > By Aspect Ratio |
ExtractMeshFacesByDraftAngle
Separate faces from a mesh by a draft angle or weld status.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Edit Tools > Extract > By Draft Angle |
ExtractMeshFacesByEdgeLength
Separate faces from a mesh by edge length.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Edit Tools > Extract > By Edge Length |
ExtractMeshFaces
Separate faces from a mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Edit Tools > Extract > Faces |
ExtractMeshPart
Separate faces from a mesh that are bounded by unwelded, non-manifold, or naked edges.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Edit Tools > Extract > Part |
ExtractNonManifoldMeshEdges
Separate non-manifold faces from a mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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ExtractPipedCurve
Duplicate a curve's piping mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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ExtractPt
Duplicate curve control or edit points, surface control points, and mesh vertices.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Curve From Objects > Extract Points |
ExtractRenderMesh
Duplicate the render mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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ExtractSrf
Separates or duplicates polysurface, Extrusion, or SubD faces.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid Extract Surface |
ExtractSubCrv
Separate or duplicate polycurve segments.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Curve From Objects > Extract Curve |
ExtractUVMesh
Duplicate the uv mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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ExtractWireframe
Duplicate surface or polysurface edge and isoparametric curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Curve From Objects > Extract Wireframe |
ExtrudeCrvAlongCrv
Drive closed planar curves along a path curve.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid Extrude Planar Curve > Along Curve Surface Extrude Curve > Along Curve SubD Extrude Curve > Along Curve |
ExtrudeCrv
Drive closed planar curves in a straight line.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Extrude
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Solid Extrude Planar Curve > Straight Surface Extrude Curve > Straight SubD Extrude Curve > Straight |
ExtrudeCrvTapered
Drive closed planar curves in a straight line tapering at an angle.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid Extrude Planar Curve > Tapered Surface Extrude Curve > Tapered |
ExtrudeCrvToPoint
Drive closed planar curves tapering to a point.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid Extrude Planar Curve > To Point Surface Extrude Curve > To Point SubD Extrude Curve > To Point |
ExtrudeMesh
Extrudes mesh faces and boundary edges with different direction modes.
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Toolbar |
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|---|---|
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Mesh Edit Tools > Extrude Faces and Boundary Edges |
ExtrudeSrfAlongCrv
Drive surface edges along a path curve to create a solid.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid Extrude Surface> Extrude Surface to Boundary> Along Curve |
ExtrudeSrf
Drive surface edges in a straight line to create a solid.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Extrude Solid
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Solid Extrude Surface> Extrude Surface to Boundary> Straight |
ExtrudeSrfTapered
Drive surface edges in a straight line tapering at an angle to create a solid.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid Extrude Surface> Extrude Surface to Boundary> Tapered |
ExtrudeSrfToPoint
Drive surface edges tapering to a point to create a solid.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid Extrude Surface> Extrude Surface to Boundary> To Point |
ExtrudeSubD
Extrudes SubD faces and boundary edges with different direction modes.
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Toolbar |
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|---|---|
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SubD Edit Tools > Extrude Faces and Boundary Edges |
F
Fair
Remove large curvature variations in a curve while limiting the geometry changes to the specified tolerance.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Curve Edit Tools > Fair |
Fill
Create SubD faces from SubD boundary edges.
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Toolbar |
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|---|---|
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SubD |
Fillet
Add an arc between two curves and trims or extends the curves to the arc.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Fillet Curves |
FilletCorners
Round polyline corners with arcs.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Fillet Corners |
FilletEdge
Create a tangent surface between polysurface edges.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid Fillet Edge > Fillet Edge |
FilletSrf
Create a constant-radius round surface between two surfaces.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Fillet Surfaces |
FillMeshHole
Fill a hole in a mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Mesh Repair Tools > Fill Hole |
FillMeshHoles
Fill all holes in a mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Mesh Repair Tools > Fill All Holes |
FindText
Finds or replaces the specified text string in text objects, dimensions, or dots.
| Toolbar | Menu | Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
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Ctrl (CMD) + F |
Fin
Extrude a curve on a surface in the surface normal direction.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Extrude Curve > Normal to Surface |
FitCrv
Make a non-rational NURBS curve of a specified degree that matches the input curve to within the specified tolerance.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Curve Edit Tools > Refit to Tolerance |
FitSrf
Reduce the number of surface control points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Surface Edit Tools > Refit to Tolerance |
FixedLengthCrvEdit
Drag points on a curve to change its shape without changing the curve's length.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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FlatShade
Shade objects without smoothing between mesh faces.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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View Flat Shade |
FlattenSrf
Project surface edges onto the construction plane to create planar curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Flip
Reverse the normal direction of a curve, surface, or mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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FlowAlongSrf
Re-align objects from a source surface to a target surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Transform Flow along Surface |
Flow
Re-align objects from a base curve to a target curve.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Transform Flow along Curve |
FoldFace
Rotate polysurface faces around an axis.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Solid Solid Edit Tools > Faces > Fold Face |
Fullscreen
Hide menus, status bar, toolbars, command prompt, and windows title bar and maximize the Rhino window.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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G
GCon
Report the geometric continuity between two curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Analyze Curve > Geometric Continuity |
GetDocumentUserText
Retrieve text information attached to a file with the SetDocumentUserText command.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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GetIssueState
Tests a bugtrack issue id number to determine if code that was committed to fix the issue is in the actively running Rhino.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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GetUserText
Retrieve text information attached to an object using the SetUserText command.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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GradientView
Set the gradient background for a viewport.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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GrasshopperDeveloperSettings
Manages Grasshopper plug-in (*.gha) loading behavior and locations.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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GrasshopperFolders
Opens the folders where Grasshopper stores files of settings, user objects, clusters or components.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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GrasshopperGetSDKDocumentation
Downloads the Grasshopper SDK help document (.CHM) from the Internet.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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GrasshopperIgnorePlugin
Selects a Grasshopper plug-in file (*.gha) that will be ignored by Grasshopper.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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GrasshopperLoadOneByOne
Prompts to load Grasshopper plug-ins one by one and then launch Grasshopper.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Grasshopper
Opens the Grasshopper plug-in window.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
|---|---|---|
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Tools Grasshopper |
Grasshopper |
GrasshopperPlayer
Loads and executes a grasshopper definition (*.gh, *.ghx) without showing the Grasshopper window.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
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Tools Grasshopper Player |
GrasshopperPluginList
Shows the plug-ins used in the currently loaded Grasshopper file.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Tools Grasshopper Plug‑in List |
Grid
Set grid properties.
| Toolbar | Menu | Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
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F7 |
GroundPlane
Open the GroundPlane panel.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
|---|---|---|
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Render Panels Ground Plane Panels Ground Plane |
Ground Plane |
Group
Organize objects into a single component.
GumballAlignment
Reset the gumball widget alignment.
| Toolbar | Menu | Status bar | Gumball widget menu |
|---|---|---|---|
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CPlane
Object
World |
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<Options> |
Align to CPlane Align to Object Align to World |
GumballAutoReset
Reset the gumball widget alignment.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
Status bar |
|---|---|---|
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AutoReset Gumball |
Gumball
Display the gumball widget on a selected object facilitating move, scale, and rotate transformations around the gumball origin.
| Toolbar | Menu | Status bar |
|---|---|---|
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GumballRelocate
Changes the Gumball widget location and orientation of on an object.
| Toolbar | Menu | Gumball widget menu |
|---|---|---|
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Relocate Gumball |
GumballReset
Resets the Gumball widget on an object to the default location and orientation.
| Toolbar | Menu | Gumball widget menu |
|---|---|---|
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Reset Gumball |
GumballScaleMode
Set the size of the scale handles either relative to the model or to a fixed size.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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H
HandleCurve
Draw chained Bézier curves with editing handles.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Curve Free-Form > Handle Curve |
HatchBase
Set a starting point for existing hatches.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Hatch
Create a pattern of lines to fill bounding curves.
HatchScale
Sets the scale factor of hatch patterns in model viewports.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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HBar
Edit a curve or surface with Bézier curve editing handles.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Edit Control Points > Handlebar Editor |
Heightfield
Create a surface based on gray-scale color values in an image file.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Surface Heightfield from Image |
Helix
Draw a helical curve with options for number of turns, pitch, vertical, reverse, and around a curve.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Curve Helix |
Help
Open the Help topic for the current command.
