Shortcuts

To view or change keyboard shortcuts

  • In Keyboard Options, type a shortcut for a key.

Note

  • Rhino menus list the default keyboard shortcuts. If you change a command to a different shortcut, the menus do not update to reflect this change.
  • Many of these shortcuts can be changed and you can add new shortcuts and aliases.

See: Aliases Options, Keyboard Options, and Mouse Options.

View navigation controls

Rotate perspective views.

Keyboard: Arrow keys

Pan parallel views. Press Shift to pan perspective views.

Keyboard: Shift + Arrow keys

To rotate or pan vertically

  • Drag with the right mouse button up or down, and then press Shift.

To rotate or pan horizontally

  • Drag with the right mouse button left or right, and then press Shift.

Command ⌘ +

 (Scroll)

Zoom view in/out.

Keyboard: PageUp / PageDn

Alt + 

Alt +  (Scroll)

Pan perspectives view in/out.

Keyboard: Command ⌘ + PageUp / PageDn

Shift + Alt +

Tilt View.

To tilt with 5 degree increment

  • Drag with the right mouse button along the left or right view border.

    indicates angle snapping is active.

Keyboard: Command ⌘ + Shift + PageUp / PageDn

Command ⌘ + Shift + Alt + 

Adjust camera lens length in a perspective view.

increases lens length. (Telephoto)

decreases lens length. (Wide angle)

Keyboard: Shift + PageUp / PageDn

Command ⌘ + Alt +

Rotate camera.

To rotate vertically

  • Drag with the right mouse button up or down, and then press Shift.

To rotate horizontally

  • Drag with the right mouse button left or right, and then press Shift.

Command ⌘ + Shift + 

Force parallel view to rotate.

Rotate view around an object. How to...

Release Command ⌘ + Shift while rotating, and then press Shift again to lock the direction.

To rotate a plan view 90 degrees

  1. Drag with the right mouse button up/down/left/right to rotate the view.

  2. While dragging, press Command ⌘ + Shift.

Selection

Add object to selection.

Shift +

Add crossed / windowed objects to selection.

Ctrl Command ⌘  + Shift +

Select polysurface/surface faces, edges, boundaries, mesh faces or edges, and objects within groups.

Ctrl Command ⌘  + 

Remove object from selection.

Ctrl Command ⌘  +

Remove crossed / windowed objects from selection.

Mac shortcuts

⌘⌫ Delete
⌘, Show Rhinoceros Preferences
⌘0 Show or hide left sidebar
⌥⌘0 Show or hide right sidebar
⌘:

Show Spelling and Grammar

⌘; Check Spelling
⌘? Help topics
⌘A Select all
⌃⌘A Set artistic display mode
⌘B Block definition
⌘C Copy to clipboard
⇧⌘E Zoom extents
⌥⌘E Zoom extents all viewports
⌘F FindText
⌃⌘F Enter Full Screen
⌘G Group
⇧⌘G Ungroup
⌃⌘G Set ghosted display mode
⌘H Hide application
⌥H Hide objects
⌥⌘H Hide other applications
⌥⇧H Show selected objects
⌃⌥H Show
⌘I Insert
⌘J Join
⌘K Command search
⌥⇧⌘K Show or hide active tool palettes
⌘L Lock
⇧⌘L Unlock selected objects
⌥⌘L Unlock
⌃L Show or hide Layers panel
⌘M Minimize Window
⌥⌘M Maximize/restore viewport
⌘N New
⇧⌘N New document using template
⌘O Open
⌘P Print
⌃⌘P Set pen display mode
⌘Q Exit Rhinoceros
⌃⌘R Set rendered display mode
⌘S Save
⇧⌘S Duplicate document
⌥⇧⌘S Save As
⌃⌘S Set shaded display mode
⌃⇧S Split
⌘T Trim
⌥⌘T Open the character palette
⌃⌘T Set technical display mode
⌃U Show or hide object snaps panel
⌃⌥U Show object snaps panel under cursor
⌘V Paste
⌘W Close window
⌥⌘W Close all windows
⌃⌘W Set wireframe display mode
⌘X Cut
⌃⌘X Set x-ray display mode
⌘Z Undo
⇧⌘Z Redo
⌘F1 Maximize top viewport
F2

Open/close Command history

⌘F2 Maximize front viewport
F3 Object properties
⌘F3 Maximize right viewport
⌘F4 Maximize perspective viewport
F6 Show or hide camera
F7 Show or hide grid
F8 Ortho toggle
F9 Toggle grid snap
F10 Control points on
F11 Points off
Undo view change
Undo view change
⇧↖ Previous CPlane
Redo view change
⇧↘ Next CPlane
⌘⇞ Pan in
⇧⇞ Zoom lens in
⇧⌘⇞ Tilt view left
⌘⇟ Pan out
⇧⇟ Zoom lens out
⇧⌘⇟ Tilt view right