Command Quick Reference

Mesh

Append Face

Polygon Mesh Primitives > 3‑D Face

SubD

Append Face

Primitives > 3‑D Face

3View

Set up a three-viewport workspace.

Toolbar

View / Viewport title

Viewport Layout >

3 Viewports

4View

Set up a four-viewport workspace.

Toolbar

Standard
Viewport Layout

View / Viewport title

Viewport Layout >

4 Viewports

A

About

Displays Rhino version and license information.

Toolbar

Help

About Rhinoceros

AcadSchemes

Edit AutoCAD export schemes.

Toolbar

AddGuide

Add temporary infinite guide / construction line.

Toolbar

AddMissingBlockAttributeKeys

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

Toolbar

Edit

Blocks >

Add Missing Block Attribute Keys

AddNextU

Add the next control point in the u direction to the selection.

Toolbar

Edit

Control Points >

Select Control Points >

Add Next U

AddNextV

Add the next control point in the v direction to the selection.

Toolbar

Edit

Control Points >

Select Control Points >

Add Next V

AddNgonsToMesh

Converts regions of connected coplanar welded faces into n-gons.

Toolbar

AddObjectsToBlock

Adds objects to an existing embedded block definition.

Toolbar

New in V8

Edit

Blocks > Add Objects to Block

AddPrevU

Add the previous control point in the u direction to the selection.

Toolbar

Edit

Control Points >

Select Control Points >

Add Previous U

AddPrevV

Add the previous control point in the v direction to the selection.

Toolbar

Edit

Control Points >

Select Control Points >

Add Previous V

AddToGroup

Add an object to a selected group.

Toolbar

Edit

Groups >

Add To Group

Alerter

Open the Alerter options page.

Toolbar

Options > Alerter

Align

Lines up the bounding boxes of objects, or object grips (control points, edit points, vertices...).

Toolbar

Transform

Align

AlignProfiles

Line up one curve to another.

Toolbar

AlignVertices

Forces mesh or SubD vertices to the same location.

Toolbar

Mesh / SubD

Repair Tools >

Align Vertices

Angle

Report the angle between two picked or defined lines.

Toolbar

Angle

ApplyBoxMapping

Add a box texture mapping channel to an object.

Toolbar

Texture mapping

ApplyCrv

Wrap a curve onto a surface.

Toolbar

Alias

Curve

Curve from Objects >

Apply UV Curves

ApplyCurves

ApplyCustomMapping

Add a custom texture mapping channel to an object.

Toolbar

ApplyCylindricalMapping

Add a cylindrical texture mapping channel to an object.

Toolbar

ApplyMesh

Fit a mesh that matches a source mesh onto a surface.

Toolbar

Mesh

Apply to Surface

ApplyMeshUVN

Wrap meshes and points onto a surface.

Toolbar

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.

Toolbar

ApplyPlanarMapping

Add a planar texture mapping channel to an object.

Toolbar

ApplySphericalMapping

Add a spherical texture mapping channel to an object.

Toolbar

ApplySurfaceMapping

Add a surface texture mapping channel to an object.

Toolbar

ArcBlend

Create an arc blend curve between two curves.

Toolbar

Curve

Blend Curves >

Arc Blend

Arc

Draw an arc with options for center, start, angle, and direction.

Toolbar	Menu
Arc Curve Drawing Main Main1	Curve Arc > <Options>

AreaCentroid

Report and marks an object's area centroid.

Toolbar

Analyze
Mass Properties

Analyze

Mass Properties >

Area Centroid

AreaMoments

Report an object's area moments of inertia.

Toolbar

Analyze

Mass Properties >

Area Moments

Area

Report an object's area.

Toolbar

Analyze

Mass Properties >

Area

Array

Copy and space objects in columns, rows, and levels.

Toolbar

Transform

Array >

Rectangular

ArrayCrv

Copy and space objects along a curve.

Toolbar

Transform

Array >

Along Curve

ArrayCrvOnSrf

Copy and space objects along a curve on a surface.

Toolbar

Transform

Array >

Along Curve on Surface

ArrayHole

Copy and space holes in rows and columns.

Toolbar

Solid

Solid Edit Tools >

Holes >

Array Hole

ArrayHolePolar

Copy and space holes around a central location.

Toolbar

Solid

Solid Edit Tools >

Holes >

Array Hole Polar

ArrayLinear

Copy and space objects in a single direction.

Toolbar

Transform

Array >

Linear

ArrayPolar

Copy and space objects around a central location.

Toolbar

Transform

Array >

Polar

ArraySrf

Copy and space objects in rows and columns on a surface.

Toolbar

Transform

Array >

Along Surface

Arrowhead

Create or remove an arrowhead on a curve.

Toolbar

Annotate

AssignBlankTexture

Assign texture names to objects.

Toolbar

AttachGHSData

Add GHS (General HydroStatics) information to objects.

Toolbar

Attach GHS Data

Audit3dmFile

Checks a Rhino 3dm file which is not currently opened for errors and lists the contents.

Toolbar

Analyze

Diagnostics >

Audit 3DM File

Audit

Checks the current Rhino model for errors.

Toolbar

Analyze

Diagnostics >

Audit

AutoAlignCPlane

Turns on/off Auto CPlane and manages the related options.

Toolbar

Status bar

CPlanes

New in V8

Auto CPlane

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.

Toolbar

Autosave

Save the current model to a backup file.

Toolbar	Menu
File	Not on menus.

B

BackgroundBitmap

Manage a background image in a viewport.

Toolbar

Background Bitmap

View

Background Bitmap >

Bake

Combine an object's textures and decals into a single bitmap file and assign that bitmap as object's texture.

Toolbar

BakeMapping

Creates a new texture image by mapping a texture from a UV mesh to another.

Toolbar

BatchRenderNamedViews

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

Toolbar

Render

Batch Render Named Views

Bend

Deform objects along an arc.

Toolbar

Transform

Bend

Bevel

Chamfers/fillets mesh or SubD edges with specified segments.

Toolbar

Mesh / SubD

Bevel

Blend

Connect two curves maintaining continuity.

Toolbar

BlendCrv

Connect two curves with continuity control.

Toolbar

Curve

Blend Curves >

Adjustable Curve Blend

BlendEdge

Create a surface between polysurface edges maintaining continuity.

Toolbar

Solid

Fillet Edge >

Blend Edge

BlendSrf

Create a blend surface between two surfaces with continuity control.

Toolbar

Surface

Blend Surface

Block

Define a block object.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Block
Main
Main1

Edit

Blocks >

Create Block Definition

Ctrl (CMD) + B

BlockEdit

Allow selecting a block instance to change the block geometry and update the block definition.

Toolbar

Edit

Blocks >

Edit Block in Place

BlockManager

Opens the Block Definitions panel for managing the block definitions in the model.

Toolbar

Edit

Blocks > Block Definitions

Window

Panels > Block Definitions

BlockResetScale

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

Toolbar

Edit

Blocks > Reset Block Scale

Boolean2Objects

Cycle through possible Boolean operations between two objects.

Toolbar

Solid

Boolean Two Objects

BooleanDifference

Subtract the volume of one set of objects from another.

Toolbar

Solid

Difference

BooleanIntersection

Create a new solid from solids' intersected volumes.

Toolbar

Solid

Intersection

BooleanSplit

Split and close solids at intersections.

Toolbar

Solid

Boolean Split

BooleanUnion

Combine the volumes of one or more objects.

Toolbar

Main
Main2
Solid Tools

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.

Toolbar

Solid

Boss

Bounce

Shoot a ray at a collection of surfaces to create a polyline path.

Toolbar

Box
Main
Main1
Solid Creation
Solids Sidebar

Curve

Polyline

Bounce Ray

BoundingBox

The BoundingBox command creates a box that encloses all selected objects, or each object in selection.

Toolbar	Menu
Box	Analyze Bounding Box

Box

Draw a solid box.

Toolbar

Solid

Box >

BoxEdit

Size, scale, position, and rotate objects numerically.

Toolbar

Window

Panels > BoxEdit

Bridge

Creates faces to connect two SubD/Mesh edge chains.

Toolbar

SubD/Mesh

Bridge

BringForward

Makes the selected object display one level up in the draw order.

Toolbar

Edit

Arrange >

Bring Forward

BringToFront

Makes the selected object display in front of all other objects.

Toolbar

Edit

Arrange >

Bring to Front

BringViewportToTop

Bring a viewport to the front.

Toolbar

Cage
Deformation Tools
Transform

C

Cage

Create a control cage object used by the CageEdit command to deform other objects.

Toolbar

Transform

Cage Editing >

Create Cage

CageEdit

Deform objects smoothly using control cage objects.

Toolbar

Transform

Cage Editing >

Cage Edit

CalcRPN

Toggle the on-screen RPN (reverse Polish notation) calculator.

Toolbar

RPN Calculator

Window

Panels > RPN Calculator

Calc

Toggle the on-screen calculator.

Toolbar

Calculator

Window

Panels > Calculator

Camera

Show, hide, or toggle the visibility of the viewport camera.

Toolbar

Shortcut

View / Viewport title

Set Camera >

Show Camera

Cancel

Cancel the current command and deselects objects.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Cap

Fills planar holes in objects with planar faces.

Toolbar

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.

Toolbar

Catenary >

Centermark

Draw a cross or a cross and center lines at the center point of a curve.

Toolbar

Chamfer

Create a line segment between two curves and trims or extends the curves to meet it.

Toolbar

Curve

Chamfer Curves

ChamferEdge

Create a ruled surface at polysurface edges.

Toolbar

Solid

Fillet Edge >

Chamfer Edge

ChamferSrf

Create a ruled surface between two surface edges.

Toolbar

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.

Toolbar

Edit

Change Degree

ChangeLayer

Change an object's layer.

Toolbar

Edit

Layers >

Change Object Layer

ChangeSpace

Move or copy objects between layout and detail viewports.

Toolbar

ChangeToCurrentLayer

Change an object's layer to the current layer.

Toolbar

Panels

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.

Toolbar

Analyze
Diagnostics
Geometry Fix

CheckNewObjects

Report errors in an object's data structure as it is created or imported.

Toolbar

CheckOutLicense

Check out a license from the Zoo license manager.

Toolbar

Analyze
Diagnostics
Geometry Fix
Main
Main2
Mesh Tools

Check

Report errors in an object's data structure.

Toolbar

Analyze

Diagnostics >

Check

Circle

Draw a circle from center and radius, diameter, points on the circumference, and circumference length.

Toolbar

Circle
Curve Drawing
Main
Main1

Curve

Circle >

Clash

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

Toolbar

Clash

ClearAllMeshes

Delete render and analysis meshes.

Toolbar

ClearAllObjectDisplayModes

Remove all per-view, per-object display mode overrides.

Toolbar

ClearAnalysisMeshes

Deletes all surface analysis meshes in the model.

Toolbar

Analyze

Surface > Clear Analysis Meshes

ClearClippingSections

Clears the clipping state of one or more clipping widgets in one or more views.

Toolbar

Drafting

Sections > Clear All

ClearDrawOrder

Removes the draw order tags from selected objects.

Toolbar

Edit

Arrange >

Clear Draw Order

ClearUndo

Clear the undo buffer to free memory.

Toolbar	Menu
Undo	Not on menus.

ClippingDrawings

Extracts sections and background geometry of clipping planes to generate 2D drawings on the World Top plane at the picked locations.

Toolbar

Display
Viewport Layout
Visibility

Drafting

Sections > Create Drawings

ClippingPlane

Create a plane that hides objects.

Toolbar

View / Viewport title

Clipping plane

ClippingPlaneProperties

Manages the properties of a Clipping Plane in Command-line.

Toolbar

Clipping section creation

ClippingSections

Creates clipping planes that cut through selected objects with settings to define direction, depth, label, and save section views as Named Views.

Toolbar

New in V8

Drafting

Sections > Create

CloseCrv

Close open curves.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve Edit Tools >

Close Curve

CloseRenderWindow

Close the render display window.

Toolbar

ClosestPt

Create a point object on an object at the nearest location to a base location or to another object.

Toolbar

Curve

Point Object >

Closest Point

CloseViewport

Close the active viewport.

Toolbar

View / Viewport title

Close Viewport

CollapseMeshEdge

Move mesh edge vertices to a single vertex.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Collapse >

Edge

CollapseMeshFace

Move all mesh face vertices to a single vertex.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Collapse >

Face

CollapseMeshFacesByArea

Move all mesh face vertices to a single vertex based on face area.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Collapse >

By Area

CollapseMeshFacesByAspectRatio

Move all mesh face vertices to a single vertex based on face aspect ratio.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Collapse >

By Aspect Ratio

CollapseMeshFacesByEdgeLength

Move all mesh face vertices to a single vertex based on face edge length.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Collapse >

By Edge Length

CollapseMeshVertex

Move a mesh vertex to an adjacent mesh vertex.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Collapse >

Vertex

CommandHelp

Open the docking context Command Help window.