Hide
Conceal objects from view.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
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Geometry Fix
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Edit Visibility > Hide |
Ctrl (CMD) + H |
HideInDetail
Conceal objects in a detail view.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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HideLayersInDetail
Conceal layers in a detail view.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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HidePt
Conceal control and edit points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Edit Control Points > Hide Points |
HideRenderMesh
Hide the render mesh displayed with the ShowRenderMesh command.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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HideSwap
Conceal all visible objects and re-displays all previously hidden objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Edit Visibility > Swap Hidden and Visible |
HistoryPurge
Remove history from an object and its children.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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History
Store the connection between a command's input geometry and the result, so that when the input geometry changes, the result updates accordingly.
| Toolbar | Menu | Status bar |
|---|---|---|
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HistoryUpdate
Redefine selected objects when parents are changed.
| Toolbar | Menu | Status bar |
|---|---|---|
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Update Children |
Hydrostatics
Report hydrostatic values for surfaces and polysurfaces.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Analyze Mass Properties > Hydrostatics |
Hyperbola
Draw a hyperbolic curve from focus points, vertices, or coefficient.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Curve Hyperbola > <Options> |
Hyperlink
Manage URL addresses attached to an object.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Tools Hyperlink > <Options> |
I
IgesImportOptions
Decides if layer level numbers will be added to the end of the layer names on IGES import.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
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IGESStudy
Examine specific entities in an IGES file by limiting which portions of the IGES folder are parsed.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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ImportAnnotationStyles
Import annotation styles into the current document.
ImportLayout
Import a print layout viewport from another file.
| Toolbar | Menu | Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
|
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File > Import From File > Layouts From 3dm File View Layout > Import |
 Click Add Viewport tab |
Import
Merges objects from another model file.
IncrementalSave
Save sequentially-numbered versions of a model.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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File Incremental Save |
InfinitePlane
Intersect any plane with objects to return curves or points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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InsertControlPoint
Add control points to a curve or a row of control points to a surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Control Points > Insert Control Point |
InsertEdge
Inserts edges beside an edge loop or across an edge ring on a SubD or mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SubD / Mesh Insert Edge |
InsertEditPoint
Add edit points to a curve.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Control Points > Insert Edit Point |
Insert
Insert block objects stored in the file or import a file as a block definition.
InsertKink
Add kinks to a curve.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Control Points > Insert Kink |
InsertKnot
Add knots to curves or surfaces.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Control Points > Insert Knot |
InsertLineIntoCrv
Flatten the curve segment between picked points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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InsertPoint
Adds vertices and edges to a Mesh or SubD along the picked points on edges.
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SubD / Mesh Insert Point |
Inset
Offsets the edges of selected mesh or SubD faces in a certain distance towards the center of each face.
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SubD/Mesh Edit Tools > Inset |
InterpCrv
Fit a curve through picked locations.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Curve Free-Form > Interpolate Points |
InterpCrvOnSrf
Fit a curve through locations on a surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Curve Free-Form > Interpolate on Surface |
Intersect
Create point objects or curves at the intersections of curves and surfaces.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Curve Curve From Objects > Intersection |
IntersectSelf
Finds self-intersections in curves and marks them with point objects.
IntersectTwoSets
Find the intersection of one set of objects with another set of objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Curve From Objects > Intersection of Two Sets |
Invert
Deselect all selected objects and select all previously unselected objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Select Objects > Invert |
InvertPt
Deselect all selected control or edit points and select all previously unselected control or edit points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Control Points > Select Control Points > Invert |
Isolate
Hide all but the currently selected objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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IsolateLock
Lock all but the currently selected objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Isometric
Change the current viewport properties to a parallel projection isometric view looking from a specified quadrant toward 0.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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View Set View > Isometric > <Options> |
J
Join
Connect curves, surface edges, or surfaces to form a single object.
| Toolbar | Menu | Shortcut |
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Edit Join SubD Edit tool > Join |
Ctrl (CMD) + J |
JoinEdge
Join two naked edges that are out of tolerance.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Surface and Analyze Edge Tools > Join 2 Naked Edges |
L
Lasso
Select objects by drawing a freehand shape.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Select Objects Area and Volume Select Lasso Control Points > Select Control Points > Lasso |
LayerBook
Moves through the layers of a model sequentially, just like turning the pages of a book or a slide show for demonstration and training.
LayerStateManager
Save and restore the current layer state.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
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Edit Layers > Layer State Manager... Panels Layer States |
Layer States |
Layer
Toggle Layer panel.
Layout
Create a print layout viewport.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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View and Layout Title Layout > New Layout |
LayoutProperties
Manage layout viewport properties.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Layouts
Opens the Layouts panel that manages the layouts in the model.
Leader
Draw an annotation leader with attached text.
Length
Report the length of curves or surface edges.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Analyze Length |
Libraries
Open the Libraries panel.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
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Render Panels Libraries Panels Libraries |
Libraries |
Lights
Open the Lights panel.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
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Render Panels Lights Panels Lights |
Lights |
LimitReferenceModel
Limit the amount of reference geometry that is available to work on.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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File Worksession > Limit |
LinearLight
Insert a tubular light.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Render Create Linear Light |
Line
Draw a single line segment.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Line > <Options> |
Lines
Draw multiple adjoining line segments.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Curve Line > Line Segments |
LineThroughPt
Fit a line through any combination of points, control points, and point-cloud objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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LinetypeDisplay
Configures how linetypes display in viewports.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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List
Report information about object's data structure.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Analyze Diagnostics > List |
LoadScript
Load a RhinoScript.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Tools menu Rhino Script > Load |
Lock
Lock objects so they cannot be selected for editing.
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Shortcut |
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Edit Visibility > Lock |
Ctrl (CMD) + L |
LockSwap
Lock all unlocked objects and unlock all previously locked objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Visibility > Swap Lock and Unlocked |
LockViewport
Toggles the locking state of the current viewport.
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Panel |
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View / Viewport Title Locked |
Properties View properties |
Loft
Fit a surface through profile curves that define the surface shape.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Loft |
Login
Log you into Rhino using your Rhino account.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Logout
Log you out and returns any licenses borrowed from a Rhino account.
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M
MacroEditor
Open an edit window for script creation and testing.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
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Tools Commands > Macro Editor Panels Macro Editor |
Macro Editor |
Maelstrom
Deform objects in a spiral.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Make2D
Project geometry to the construction plane.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Dimension Make 2‑D Drawing |
MakeHole
Project a closed curve to a surface to define a hole.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid Solid Edit Tools > Holes > Make Hole |
MakeNonPeriodic
Insert a kink at the start/end of a curve or surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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MakePeriodic
Remove the kink from the start/end of a curve or surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Edit Make Periodic |
MakeSubDFriendly
Makes any curves SubD compatible.
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Toolbar |
Menu |
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Curve Curve Edit Tools > Make SubD Friendly |
MakeUniform
Make the object knot vectors uniform without changing the control point locations.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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MakeUniformUV
Make the surface knots uniform in u or v direction.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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MappingWidgetOff
Turn off texture mapping widgets.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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MappingWidget
Turn on texture mapping widgets.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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MarkFoci
Place point objects at focus locations of conic curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Curve Point Object > Mark Foci |
MatchAnnotation
The MatchAnnotation command changes an annotation's properties to match another annotation.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Match
Change a curve end to meet another curve or surface edge with a specified continuity.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Curve Edit Tools > Match |
MatchCrvDir
Change a curve's direction to match another curve's direction.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Curve Edit Tools > Match Direction |
MatchLayer
Change an object's layer to match another object.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Edit Layers > Match Object Layer |
MatchMapping
Change an object's texture mapping properties to match another object.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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MatchMeshEdge
Move naked mesh face edges to meet adjacent face edges.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Mesh Mesh Repair Tools > Match Mesh Edge |
MatchProperties
Change an object's properties to match another object.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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MatchSrf
Adjust a surface edge to have continuity with another surface edge.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Surface Edit Tools > Match |
Materials
Open or close the Materials panel.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
|---|---|---|
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Render Material Editor Panels Materials |
Materials |
Maximize
Maximize the Rhino application window.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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MaxViewport
Maximize the active viewport.
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Toolbar |
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Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
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Ctrl + M |
Merge2MeshFaces
Merge two triangular mesh faces into one quadrangular face.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Edit Tools > Merge Two Triangles |
MergeAllCoplanarFaces
Combines the faces of each planar region on a mesh, polysurface, or SubD into a single face.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid Solid Edit Tools > Faces > Merge All Coplanar Faces Mesh / SubD Edit Tools > Merge All Coplanar Faces |
MergeAllEdges
Merge all possible edges of a surface or polysurface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Analyze Edge Tools > Merge All Edges |
MergeCoplanarFace
Combines adjacent coplanar faces of a mesh, polysurface, or SubD into a single face.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid Solid Edit Tools > Faces > Merge Coplanar Face Mesh / SubD Edit Tools > Merge Coplanar Face |
MergeCrv
Combines curves connected end to end into a single curve.
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Toolbar |
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|---|---|
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MergeEdge
Combine adjacent edges of the same surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Analyze Edge Tools > Merge Edge |
MergeFaces
Merges a connected set of SubD or mesh faces into a single face.
