Starting Rhino
When Rhino is installed, you can start Rhino from the Applications folder. You can also customize how Rhino starts using command-line arguments in Terminal or an Automator application.
- If the path or file name in the script contains space characters, add a backslash "\" before each space character.
- For convenience, use a script to create an Automator application. How to?
Command-line arguments
Command-line arguments can be used when launching Rhino from the Terminal app.
-nosplash
Hides the splash screen and skips checking obsolete and new versions when Rhino starts.
To hide splash screen when Rhino starts
open "/Applications/Rhino 8.app" --args -nosplash
-runscript "<script>"
Run a script at startup.
To add a line after opening a new model
open "/Applications/Rhino 8.app" --args -runscript "_Line 0 10,10,10"
To add a line after opening an existing model
open "/Applications/Rhino 8.app" <Path>/<filename>.3dm --args -runscript "_Line 0 10,10,10"
To use a longer script
Use the -RunPythonScript command to open a Python script file:
open "/Applications/Rhino 8.app" --args -runscript "-_RunPythonScript <Path>/<Filename>.py"
If the path to the Python script file contains spaces, you can use parenthesis to encompass the path string:
..."-_RunPythonScript (<Path>/<Filename>.py)"
modelname.3dm
The path and name of a model file to open.