Toolbar	Menu
Help	Window Panels > Help

CommandHistory

Open the Command History window.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Container

Commands >

Command History

Window

Panels >

Command History

Show Panels >

Command History

CommandList

Open the Command List window.

Toolbar

CommandPrompt

Manage the display of the command prompt window.

Toolbar

Commands

Display the Command List Help topic.

Toolbar	Menu
Help	Help Command List

ComputeVertexColors

Evaluate texture coordinates and set vertex colors.

Toolbar

Cone

Creates a surface cone.

Toolbar

Solid

Cone

Conic

Draw a conic section curve with options for the start, end, apex, and rho value.

Toolbar

Curve

Conic

Connect

Extend and trim curves to meet at their endpoints.

Toolbar

Extend

Curve

Connect Curves

ConnectSrf

Extends or trims two surfaces to where they intersect.

Toolbar

Surface

Connect Surfaces

Constraints

Opens the Constraints panel.

Toolbar

Window

Panels > Constraints

Containers

Opens the Containers dialog box to manage the panels or toolbars in containers.

Toolbar

New in V8

Window

Containers > Manage Containers

ContentFilter

Open the Content Filter dialog box.

Toolbar

ContinueCurve

Continue to draw the selected curve using control points.

Toolbar

Curve

Free-Form >

Continue Control Point Curve

ContinueInterpCrv

Continue to draw the selected curve interpolating through picked points.

Toolbar

Curve

Free-Form >

Continue Interpolated Curve

Contour

Creates planar curves, points, or hatches by intersecting evenly spaced planes with the input objects.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve From Objects >

Contour

Convert

Change a curve to polyline or arc segments.

Toolbar

Arc
Curve Tools
Lines

Curve

Convert

<Options>

ConvertDots

Convert Dot objects to either points or text.

Toolbar

Annotate

ConvertExtrusion

Convert extrusion objects to surfaces and polysurfaces.

Toolbar

ConvertTextToBlockAttribute

Turns exiting text objects into block attributes.

Toolbar

Edit

Blocks >

Convert Text to Block Attribute

ConvertToBeziers

Change the structure of a NURBS object to a Bézier object.

Toolbar

ConvertToSingleSpans

Splits a NURBS surface at knots to create untrimmed single-span surfaces.

Toolbar

New in V8

Surface

Surface Edit Tools >

Convert to Single Spans

CopyCPlaneSettingsToAll

Match all viewports' grid and snap settings to the specified viewport.

Toolbar

CopyCPlaneToAll

Match all viewports' construction planes to the specified viewport.

Toolbar

CopyDetailToViewport

Copy a detail viewport to a model viewport.

Toolbar

Copy

Duplicate objects.

Toolbar

Transform

Copy

CopyHole

Copy a hole in a planar surface.

Toolbar

Holes

Solid

Solid Edit Tools >

Holes >

Copy Hole

CopyLayout

Copy the active layout to a new layout.

Toolbar

CopyLinkedBlockDefinition

Copy a linked block with Reference style layers.

Toolbar

CopyRenderWindowToClipboard

Copy the image in the render window to the Clipboard.

Toolbar

CopyToClipboard

Copy objects to the Clipboard.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Edit

Copy

Ctrl (CMD) + C

CopyToLayer

Copy objects to a layer.

Toolbar

Edit

Layers >

Copy Objects to Layer

CopyViewportToDetail

Copy or move a model viewport to a detail viewport.

Toolbar

CPlane

Set the construction plane in the active viewport.

Toolbar

CPlanes
Standard

View / Viewport title

Set CPlane

Crease

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

Toolbar

SubD

Edit Tools > Hard Crease

CreaseSplitting

Control whether surface creation commands divide creased surfaces into polysurfaces.

Toolbar

CreateRegions

Replace a non-manifold polysurface with all solid manifold regions defined by the surfaces of the input.

Toolbar

CreateSolid

Create a closed polysurface from surfaces.

Toolbar

Solid

Create Solid

CreateUniqueBlock

The CreateUniqueBlock command duplicates the block definition of a block instance and changes the block instance to reference the new block definition.

Toolbar

New in V8

CreateUVCrv

Project a surface boundary and trim curves onto the world xy plane.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve From Objects >

Create UV Curves

Crv2View

Create a curve by averaging two input curves that are planar in two different views.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve From 2 Views

CrvDeviation

Report the maximum and minimum distances between two curves.

Toolbar

Curve >

Deviation

CrvEnd

Place a point object at the end of a curve.

Toolbar

Curve

Point Object >

Mark Curve End

CrvSeam

Change the seam (start/end) location on closed curves.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve Edit Tools >

Adjust Closed Curve Seam

CrvStart

Place a point object at the start of a curve.

Toolbar

Curve

Point Object >

Mark Curve Start

CSec

Create cross-section curves through profile curves.

Toolbar

Curve

Cross-Section Profiles

CullControlPolygon

Toggle the display of control points that are behind the surface.

Toolbar

CullDegenerateMeshFaces

Delete zero-area mesh faces.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Cull Degenerate Mesh Faces

CurvatureAnalysis

Evaluate surface curvature using false-color analysis.

Toolbar

Analyze

Surface >

Curvature Analysis

CurvatureAnalysisOff

Turn off curvature analysis display.

Toolbar

Curvature

Evaluate the curvature of a curve or surface.

Toolbar

Curvature Circle

CurvatureGraph

Evaluate curve or surface curvature with a graph.

Toolbar

Alias

Analyze
Surface Tools

Analyze

Curve >

Curvature Graph On

COn

CurvatureGraphOff

Turn off curvature graph display.

Toolbar

Alias

Analyze
Surface Tools

Analyze

Curve >

Curvature Graph Off

COff

CurveBoolean

Trim, split, and join curves based on their overlapping regions.

Toolbar

Curve
Curve Drawing
Main
Main2

Curve

Curve Edit Tools >

Curve Boolean

Curve

Draw a curve from control point locations.

Toolbar

Curve

Free-Form >

Control Points

CurveThroughPolyline

Create a curve from polyline vertices.

Toolbar

Curve
Curve Drawing
Main
Main2

Free-Form >

Fit To Polyline

Curve

Polyline >

Fit Through Points

CurveThroughPt

Fit a curve through point objects.

Toolbar

Lines

Curve

Free-Form >

Fit to Points

CurveThroughSrfControlPt

Fit curves through surface control points.

Toolbar

Cut

Delete objects and place them in the Clipboard.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Plane
Surface Creation
Surface Sidebar

Edit

Cut

Ctrl (CMD) + X

CutPlane

Create planar surfaces through objects at specified locations.

Toolbar

Surface

Plane >

Cutting Plane

CutVolume

Report the volume of the intersection of a solid and a box.

Toolbar

Cylinder

Draw a polysurface cylinder.

Toolbar

Solid

Cylinder

D

DecimalPoint

Checks to see whether numbers with decimal points are being correctly printed and read.

Toolbar

DeleteFaces

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

Toolbar

Mesh / SubD

Edit Tools > Delete Faces

Solid

Solid Edit Tools > Delete Faces

DeleteMeshNgons

Converts n-gons on a mesh into triangle or quad faces.

Toolbar

Delete

Removes objects or sub-objects.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Edit

Delete

Delete or Backspace

DeleteSubCrv

Remove a portion of a curve that is between two locations.

Toolbar

Alias

Curve

Curve Edit Tools >

Delete Subcurve

Break

Detail

Manage layout detail viewports.

Toolbar

Drafting
Layout

View

Layout > Add Detail View

DevLoft

Creates a single developable surface between two rails.

Toolbar

Surface Creation

Diameter

Report the diameter of a curve at a specified point.

Toolbar

Diameter

DigBeep

Turn the digitizing arm sound on and off.

Toolbar

DigCalibrate

Validate digitizer measurements against a model.

Toolbar

Tools

3‑D Digitizer >

Calibrate

DigCamera

Set the view based on the probe position and direction.

Toolbar

DigClick

Pick a location with a digitizing arm.

Toolbar

Shortcut

F12

DigDisconnect

Disconnect the digitizing arm.

Toolbar

3‑D Digitizing
Tools

Tools

3-D Digitizer >

Disconnect

Digitize

Connect and initialize a digitizing arm.

Toolbar

3‑D Digitizing
Tools

Tools

3‑D Digitizer >

Connect

DigLine

Draw a line normal to a surface with a digitizing arm.

Toolbar

Tools

3‑D Digitizer

Normal Line

DigPause

Suspend/pause input from the digitizing arm.

Toolbar

Tools

3‑D Digitizer >

Pause

DigScale

Set a scale factor for digitized points.

Toolbar

Tools

3‑D Digitizer >

Set Scale

DigSection

Create planar cross sections with a digitizing arm.

Toolbar

Tools

3‑D Digitizer >

Planar Section Curve

DigSketch

Sketch a curve with a digitizing arm.

Toolbar

Tools

3‑D Digitizer >

Sketch Curve

DimAligned

Draw a linear dimension lined up with two points.

Toolbar

Drafting

Other Annotations >

Aligned Dimension

DimAngle

Dimension the angle between two lines.

Toolbar

Drafting

Angle Dimension

DimArea

Dimension the area of a closed curve, surface, mesh, or hatch.

Toolbar

Drafting

Other Annotations >

Area Dimension

DimCreaseAngle

Dimension the angle between two planes.

Toolbar

Drafting

Other Annotations >

Crease Angle Dimension

DimCurveLength

Dimension the length of a curve.

Toolbar

Drafting

Other Annotations >

Curve Length Dimension

DimDiameter

Dimension the diameter of a curve.

Toolbar

Dimension
Drafting
Standard

Drafting

Diameter Dimension

Dim

Draw horizontal or vertical linear dimensions.

Toolbar

Drafting

Linear Dimension

DimOrdinate

Dimension the x or y distance from a base location.

Toolbar

Drafting

Other Annotations >

Ordinate Dimension

DimRadius

Dimension the radius of an arc or circle.

Toolbar

Drafting

Radial Dimension

DimRecenterText

Return dimension text to its default location.

Toolbar

Drafting

Recenter Dimension Text

DimRotated

Draw a linear dimension that is rotated from the xy axis.

Toolbar

Drafting

Other Annotations >

Rotated Dimension

DimVolume

Dimensions the volume of a closed extrusion, surface, polysurface, mesh, or SubD.

Toolbar

New in V8

Drafting

Other Annotations >

Volume Dimension

Dir

Display and edit an object's normal direction.

Toolbar

Analyze
Main
Main2

Analyze

Direction

DirectionalLight

Insert a light with parallel rays pointing in a specified direction.

Toolbar

Render

Create Directional Light

DisableClippingPlane

Turn off the selected clipping plane.

Toolbar

Display
Visibility

DisableOsnap

Manage persistent object snaps.

Toolbar

Tools

Object Snap >

Disable Object Snaps

DisplayCommandPrompt

Re-display the command prompt.

Toolbar

DisplayProperties

Open the Display panel.

Toolbar

Window

Panels > Display

Distance

Report the distance between two picked locations.

Toolbar

Distance

Distribute

Spread objects out evenly between the end objects.

Toolbar

Align and Distribute

DivideAlongCreases

Divide a surface into separate parts at kinks.

Toolbar

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

Curve

Point Object >

Divide Curve by >

Number of Segments

Length of Segments

DocumentProperties

Manage the settings for the current model.

Toolbar

File
Properties
Standard

File

Properties

DocumentPropertiesPage

Open the Document Properties dialog box at the specified page.

Toolbar

DocumentText

Opens the Document User Text panel that lets you manage the document text.

Toolbar

Lens Length
Render Sidebar
Set View
View

Window

Panels > Document User Text

DollyZoom

Move the camera location and change the lens length at the same time.

Toolbar

View / Viewport title

Set Camera >

Adjust Lens Length and Dolly

Domain

Report the domain of a curve or surface.

Toolbar

Annotate
Dimension
Drafting

Dot

Draw an annotation dot that stays parallel to and sizes with the view.

Toolbar

Drafting

Other Annotations >

Annotation Dot

DownloadLibraryTextures

Downloads required bitmap files for textures.

Toolbar

DraftAngleAnalysisOff

Turn off draft angle analysis.

Toolbar

DraftAngleAnalysis

Visually evaluate surface draft-angle using false-color analysis.

Toolbar

Analyze

Surface > Draft Angle Analysis

DraftAnglePoint

Place a point object on a surface the surface's draft angle break location.

Toolbar

DragCopy

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

Toolbar

Drag Mode
Organic
Point Edit

DragMode

Specify the plane object dragging will be parallel to.

Toolbar

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

Gumball widget menu

Organic

Drag Strength

Drape

Create a surface through the intersections of objects and points projected toward the construction plane.

Toolbar

Surface

Drape

DrapePt

Create a grid of points at the intersections of objects and points projected toward the construction plane.