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Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
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SubD / Mesh Edit Tools > Merge Faces |
MergeSrf
Combine two surfaces at untrimmed edges.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Surface Edit Tools > Merge |
MeshBooleanDifference
Subtract the volume of one set of objects from another resulting in a mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Mesh Boolean > Difference |
MeshBooleanIntersection
Create a new mesh from the intersected volumes of objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Mesh Boolean > Intersection |
MeshBooleanSplit
Split and close objects at intersections.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Mesh Boolean > Boolean Split |
MeshBooleanUnion
Combine the volumes of objects into a single mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Mesh Boolean > Union |
MeshBox
Draw a mesh box.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Polygon Mesh Primitives > Box |
MeshCone
Creates a mesh cone.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Polygon Mesh Primitives > Cone |
Mesh
Create a mesh from a NURBS surface or polysurface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh From NURBS Object |
MeshCylinder
Draw a mesh cylinder.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Polygon Mesh Primitives > Cylinder |
MeshEllipsoid
Draw a mesh ellipsoid.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Polygon Mesh Primitives > Ellipsoid |
MeshFromLines
Create a mesh from intersecting lines.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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MeshFromPoints
Creates a mesh from point objects or point clouds.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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MeshIntersect
Create a polyline at the intersection of mesh objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Curve From Objects > Intersection of Meshes |
MeshOutline
Create a polyline outline of mesh objects or surface render mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Curve From Objects > Mesh Outline |
MeshPatch
Create a mesh from curves and points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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MeshPlane
Draw a rectangular mesh plane.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Polygon Mesh Primitives > Plane |
MeshPolyline
Create a mesh from a closed polyline.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh From Closed Polyline |
MeshRepair
Open the Mesh Repair wizard.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
|---|---|---|
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Panels Mesh Repair |
Mesh Repair |
MeshSelfIntersect
Creates polylines from self-intersections of mesh objects.
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|---|---|
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MeshSphere
Draw a mesh sphere.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Polygon Mesh Primitives > Sphere |
MeshSplit
Divide meshes into parts with another object.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Edit Tools > Mesh Split |
MeshToNURB
Duplicate each mesh face with a NURBS surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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MeshTorus
Draw a mesh torus.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Polygon Mesh Primitives > Torus |
MeshTrim
Delete portions of a mesh inside or outside intersections with another object.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Edit Tools > Mesh Trim |
MeshTruncatedCone
Draw a mesh truncated cone.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh Polygon Mesh Primitives > Truncated Cone |
MigratePlugins
Searches for 3rd-party plug-ins installed for Rhino 6 to load in Rhino 7.
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Toolbar |
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|---|---|
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Minimize
Minimize the Rhino application window.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Mirror
Create a mirror-image copy of objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Transform Mirror |
MirrorHole
Create a mirror image copy of one or more holes in a single planar surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid Solid Edit Tools > Holes > Mirror Hole |
ModelBasepoint
Set a world origin that is used when inserting the model into another.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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ModifyRadius
Change the radius of existing arcs and circles.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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MoveCrv
Move a polycurve/polyline segment.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Curve Edit Tools > Move Curve Segment |
MoveEdge
Move a polysurface edge.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid Solid Edit Tools > Edges > Move Edge |
MoveExtractedIsocurve
Allows moving a curve created by the ExtractIsocurve command with History.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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MoveFace
Move a polysurface face.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid Solid Edit Tools > Faces > Move Face Move Face to Boundary |
MoveHole
Move a hole in a planar surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid Solid Edit Tools > Holes > Move Hole |
Move
Move objects from one location to another.
| Toolbar | Menu | Alias |
|---|---|---|
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Transform Move |
m |
MoveTargetToObjects
Move the target to the center of selected objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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View Set Camera > Move Target to Objects |
MoveUntrimmedEdge
Move the edge of an untrimmed polysurface face.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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MoveUntrimmedFace
Move an untrimmed polysurface face.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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MoveUVN
Move curve or surface control points along the u, v, and normal directions of the object.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
|---|---|---|
|
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Transform Move UVN Panels MoveUVN |
Move UVN |
MPlane
Set up a relationship between a construction plane and an object.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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View Set CPlane > Mobile Construction Plane |
MultiPause
Pause a script for the duration of multiple selections, for example in Join, Polyline, and FilletEdge.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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MultiPipe
Creates a SubD pipe frame with smooth conjunctions from intersected curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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SubD MultiPipe |
N
NamedCPlane
Manage the named construction planes list.
| Toolbar | Menu |
Panel Gear Menu |
|---|---|---|
|
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File Import from File > Named CPlanes from 3DM file View Set CPlane > Named CPlanes Viewport title Set CPlane > Named CPlanes Panels Named CPlanes |
Named CPlanes |
NamedPosition
Toggle the Named Position panel to the location of objects.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
|---|---|---|
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Panels Named Positions |
Named Positions |
NamedSelections
Opens the Named Selections panel that saves selection sets.
NamedView
Manage the named views.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
|---|---|---|
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File Import from File > Named Views from 3DM file View Set View > Named Views Viewport title Set View > Named Views Panels Named Views |
Named Views |
NetworkSrf
Fit a surface through a network of crossing curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Surface Curve Network |
New
Create a new model based on a template.
NewFloatingViewport
Create a new free-floating viewport.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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View Viewport Layout > Float Viewport |
NewViewport
Create a new viewport.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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View Viewport Layout > New Viewport |
NextOrthoViewport
Activate the next viewport with an orthogonal projection.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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NextPerspectiveViewport
Activate the next viewport with a perspective projection.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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NextU
Select the control point in the positive u direction.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Edit Control Points > Select Control Points > Next U |
NextViewport
Activate the next viewport.
| Toolbar | Menu | Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
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Ctrl + Tab |
NextViewportToTop
Display the next viewport in front of all other viewports.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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NextV
Select the control point in the positive v direction.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Edit Control Points > Select Control Points > Next V |
NoEcho
Turn off echoing of script commands to the command history window.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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NonmanifoldMerge
Create a non-manifold polysurface from intersecting surfaces and polysurfaces.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Notes
Open a text notes window.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
|---|---|---|
|
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File / Panels Notes |
Notes |
Notifications
The Notifications command opens the Notification panel.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
|---|---|---|
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Panels Notifications |
Notifications |
O
Offset
Copy a curve parallel to the original.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Curve Offset Curve |
OffsetCrvOnSrf
Copy a curve on a surface parallel to the original.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Curve Offset > Offset Curve on Surface |
OffsetMesh
Copies a mesh by moving the vertices a specified distance with different direction modes.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Mesh Offset Mesh |
OffsetMultiple
Copy curves or surface edges parallel to the original.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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|
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OffsetNormal
Copy a curve on a surface parallel to the original in the surface normal direction.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Curve Offset > Offset Normal to Surface |
OffsetSrf
Copy a surface parallel to the original.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Solid Offset Surface Offset Surface |
OffsetSubD
Makes a copy of a SubD by moving its vertices towards the normal direction with the specified distance.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
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SubD Offset SubD |
OneLayerOff
Turn off an object's layer.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Edit Layers > One Layer Off |
OneLayerOn
Turn a layer on and all other layers off.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Edit Layers > One Layer On |
OneView
Sets the active construction plane according to the current view direction to accommodate single-window modeling.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Open
Opens an existing model file.
OpenURL
Prompts for entering a web address and opens the website in the default web browser.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
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OptionsExport
Save Options settings to a file.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Tools Export Options |
OptionsImport
Restore Options settings from a file.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Tools Import Options |
Options
Manage global options.
OptionsPage
Open the Options dialog box at a specified page.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Orient3Pt
Transform objects using three reference and three target points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Transform Orient > 3 Points |
OrientCameraToSrf
Align the view to a surface normal.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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View Set Camera > Orient Camera to Surface |
OrientCrvToEdge
Copy and align a curve to a surface edge.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Transform Orient > Curve to Edge |
OrientOnCrv
Transform objects along a curve normal.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Transform Orient > On Curve |
OrientOnSrf
Transform objects normal to a surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Transform Orient > On Surface |
Orient
Transform objects using two reference and two target points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Transform Orient > 2 Points |
OrthoAngle
Set the angle for cursor ortho movement.
| Toolbar | Menu | Status bar |
|---|---|---|
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Set Ortho Angle |
Ortho
Restrict cursor movement to an angle.
| Toolbar | Menu | Shortcut | Alias | Status bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Shift F8 |
O |
Ortho |
Osnap
Set object snaps state.
P
PackageManager
Assists in the discovery, installation, and management of Rhino and Grasshopper plug-ins.
PackSubDFaces
Resets a SubD to the default face packing if adding creases or deleting faces breaks the rectangular quad grids.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
SubD Edit Tools > Pack Faces |
PackTextures
Separates faces of a polysurface in the texture UV space. Each face will display different portion of the texture.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Pan
Shift the location of the view camera and target parallel to the view plane.
| Toolbar | Menu | Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
|
|
View Pan Pan, Zoom, and Rotate > Pan View |
Shift + |
Parabola3Pt
Draw a parabolic curve through three picked points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
|
Parabola
Draw a parabolic curve from focus and vertex or endpoint.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Curve Parabola > <Options> |
Paraboloid
Draw a parabolic surface or capped solid.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Solid Paraboloid > <Options> |
Paste
Insert objects from the Clipboard.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Edit Paste Tools Commands > Paste from Clipboard |
Ctrl (CMD) + P |
Patch
Fit a surface through curves and point objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Surface Patch |
PatchSingleFace
Fill a mesh hole with a single mesh face.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Mesh Mesh Repair Tools > Patch Single Face |
Pause
Stop a script for user input.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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PerspectiveAngle
Set the viewport field-of-view angle.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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PerspectiveMatch
Allow matching the view to the Wallpaper image.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
View Set Camera > Match Wallpaper Image |
Picture
Draw a rectangular planar surface with a bitmap texture.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Plane > Picture |
Pipe
Create a surface, polysurface, or extrusion object with a circular profile around a curve.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid / SubD Pipe |
PlaceHole
Project a closed curve to a surface to define a hole.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Solid Solid Edit Tools > Holes > Place Hole |
PlanarDifference
Selects two overlapped planar surfaces and creates a surface from the first surface with the overlapped area trimmed off.
