New in Rhino 7

Full Command list

New features

New Commands

AddMissingBlockAttributeKeys

Restores the Attribute User Text that has been deleted from the properties of a block instance.

AlignVertices

Forces mesh or SubD vertices to the same location.

ApplyOcsMapping

Lines up textures with the object rather than the world coordinates when textures use WCS/OCS or WCS/OCS (Box style) mappings.

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.

BatchRenderNamedViews

Renders all the named views in the model and saves the renderings as image files to a folder.

Bevel

Chamfers/fillets mesh or SubD edges with specified segments.

BlockResetScale

Resets the x, y, and z scales of a block instance to 1, or applies the best-fit scale to all axes.

Bridge

Creates faces to connect two SubD/Mesh edge chains.

Clash

The Clash command uses clearance distance to detect clashes between two sets of objects.

ClearAnalysisMeshes

Deletes all surface analysis meshes in the model.

ConvertTextToBlockAttribute

Turns exiting text objects into block attributes.

Crease

Changes smooth SubD edges/vertices into creased edges/vertices, or welded mesh edges into unwelded edges.

DeleteFaces

Remove faces from a mesh, SubD or Polysurface to create a hole.

DragCopy

The DragCopy command creates a copy of the object being dragged at the current cursor location.

EdgeContinuity

Uses line hairs to visualize distance, tangency and curvature difference between an edge pair.

ExtractCustomMappingObject

Extracts the custom mapping source, a mesh or a surface, embedded in the selected object.

ExtrudeMesh

Extrudes mesh faces and boundary edges with different direction modes.

ExtrudeSubD

Extrudes SubD faces and boundary edges with different direction modes.

Fill

Create SubD faces from SubD boundary edges.

GrasshopperPlayer

Loads and executes a grasshopper definition (*.gh, *.ghx) without showing the Grasshopper window.

IgesImportOptions

Decides if layer level numbers will be added to the end of the layer names on IGES import.

InsertEdge

Inserts edges beside an edge loop or across an edge ring on a SubD or mesh.

InsertPoint

Adds vertices and edges to a Mesh or SubD along the picked points on edges.

Inset

Offsets the edges of selected mesh or SubD faces in a certain distance towards the center of each face.

IntersectSelf

Finds self-intersections in curves and marks them with point objects.

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.

Layouts

Opens the Layouts panel that manages the layouts in the model.

LockViewport

Toggles the locking state of the current viewport.

MakeSubDFriendly

Makes any curves SubD compatible.

MergeAllCoplanarFaces

Combines the faces of each planar region on a mesh, polysurface, or SubD into a single face.

MergeCoplanarFace

Combines adjacent coplanar faces of a mesh, polysurface, or SubD into a single face.

MergeCrv

Combines curves connected end to end into a single curve.

MergeFaces

Merges a connected set of SubD or mesh faces into a single face.

MeshSelfIntersect

Creates polylines from self-intersections of mesh objects.

MigratePlugins

Searches for 3rd-party plug-ins installed for Rhino 6 to load in Rhino 7.

MultiPipe

Creates a SubD pipe frame with smooth conjunctions from intersected curves.

NamedSelections

Opens the Named Selections panel that saves selection sets.

OffsetSubD

Makes a copy of a SubD by moving its vertices towards the normal direction with the specified distance.

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.

PlanarDifference

Selects two overlapped planar surfaces and creates a surface from the first surface with the overlapped area trimmed off.

PlanarIntersection

Creates a surface from the overlapped area of two planar surfaces.

PlanarUnion

Merges overlapped planar surfaces into a single surface.

QuadRemesh

Uses a unique algorithm to generate manageable polygon meshes, ideal for rendering, animation, CFD, FEA, and reverse-engineering.

Radiate

Creates a radial-symmetrical SubD with specified segments.

RadiateFind

Identifies the precisely shaped radial symmetry structure in a SubD and then automatically synchronizes editing between the identical regions around the central axis.

ReducePolyline

Uses the Douglas-Peucker algorithmto reduce vertices of a polyline.

RefitTrim

Replaces a trimmed surface edge with an untrimmed edge.

Reflect

Makes a SubD symmetrical across a reflection plane and merges both sides into a single SubD.