Toolbar

Curve

Point Object >

Drape Points

DupBorder

Create a curve or polyline that copies a surface, polysurface, or mesh border.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve From Objects >

Duplicate Border

DupEdge

Create a curve that copies a surface edge.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve From Objects >

Duplicate Edge

DupFaceBorder

Creates a curve that copies a polysurface face border.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve From Objects >

Duplicate Face Border

DupLayer

Duplicate (copy) a layer including all layer attributes and geometry.

Toolbar

Edit

Layers >

Duplicate Layer

DupMeshEdge

Creates a polyline that duplicates the edge of a mesh.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve From Objects >

Duplicate Mesh Edge

DupMeshHoleBoundary

Create a polyline that duplicates the boundary of a mesh hole.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Extract >

Hole Boundary

E

EarthAnchorPoint

Add information about the model's position for GIS mapping applications.

Toolbar

Echo

Turn on echoing of script commands to the command history window.

Toolbar

EdgeContinuity

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

Toolbar

Analyze

Surface > Edge Continuity

EdgeSrf

Create a surface from two, three, or four curves.

Toolbar

Surface

Edge Curves

EditClippingDrawings

Updates the option settings for existing clipping drawings.

Toolbar

Drafting

Sections > Edit Drawings

EditLightByHighlight

Add lights based on highlight locations.

Toolbar

Render

Edit Light by Highlight

EditLightByLooking

Set a spotlight direction using view manipulation tools.

Toolbar

Light Tools
Render Tools

Render

Edit Light by Looking

EditPtOn

Displays edit points on curves or SubDs.

Toolbar

Edit

Control Points >

Show Edit Points

EditPythonScript

Edit a Python script.

Toolbar

Curve Drawing
Ellipse
Main
Main2

EditScript

Open a text editor utility for editing RhinoScript files.

Toolbar	Menu
Tools	Tools RhinoScript > Edit

Ellipse

Draw a closed elliptical curve from focus points, center and edges, bounding rectangle, and around a curve.

Toolbar

Curve

Ellipse >

Ellipsoid

Draw a solid ellipsoid.

Toolbar

Ellipsoid
Solid Creation
Solids Sidebar

Solid

Ellipsoid >

EMapOff

Turn off environment map display.

Toolbar

Close the dialog box.

EMap

Visually evaluate surface smoothness using an image bitmap reflected in the surface.

Toolbar

Analyze

Surface >

Environment Map

EnableClippingPlane

Turn on selected clipping planes in the active viewport.

Toolbar

EndBulge

Adjust the shape of a curve at its end or a surface near an untrimmed edge.

Toolbar

Edit

Surface >

Adjust End Bulge

Edit

Adjust End Bulge

EnterEnd

Simulate the Enter key to complete a command string in a script.

Toolbar

Enter

Simulate the Enter key in a script.

Toolbar

Environments

Opens the Environments panel.

Toolbar

Window / Render

Panels > Environments

EvaluatePt

Report the world and construction plane coordinates of a picked location.

Toolbar

Point

EvaluateUVPt

Report the u and v coordinates of a specified location on a surface.

Toolbar

Analyze
Surface Analysis

Analyze

Surface >

UV Coordinates of a Point

Exit

Close Rhino.

Toolbar

Shortcut

File

Exit

Ctrl (CMD) + Q

ExplodeBlock

Explode a block including any nested blocks into component objects.

Toolbar

Curve Drawing
Geometry Fix
Main
Main2
Popup
Solids Sidebar
Surface Sidebar

Edit

Blocks

Explode Block

Explode

Break objects down into components.

Toolbar

Edit

Explode

ExportBitmaps

Create files from bitmaps in the model.

Toolbar	Menu
File	Not on menus.

ExportClippingDrawings

Saves clipping drawings of selected clipping planes to separate Rhino (.3dm) or .dwg files.

Toolbar

Drafting

Sections > Export Drawings

ExportClippingSectionInfo

Creates a .csv file listing sections with basic location and area calculations for sections that have clipping drawings associated with them.

Toolbar

Drafting

Sections > Export Info

ExportLinkedBlocks

Saves all the Linked and Embedded and Linked block definitions in the current model to a zip file.

Toolbar

Blocks

New in V8

Edit

Blocks > Export Linked Block Definitions

ExportRuiFile

Merges the original toolbars of the selected .rui file and its customized toolbars into a new rui file.

Toolbar

Toolbars

Export RUI File

Export

Save selected objects to a new file.

Toolbar

File

File

Export Selected

ExportWithOrigin

Save objects to a new file with a specified origin and construction plane.

Toolbar

File
Block

File

Export With Origin

ExtendCrvOnSrf

Lengthen a curve on a surface to the surface edges.

Toolbar

Extend

Curve

Extend Curve >

Curve on Surface

ExtendDynamic

Lengthen a curve by its natural extension to a boundary or point.

Toolbar

Extend

Extend

Lengthen a curve.

Toolbar

Curve Tools
Extend

Curve

Extend Curve >

ExtendSrf

Lengthen a surface by a value.

Toolbar

Surface

Extend Surface

ExtractAnalysisMesh

Duplicate an object's analysis mesh.

Toolbar

ExtractBadSrf

Separate surfaces with errors from a polysurface.

Toolbar

Analyze

Diagnostics >

Extract Bad Surfaces

ExtractClippingSections

Duplicates the section boundaries and fills from the objects clipped by the selected clipping plane as curves and hatches.

Toolbar

Drafting

Sections > Extract Sections

ExtractClippingSlices

Extracts 3D slices of clipped model objects from clipping planes.

Toolbar

Drafting

Sections > Extract Slices

ExtractConnectedMeshFaces

Separate mesh faces connected to a face.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Extract >

Connected

ExtractControlPolygon

Fit a polyline through curve control points or a mesh through surface control points.

Toolbar

Mesh

From NURBS Control Polygon

ExtractCurvatureGraph

Duplicate a curve's curvature graph.

Toolbar

ExtractCustomMappingObject

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

Toolbar

ExtractDuplicateMeshFaces

Separate duplicated faces from a mesh.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Extract >

Duplicate

ExtractIsocurve

Duplicate surface isoparametric curves.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve From Objects >

Extract Isocurve

ExtractLineTypeSegments

Converts linetype patterns of the selected curves to curve segments and points.

Toolbar

New in V8

Curve

Curve from Objects >

Extract Linetype Segments

ExtractMeshEdges

Separate faces from the parent mesh determined by a draft angle or weld status.

Toolbar

ExtractMeshFacesByArea

Separate faces from a mesh by area.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Extract >

By Area

ExtractMeshFacesByAspectRatio

Separate faces from a mesh by aspect ratio.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Extract >

By Aspect Ratio

ExtractMeshFacesByDraftAngle

Separate faces from a mesh by a draft angle or weld status.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Extract >

By Draft Angle

ExtractMeshFacesByEdgeLength

Separate faces from a mesh by edge length.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Extract >

By Edge Length

ExtractMeshFaces

Separate faces from a mesh.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Extract >

Faces

ExtractMeshPart

Separate faces from a mesh that are bounded by unwelded, non-manifold, or naked edges.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Extract >

Part

ExtractNonManifoldMeshEdges

Separate non-manifold faces from a mesh.

Toolbar

ExtractOriginalCaptives

Restores the original, undeformed, captive object(s) at its original location.

Toolbar

New in V8

Cage

Transform

Cage Editing >

Extract Original Captives

ExtractPipedCurve

Duplicate a curve's piping mesh.

Toolbar

ExtractPt

Duplicate curve control or edit points, surface control points, and mesh vertices.

Toolbar

Curve from Object
Point

Curve

Curve From Objects >

Extract Points

ExtractRenderMesh

Duplicate the render mesh.

Toolbar

ExtractSrf

Separates or duplicates polysurface, Extrusion, or SubD faces.

Toolbar

Solid

Extract Surface

ExtractSubCrv

Separate or duplicate polycurve segments.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve From Objects >

Extract Curve

ExtractUVMesh

Duplicate the uv mesh.

Toolbar

ExtractWireframe

Duplicate surface or polysurface edge and isoparametric curves.

Toolbar

Extrude
Extrude Solid
Surface Creation
Surface Sidebar

Curve

Curve From Objects >

Extract Wireframe

ExtrudeCrvAlongCrv

Drive closed planar curves along a path curve.

Toolbar

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

Extrude
Extrude Solid
Solids Sidebar
Surface Creation
Surface Sidebar

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

Extrude
Extrude Solid
Surface Creation
Surface Sidebar

Solid

Extrude Planar Curve >

Tapered

Surface

Extrude Curve >

Tapered

ExtrudeCrvToPoint

Drive closed planar curves tapering to a point.

Toolbar

Extrude
Extrude Solid
Surface Creation
Surface Sidebar

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.

Toolbar

Extrude Solid
Solid Editing
Solid Tools

Mesh

Edit Tools > Extrude Faces and Boundary Edges

ExtrudeSrfAlongCrv

Drive surface edges along a path curve to create a solid.

Toolbar

Solid

Extrude Surface>

Extrude Surface to Boundary>

Along Curve

ExtrudeSrf

Drive surface edges in a straight line to create a solid.

Toolbar

Extrude Solid
Solid Creation
Solid Editing
Solids Sidebar
Solid Tools

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

Solid

Extrude Surface>

Extrude Surface to Boundary>

Tapered

ExtrudeSrfToPoint

Drive surface edges tapering to a point to create a solid.

Toolbar

Solid

Extrude Surface>

Extrude Surface to Boundary>

To Point

ExtrudeSubD

Extrudes SubD faces and boundary edges with different direction modes.

Toolbar

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

Curve

Curve Edit Tools >

Fair

FileExplorer

Opens the File Explorer panel that can access any types of files on the computer.

Toolbar

New in V8

Windows

Panels > File Explorer

Fill

Create SubD/mesh faces from SubD/mesh boundary edges.

Toolbar

SubD

Fillet

Add an arc between two curves and trims or extends the curves to the arc.

Toolbar

Curve Tools
Main
Main2

Curve

Fillet Curves

FilletCorners

Round polyline corners with arcs.

Toolbar

Curve

Fillet Corners

FilletEdge

Create a tangent surface between polysurface edges.

Toolbar

Solid

Fillet Edge >

Fillet Edge

FilletSrf

Create a constant-radius round surface between two surfaces.

Toolbar

Main
Main2
Surface Tools

Surface

Fillet Surfaces

FilletSrfCrv

Creates a fillet surface between a surface and a curve.

Toolbar

Surface Fillets

New in V8

Surface

Fillet Surface and Curve

FilletSrfToRail

Creates a surface blending between a surface and a curve referencing the curvature of another surface.

Toolbar

Surface Fillets

New in V8

Surface

Variable Fillet/Blend/Chamfer >

Fillet Surfaces To Rail

FillMeshHole

Fill a hole in a mesh.

Toolbar

Mesh

Mesh Repair Tools >

Fill Hole

FillMeshHoles

Fill all holes in a mesh.

Toolbar

Mesh

Mesh Repair Tools >

Fill All Holes

FindText

Finds or replaces the specified text string in text objects, dimensions, or dots.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Extrude
Surface Creation
Surface Sidebar

Ctrl (CMD) + F

Fin

Extrude a curve on a surface in the surface normal direction.

Toolbar

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

Curve

Curve Edit Tools >

Refit to Tolerance

FitCurveToSurface

Projects or pulls a curve onto a surface and transfers the knot parameterization in the U or V direction to the new curve.

Toolbar

New in V8

Curve

Curve from Objects >

Fit Curve to Surface

FitSrf

Reduce the number of surface control points.

Toolbar

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
Move	Not on menus.

FlatShade

Shade objects without smoothing between mesh faces.

Toolbar

STL Tools

View

Flat Shade

FlattenSrf

Project surface edges onto the construction plane to create planar curves.

Toolbar

Main
Main2
Mesh Tools
STL Tools
Surface Tools

Flip

Reverse the normal direction of a curve, surface, or mesh.

Toolbar

Analyze
Surface Tools

FlowAlongSrf

Re-align objects from a source surface to a target surface.

Toolbar

Transform

Flow along Surface

Flow

Re-align objects from a base curve to a target curve.

Toolbar

Transform

Flow along Curve

FoldFace

Rotate polysurface faces around an axis.

Toolbar

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

G

GCon

Report the geometric continuity between two curves.

Toolbar

Curve >

Geometric Continuity

GetDocumentUserText

Retrieve text information attached to a file with the SetDocumentUserText command.

Toolbar

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

GetUserText

Retrieve text information attached to an object using the SetUserText command.

Toolbar

GradientView

Set the gradient background for a viewport.

Toolbar

GrasshopperDeveloperSettings

Manages Grasshopper plug-in (*.gha) loading behavior and locations.

Toolbar

GrasshopperFolders

Opens the folders where Grasshopper stores files of settings, user objects, clusters or components.