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Toolbar |
Menu |
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Surface Planar Boolean |
PlanarIntersection
Creates a surface from the overlapped area of two planar surfaces.
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Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Planar Boolean |
Planar
Limit picking locations to an elevation.
| Toolbar | Menu | Alias | Status bar |
|---|---|---|---|
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P |
PlanarMesh
Create a planar mesh from closed curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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PlanarSrf
Create a planar surface from planar curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Planar Curves |
PlanarUnion
Merges overlapped planar surfaces into a single surface.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Planar Boolean |
Plane
Draw a rectangular planar surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Plane > <Options> |
PlaneThroughPt
Fit a rectangular planar surface through points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Plane > Through Points |
Plan
Set the viewport to a parallel plan view.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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View Set View > Plan |
PlayAnimation
Play back an animation or animation preview.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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PlugInManager
Manages plug-in options.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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PointCloudContour
Create a series of planar curves by intersecting spaced planes with a point cloud.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Curve Curve from Objects> Contour Through Points |
PointCloud
Create a set of vertices from point objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Curve Point Cloud > <Options> |
PointCloudSection
Create a planar curve by intersecting a plane with points or pointcloud objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Curve Curve from Objects> Section Through Points |
PointDeviation
Report the distance between points and a surface.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
|---|---|---|
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Analyze Surface > Point Set Deviation Panels PointDeviation |
Point Deviation |
Point
Draw a single point object.
PointGrid
Draw a rectangular grid of point objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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PointLight
The PointLight command inserts an omni-directional light.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Render Create Point Light |
Points
Draw multiple point objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Point Object > Multiple Points |
PointsFromUV
Create point objects at specified surface u and v coordinates.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Analyze Surface > Point from UV Coordinates |
PointsOff
| Toolbar | Menu | Shortcut | Alias |
|---|---|---|---|
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Edit Control Points > Control Points Off |
F11 |
POff |
PointsOn
Display curve and surface control points.
| Toolbar | Menu | Shortcut | Alias |
|---|---|---|---|
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Edit Control Points > Control Points On |
F10 |
POn |
PolygonCount
Report the number of mesh polygons in a selected object.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Polygon
Draw a polygon with a specified number of sides with options for inscribed/circumscribed, by edge, star-shaped, around a curve, and vertical.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Polygon > <Options> |
Polyline
Draw a multi-segment polyline with options for line and arc segments, tracking line helpers, and close.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Curve Polyline > <Options> |
PolylineOnMesh
Draw a multi-segment polyline on a mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Curve Polyline > On Mesh |
PopupMenu
Display a menu with favorites and most-recently-used commands.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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PopupPopular
Display a menu with the most-used commands.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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PopupToolbar
Open the specified toolbar at the cursor.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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PrevU
Select the control point in the negative u direction.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Edit Control Points > Select Control Points > Previous U |
PrevViewport
Activate the previous viewport.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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PrevV
Select the control point in the negative v direction.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Edit Control Points > Select Control Points > Previous V |
PrintDisplay
Display objects using their Print Color and Print Width properties.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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View Print Preview |
Print the current viewport or layouts.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
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File Layout title |
Ctrl (CMD) + P |
ProjectOsnap
Project object snaps to the construction plane.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Tools Object Snap > Project to Plane |
Project
Project curves/points toward a construction plane to intersect a surface, polysurface, mesh, or SubD.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Curve Curve From Objects > Project |
ProjectToCPlane
Flatten objects onto the construction plane.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Transform Project to CPlane |
Properties
Open the Properties panel.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
Panel Gear Menu |
Shortcut |
|---|---|---|---|
|
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Edit Object Properties Panels Properties |
Properties |
F3 |
PropertiesPage
Open the Properties dialog box at a specified page.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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PtOffSelected
Turn off control and edit points for selected objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Pull
Moves curves and points toward the normal direction of a surface, mesh, polysurface, or SubD to find intersections.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Curve Curve From Objects > Pullback |
Purge
Delete unused block definitions, groups, layers, hatch patterns, linetypes, annotation styles, and materials.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Tools File Utilities > Purge Unused Information |
PushViewportToBack
Send a named viewport behind all viewports.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Pyramid
Draw a pyramid.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Solid Pyramid |
Q
QuadrangulateMesh
Merge mesh triangles into quadrangles.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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QuadRemesh
Uses a unique algorithm to generate manageable polygon meshes, ideal for rendering, animation, CFD, FEA, and reverse-engineering.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
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SubD / Mesh Edit Tools > Quad Remesh |
R
Radiate
Creates a radial-symmetrical SubD with specified segments.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
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SubD Symmetry > Radiate |
RadiateFind
Identifies the precisely shaped radial symmetry structure in a SubD and then automatically synchronizes editing between the identical regions around the central axis.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
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SubD Symmetry > RadiateFind |
Radius
Report the radius of a curve.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Analyze Radius |
RailRevolve
Revolve a profile curve around an axis and along a rail curve.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Surface Rail Revolve |
ReadCommandFile
Read and execute a command script from a text file.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Tools Commands > Read from File |
ReadEveryIGESEntity
Import all IGES entities.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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ReadViewportsFromFile
Set the viewport layout to match that of another model.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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View Viewport Layout Read From File |
RebuildCrvNonUniform
Interactively modify selected curves by non-uniformly re-spacing the control points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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RebuildEdges
Restore surface edges to their surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Surface and Analyze Edge Tools > Rebuild Edges |
RebuildMeshNormals
Remove mesh normals and reconstruct the face and vertex normals.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Mesh Mesh Repair Tools > Rebuild Mesh Normals |
RebuildMesh
Strip texture coordinates, vertex colors, surface curvatures, and surface parameters from a mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Mesh Mesh Repair Tools > Rebuild mesh |
Rebuild
Reconstruct curves, surfaces, and extrusion objects to a specified degree and control point number.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Edit Rebuild |
RebuildUV
Reconstructs selected surfaces to degree 3, with a specified control point number, in either the u or v direction.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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RecordAnimation
Render and save animation frames.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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|
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Rectangle
Draw a rectangular closed polyline from with options for starting at the center, three points, vertical, and rounded with arc or conic corners.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Curve Rectangle > <Options> |
RectangularLight
Insert a rectangular directional light.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Render Create Rectangular Light |
RedoMultiple
Reverse the Undo command multiple times.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Edit Redo Multiple |
Redo
Reverse the last Undo.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
|
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Edit Redo |
Ctrl (CMD) + Y |
RedoView
Reverse the last UndoView.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
|
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View Redo View Change |
End |
ReduceMesh
Reduce the number of mesh polygons and triangulates quadrangles.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Mesh Edit Tools > Collapse > Reduce Vertex Count |
ReducePolyline
Uses the Douglas-Peucker algorithmto reduce vertices of a polyline.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
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RefitTrim
Replaces a trimmed surface edge with an untrimmed edge.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Surface Surface Edit Tools > Refit Trimmed Edge |
Reflect
Makes a SubD symmetrical across a reflection plane and merges both sides into a single SubD.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
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SubD Symmetry > Reflect |
RefreshAllTextures
Re-read the texture from their files and refresh the display.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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RefreshShade
Regenerate an object's render mesh.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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View Refresh Shade |
ReleaseFromCage
Remove objects from a control cage.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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RemapCPlane
Reorient objects to a different construction plane.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Transform Orient > Remap to CPlane |
RememberCopyOptions
Specify whether Copy option on transform commands is stored.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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RemoveAllNakedMicroEdges
Removes very small single naked edges that fold or loop back on themselves and have no matching edge to which they can be joined.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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|
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RemoveControlPoint
Remove control points from a curve or surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Edit Control Points > Remove Control Point |
RemoveCrease
Smoothes creased SubD edges/vertices, or welds mesh edges.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
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SubD Edit Tools > Remove Crease |
RemoveFromGroup
Detach objects from their parent group.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Edit Groups > Remove From Group |
RemoveGuide
Remove temporary infinite guide / construction line.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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RemoveKnot
Delete specified knots from a curve or surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Edit Control Points > Remove Knot |
RemoveMappingChannel
Remove mapping channels from an object.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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RemoveMultiKnot
Remove multiple knots from curves and surfaces.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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RemovePerFaceColors
Clears per-face display colors or rendering materials on polysurfaces or SubDs.