RemoveCrease

Smoothes creased SubD edges/vertices, or welds mesh edges.

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.

RenderMergeIdenticalMaterials

Finds materials with the same settings in the model, keeps one of them, and deletes the rest. Material assignments will update accordingly.

RenderReportImageFiles

Opens a dialog box to manage external image files.

RepairSubD

Inspects and deletes damaged components, wire edges, and Non-manifold edges on SubDs.

RibbonOffset

Offsets a closed curve and then creates a ruled or sweep2 surface between the input and offset curves.

ScaleTextHeight

Changes theModel space scalevalue in the text properties of the selected text.

SelDimAngular

Selects all angular dimension objects.

SelDimCentermark

Selects all center mark dimension objects.

SelDimLinear

Selects all linear dimension objects.

SelDimOrdinate

Selects all ordinate dimension objects.

SelDimOverride

Selects dimension objects that have style settings changed and different from the associated annotation styles.

SelDimRadial

Selects all radius and diameter dimension objects.

SelDimTextOverride

Selects dimension objects with non-default dimension text.

SelectionFilterEdges

Restricts selection to edges of surfaces, meshes, and SubDs.

SelectionFilterFaces

The SelectionFilterFaces command restricts selection to surfaces, mesh faces, and SubD faces.

SelectionFilterNone

Resets the filter settings. Object selection returns to the default behavior.

SelectionFilterToggle

Cycles sub-object selection filters through surfaces/faces, curves/edges, points/vertices/control points, and none.

SelectionFilterVertices

Restricts selection to object grips.

SelEdgeLoop

Selects a loop of mesh/SubD edges by picking an edge in the loop.

SelEdgeRing

Selects a ring of mesh/SubD edges by picking an edge in the ring.

SelFaceLoop

Selects a loop of mesh/SubD faces by picking an edge between any two faces in the loop.

SelFontUse

Selects annotations by font.

SelSelfIntersectingCrv

Selects the curves that pass through themselves.

SelSubDFriendlyCrv

Selects SubD friendly (compatible) curves.

SetDimensionLayer

Decides if dimensions will be created on the current layer or the specified layer.

SetPerFaceColorByFacePack

Changes colors of SubD faces based on the divisions of rectangular quad grids.

Slide

Moves selected vertices (or vertices of selected edges) along adjacent edges.

SnapToMeshObject

Constrains mouse picking on the selected mesh object.

SoftTransform

Changes moving behavior of mesh and SubD vertices based on different radial falloff shapes.

StepUnitsAndTolerance

The StepUnitsAndTolerance command prompts to select a STEP file and reports its unit and tolerance.

Stitch

Matches the positions of a pair of mesh/SubD vertices.

SubDBox

Creates a Subdivision box object.

SubDCone

Creates a Subdivision cone object.

SubDCylinder

Creates a Subdivision cylinder object.

SubDDisplayToggle

Switches the appearance of all SubD objects between smooth and flat modes.

SubDEllipsoid

Creates a Subdivision ellipsoid object.

SubDExpandEdges

Expands selected SubD edges into faces.

SubDFaceEdgeVertexToggle

Toggles SubD sub-object selection between SubD faces, edges, and vertices.

SubDivide

Applies iterations of the Catmull-Clark subdivision to whole Mesh/SubD objects or selected faces.

SubDLoft

Creates a SubD through selected curves that define the shape.

SubDPlane

Creates a subdivision plane object.

SubDSphere

Creates a subdivision sphere object.

SubDSweep1

The SubDSweep1 command sweeps a shape curve along a rail curve to create a SubD.

SubDSweep2

The SubDSweep2 command sweeps a shape curve along two rail curves to create a SubD.

SubDTorus

Creates a subdivision torus object.

SubDTruncatedCone

Creates a subdivision truncated cone object.

SubDUnfriend

Makes the constrained control points of a SubD friendly curve editable.

ToNURBS

Convert objects like polycurves, extrusions, meshes, SubDs, true circles and arcs, to NURBS geometry components.

ToSubD 

Converts a mesh, a surface or an extrusion object into a SubD object.

Options and Properties

New Options

Enhancements

Interface changes

Selection

File formats

Grasshopper

Obsolete in Rhino 7

 

 

 

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