Toolbar

GrasshopperGetSDKDocumentation

Downloads the Grasshopper SDK help document (.CHM) from the Internet.

Toolbar

GrasshopperIgnorePlugin

Selects a Grasshopper plug-in file (*.gha) that will be ignored by Grasshopper.

Toolbar

GrasshopperLoadOneByOne

Prompts to load Grasshopper plug-ins one by one and then launch Grasshopper.

Toolbar

Grasshopper

Opens the Grasshopper plug-in window.

Toolbar

Grasshopper

Tools

Grasshopper

GrasshopperPlayer

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

Toolbar

Grasshopper

Tools

Grasshopper Player

GrasshopperPluginList

Shows the plug-ins used in the currently loaded Grasshopper file.

Toolbar

Grasshopper

Tools

Grasshopper Plug‑in List

Grid

Set grid properties.

Toolbar

Shortcut

GroundPlane

Open the GroundPlane panel.

Toolbar

Render / Window

Panels > Ground Plane

Group

Organize objects into a single component.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Grouping
Main
Main1

Edit

Groups >

Group

Ctrl (CMD) + G

GumballAlignment

Reset the gumball widget alignment.

Toolbar

Status bar

Gumball widget menu

CPlane

Object

World

Align to CPlane

Align to Object

Align to World

Align to View

GumballAutoReset

Reset the gumball widget alignment.

Toolbar

Status bar

AutoReset Gumball

Gumball

Display the gumball widget on a selected object facilitating move, scale, and rotate transformations around the gumball origin.

Toolbar

Status bar

GumballDynamicRelocate

Allows relocating Gumball by dragging one of its controls.

Toolbar

GumballRelocate

Changes the Gumball widget location and orientation of on an object.

Toolbar

Gumball widget menu

Relocate Gumball

GumballReset

Resets the Gumball widget on an object to the default location and orientation.

Toolbar

Gumball widget menu

Reset Gumball

GumballScaleMode

Set the size of the scale handles either relative to the model or to a fixed size.

Toolbar

GumballSettings

Changes Gumball appearances from Command-line options.

Toolbar

H

HandleCurve

Draw chained Bézier curves with editing handles.

Toolbar

Curve

Free-Form >

Handle Curve

HatchBase

Set a starting point for existing hatches.

Toolbar

Toolbar: Drafting

Hatch

Create a pattern of lines to fill bounding curves.

Toolbar

Drafting

Hatch

HatchScale

Sets the scale factor of hatch patterns in model viewports.

Toolbar

HBar

Edit a curve or surface with Bézier curve editing handles.

Toolbar

Mesh Creation
Surface Creation
Surface Sidebar

Edit

Control Points >

Handlebar Editor

Heightfield

Create a surface based on gray-scale color values in an image file.

Toolbar

Surface

Heightfield from Image

Helix

Draw a helical curve with options for number of turns, pitch, vertical, reverse, and around a curve.

Toolbar

Curve

Helix

Help

Open the Help topic for the current command.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Help
Standard

Help

Help Topics

Hide

Conceal objects from view.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Edit

Visibility > Hide

Ctrl + H

HideInDetail

Conceal objects in a detail view.

Toolbar

HideLayersInDetail

Conceal layers in a detail view.

Toolbar

HidePt

Conceal control and edit points.

Toolbar

STL Tools
Visibility

Edit

Control Points >

Hide Points

HideRenderMesh

Hide the render mesh displayed with the ShowRenderMesh command.

Toolbar

HideSwap

Conceal all visible objects and re-displays all previously hidden objects.

Toolbar

Edit

Visibility >

Swap Hidden and Visible

HighlightObjectLayers

Selects the layers of selected objects when the Layer panel is visible.

Toolbar

New in V8

Edit

Layers > Highlight Object Layers

HistoryPurge

Remove history from an object and its children.

Toolbar

History

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

Status bar

History
Main
Main2
Tools

Record History

HistoryUpdate

Redefine selected objects when parents are changed.

Toolbar

Status bar

History

Record History >

Update Children

Hydrostatics

Report hydrostatic values for surfaces and polysurfaces.

Toolbar

Analyze

Mass Properties >

Hydrostatics

Hyperbola

Draw a hyperbolic curve from focus points, vertices, or coefficient.

Toolbar

Hyperbola >

Hyperlink

Manage URL addresses attached to an object.

Toolbar

Hyperlink >

I

IgesImportOptions

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

Toolbar

IGESStudy

Examine specific entities in an IGES file by limiting which portions of the IGES folder are parsed.

Toolbar

ImportAnnotationStyles

Import annotation styles into the current document.

Toolbar

File >

Import From File >

Annotation Styles from 3dm File

ImportLayout

Import a print layout viewport from another file.

Toolbar

Shortcut

File >

Import From File >

Layouts From 3dm File

View

Layout >

Import

Click Add Viewport tab

Import

Merges objects from another model file.

Toolbar

File
Standard
STL Tools

File

Import

IncrementalSave

Save sequentially-numbered versions of a model.

Toolbar	Menu
File	File Incremental Save

InfinitePlane

Intersect any plane with objects to return curves or points.

Toolbar

Plane

InsertControlPoint

Add control points to a curve or a row of control points to a surface.

Toolbar

Edit

Control Points >

Insert Control Point

InsertEdge

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

Toolbar

SubD / Mesh

Insert Edge

InsertEditPoint

Add edit points to a curve.

Toolbar

Organic

Edit

Control Points >

Insert Edit Point

Insert

Insert block objects stored in the file or import a file as a block definition.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Block
File

Edit

Blocks >

Insert Block Instance

File

Insert

Ctrl (CMD) + I

InsertKink

Add kinks to a curve.

Toolbar

Edit

Control Points >

Insert Kink

InsertKnot

Add knots to curves or surfaces.

Toolbar

Point Edit
Organic

Edit

Control Points >

Insert Knot

InsertLineIntoCrv

Flatten the curve segment between picked points.

Toolbar

InsertPoint

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

Toolbar

3‑D Digitizing
Curve
Curve Drawing

SubD / Mesh

Insert Point

Inset

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

Toolbar

SubD/Mesh

Edit Tools > Inset

InterpCrv

Fit a curve through picked locations.

Toolbar

Curve

Free-Form >

Interpolate Points

InterpCrvOnSrf

Fit a curve through locations on a surface.

Toolbar

3‑D Digitizing
Curve

Curve

Free-Form >

Interpolate on Surface

Intersect

Create point objects or curves at the intersections of curves and surfaces.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve From Objects >

Intersection

IntersectSelf

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

Toolbar

Curve

Curve From Objects >

Intersect Self

IntersectTwoSets

Find the intersection of one set of objects with another set of objects.

Toolbar

Geometry Fix
Select
Select Points
STL Tools
Visibility

Curve

From Objects >

Intersection of Two Sets

Invert

Deselect all selected objects and select all previously unselected objects.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Invert

InvertPt

Deselect all selected control or edit points and select all previously unselected control or edit points.

Toolbar

Select
Select Points

Edit

Control Points >

Select Control Points >

Invert

Isolate

Hide all but the currently selected objects.

Toolbar

IsolateLock

Lock all but the currently selected objects.

Toolbar

Lock
Visibility

Organic
Select
Select Points

Isometric

Change the current viewport properties to a parallel projection isometric view looking from a specified quadrant toward 0.

Toolbar

Isometric

View

Set View >

Isometric >

J

Join

Connect curves, surface edges, or surfaces to form a single object.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Edit

Join

SubD

Edit tool >

Join

Ctrl (CMD) + J

JoinCopy

Duplicates the selected objects and joins the duplicates.

Toolbar

New in V8

Edit

JoinCopy

JoinEdge

Join two naked edges that are out of tolerance.

Toolbar

Edge Tools
Geometry Fix

Surface and Analyze

Edge Tools >

Join 2 Naked Edges

L

Lasso

Select objects by drawing a freehand shape.

Toolbar

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.

Toolbar

LayerBook

Edit

Layers > LayerBook

LayerStateManager

Save and restore the current layer state.

Toolbar

Drafting
Layout
Viewport Layout

Edit

Layers > Layer State Manager

Window

Panels > Layer States

Layer

Toggle Layer panel.

Toolbar

Layer
Standard

Edit

Layers > Edit Layers

Window

Panels > Layers

Layout

Create a print layout viewport.

Toolbar

View and Layout Title

Layout >

New Layout

LayoutProperties

Manage layout viewport properties.

Toolbar

Drafting
Layout

Layouts

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

Toolbar

Window

Panels > Layouts

Leader

Draw an annotation leader with attached text.

Toolbar

Drafting

Leader

Length

Report the length of curves or surface edges.

Toolbar

Length

Libraries

Open the Libraries panel.

Toolbar

Render / Window

Panels > Libraries

Lights

Open the Lights panel.

Toolbar

Render / Window

Panels > Lights

LimitReferenceModel

Limit the amount of reference geometry that is available to work on.

Toolbar

Worksession

File

Worksession > Limit

LinearLight

Insert a tubular light.

Toolbar

Curve Drawing
Lines
Main
Main1

Render

Create Linear Light

Line

Draw a single line segment.

Toolbar

Curve Drawing
Lines

Curve

Line >

Lines

Draw multiple adjoining line segments.

Toolbar

Curve

Line >

Line Segments

LineThroughPt

Fit a line through any combination of points, control points, and point-cloud objects.

Toolbar

Lines

LinetypeDisplay

Configures how linetypes display in viewports.

Toolbar

Linetypes

The Linetypes command shows document linetype definitions in a tabbed panel.

Toolbar

Window

Panels > Linetypes

List

Report information about object's data structure.

Toolbar

Analyze

Diagnostics >

List

LoadScript

Load a RhinoScript.

Toolbar

Tools menu

Rhino Script >

Load

Lock

Lock objects so they cannot be selected for editing.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Edit

Visibility >

Lock

Ctrl (CMD) + L

LockSwap

Lock all unlocked objects and unlock all previously locked objects.

Toolbar

Lock
Visibility

Edit

Visibility >

Swap Lock and Unlocked

LockViewport

Toggles the locking state of the current viewport.

Toolbar

Panel

View / Viewport Title

Locked

Properties

View properties

Loft

Fit a surface through profile curves that define the surface shape.

Toolbar

Surface

Loft

Login

Log you into Rhino using your Rhino account.

Toolbar

Logout

Log you out and returns any licenses borrowed from a Rhino account.

Toolbar

M

MacroEditor

Open an edit window for script creation and testing.

Toolbar

Commands > Macro Editor

Window

Panels > Macro Editor

Macros

Opens the Macro Library dialog box to manage the macros in the default toolbars or linked rui files.

Toolbar

New in V8

Window

Macros

Maelstrom

Deform objects in a spiral.

Toolbar

Curve From Object
Dimension
Drafting

Make2D

Project geometry to the construction plane.

Toolbar

Drafting

Make 2‑D Drawing

MakeHole

Project a closed curve to a surface to define a hole.

Toolbar

Solid

Solid Edit Tools >

Holes >

Make Hole

MakeNonPeriodic

Insert a kink at the start/end of a curve or surface.

Toolbar

MakePeriodic

Remove the kink from the start/end of a curve or surface.

Toolbar

Edit

Make Periodic

MakeSubDFriendly

Makes any curves SubD compatible.

Toolbar

Curve Tools
Surface Tools

Curve

Curve Edit Tools >

Make SubD Friendly

MakeUniform

Make the object knot vectors uniform without changing the control point locations.

Toolbar

MakeUniformUV

Make the surface knots uniform in u or v direction.

Toolbar

Render Tools
Texture Mapping

MappingWidgetOff

Turn off texture mapping widgets.

Toolbar

Render Tools
Texture Mapping

MappingWidget

Turn on texture mapping widgets.

Toolbar

MarkFoci

Place point objects at focus locations of conic curves.

Toolbar

Curve

Point Object >

Mark Foci

MatchAnnotation

The MatchAnnotation command changes an annotation's properties to match another annotation.

Toolbar

Match

Change a curve end to meet another curve or surface edge with a specified continuity.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve Edit Tools >

Match

MatchCrvDir

Change a curve's direction to match another curve's direction.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve Edit Tools >

Match Direction

MatchLayer

Change an object's layer to match another object.

Toolbar

Edit

Layers >

Match Object Layer

MatchMapping

Change an object's texture mapping properties to match another object.

Toolbar

MatchMeshEdge

Move naked mesh face edges to meet adjacent face edges.

Toolbar

Mesh

Mesh Repair Tools >

Match Mesh Edge

MatchProperties

Change an object's properties to match another object.

Toolbar

Properties

MatchSrf

Adjust a surface edge to have continuity with another surface edge.

Toolbar

Surface

Surface Edit Tools >

Match

Materials

Open or close the Materials panel.

Toolbar

Window / Render

Panels > Materials

Maximize

Maximize the Rhino application window.

Toolbar

MaxViewport

Maximize the active viewport.