RemoveSymmetry
Removes the SubD symmetry constraints set by the Reflect and Radiate commands from selected SubDs.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
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SubD Symmetry > Remove Symmetry |
RenderArctic
Set everything to white - materials, skylighting, ground plane and renders the current viewport.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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RenderAssignMaterialToLayer
Assigns a material to a layer from the command-line.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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RenderAssignMaterialToLayersOfObjects
Assigns a material to the selected object's layer from the command-line.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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RenderAssignMaterialToObjects
Assigns a material to the selected objects from the command-line.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
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RenderBlowup
Render a selected area of the current viewport in the render window at the resolution specified in the Rendering panel.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Rendering
Open the Render panel.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
|---|---|---|
|
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Panels Rendering |
Rendering |
RenderInWindow
Render a selected area in the render window at viewport resolution.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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RenderMergeIdenticalMaterials
Finds materials with the same settings in the model, keeps one of them, and deletes the rest. Material assignments will update accordingly.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Render Merge Identical Materials |
RenderOpenLastRendering
Open last rendering in render window.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Render Open Last Rendering |
RenderOpenRenderImage
Open an image with the .rimage format.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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RenderPreviewInWindow
Renders a selected area of the current viewport in the Render window with a rough quality for a fast preview.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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RenderPreview
Renders the current viewport in the Render window with a rough quality for a fast preview.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Render Render Preview |
RenderPreviewWindow
Renders a selected area in the viewport with a rough quality for a fast preview.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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Render
Render the objects using the current renderer.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Render Render |
RenderReportImageFiles
Opens a dialog box to manage external image files.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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RenderReportMissingImageFiles
Opens a dialog box to manage missing external image files.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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RenderWindow
Render a selected area in the viewport at viewport resolution.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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RepairSubD
Inspects and deletes damaged components, wire edges, and Non-manifold edges on SubDs.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
SubD Repair Tools > Repair SubD |
Reparameterize
Recalculate an object's parameter space to match its 3-D geometry.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Repeat
Repeat any command or script/macro.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Tools Repeat Command Script |
ReplaceBlock
Replace block instances with a different block definition.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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ReplaceEdge
Untrim selected surface edges and retrim the edges.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Surface Edge Tools > Replace Edge |
Rescue3dmFile
Recovers geometry objects that can be read from a damaged Rhino 3dm file.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Tools File Utilities > Rescue .3DM File |
RescueBlockOrphans
Searches for block definition geometry that is not referenced by any block definition and recovers the block definitions to the file.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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ResetMessageBoxes
Clears the "Do not show this dialog/message again" check boxes in all dialogs.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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Restore
Restore the application window from being maximized.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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RevCloud
Draw revision cloud curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Dimension Revision Cloud |
Revert
Discard changes and revert to the previously saved document.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
File Revert |
Revolve
Create a surface or SubD by revolving a profile curve around an axis.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Surface / SubD Revolve |
RevolvedHole
Create holes by revolving a profile curve around an axis.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Solid Solid Edit Tools > Holes > Revolved Hole |
Ribbon
Offset a curve and create a ruled surface between the curves.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Surface Extrude Curve > Ribbon |
RibbonOffset
Offsets a closed curve and then creates a ruled or sweep2 surface between the input and offset curves.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Curve Offset > Ribbon Offset |
Rib
Extrude a curve in two directions to a boundary surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Solid Rib |
RLeaderEdit
Run by script interface and OnDoubleClick to edit leaders.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Rotate3D
Rotate objects around a 3-D axis.
RotateCamera
Rotate the view target around the camera.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
View Set Camera > Rotate Camera |
RotateHole
Rotate a hole around an axis.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Solid Solid Edit Tools > Holes > Rotate Hole |
Rotate
Rotate objects around an axis perpendicular to the construction plane.
RotateView
Rotate the view camera around the target.
RoundHole
Create circular holes in surfaces.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Solid Solid Edit Tools > Holes > Round Hole |
RTextEdit
Run by script interface and OnDoubleClick to edit text objects.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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RunPythonScript
Run a Python script.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Tools Python Script > Run |
Run
Run another application from inside Rhino.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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RunScript
Run a RhinoScript.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Tools menu Rhino Script > Run |
S
SaveAs
Save the current model with a different name, close the current model, and open the new model.
SaveAsTemplate
Save the current model as a template file.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
File Save As Template |
SaveRenderWindowAs
Save the image in the render window to a file.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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Save
Save the current model.
SaveSmall
Save geometry objects without render or analysis meshes.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
File Save Small |
Scale1D
Change the size of objects in one direction.
Scale2D
Change the size of objects uniformly in two directions.
ScaleByPlane
Change the size of objects in two directions non-uniformly.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
|
Scale
Change the size of objects uniformly in the x, y, and z directions.
ScaleNU
Change the size of objects non-uniformly in three directions.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Transform Scale > Non-Uniform Scale |
ScalePositions
Change the spacing between objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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ScaleTextHeight
Changes theModel space scalevalue in the text properties of the selected text.
ScreenCaptureToClipboard
Save an image of a viewport to the Clipboard including viewport edges, cursor image, and viewport menu.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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ScreenCaptureToFile
Save an image of the viewport as a bitmap file including viewport edges, cursor image, and viewport menu.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Section
Create a planar curve or points from the intersection of a cutting plane through objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Curve Curve From Objects > Section |
SelAll
Select all objects.
SelBadObjects
Select all objects that do not pass Check.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Analyze Diagnostics > Select Bad Objects |
SelBlockInstanceNamed
Select all block instances by name.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Edit Select Objects > By Block Name |
SelBlockInstance
Select all block instances.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Edit Select Objects > Block Instances |
SelBoundary
Select objects within an existing closed curve.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Edit Select Objects > Area and Volume Select > Boundary |
SelBox
Select objects inside, outside, or crossing a box-shaped volume.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Edit Select Objects > Area and Volume Select > Box |
SelBrush
Drag the mouse like a brush stroke to select objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Edit Select Objects > Area and Volume Select > Brush |
SelBrushPoints
Drag mouse like a brush stroke to select points and control points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Edit Control Points > Select Control Points > Brush |
SelCaptives
Select captive objects of a specified cage controls.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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SelChain
Select curve or surface edges that touch end-to-end.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Edit Select Objects > Chain |
SelChildren
Select children of specified parents.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Edit Select Objects > History > Children |
SelCircular
Draw a circle to select objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Edit Select Objects > Area and Volume Select > Circular |
SelClippingPlane
Select all clipping planes.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Edit Select Objects > Clipping Plane |
SelClosedCrv
Select all closed curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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SelClosedMesh
Select all closed mesh objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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SelClosedPolysrf
Select all closed polysurfaces.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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SelClosedSrf
Select all closed surfaces.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
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SelClosedSubD
Select all Rhino SubD objects in the model that do not have a boundary and are not locked or hidden.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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SelColor
Selects all objects of a specified display color or material diffuse color depending on the display mode of the active viewport.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Edit Select Objects > By Color |
SelConnectedMeshFaces
Select mesh faces from the parent mesh object that are connected to a selected face.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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|
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SelConnected
Select adjacent control points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Edit Control Points > Select Control Points > Connected |
SelControlPointRegion
Select a range of control points on a curve or surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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SelControlPoint
Select all control points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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SelControls
Select all cage controls.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
|
SelCrossing
Select with a crossing window.
| Toolbar | Menu | Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
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C |
SelCrv
Select all curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Edit Select Objects > Curves |
SelDetail
Select all Detail view rectangles in a Layout viewport.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
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SelDimAngular
Selects all angular dimension objects.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Edit Dimension Types > Angular Dimensions |
SelDimCentermark
Selects all center mark dimension objects.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Edit Dimension Types > Centermarks |
SelDimLinear
Selects all linear dimension objects.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
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Edit Dimension Types > Linear Dimensions |
SelDimOrdinate
Selects all ordinate dimension objects.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Edit Dimension Types > Ordinate Dimensions |
SelDimOverride
Selects dimension objects that have style settings changed and different from the associated annotation styles.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Edit Select Objects > Dimensions with Style Override |
SelDimRadial
Selects all radius and diameter dimension objects.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Edit Dimension Types > Radial Dimensions |
SelDim
Select all dimensions.
SelDimTextOverride
Selects dimension objects with non-default dimension text.
|
Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
|
|
Edit Select Objects > Dimensions with Text Override |
SelDot
Select all annotation dots.
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SelDupAll
Select all visible geometrically identical objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelDup
Select geometrically identical objects.
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Edit Select Objects > Duplicate Objects |
SelectionFilterEdges
Restricts selection to edges of surfaces, meshes, and SubDs.
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SelectionFilterFaces
The SelectionFilterFaces command restricts selection to surfaces, mesh faces, and SubD faces.
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SelectionFilterNone
Resets the filter settings. Object selection returns to the default behavior.
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SelectionFilter
Restrict a selection mode to specified object types.
SelectionFilterToggle
Cycles sub-object selection filters through surfaces/faces, curves/edges, points/vertices/control points, and none.
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SelectionFilterVertices
Restricts selection to object grips.
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Select
Select objects.
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SelEdgeLoop
Selects a loop of mesh/SubD edges by picking an edge in the loop.