Toolbar

Shortcut

View

Maximize

Ctrl + M

Menus

Opens the Menu Editor window.

Toolbar

Merge2MeshFaces

Merge two triangular mesh faces into one quadrangular face.

Toolbar	Menu
Not on toolbars.	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

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

Edge Tools

Surface

Analyze

Edge Tools >

Merge All Edges

MergeCoplanarFace

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

Toolbar

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.

Toolbar

MergeEdge

Combine adjacent edges of the same surface.

Toolbar

Edge Tools
Surface Tools

Surface

Analyze

Edge Tools >

Merge Edge

MergeFaces

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

Toolbar

SubD / Mesh

Edit Tools > Merge Faces

MergeSrf

Combine two surfaces at untrimmed edges.

Toolbar

Surface

Surface Edit Tools >

Merge

MeshBooleanDifference

Subtract the volume of one set of objects from another resulting in a mesh.

Toolbar

Mesh Booleans

Mesh

Mesh Boolean >

Difference

MeshBooleanIntersection

Create a new mesh from the intersected volumes of objects.

Toolbar

Mesh Booleans

Mesh

Mesh Boolean >

Intersection

MeshBooleanSplit

Split and close objects at intersections.

Toolbar

Mesh Booleans

Mesh

Mesh Boolean >

Boolean Split

MeshBooleanUnion

Combine the volumes of objects into a single mesh.

Toolbar

Mesh Booleans
Mesh Tools

Mesh

Mesh Boolean >

Union

MeshBox

Draw a mesh box.

Toolbar

Mesh

Polygon Mesh Primitives >

Box

MeshCone

Creates a mesh cone.

Toolbar

Main
Main2
Mesh Creation
Mesh Tools

Mesh

Polygon Mesh Primitives >

Cone

Mesh

Create a mesh from a NURBS surface or polysurface.

Toolbar

Mesh

From NURBS Object

MeshCylinder

Draw a mesh cylinder.

Toolbar

Mesh

Polygon Mesh Primitives >

Cylinder

MeshEllipsoid

Draw a mesh ellipsoid.

Toolbar

Mesh

Polygon Mesh Primitives >

Ellipsoid

MeshFromLines

Create a mesh from intersecting lines.

Toolbar

MeshFromPoints

Creates a mesh from point objects or point clouds.

Toolbar

MeshIntersect

Create a polyline at the intersection of mesh objects.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve From Objects >

Intersection of Meshes

MeshOutline

Create a polyline outline of mesh objects or surface render mesh.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve From Objects >

Mesh Outline

MeshPatch

Create a mesh from curves and points.

Toolbar

MeshPlane

Draw a rectangular mesh plane.

Toolbar

Mesh

Polygon Mesh Primitives >

Plane

MeshPolyline

Create a mesh from a closed polyline.

Toolbar

Mesh

From Closed Polyline

MeshRepair

Open the Mesh Repair wizard.

Toolbar

Window

Panels > Mesh Repair

MeshSelfIntersect

Creates polylines from self-intersections of mesh objects.

Toolbar

Mesh

Mesh Repair Tools >

Mesh Self Intersect

MeshSphere

Draw a mesh sphere.

Toolbar

Mesh

Polygon Mesh Primitives >

Sphere

MeshSplit

Divide meshes into parts with another object.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Mesh Split

MeshToNURB

Duplicate each mesh face with a NURBS surface.

Toolbar

Main
Main2
Mesh Tools

MeshTorus

Draw a mesh torus.

Toolbar

Mesh

Polygon Mesh Primitives >

Torus

MeshTrim

Delete portions of a mesh inside or outside intersections with another object.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Mesh Trim

MeshTruncatedCone

Draw a mesh truncated cone.

Toolbar

Mesh

Polygon Mesh Primitives >

Truncated Cone

MigratePlugins

Searches for 3rd-party plug-ins installed for previous versions of Rhino to load in the current version of Rhino if they are compatible.

Toolbar

Minimize

Minimize the Rhino application window.

Toolbar

Mirror

Create a mirror-image copy of objects.

Toolbar

Mirror

MirrorHole

Create a mirror image copy of one or more holes in a single planar surface.

Toolbar

Solid

Solid Edit Tools >

Holes >

Mirror Hole

ModelBasepoint

Set a world origin that is used when inserting the model into another.

Toolbar

ModifyRadius

Change the radius of existing arcs and circles.

Toolbar

MoveCrv

Move a polycurve/polyline segment.

Toolbar	Menu
Move	Curve Curve Edit Tools > Move Curve Segment

MoveEdge

Move a polysurface edge.

Toolbar

Solid

Solid Edit Tools >

Edges >

Move Edge

MoveExtractedIsocurve

Allows moving a curve created by the ExtractIsocurve command with History.

Toolbar

MoveFace

Move a polysurface face.

Toolbar

Solid

Solid Edit Tools >

Faces >

Move Face

Move Face to Boundary

MoveHole

Move a hole in a planar surface.

Toolbar

Solid

Solid Edit Tools >

Holes >

Move Hole

Move

Move objects from one location to another.

Toolbar

Alias

Move

MoveTargetToObjects

Move the target to the center of selected objects.

Toolbar

Render Sidebar
Set View

View / Viewport title

Set Camera >

Move Target to Objects

MoveUntrimmedEdge

Move the edge of an untrimmed polysurface face.

Toolbar

MoveUntrimmedFace

Move an untrimmed polysurface face.

Toolbar

Solid Editing

MoveUVN

Move curve or surface control points along the u, v, and normal directions of the object.

Toolbar

Transform

Move UVN

Window

Panels > MoveUVN

MPlane

Set up a relationship between a construction plane and an object.

Toolbar

CPlanes

View / Viewport title

Set CPlane >

Mobile Construction Plane

MultiPause

Pause a script for the duration of multiple selections, for example in Join, Polyline, and FilletEdge.

Toolbar

MultiPipe

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

Toolbar

SubD

MultiPipe

N

NamedCPlane

Manage the named construction planes list.

Toolbar

CPlanes

View

Set CPlane > Named CPlanes

Viewport title

Set CPlane > Named CPlanes

Window

Panels > Named CPlanes

NamedPosition

Toggle the Named Position panel to the location of objects.

Toolbar	Menu
Move	Window Panels > Named Positions

NamedSelections

Opens the Named Selections panel that saves selection sets.

Toolbar

Window

Panels > Named Selections

NamedView

Manage the named views.

Toolbar

Render Sidebar
Set View

View

Set View > Named Views

Viewport title

Set View > Named Views

Window

Panels > Named Views

NestedClippingDrawing

Projects object sections from 3D space to the World XY-plane, on the current layer, with user-specified spacing and arrangement.

Toolbar

Drafting

Sections > Nested Drawings

NetworkSrf

Fit a surface through a network of crossing curves.

Toolbar

Surface

Curve Network

New

Create a new model based on a template.

Toolbar

Shortcut

File
Standard

File

New

Ctrl (CMD) + N

NewFloatingViewport

Create a new free-floating viewport.

Toolbar

NewViewport

Create a new viewport.

Toolbar

View / Viewport title

Viewport Layout >

New Viewport

NextOrthoViewport

Activate the next viewport with an orthogonal projection.

Toolbar

NextPerspectiveViewport

Activate the next viewport with a perspective projection.

Toolbar

NextU

Select the control point in the positive u direction.

Toolbar

Edit

Control Points >

Select Control Points >

Next U

NextViewport

Activate the next viewport.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Ctrl + Tab

NextViewportToTop

Display the next viewport in front of all other viewports.

Toolbar

NextV

Select the control point in the positive v direction.

Toolbar

Edit

Control Points >

Select Control Points >

Next V

NoEcho

Turn off echoing of script commands to the command history window.

Toolbar

NonmanifoldMerge

Create a non-manifold polysurface from intersecting surfaces and polysurfaces.

Toolbar

Notes

Open a text notes window.

Toolbar	Menu
File	File Notes Window Panels > Notes

Notifications

The Notifications command opens the Notification panel.

Toolbar

Window

Panels > Notifications

O

Offset

Copy a curve parallel to the original.

Toolbar

Curve

Offset Curve

OffsetCrvOnSrf

Copy a curve on a surface parallel to the original.

Toolbar

Curve

Offset >

Offset Curve on Surface

OffsetMesh

Copies a mesh by moving the vertices a specified distance with different direction modes.

Toolbar

Mesh

Offset Mesh

OffsetMultiple

Copy curves or surface edges parallel to the original.

Toolbar

OffsetNormal

Copy a curve on a surface parallel to the original in the surface normal direction.

Toolbar

Curve

Offset >

Offset Normal to Surface

OffsetSrf

Copy a surface parallel to the original.

Toolbar

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

SubD

Offset SubD

OneLayerOff

Turns off the selected object's layer.

Toolbar

Edit

Layers >

One Layer Off

OneLayerOn

Turns a specified layer on and all other layers off.

Toolbar

Edit

Layers >

One Layer On

OneView

Sets the active construction plane according to the current view direction to accommodate single-window modeling.

Toolbar

View
Viewport Layout

Open

Opens an existing model file.

Toolbar

Shortcut

File
Standard
STL Tools

File

Open

Ctrl (CMD) + O

OpenURL

Prompts for entering a web address and opens the website in the default web browser.

Toolbar

OptionsExport

Save Options settings to a file.

Toolbar

Export Options

OptionsImport

Restore Options settings from a file.

Toolbar

Import Options

Options

Manage global options.

Toolbar

Standard
Tools

Tools

Options

OptionsPage

Open the Options dialog box at a specified page.

Toolbar

Orient3Pt

Transform objects using three reference and three target points.

Toolbar

Orient >

3 Points

OrientCameraToSrf

Align the view to a surface normal.

Toolbar

View / Viewport title

Set Camera >

Orient Camera to Surface

OrientCrvToEdge

Copy and align a curve to a surface edge.

Toolbar

Orient >

Curve to Edge

OrientOnCrv

Transform objects along a curve normal.

Toolbar

Orient >

On Curve

OrientOnSrf

Transform objects normal to a surface.

Toolbar

Orient >

On Surface

Orient

Transform objects using two reference and two target points.

Toolbar

Orient >

2 Points

OrthoAngle

Set the angle for cursor ortho movement.

Toolbar

Status bar

Ortho >

Set Ortho Angle

Ortho

Restrict cursor movement to an angle.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Alias

Status bar

Shift

Ortho

Osnap

Set object snaps state.

Toolbar

Status bar

Osnap

Tools

Object Snap >

Osnap

P

PackageManager

Assists in the discovery, installation, and management of Rhino and Grasshopper plug-ins.

Toolbar

Package Manager

PackSubDFaces

Resets a SubD to the default face packing if adding creases or deleting faces breaks the rectangular quad grids.

Toolbar

Render Tools
Texture Tools

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

Pan

Shift the location of the view camera and target parallel to the view plane.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Set View
Standard
View

View

Pan

Pan, Zoom, and Rotate >

Pan View

Shift +

Parabola3Pt

Draw a parabolic curve through three picked points.

Toolbar

Parabola

Draw a parabolic curve from focus and vertex or endpoint.

Toolbar

Curve Drawing

Curve

Parabola >

Paraboloid

Draw a parabolic surface or capped solid.

Toolbar

Solid

Paraboloid >

Paste

Insert objects from the Clipboard.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Edit

Paste

Tools

Commands >

Paste from Clipboard

Ctrl (CMD) + P

Patch

Fit a surface through curves and point objects.

Toolbar

Surface

Patch

PatchSingleFace

Fill a mesh hole with a single mesh face.

Toolbar

Mesh

Mesh Repair Tools >

Patch Single Face

Pause

Stop a script for user input.

Toolbar

Render Sidebar
Set View
Viewport Layout

PerspectiveAngle

Set the viewport field-of-view angle.

Toolbar

Plane
Surface Creation
Surface Sidebar
Viewport Layout

PerspectiveMatch

Allow matching the view to the Wallpaper image.

Toolbar

Render Sidebar
Set View

View / Viewport title

Set Camera >

Match Wallpaper Image

Picture

Draw a rectangular planar surface with a bitmap texture.

Toolbar

Surface

Plane >

Picture

Pipe

Create a surface, polysurface, or extrusion object with a circular profile around a curve.

Toolbar

Solid Creation

Solids Sidebar

Solid / SubD

Pipe

PlaceHole

Project a closed curve to a surface to define a hole.

Toolbar

Holes
Solid Editing
Solid Tools

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.

Toolbar

Planar Booleans

Surface

Planar Boolean

PlanarIntersection

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

Toolbar

Planar Booleans

Surface

Planar Boolean

Planar

Limit picking locations to an elevation.

Toolbar

Alias

Status bar

Planar

PlanarMesh

Create a planar mesh from closed curves.

Toolbar

PlanarSrf

Create a planar surface from planar curves.

Toolbar

Surface

Planar Curves

PlanarUnion

Merges overlapped planar surfaces into a single surface.

Toolbar

Planar Booleans

Plane
Surface Creation
Surface Sidebar

Surface

Planar Boolean

Plane

Draw a rectangular planar surface.

Toolbar

Surface

Plane >

PlaneThroughPt

Fit a rectangular planar surface through points.

Toolbar

Plane
Surface Creation
Surface Sidebar

Surface

Plane >

Through Points

Plan

Set the viewport to a parallel plan view.

Toolbar

Animation
Animation Preview
Render Tools

View / Viewport title

Set View >

Plan

PlayAnimation

Play back an animation or animation preview.

Toolbar

PlugInManager

Manages plug-in options.

Toolbar

PointCloudContour

Create a series of planar curves by intersecting spaced planes with a point cloud.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve from Objects>

Contour Through Points

PointCloud

Create a set of vertices from point objects.

Toolbar

Curve

Point Cloud >

<Options>

PointCloudSection

Create a planar curve by intersecting a plane with points or pointcloud objects.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve from Objects>

Section Through Points

PointDeviation

Report the distance between points and a surface.

Toolbar

Analyze

Surface > Point Set Deviation

Window

Panels > PointDeviation

Point

Draw a single point object.

Toolbar

Main
Main2
Point

Curve

Point Object >

Single Point

PointGrid

Draw a rectangular grid of point objects.

Toolbar

PointLight

The PointLight command inserts an omni-directional light.

Toolbar

3‑D Digitizing
Main
Main2
Point

Render

Create Point Light

Points

Draw multiple point objects.

Toolbar

Curve

Point Object >

Multiple Points

PointsFromUV

Create point objects at specified surface u and v coordinates.

Toolbar

Analyze

Surface >

Point from UV Coordinates

PointsOff

Turn off control, edit, and solid points display.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Alias

Edit

Control Points >

Control Points Off

F11

POff

PointsOn

Display curve and surface control points.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Alias

Edit

Control Points >

Control Points On

F10

POn

PolygonCount

Report the number of mesh polygons in a selected object.

Toolbar

Analyze
Mesh Tools

Curve Drawing
Main
Main1
Polygon

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

Curve

Polygon >

Polyline

Draw a multi-segment polyline with options for line and arc segments, tracking line helpers, and close.

Toolbar

Curve Drawing
Lines
Main
Main1

Curve

Polyline >

PolylineOnMesh

Draw a multi-segment polyline on a mesh.

Toolbar

Lines

Curve

Polyline >

On Mesh

PopupMenu

Display a menu with favorites and most-recently-used commands.

Toolbar

PopupPopular

Display a menu with the most-used commands.

Toolbar

PopupToolbar

Open the specified toolbar at the cursor.

Toolbar

PrevU

Select the control point in the negative u direction.

Toolbar

Edit

Control Points >

Select Control Points >

Previous U

PrevViewport

Activate the previous viewport.

Toolbar

Ctrl + Shift + Tab

PrevV

Select the control point in the negative v direction.

Toolbar

Drafting
File
Standard
Viewport Layout

Edit

Control Points >

Select Control Points >

Previous V

PrintDisplay

Display objects using their Print Color and Print Width properties.

Toolbar

Display
Drafting

View / Viewport title

Print Preview

Print

Print the current viewport or layouts.

Toolbar

Shortcut

File

Layout title

Ctrl (CMD) + P

ProjectOsnap

Project object snaps to the construction plane.

Toolbar

Tools

Object Snap >

Project to Plane

Project

Project curves/points toward a construction plane to intersect a surface, polysurface, mesh, or SubD.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve From Objects >

Project

ProjectToCPlane

Flatten objects onto the construction plane.

Toolbar

Popup
Properties
Standard

Project to CPlane

Properties

Open the Properties panel.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Edit

Object Properties

Window

Panels > Properties

PropertiesPage

Open the Properties panel at a specified page.

Toolbar

PtOffSelected

Turn off control and edit points for selected objects.

Toolbar

Pull

Moves curves and points toward the normal direction of a surface, mesh, polysurface, or SubD to find intersections.

Toolbar

Curve

Curve From Objects >

Pullback

Purge

Delete unused block definitions, groups, layers, hatch patterns, linetypes, annotation styles, and materials.

Toolbar

File Utilities >

Purge Unused Information

PurgeRefObjects

Delete worksession reference objects.

Toolbar

PushPull

Extrudes a polysurface face to interactively add or remove volumes on the polysurface.

Toolbar

Main

New in V8

Solid

PushPull

PushViewportToBack

Send a named viewport behind all viewports.

Toolbar

Pyramid

Draw a pyramid.

Toolbar

Solid

Pyramid

Q

QuadrangulateMesh

Merge mesh triangles into quadrangles.

Toolbar

QuadRemesh

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

Toolbar

SubD / Mesh

Edit Tools > Quad Remesh

R

Radiate

Creates a radial-symmetrical SubD with specified segments.

Toolbar

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

SubD

Symmetry > RadiateFind

Radius

Report the radius of a curve.

Toolbar

Radius

RailRevolve

Revolve a profile curve around an axis and along a rail curve.

Toolbar

Surface

Rail Revolve

ReadCommandFile

Read and execute a command script from a text file.

Toolbar

Commands >

Read from File

ReadEveryIGESEntity

Import all IGES entities.

Toolbar

ReadViewportsFromFile

Set the viewport layout to match that of another model.

Toolbar

View / Viewport title

Viewport Layout >

Read From File

RebuildCrvNonUniform

Interactively modify selected curves by non-uniformly re-spacing the control points.

Toolbar

RebuildEdges

Restore surface edges to their surface.

Toolbar

Edge Tools
Surface Tools

Surface and Analyze

Edge Tools >

Rebuild Edges

RebuildMeshNormals

Remove mesh normals and reconstruct the face and vertex normals.

Toolbar

Mesh

Mesh Repair Tools >

Rebuild Mesh Normals

RebuildMesh

Strip texture coordinates, vertex colors, surface curvatures, and surface parameters from a mesh.

Toolbar

Mesh

Mesh Repair Tools >

Rebuild mesh

Rebuild

Reconstruct curves, surfaces, and extrusion objects to a specified degree and control point number.

Toolbar

Edit

Rebuild

RebuildUV

Reconstructs selected surfaces to degree 3, with a specified control point number, in either the u or v direction.

Toolbar

RecordAnimation

Render and save animation frames.

Toolbar

Animation
Render Tools

Curve Drawing
Main
Main2
Rectangle

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

Curve

Rectangle >

RectangularLight

Insert a rectangular directional light.

Toolbar

Render

Create Rectangular Light

RedoMultiple

Reverse the Undo command multiple times.

Toolbar	Menu
Undo	Edit Redo Multiple

Redo

Reverse the last Undo.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Render Sidebar
Set View
Standard
View

Undo

Edit

Redo

Ctrl (CMD) + Y

RedoView

Reverse the last UndoView.

Toolbar

Shortcut

View

Redo View Change

End

ReduceMesh

Reduce the number of mesh polygons and triangulates quadrangles.

Toolbar

Mesh

Edit Tools >

Collapse >

Reduce Vertex Count

ReducePointCloud

Removes random points of a specified number from a point cloud.

Toolbar

New in V8

Curve

Point Cloud >

Reduce Point Cloud

ReducePolyline

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

Toolbar

RefitTrim

Replaces a trimmed surface edge with an untrimmed edge.

Toolbar

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

SubD

Symmetry > Reflect

RefreshAllTextures

Re-read the texture from their files and refresh the display.

Toolbar

Texture Tools

RefreshShade

Regenerate an object's render mesh.

Toolbar

View / Viewport title

Refresh Shade

ReleaseFromCage

Remove objects from a control cage.

Toolbar	Menu
Cage	Not on menus.

RemapCPlane

Reorient objects to a different construction plane.

Toolbar

Orient >

Remap to CPlane

RememberCopyOptions

Specify whether Copy option on transform commands is stored.

Toolbar

Edge Tools
Geometry Fix
STL Tools

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

RemoveControlPoint

Remove control points from a curve or surface.

Toolbar

Edit

Control Points >

Remove Control Point

RemoveCrease

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

Toolbar

SubD

Edit Tools > Remove Crease

RemoveFromGroup

Detach objects from their parent group.

Toolbar

Edit

Groups >

Remove From Group

RemoveGuide

Remove temporary infinite guide / construction line.

Toolbar

RemoveKnot

Delete specified knots from a curve or surface.

Toolbar

Organic
Point Edit

Edit

Control Points >

Remove Knot

RemoveMappingChannel

Remove mapping channels from an object.

Toolbar

Curve Tools
Surface Tools

RemoveMultiKnot

Remove multiple knots from curves and surfaces.

Toolbar

RemovePerFaceColors

Clears per-face display colors or rendering materials on polysurfaces or SubDs.

Toolbar

Edit

Remove Per Face Colors

RemoveSymmetry

Removes the SubD symmetry constraints set by the Reflect and Radiate commands from selected SubDs.

Toolbar

SubD

Symmetry > Remove Symmetry

RenderArctic

Renders opaque materials, scene lighting, ground plane and background as if they are white.

Toolbar

RenderAssignMaterialToLayer

Assigns a material to a layer from the command-line.

Toolbar

RenderAssignMaterialToLayersOfObjects

Assigns a material to the selected object's layer from the command-line.

Toolbar

RenderAssignMaterialToObjects

Assigns a material to the selected objects from the command-line.

Toolbar

RenderBlowup

Render a selected area of the current viewport in the render window at the resolution specified in the Rendering panel.

Toolbar

Rendering

Open the Render panel.

Toolbar

Render Tools
Standard

Window

Panels > Rendering

RenderInWindow

Render a selected area in the render window at viewport resolution.

Toolbar

RenderMergeIdenticalMaterials

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

Toolbar

Render

Merge Identical Materials

RenderOpenLastRendering

Open last rendering in render window.

Toolbar

Render

Open Last Rendering

RenderOpenRenderImage

Open an image with the .rimage format.

Toolbar

RenderPreviewInWindow

Renders a selected area of the current viewport in the Render window with a rough quality for a fast preview.

Toolbar

RenderPreview

Renders the current viewport in the Render window with a rough quality for a fast preview.

Toolbar

Render

Render Preview

RenderPreviewWindow

Renders a selected area in the viewport with a rough quality for a fast preview.

Toolbar

Render

Render the objects using the current renderer.

Toolbar

Render Tools
Standard

Render

RenderReportImageFiles

Opens a dialog box to manage external image files.

Toolbar

RenderReportMissingImageFiles

Opens a dialog box to manage missing external image files.

Toolbar

RenderWindow

Render a selected area in the viewport at viewport resolution.

Toolbar

RepairSubD

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

Toolbar

SubD

Repair Tools > Repair SubD

Reparameterize

Recalculate an object's parameter space to match its 3-D geometry.

Toolbar

Repeat

Repeat any command or script/macro.

Toolbar

Repeat Command Script

ReplaceBlock

Replace block instances with a different block definition.

Toolbar

ReplaceEdge

Untrim selected surface edges and retrim the edges.

Toolbar

Surface

Edge Tools >

Replace Edge

Rescue3dmFile

Recovers geometry objects that can be read from a damaged Rhino 3dm file.

Toolbar

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

ResetMessageBoxes

Clears the "Do not show this dialog/message again" check boxes in all dialogs.

Toolbar

Reset

Restores the window layout, toolbars, or all settings to the initial state of the Rhino app.

Toolbar

New in V8

Restore

Restore the application window from being maximized.

Toolbar

RevCloud

Draw revision cloud curves.

Toolbar

Drafting

Other Annotations >

Revision Cloud

Revert

Discard changes and revert to the previously saved document.

Toolbar	Menu
File	File Revert

Revolve

Create a surface or SubD by revolving a profile curve around an axis.

Toolbar

Surface / SubD

Revolve

RevolvedHole

Create holes by revolving a profile curve around an axis.

Toolbar

Extrude
Surface Creation
Surface Sidebar

Solid

Solid Edit Tools >

Holes >

Revolved Hole

Ribbon

Offset a curve and create a ruled surface between the curves.

Toolbar

Surface

Extrude Curve > Ribbon

RibbonOffset

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

Toolbar

Surface Creation

Curve

Offset > Ribbon Offset

Rib

Extrude a curve in two directions to a boundary surface.

Toolbar

Solid

Rib

RLeaderEdit

Run by script interface and OnDoubleClick to edit leaders.

Toolbar

LookAbout
Set View
Standard
View

Rotate3D

Rotate objects around a 3-D axis.

Toolbar

Main
Main2
Transform

Transform

Rotate 3-D

RotateCamera

Rotate the view target around the camera.

Toolbar

View / Viewport title

Set Camera >

Rotate Camera

RotateHole

Rotate a hole around an axis.

Toolbar

Holes
Solid Editing
Solid Tools

Solid

Solid Edit Tools >

Holes >

Rotate Hole

Rotate

Rotate objects around an axis perpendicular to the construction plane.