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SelEdgeRing
Selects a ring of mesh/SubD edges by picking an edge in the ring.
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SelExtrusion
Select Extrusion objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Select Objects > Extrusions |
SelFaceLoop
Selects a loop of mesh/SubD faces by picking an edge between any two faces in the loop.
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SelFence
Select a using a crossing sketched polyline.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelFontUse
Selects annotations by font.
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Edit Select Objects > By Annotation Font |
SelGroup
Select a group by name.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Select Objects > By Group Name |
SelHatch
Select hatch objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Select Objects > Hatches |
SelID
Select objects by object ID number.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelKey
Select objects by their user attribute key.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelKeyValue
Select objects by their user attribute key and value.
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SelLast
Select the last changed objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Select Objects > Last Created Objects |
SelLayerNumber
Select objects by layer number.
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SelLayer
Select all objects on a layer.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Select Objects > By Layer |
SelLeader
Select all leaders.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Select Objects > Leaders |
SelLight
Select all lights.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Select Objects > Lights |
SelLine
Select all lines.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Select Objects > Lines |
SelLinetype
Select objects with the specified linetype.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelMappingWidget
Select all texture mapping widgets.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelMaterialName
Selects objects/sub-objects with the same render material name.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelMeshFacesByArea
Select mesh faces from the parent mesh object that are within a specified range of area.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelMeshFacesByAspectRatio
Select mesh faces from the parent mesh object that are greater than the specified aspect ratio limit.
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SelMeshFacesByDraftAngle
Separate mesh faces from the parent mesh object based on the angle of the faces to the view.
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SelMeshFacesByEdgeLength
Select mesh faces from the parent mesh object that have an edge length greater or less than a specified value.
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SelMeshPart
Select all mesh faces radiating out from the selected face to naked or unwelded edges in the parent mesh object.
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SelMesh
Select all mesh objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Select Objects > Polygon Meshes |
SelNakedMeshEdgePt
Select unwelded vertices on mesh edges.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelNamedViewWidget
Select all Named View widget objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelName
Select objects by name.
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Edit Select Objects > By Object Name |
SelNone
Deselect all objects.
SelNonManifold
Select non-manifold objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelObjectsWithHistory
Select objects that have history.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Select Objects > History > Objects with History |
SelOpenCrv
Select all open curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelOpenMesh
Select all open mesh objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelOpenPolysrf
Select all open polysurfaces.
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SelOpenSrf
Select all open surfaces.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelOpenSubD
Select all Rhino SubD objects in the model that have a boundary and are not locked or hidden.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelParents
Select parents of specified children.
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Edit Select Objects > History > Parents |
SelPicture
Select all objects created with the Picture command.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelPlanarCrv
Select all planar curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelPlanarSrf
Select all planar surfaces.
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SelPolyline
Select all polylines.
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Edit Select Objects > Polylines |
SelPolysrf
Select all polysurfaces.
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Edit Select Objects > Polysurfaces |
SelPolysurface |
SelPrev
Re-select the previous selection set.
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Edit Select Objects > Previous Selection |
SelPtCloud
Select all point cloud objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelPt
Select all point objects, control points, edit points, and solid points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Select Objects > Points |
SelRenderColor
Select objects by their render color.
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SelSelfIntersectingCrv
Selects the curves that pass through themselves.
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Edit Select Objects > Self‑Intersecting Curves |
SelShortCrv
Select all curves shorter than a specified length.
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SelSmall
Select all objects smaller than a specified size.
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Edit Select Objects > Area and Volume Select > Small Objects |
SelSrf
Select all surfaces.
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Edit Select Objects > Surfaces |
SelSubDFriendlyCrv
Selects SubD friendly (compatible) curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Select Objects > SubD Friendly Curves |
SelSubD
Select all Rhino SubD objects in the model that are not locked or hidden.
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Edit Select Objects > SubD objects |
SelText
Select all text.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Select Objects > Text |
SelTrimmedSrf
Select all trimmed surfaces.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelUntrimmedSrf
Select all untrimmed surfaces.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelU
Select all connected control points in the u direction.
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Edit Control Points > Select Control Points > Select U |
SelUV
Select connected control points in the u and v directions.
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Edit Control Points > Select Control Points > Select UV |
SelValue
Select objects by their user attribute value.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SelVisible
Select all surfaces or meshes that are in front of other objects with a crossing selection.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Select Objects > Visible Surfaces and Meshes |
SelVolumeObject
Select objects enclosed by an extrusion object, surface, polysurface, or mesh.
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SelVolumePipe
Select objects inside, outside, or crossing a pipe-shaped volume.
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Edit Select Objects > Area and Volume Select > Pipe |
SelVolumeSphere
Select objects inside, outside, or crossing a spherical volume.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Select Objects > Area and Volume Select > Sphere |
SelV
Select all connected control points in v direction.
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Edit Control Points > Select Control Points > Select V |
SelWindow
Select with an enclosing window.
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SendBackward
Makes the selected object display one level down in the draw order.
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Edit Arrange > Send Backward |
SendToBack
Makes the selected object display behind all other objects.
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Edit Arrange > Send to Back |
SetActiveViewport
Activate a named viewport.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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View Active Viewport |
SetCurrentAnnotationStyle
Specify the current annotation style.
SetCurrentRenderPlugIn
Specify a rendering plug-in.
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Render Current Render |
SetDimensionLayer
Decides if dimensions will be created on the current layer or the specified layer.
SetDisplayMode
Specify a viewport display mode.
| Toolbar | Menu | Shortcuts |
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Ctrl (CMD) + Alt + G Ghosted R Rendered S Shaded W Wireframe X XRay |
SetDocumentUserText
Attach text information to the file.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SetFlythroughAnimation
Animate the camera and target movement along a path curve.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SetGroupName
Name a group.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Groups > Set Group Name |
SetIgesLayerLevelMap
Control the correspondence between Rhino layers and IGES levels.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SetLayerLinetype
Specify a linetype for a specified layer.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SetLayerToObject
Set the current layer to match a specified object.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Layers > Set Current Layer to Object |
SetLinetypeScale
Specify the global linetype scale from the command line.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SetLinetype
Specify a curve's linetype.
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SetMaximizedViewport
Maximize a named viewport inside the application window.
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Ctrl (CMD) + F1 Top F2 Front F3 Right F4 Perspective |
SetObjectDisplayMode
Assign separate display attributes to objects, overriding viewport settings.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SetObjectName
Assign a name to an object.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SetOneDaySunAnimation
Animate sun movement through a specified calendar day.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SetOrtho
Turn ortho mode on, off, or toggle the current state.
| Toolbar | Menu | Status bar |
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Ortho On/Off |
SetPathAnimation
Animate the camera and target movement along separate path curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SetPerFaceColorByFacePack
Changes colors of SubD faces based on the divisions of rectangular quad grids.
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SubD Edit Tools > Set Per Face Color By Face Pack |
SetPlanar
Turn Planar mode on, off, or toggle the current state.
| Toolbar | Menu | Status bar |
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Planar Mode On/Off |
SetPt
Move objects to a specified location in the x, y, and/or z directions.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Transform Set XYZ Coordinates |
SetRedrawOff
Disable screen redraw, construction plane, and view changes during scripts.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SetRedrawOn
Enable screen redraw, construction plane, and view changes during scripts.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SetSeasonalSunAnimation
Animate sun movement through a specified week, month, or year.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SetSnap
Turn grid snap on, off, or toggle the current state.
| Toolbar | Menu | Status bar |
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Grid Snap On/Off |
SetSpotlightToView
Match spotlight direction to the viewport camera direction.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Render Set Spotlight to View |
SetSurfaceTangent
Set the tangent direction of an untrimmed surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Surface Surface Edit Tools > Set Edge Tangent Direction |
SetTurntableAnimation
Animate camera rotation once around the current target point.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SetUserText
Attach text information to an object.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SetView
Change the view to a standard construction plane view.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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View Set View <Options> |
SetViewFocusDistance
Pick a point in a perspective viewport to set the in-focus distance in rendering when Focal Blur is enabled.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SetViewToSpotlight
Match the view to a spotlight direction.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Render Set View to Spotlight |
SetWorkingFolder
Specify the default folder for saving and opening files.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SetZoomExtentsBorder
Set distance between objects and viewport edges for Zoom Extents.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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ShadeSelected
Shade selected objects only.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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View Shade Selected Objects Only |
Shade
Temporarily shade the current viewport.
Shear
Skew objects parallel to one axis at an angle.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Transform Shear |
Shell
Remove the selected surfaces from a polysurface, and then offset the remaining surfaces to create a solid with a specified thickness.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Solid Shell |
ShortPath
Create the shortest possible curve (geodesic) between two points on a surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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ShowDirOff
Close the Direction Analysis control, and turn off direction analysis.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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ShowDir
Open the Direction Analysis control and turn on direction analysis for curves, surfaces, and polysurfaces.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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ShowEdges
Highlight edges of surfaces and polysurfaces. Displays the Edge Analysis control.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Surface and Analyze Edge Tools > Show Edges |
ShowEdgesOff
Turn off edge display.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Analyze Edge Tools > Show Edges |
ShowEndsOff
Close the End Analysis control, and turn off endpoints of curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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ShowEnds
Open the End Analysis control, and display the endpoints of curves.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Analyze Curve > Show Ends |
ShowInDetail
Redisplay hidden objects in a detail view.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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ShowLayersInDetail
Redisplay hidden layers in a detail view.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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ShowOsnap
Turn the Osnap control on.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Tools Object Snap > Persistent Osnap Dialog |
ShowPt
Redisplay all hidden control points and edit points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Edit Control Points > Show Points |
Show
Redisplay all hidden objects.
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Geometry Fix
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Edit Visibility > Show |
Ctrl (CMD) + Alt + H |
ShowRenderMesh
Display the render mesh for selected objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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ShowSelectedInDetail
Redisplay selected hidden objects in a detail view.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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ShowSelected
Redisplay selected hidden objects.
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Edit Visibility > Show Selected |
Ctrl (CMD) + Shift + H |
ShowToolbar
Open a specified toolbar.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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ShowZBuffer
Create a grayscale z-buffer bitmap with the same dimensions as the viewport.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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ShrinkTrimmedSrf
Contract the underlying untrimmed surface close to trimming boundaries.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Surface Surface Edit Tools > Shrink Trimmed Surface |
ShrinkTrimmedSrfToEdge
Contract the underlying untrimmed surface as close as possible to the trimming boundaries.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Silhouette
Create outline curves from a surface or polysurface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Curve Curve From Objects > Silhouette |
SimplifyCrv
Replace each curve segment that has the geometry of a line or an arc with a true line or arc.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Curve Curve Edit Tools > Simplify Lines and Arcs |
Sketch
Drag the mouse to draw a curve.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Curve Free-Form > Sketch Sketch on Surface Sketch on Polygon Mesh |
Slab
Offset a polyline, and extrude and cap the result to create a solid.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Solid Slab |
Slide
Moves selected vertices (or vertices of selected edges) along adjacent edges.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SubD / Mesh Edit Tools > Slide |
SmartTrack
Turn on a system of temporary reference lines and points.
| Toolbar | Menu | Status bar |
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Tools Object Snaps > SmartTrack Tools Options |
Smash
Flatten a surface without restriction to single-directional curvature.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Surface > Surface Flattening > Smash Double-Curved Surface |
Smooth
Average the positions of curve and surface control points and mesh vertices and evens out the spacing to remove unwanted detail and loops.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Transform Smooth |
Snapshots
The Snapshots command saves and restores Named Views, Named Positions, Layer States, as well as rendering settings, object settings including locked/hidden state, display mode, material, position, light settings, curve piping, displacement, edge softening, shutlining, and thickness.
| Toolbar | Menu | Panel Gear Menu |
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Panels Snapshots |
Snapshots |
SnapSize
Specify the grid snap spacing.
| Toolbar | Menu | Status bar |
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Settings |
Snap
Toggle the current snap mode state.
| Toolbar | Menu | Shortcut | Alias | Status bar |
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F9 |
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SnapToLocked
Allow snaps to work on locked objects and locked layers.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Tools Object Snap > Snap To Locked Objects |
SnapToMeshes
Enables/disables snapping to mesh edges using Near, Mid, Int, and Perp object snaps.
| Toolbar | Menu |
Options |
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Modeling Aids Near, Mid, Int and Perp snap to mesh objects |
SnapToMeshObject
Constrains mouse picking on the selected mesh object.
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Tools Object Snap > Snap to Mesh Object |
SnapToOccluded
Allow object snaps to work on objects that are hidden behind other objects.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SoftEditCrv
Move the surrounding curve area smoothly relative to the distance.
SoftEditSrf
Move the surrounding surface area smoothly relative to the distance.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Surface Surface Edit Tools > Soft Edit |
SoftMove
Move objects relative to a center with falloff.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Transform Soft Move |
SoftTransform
Changes moving behavior of mesh and SubD vertices based on different radial falloff shapes.
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SolidPtOn
Turn on pseudo control points for polysurfaces.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Solid Solid Edit Tools > Turn On Points |
Sphere
Draw a solid sphere.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Solid Sphere > <Options> |
SphereTangentToThreeSurfaces
Create a spherical surface of a given radius tangent to the three selected surfaces.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Spiral
Draw a spiral curve with options for number of turns, pitch, flat, vertical, and around a curve.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Curve Spiral |
SplitDisjointMesh
Divide into separate objects meshes that do not connect, but are still one object.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Mesh Mesh Repair Tools > Split Disjoint Mesh |
Split
Divide objects using other objects as cutters.
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Shortcut |
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Edit Split Surface Surface Edit Tools Split at Isocurve SubD Edit Tools Split at Edge Loop |
Ctrl (CMD) + Shift + S |
SplitEdge
Divide a surface edge.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Surface and Analyze Edge Tools > Split Edge |
SplitFace
Divide a planar polysurface face.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Solid Solid Edit Tools > Faces > Split Face |
SplitMeshEdge
Divide a mesh edge.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Mesh Mesh Repair Tools > Split Edge |
SplitMeshWithCurve
Divide a mesh with a curve.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SplitViewportHorizontal
Divide a viewport horizontally into two viewports.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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View Viewport Layout > Split Horizontal |
SplitViewportVertical
Divide a viewport vertically into two viewports.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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View Split Vertical |
Splop
Copy, rotate, scale, and wrap objects on a surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Spotlight
Insert a light cone object.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Render Create Spotlight |
SquishBack
Return curves and surfaces to the original squished 3-D shape.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Squish
Flatten a non-developable (curved in two directions) 3-D mesh or NURBS surface into a flat 2-D pattern.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Surface > Surface Flattening > Squish Double-Curved Surface |
SquishInfo
Provide information about the settings used to squish the object.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SrfControlPtGrid
Draw a surface from a grid of points that represent surface control points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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SrfPt
Draw a surface from three or four corner points.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Corner Points |
SrfPtGrid
Draw a surface from a grid of points that lie on the surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Surface Point Grid |
SrfSeam
Change the location where the start and end edges meet on a closed surface.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Surface Surface Edit Tools > Adjust Closed Surface Seam |
STEPTree
Browse the structure of a STEP file.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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StepUnitsAndTolerance
The StepUnitsAndTolerance command prompts to select a STEP file and reports its unit and tolerance.
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Toolbar |
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Stitch
Matches the positions of a pair of mesh/SubD vertices.
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Toolbar |
Menu |
|---|---|
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Mesh / SubD Edit Tools > Stitch |
Stretch
Scale areas of an object in one direction.
| Toolbar | Menu |
|---|---|
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Transform Stretch |
SubCrv
Shorten a curve to the new picked endpoints and select.
| Toolbar | Menu |
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Curve Curve Edit Tools > Subcurve |
SubDBox
Creates a Subdivision box object.
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SubD Primitives > Box |
SubDCone
Creates a Subdivision cone object.
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SubD Primitives > Cone |
SubDCylinder
Creates a Subdivision cylinder object.
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SubD Primitives > Cylinder |
SubDDisplayToggle
Switches the appearance of all SubD objects between smooth and flat modes.
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View / Viewport Title SubD Display Toggle |
Tab |
SubDEllipsoid
Creates a Subdivision ellipsoid object.
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SubD Primitives > Ellipsoid |
SubDExpandEdges
Expands selected SubD edges into faces.
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SubD Expand Edges |
SubDFaceEdgeVertexToggle
Toggles SubD sub-object selection between SubD faces, edges, and vertices.
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SubDivide
Applies iterations of the Catmull-Clark subdivision to whole Mesh/SubD objects or selected faces.
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Mesh / SubD Edit Tools > Subdivide
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SubDLoft
Creates a SubD through selected curves that define the shape.
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SubD Loft |
SubDPlane
Creates a subdivision plane object.
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SubD Primitives > Plane |
SubDSphere
Creates a subdivision sphere object.
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SubD Primitives > Sphere |
SubDSweep1
The SubDSweep1 command sweeps a shape curve along a rail curve to create a SubD.
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SubD Sweep 1 rail |
SubDSweep2
The SubDSweep2 command sweeps a shape curve along two rail curves to create a SubD.
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SubD Sweep 2 rails |
SubDTorus
Creates a subdivision torus object.
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SubD Primitives > Torus |
SubDTruncatedCone
Creates a subdivision truncated cone object.
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SubD Primitives > Truncated Cone |
SubDUnfriend
Makes the constrained control points of a SubD friendly curve editable.
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Curve Curve Edit Tools > SubDUnfriend |
Sun
Open the Sun panel.
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Render Panels > Sun Panels > Sun |
Sun
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SwapMeshEdge
Transpose the corners of mesh triangles.
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Mesh Mesh Repair Tools > Swap Edge |
SwapView
Exchange the views in two viewports with one another.
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Sweep1
Fit a surface through profile curves and one edge curve.
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Surface Sweep 1 Rail |
Sweep2
Fit a surface through profile curves and two edge curves.
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Surface Sweep 2 Rails |
Symmetry
Mirror a copy of a curve or surface with continuity.