Toolbar

Main
Main2
Transform

Transform

Rotate

RotateView

Rotate the view camera around the target.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Set View
Standard
View

View

Rotate

Viewport Title

Zoom, Pan, and Rotate >

Rotate View

RoundHole

Create circular holes in surfaces.

Toolbar

Solid

Solid Edit Tools >

Holes >

Round Hole

RTextEdit

Run by script interface and OnDoubleClick to edit text objects.

Toolbar

RunPythonScript

Run a Python script.

Toolbar

Run

Run another application from inside Rhino.

Toolbar

RunScript

Run a RhinoScript.

Toolbar

Tools menu

Rhino Script >

Run

S

SaveACopy

Saves the current Rhino model, including unsaved data, to a new 3dm file. The current date and time will be added to the file name.

Toolbar

File

New in V8

File

Save a Copy

SaveAs

Save the current model with a different name, close the current model, and open the new model.

Toolbar

File
Popup
STL Tools

File

Save As

SaveAsTemplate

Save the current model as a template file.

Toolbar	Menu
File	File Save As Template

SaveClippingSectionCPlanes

Saves Named CPlanes using the names and orientations of selected clipping planes.

Toolbar

Drafting

Sections > Save CPlanes

SaveClippingSectionViews

Saves the views of selected clipping sections to the Named Views panel.

Toolbar

Drafting

Sections > Save Views

SaveRenderWindowAs

Save the image in the render window to a file.

Toolbar

Save

Save the current model.

Toolbar

Shortcut

File
Popup
Standard
STL Tools

File

Save

Ctrl (CMD) + S

SaveSmall

Save geometry objects without render or analysis meshes.

Toolbar	Menu
File	File Save Small

SaveWindowLayout

Saves the current arrangement of containers, panels, and toolbars to a new custom Window Layout.

Toolbar

New in V8

Window

Window Layouts >

Save Window Layout

Scale1D

Change the size of objects in one direction.

Toolbar

Organic

Transform

Scale > Scale 1-D

Scale2D

Change the size of objects uniformly in two directions.

Toolbar

Main
Main1
Transform

Transform

Scale >

Scale 2-D

ScaleByPlane

Change the size of objects in two directions non-uniformly.

Toolbar

Scale

Change the size of objects uniformly in the x, y, and z directions.

Toolbar

Main
Main1
Scale
Transform

Transform

Scale >

Scale 3-D

ScaleNU

Change the size of objects non-uniformly in three directions.

Toolbar

Transform

Scale >

Non-Uniform Scale

ScalePositions

Change the spacing between objects.

Toolbar

ScaleTextHeight

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

Toolbar

Transform

Scale > Scale Text Height

ScreenCaptureToClipboard

Save an image of a viewport to the Clipboard including viewport edges, cursor image, and viewport menu.

Toolbar

ScreenCaptureToFile

Save an image of the viewport as a bitmap file including viewport edges, cursor image, and viewport menu.

Toolbar

ScriptEditor

Opens the Script Editor window for Python and C# programing.

Toolbar

New in V8

Tools

Script > Edit

Section

Creates planar curves, points, or hatches by intersecting a plane with the input objects.

Toolbar

Analyze
Diagnostics
Geometry Fix

Curve

Curve From Objects >

Section

SelAll

Select all objects.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Select
Standard

Edit

Select Objects >

All Objects

Ctrl (CMD) + A

SelBadObjects

Select all objects that do not pass Check.

Toolbar

Analyze

Diagnostics >

Select Bad Objects

SelBlockInstanceNamed

Select all block instances by name.

Toolbar

Edit

Select by Object Property >

By Block Name

SelBlockInstance

Select all block instances.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects > Blocks

Block Instances

SelBoundary

Selects objects with a view based boundary defined by a closed curve.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Area and Volume Select >

Boundary

SelBox

Select objects inside, outside, or crossing a box-shaped volume.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Area and Volume Select >

Box

SelBrush

Drag the mouse like a brush stroke to select objects.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Area and Volume Select >

Brush

SelBrushPoints

Drag mouse like a brush stroke to select points and control points.

Toolbar

Edit

Control Points >

Select Control Points >

Brush

SelCaptives

Select captive objects of a specified cage controls.

Toolbar	Menu
Cage	Not on menus.

SelChain

Select curve or surface edges that touch end-to-end.

Toolbar

Select
Select Chain

Edit

Select Objects >

Chain

SelChildren

Select children of specified parents.

Toolbar

History
Select History

Edit

Select Objects >

History >

Children

SelCircular

Draws a circle on the view plane to select objects.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Area and Volume Select >

Circular

SelClippingPlaneInViewport

Selects the clipping planes that clip the current model or detail viewport.

Toolbar

New in V8

Edit

Select Objects >

Clipping Planes in Viewport

SelClippingPlane

Select all clipping planes.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Clipping Planes

SelClosedCrv

Select all closed curves.

Toolbar

SelClosedMesh

Select all closed mesh objects.

Toolbar

Select Meshes

SelClosedPolysrf

Select all closed polysurfaces.

Toolbar

Select Polysurfaces

SelClosedSrf

Select all closed surfaces.

Toolbar

SelClosedSubD

Select all Rhino SubD objects in the model that do not have a boundary and are not locked or hidden.

Toolbar

SelColor

Selects all objects of a specified display color or material diffuse color depending on the display mode of the active viewport.

Toolbar

Edit

Select by Object Property >

By Color

SelConnectedMeshFaces

Select mesh faces from the parent mesh object that are connected to a selected face.

Toolbar

SelConnected

Select adjacent control points.

Toolbar

Edit

Control Points >

Select Control Points >

Connected

SelControlPointRegion

Select a range of control points on a curve or surface.

Toolbar

SelControlPoint

Select all control points.

Toolbar

SelControls

Select all cage controls.

Toolbar	Menu
Cage	Not on menus.

SelCrossing

Select with a crossing window.

Toolbar

Shortcut

SelCrv

Select all curves.

Toolbar

Select
Select Curves

Edit

Select Objects >

Curves

SelDetail

Select all Detail view rectangles in a Layout viewport.

Toolbar

SelDimAngular

Selects all angular dimension objects.

Toolbar

Edit

Dimension Types >

Angular Dimensions

SelDimCentermark

Selects all center mark dimension objects.

Toolbar

Edit

Dimension Types >

Centermarks

SelDimLinear

Selects all linear dimension objects.

Toolbar

Edit

Dimension Types >

Linear Dimensions

SelDimOrdinate

Selects all ordinate dimension objects.

Toolbar

Edit

Dimension Types >

Ordinate Dimensions

SelDimOverride

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

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Dimensions with Style Override

SelDimRadial

Selects all radius and diameter dimension objects.

Toolbar

Edit

Dimension Types >

Radial Dimensions

SelDim

Select all dimensions.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Dimensions

SelDimTextOverride

Selects dimension objects with non-default dimension text.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Dimensions with Text Override

SelDot

Select all annotation dots.

Toolbar

SelDupAll

Select all visible geometrically identical objects.

Toolbar

SelDup

Select geometrically identical objects.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Duplicate Objects

SelectionFilterEdges

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

Toolbar

SelectionFilterFaces

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

Toolbar

SelectionFilterNone

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

Toolbar

SelectionFilter

Restrict a selection mode to specified object types.

Toolbar

Status bar

Edit

Selection Filter

Filter

SelectionFilterToggle

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

Toolbar

Shortcut

SelectionFilterVertices

Restricts selection to object grips.

Toolbar

Select

Select objects.

Toolbar

SelEdgeLoop

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

Toolbar

SelEdgeRing

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

Toolbar

SelExtrusion

Select Extrusion objects.

Toolbar

Select Polysurfaces

Edit

Select Objects >

Extrusions

SelFaceLoop

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

Toolbar

SelFacesToBoundary

Selects SubD or mesh faces surrounded by selected faces, borders, or both.

Toolbar

New in V8

Edit

Select Objects >

Faces to Boundary

SelFence

Select a using a crossing sketched polyline.

Toolbar

SelFontUse

Selects annotations by font.

Toolbar

Edit

Select by Object Property >

By Annotation Font

SelGroup

Select a group by name.

Toolbar

Edit

Select by Object Property >

By Group Name

SelHatch

Select hatch objects.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Hatches

SelID

Select objects by object ID number.

Toolbar

SelKey

Select objects by their user attribute key.

Toolbar

SelKeyValue

Select objects by their user attribute key and value.

Toolbar

SelLast

Select the last changed objects.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Last Created Objects

SelLayerNumber

Select objects by layer number.

Toolbar

SelLayer

Select all objects on a layer.

Toolbar

Edit

Select by Object Property >

By Layer

SelLeader

Select all leaders.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Leaders

SelLight

Select all lights.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Lights

SelLine

Select all lines.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Lines

SelLinetype

Select objects with the specified linetype.

Toolbar

SelMappingWidget

Select all texture mapping widgets.

Toolbar

SelMaterialName

Selects objects/sub-objects with the same render material name.

Toolbar

SelMeshFacesByArea

Select mesh faces from the parent mesh object that are within a specified range of area.

Toolbar

SelMeshFacesByAspectRatio

Select mesh faces from the parent mesh object that are greater than the specified aspect ratio limit.

Toolbar

SelMeshFacesByDraftAngle

Separate mesh faces from the parent mesh object based on the angle of the faces to the view.

Toolbar

SelMeshFacesByEdgeLength

Select mesh faces from the parent mesh object that have an edge length greater or less than a specified value.

Toolbar

SelMeshPart

Select all mesh faces radiating out from the selected face to naked or unwelded edges in the parent mesh object.

Toolbar

SelMesh

Select all mesh objects.

Toolbar

Select
Select Meshes

Edit

Select Objects >

Polygon Meshes

SelMirroredBlocks

Selects the block instances that were mirrored or scaled with a negative factor.

Toolbar

New in V8

Edit

Select Objects > Blocks

Mirrored Block Instances

SelNakedMeshEdgePt

Select unwelded vertices on mesh edges.

Toolbar

STL Tools

SelNamedViewWidget

Select all Named View widget objects.

Toolbar

SelName

Select objects by name.

Toolbar

Edit

Select by Object Property >

By Object Name

SelNone

Deselect all objects.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Select
Standard

Edit

Select Objects >

None

Esc

SelNonManifold

Select non-manifold objects.

Toolbar

History
Select
Select History

SelObjectsWithHistory

Select objects that have history.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

History >

Objects with History

SelOpenCrv

Select all open curves.

Toolbar

SelOpenMesh

Select all open mesh objects.

Toolbar

Select Meshes

Edge Tools
Select Polysurfaces

SelOpenPolysrf

Select all open polysurfaces.

Toolbar

SelOpenSrf

Select all open surfaces.

Toolbar

SelOpenSubD

Select all Rhino SubD objects in the model that have a boundary and are not locked or hidden.

Toolbar

SelParents

Select parents of specified children.

Toolbar

History
Select History

Edit

Select Objects >

History >

Parents

SelPicture

Select all objects created with the Picture command.

Toolbar

SelPlanarCrv

Select all planar curves.

Toolbar

SelPlanarSrf

Select all planar surfaces.

Toolbar

SelPolyline

Select all polylines.

Toolbar

Select
Select Polysurfaces

Edit

Select Objects >

Polylines

SelPolysrf

Select all polysurfaces.

Toolbar

Alias

Edit

Select Objects >

Polysurfaces

SelPolysurface

SelPrev

Re-select the previous selection set.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Previous Selection

SelPtCloud

Select all point cloud objects.

Toolbar

SelPt

Select all point objects, control points, edit points, and solid points.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Points

SelRectangular

Emulates the regular window selection action with some control options.

Toolbar

New in V8

Edit

Select Objects >

Area and Volume Select >

Rectangular

SelRenderColor

Select objects by their render color.

Toolbar

SelSelfIntersectingCrv

Selects the curves that pass through themselves.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Self‑Intersecting Curves

SelShortCrv

Select all curves shorter than a specified length.

Toolbar

SelSmall

Select all objects smaller than a specified size.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Area and Volume Select >

Small Objects

SelSrf

Select all surfaces.

Toolbar

Select
Select Surfaces

Edit

Select Objects >

Surfaces

SelSubDEdges

Selects different types of edges on selected SubDs.

Toolbar

New in V8

SelSubDFriendlyCrv

Selects SubD friendly (compatible) curves.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

SubD Friendly Curves

SelSubD

Select all Rhino SubD objects in the model that are not locked or hidden.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects > SubD objects

SelText

Select all text.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Text

SelTrimmedSrf

Select all trimmed surfaces.

Toolbar

SelUntrimmedSrf

Select all untrimmed surfaces.

Toolbar

SelU

Select all connected control points in the u direction.

Toolbar

Edit

Control Points >

Select Control Points >

Select U

SelUV

Select connected control points in the u and v directions.