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Transform Symmetry |
Synchronize Views
Set the scale and center of all viewports to match the active viewport.
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View Set Camera > Synchronize Views |
SynchronizeCPlanes
Update all viewports to standard views.
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SynchronizeRenderColors
Change an object's material color to match its object or layer display color.
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SystemInfo
Reports information about the computer hardware and operating system.
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Help System Information |
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Taper
Deform objects toward or away from an axis.
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Transform Taper |
Text
Create annotation text.
TextObject
Draw text-shaped curves, surfaces, or polysurfaces based on TrueType fonts.
TextProperties
Opens the Text page in the Properties panel.
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Textures
Open or close the Textures panel.
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Render Texture Editor Panels Textures |
Textures |
ThicknessAnalysisOff
Turn off thickness analysis display.
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ThicknessAnalysis
Use false-color display to evaluate the thickness of a solid.
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TiltView
Rotate the view around the view axis.
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View Set Camera > Tilt View |
ToggleFloatingViewport
Toggle the viewport between docked and floating.
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View Viewport Layout > Float Viewport |
ToggleRenderMesh
Toggle the display state of render meshes on an object.
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ToNURBS
Convert objects like polycurves, extrusions, meshes, SubDs, true circles and arcs, to NURBS geometry components.
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ToolbarLock
Locks locations of docked toolbars.
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Lock Docked Windows |
Toolbar
Manage the toolbars and toolbar buttons.
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ToolbarReset
Restore toolbars to the default layout.
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Torus
Draw a NURBS torus (donut shape).
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Solid Torus |
ToSubD
Converts a mesh, a surface or an extrusion object into a SubD object.
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SubD From Object |
TriangulateMesh
Split each quadrangular mesh face into two triangles.
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TriangulateNonPlanarQuads
Split each non-planar quadrangular mesh face into two triangles.
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Mesh Edit Tools > Triangulate Non‑Planar Quads |
TriangulateRenderMeshes
Split each quadrangular polygon render mesh face into two triangles.
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Trim
Cut and delete selected portions of an object at the intersection with another object.
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Curve Drawing
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Edit Trim |
Ctrl (CMD) + T |
TruncatedCone
Draw a NURBS truncated cone.
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Solid Truncated Cone |
TruncatedPyramid
Draw a pyramid whose apex is truncated by a plane.
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Solid Truncated Pyramid |
Tube
Draw a closed cylinder with a concentric cylindrical hole.
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Solid Tube |
Turntable
Rotate a view around the target.
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View Set Camera > Turntable |
Tutorials
Download and open sample and tutorial models.
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Help > Learn Rhino > Tutorial and Samples... Panels Tutorials |
Tutorials |
TweenCurves
Create curves between two open or closed input curves.
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Curve Tween Curves |
TweenSurfaces
Create intermediate surfaces between two input surfaces.
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Surface Tween Surfaces |
Twist
Deform objects by rotating portions around an axis.
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Transform Twist |
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UndoMultiple
Display a list of recent commands to reverse.
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Edit Undo Multiple |
UndoSelected
Reverse recent changes for a single object only.
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Undo
Undo the last action.
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Edit Undo |
Ctrl (CMD) + Z |
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UndoView
Undo the last view change.
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View Undo View Change |
Home |
Ungroup
Remove the group status from objects.
UnifyMeshNormals
Change the normal direction mesh faces so they all point in a consistent direction.
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Mesh Mesh Repair Tools > Unify Normals |
UnisolateLock
Unlock objects previously hidden by the IsolateLock command.
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Unisolate
Show objects previously hidden by the Isolate command.
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UnjoinEdge
Split joined polysurface edges.
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UnlockSelected
Unlock selected locked objects.
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Edit Visibility > Unlock Selected |
Ctrl (CMD) + Shift + L |
Unlock
Unlock all locked objects.
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Edit Visibility > Unlock |
Ctrl (CMD) + Alt + L |
UnpackTextures
Maps each face of a polysurface to the whole texture UV space. Every face will display the complete texture with some stretch or compression.
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UnrollSrf
Flatten (develop) a surface or polysurface with curvature in one direction to a planar surface.
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Surface Surface Flattening > Unroll Developable Surface |
UnrollSrfUV
Flatten (develop) a surface or polysurface while preserving the UV of the input surfaces.
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Surface Surface Flattening > Unroll Surface UV |
UntrimAll
Untrims interior (holes) and exterior trims on the selected surfaces all at once.
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Surface Surface Edit Tools > Untrim All Detach All |
UntrimBorder
Untrims all exterior trims of the selected surfaces. Interior trims (holes) will remain.
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Surface Surface Edit Tools > Untrim Border Detach Border |
UntrimHoles
Untrims selected holes (interior trims) that do not touch surface borders.
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Surface Surface Edit Tools > Detach Holes Untrim Holes Solid Solid Edit Tools > Holes > Delete Hole |
Untrim
Remove trim curves from trimmed surfaces.
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Surface Surface Edit Tools > Untrim Detach Trim |
Unweld
Add creases to a smooth mesh by creating coincident vertices.
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Mesh Edit Tools > Unweld |
UnweldEdge
Add creases to a smooth mesh by creating coincident vertices along selected edges.
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Mesh Edit Tools > Unweld Selected Edges |
UnweldVertex
Unweld selected vertexes.
Unwrap
Project surface mapping texture coordinates and the texture of an object onto the world xy plane.
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UseExtrusions
Specify whether extrusion objects or polysurfaces are used when extruding straight‑sided objects.
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UVEditor
Project the texture coordinates of the selected object to a specified region of space.
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VariableBlendSrf
Create a blend surface between surface edges with varying radius values.
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Surface Variable Fillet/Chamfer/Blend > Variable Blend Surfaces |
VariableChamferSrf
Create a chamfer surface between surface edges with varying distance values.
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Surface Variable Fillet/Blend/Chamfer > Variable Chamfer Surfaces |
VariableFilletSrf
Create a round tangent surface between two surface edges with varying radius values.
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Surface Variable Fillet/Blend/Chamfer > Variable Fillet Surfaces |
VariableOffsetSrf
Copies a surface in the normal direction with different distances at specified locations.
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Surface Variable Offset Surface |
ViewCaptureToClipboard
Save an image of the current view to the Clipboard.
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View Capture > To Clipboard |
ViewCaptureToFile
Save an image of the current view to a file.
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View Capture > To File |
ViewFirstFrame
Display the first animation frame.
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ViewFrameNumber
Display the specified animation frame number.
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ViewLastFrame
Display the last animation frame.
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ViewNextFrame
Display the next animation frame.
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ViewportProperties(Rhino 5)
Title, size, projection, camera and target, lens length, wallpaper.
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View Viewport Properties |
ViewportProperties
Title, size, projection, camera and target, lens length, wallpaper.
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View Viewport Properties |
ViewportTabs
Display a tab control UI along the viewport edge.
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View Viewport Layout > Show/Hide Viewport Tabs |
ViewPreviousFrame
Display the previous animation frame.
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VolumeCentroid
Report the coordinates of and place a point object at the volume centroid of surfaces and polysurfaces.
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Analyze Mass Properties > Volume Centroid |
VolumeMoments
Report the volume moments of inertia of surfaces and polysurfaces.
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Analyze Mass Properties > Volume Moments |
Volume
Reports the volume of the supported object types.
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Analyze Mass Properties > Volume |
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WalkAbout
Toggle between WalkAbout and normal navigation modes.
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WebBrowser
Opens the Web Browser panel.
Weight
Edit the weight of a curve or surface control point.
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Edit Control Points > Edit Weight |
WeldEdge
Merges coincident vertices along selected unwelded mesh edges, or smooths selected creased edges in SubDs.
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Weld
Remove creases from a mesh by merging coincident mesh vertices.
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Mesh Edit Tools > Weld |
WeldVertices
Remove creases from a mesh by merging all selected mesh vertices.
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Mesh Edit Tools > Weld Selected Vertices |
What
Report object properties details.
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WireCut
Trim a polysurface with a curve similar to cutting foam with a heated wire.
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Solid Solid Edit Tools > Wire Cut |
Worksession
Manage a list of models that can be used as reference geometry.
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File Worksession > <Options> |
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ZebraOff
Turn off zebra analysis.
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Zebra
Visually evaluate surface smoothness and continuity using a stripe map.
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File Worksession > <Options> |
Zoom1To1Calibrate
Calibrate the screen for the Zoom command, 1To1 option.
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View Zoom One to One Calibration |
ZoomEnds
Zoom to include all end display markers on selected curves.
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ZoomLens
Adjust the lens length of the viewport camera in a perspective view.
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View Set Camera > Adjust Lens Length |
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Zoom
Move the viewport camera so the area defined by a window selection fills the viewport.
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View Zoom |
Z=Zoom ZE=Zoom Extents ZEA=Zoom All Extents ZS=Zoom Selected ZSA=Zoom All Selected |
ZoomNaked
Zoom to include all naked edges on selected objects with naked edges.
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ZoomNonManifold
Zoom to include all non-manifold edges on selected objects with non-manifold edges.
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