Toolbar

Edit

Control Points >

Select Control Points >

Select UV

SelValue

Select objects by their user attribute value.

Toolbar

Select Meshes
Select Polysurfaces
Select Surfaces

SelVisible

Select all surfaces or meshes that are in front of other objects with a crossing selection.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Visible Surfaces and Meshes

SelVolumeObject

Select objects enclosed by an extrusion object, surface, polysurface, or mesh.

Toolbar

SelVolumePipe

Select objects inside, outside, or crossing a pipe-shaped volume.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Area and Volume Select >

Pipe

SelVolumeSphere

Select objects inside, outside, or crossing a spherical volume.

Toolbar

Edit

Select Objects >

Area and Volume Select >

Sphere

SelV

Select all connected control points in v direction.

Toolbar

Edit

Control Points >

Select Control Points >

Select V

SelWindow

Select with an enclosing window.

Toolbar

Alias

SendBackward

Makes the selected object display one level down in the draw order.

Toolbar

Edit

Arrange >

Send Backward

SendToBack

Makes the selected object display behind all other objects.

Toolbar

Edit

Arrange >

Send to Back

SetActiveViewport

Activate a named viewport.

Toolbar

View / Viewport title

Active Viewport

SetCurrentAnnotationStyle

Specify the current annotation style.

Toolbar

Drafting

Set Current Annotation Style

SetCurrentRenderPlugIn

Specify a rendering plug-in.

Toolbar

Render

Current Render

SetCustomLinetype

Edits an object's custom linetype properties in a floating dialog.

Toolbar

SetDimensionLayer

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

Toolbar

Drafting

Set Dimension Layer

SetDisplayMode

Specify a viewport display mode.

Toolbar

Shortcuts

Ctrl (CMD) + Alt +

G Ghosted

R Rendered

S Shaded

W Wireframe

X XRay

SetDocumentUserText

Attach text information to the file.

Toolbar

SetFlythroughAnimation

Animate the camera and target movement along a path curve.

Toolbar

SetGroupName

Name a group.

Toolbar

Edit

Groups >

Set Group Name

SetIgesLayerLevelMap

Control the correspondence between Rhino layers and IGES levels.

Toolbar

SetLayerLinetype

Specify a linetype for a specified layer.

Toolbar

SetLayerToObject

Set the current layer to match a specified object.

Toolbar

Edit

Layers >

Set Current Layer to Object

SetLinetypeScale

Specify the global linetype scale from the command line.

Toolbar

SetLinetype

Specify a curve's linetype.

Toolbar

SetMaximizedViewport

Maximize a named viewport inside the application window.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Ctrl (CMD) +

F1 Top

F2 Front

F3 Right

F4 Perspective

SetObjectDisplayMode

Assign separate display attributes to objects, overriding viewport settings.

Toolbar

SetObjectName

Assign a name to an object.

Toolbar

SetOneDaySunAnimation

Animate sun movement through a specified calendar day.

Toolbar

SetOrtho

Turn ortho mode on, off, or toggle the current state.

Toolbar

Status bar

Ortho >

Ortho On/Off

SetPathAnimation

Animate the camera and target movement along separate path curves.

Toolbar

SetPerFaceColorByFacePack

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

Toolbar

SubD

Edit Tools > Set Per Face Color By Face Pack

SetPlanar

Turn Planar mode on, off, or toggle the current state.

Toolbar

Status bar

Planar >

Planar Mode On/Off

SetPt

Moves selected points and control points of objects to a specified location in the x, y, and/or z directions.

Toolbar

Set XYZ Coordinates

SetRedrawOff

Disable screen redraw, construction plane, and view changes during scripts.

Toolbar	Menu
View	Not on menus.

SetRedrawOn

Enable screen redraw, construction plane, and view changes during scripts.

Toolbar	Menu
View	Not on menus.

SetSeasonalSunAnimation

Animate sun movement through a specified week, month, or year.

Toolbar

SetSnap

Turn grid snap on, off, or toggle the current state.

Toolbar

Status bar

Grid Snap >

Grid Snap On/Off

SetSpotlightToView

Match spotlight direction to the viewport camera direction.

Toolbar

Light Tools
Render Tools

Render

Set Spotlight to View

SetSurfaceTangent

Set the tangent direction of an untrimmed surface.

Toolbar

Surface

Surface Edit Tools >

Set Edge Tangent Direction

SetTurntableAnimation

Animate camera rotation once around the current target point.

Toolbar

SetUserText

Attach text information to an object.

Toolbar

CPlane View
Render Tools
Set View
Standard

SetView

Change the view to a standard construction plane view.

Toolbar

View / Viewport title

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

SetViewToSpotlight

Match the view to a spotlight direction.

Toolbar

Light Tools
Render Tools

Render

Set View to Spotlight

SetWorkingFolder

Specify the default folder for saving and opening files.

Toolbar	Menu
File	Not on menus.

SetZoomExtentsBorder

Set distance between objects and viewport edges for Zoom Extents.

Toolbar

ShadeSelected

Shade selected objects only.

Toolbar

View

Shade Selected Objects Only

Shade

Temporarily shade the current viewport.

Toolbar

Display
Standard

Shear

Skew objects parallel to one axis at an angle.

Toolbar

Solid Tools
Solids Sidebar

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

Solid

Shell

ShortPath

Create the shortest possible curve (geodesic) between two points on a surface.

Toolbar

ShowDirOff

Close the Direction Analysis control, and turn off direction analysis.

Toolbar

ShowDir

Open the Direction Analysis control and turn on direction analysis for curves, surfaces, and polysurfaces.

Toolbar

Analyze
Diagnostics
Edge Tools
Geometry Fix
Surface Tools

ShowEdges

Highlight edges of surfaces and polysurfaces. Displays the Edge Analysis control.

Toolbar

Surface and Analyze

Edge Tools >

Show Edges

ShowEdgesOff

Turn off edge display.

Toolbar

Analyze
Diagnostics
Edge Tools
Geometry Fix
Surface Tools

Analyze

Edge Tools >

Show Edges

ShowEndsOff

Close the End Analysis control, and turn off endpoints of curves.

Toolbar

Analyze
Curve Tools
Diagnostics

Analyze
Curve Tools
Diagnostics

ShowEnds

Open the End Analysis control, and display the endpoints of curves.

Toolbar

Analyze

Curve > Show Ends

ShowInDetail

Redisplay hidden objects in a detail view.

Toolbar

ShowLayersInDetail

Redisplay hidden layers in a detail view.

Toolbar

ShowOsnap

Show the OSnap panel.

Toolbar

Object Snap
Standard

Tools

Object Snap >

Persistent Osnap Dialog

Window

Panels > OSnap

ShowPt

Redisplay all hidden control points and edit points.

Toolbar

STL Tools
Visibility

Edit

Control Points >

Show Points

Show

Redisplay all hidden objects.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Organic
Popup
Standard
Visibility

Hide Clusters

Edit

Visibility > Show

Ctrl + Alt + H

ShowRenderMesh

Display the render mesh for selected objects.

Toolbar

ShowSelectedInDetail

Redisplay selected hidden objects in a detail view.

Toolbar

ShowSelected

Redisplay selected hidden objects.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Edit

Visibility >

Show Selected

Ctrl (CMD) + Shift + H

ShowToolbar

Open a specified toolbar.

Toolbar

Window

Toolbars

ShowZBuffer

Create a grayscale z-buffer bitmap with the same dimensions as the viewport.

Toolbar

Geometry Fix
Surface Tools

ShrinkTrimmedSrf

Contract the underlying untrimmed surface close to trimming boundaries.

Toolbar

Surface

Surface Edit Tools >

Shrink Trimmed Surface

ShrinkTrimmedSrfToEdge

Contract the underlying untrimmed surface as close as possible to the trimming boundaries.

Toolbar

Geometry Fix
Surface Tools

ShrinkWrap

Creates a mesh wrapping around the selected geometry including NURBS surfaces, SubDs, meshes, pointclouds, and point objects.

Toolbar

New in V8

Mesh

ShrinkWrap

Silhouette

Create outline curves from a surface or polysurface.

Toolbar

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

Curve

Curve Edit Tools >

Simplify Lines and Arcs

Sketch

Drag the mouse to draw a curve.

Toolbar

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

Solid

Slab

Slide

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

Toolbar

SubD / Mesh

Edit Tools > Slide

SmartTrack

Turn on a system of temporary reference lines and points.

Toolbar

Status bar

Properties
Standard
Tools

Tools

Object Snaps >

SmartTrack

Tools

Options

SmartTrack

Smash

Flatten a surface without restriction to single-directional curvature.

Toolbar

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

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 thickening.

Toolbar

Window

Panels > Snapshots

SnapSize

Specify the grid snap spacing.

Toolbar

Status bar

Grid Snap >

Settings

Snap

Toggle the current snap mode state.

Toolbar

Shortcut

Alias

Status bar

Grid Snap

SnapToLocked

Allow snaps to work on locked objects and locked layers.

Toolbar

Tools

Object Snap >

Snap To Locked Objects

SnapToMeshes

Enables/disables snapping to mesh edges using Near, Mid, Int, and Perp object snaps.

Toolbar

Options

Modeling Aids

Near, Mid, Int and Perp snap to mesh objects

SnapToMeshObject

Constrains mouse picking on the selected mesh object.

Toolbar

Tools

Object Snap >

Snap to Mesh Object

SnapToOccluded

Allow object snaps to work on objects that are hidden behind other objects.

Toolbar

SnapToSubDObject

Constrains mouse picking on the selected SubD object.

Toolbar

New in V8

Tools

Object Snap >

Snap to SubD Object

SoftEditCrv

Move the surrounding curve area smoothly relative to the distance.

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Move
Transform

Curve

Curve Edit Tools >

Soft Edit

SoftEditSrf

Move the surrounding surface area smoothly relative to the distance.

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Move	Surface Surface Edit Tools > Soft Edit

SoftMove

Move objects relative to a center with falloff.

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Move	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.

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Solid Creation
Solids Sidebar
Sphere

Solid

Solid Edit Tools >

Turn On Points

Sphere

Draw a solid sphere.

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Solid

Sphere >

SphereTangentToThreeSurfaces

Create a spherical surface of a given radius tangent to the three selected surfaces.

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Spiral

Draw a spiral curve with options for number of turns, pitch, flat, vertical, and around a curve.

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Spiral

SplitDisjointMesh

Divide into separate objects meshes that do not connect, but are still one object.

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Mesh

Mesh Repair Tools >

Split Disjoint Mesh

Split

Divide objects using other objects as cutters.

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Shortcut

Edit

Split

Surface

Surface Edit Tools

Split at Isocurve

SubD

Edit Tools

Split at Edge Loop

Ctrl + Shift + S

SplitEdge

Divide a surface edge.

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Edge Tools
Surface Tools

Surface and Analyze

Edge Tools >

Split Edge

SplitFace

Divides the selected surface of a polysurface by drawing a polyline, selected curves, or isocurves.

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Solid Editing

Solid

Solid Edit Tools >

Faces >

Split Face

SplitMeshEdge

Divide a mesh edge.

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Mesh

Mesh Repair Tools >

Split Edge

SplitMeshWithCurve

Divide a mesh with a curve.

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SplitRefitSurface

Splits a surface using a curve, and refits the two parts so that the edges from the split operation become untrimmed edges of two surfaces.

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New in V8

SplitViewportHorizontal

Divide a viewport horizontally into two viewports.

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View / Viewport title

Viewport Layout >

Split Horizontal

SplitViewportVertical

Divide a viewport vertically into two viewports.

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View / Viewport title

Split Vertical

Splop

Copy, rotate, scale, and wrap objects on a surface.

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Lights
Render Tools
Standard

Spotlight

Insert a light cone object.

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Render

Create Spotlight

SquishBack

Return curves and surfaces to the original squished 3-D shape.

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Surface >

Surface Flattening >

Squish Back Curves and Points

Squish

Flatten a non-developable (curved in two directions) 3-D mesh or NURBS surface into a flat 2-D pattern.

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Surface >

Surface Flattening >

Squish Double-Curved Surface

SquishInfo

Provide information about the settings used to squish the object.

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SrfControlPtGrid

Draw a surface from a grid of points that represent surface control points.

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Surface Creation

Surface Sidebar

Main
Main1
Surface Creation
Surface Sidebar

SrfPt

Draw a surface from three or four corner points.

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Surface

Corner Points

SrfPtGrid

Draw a surface from a grid of points that lie on the surface.

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Surface

Point Grid

SrfSeam

Change the location where the start and end edges meet on a closed surface.

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Surface

Surface Edit Tools >

Adjust Closed Surface Seam

STEPTree

Browse the structure of a STEP file.

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StepUnitsAndTolerance

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

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Stitch

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

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Mesh / SubD

Edit Tools > Stitch

Stretch

Scale areas of an object in one direction.

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Curve Tools
Select Curves

Transform

Stretch

SubCrv

Shorten a curve to the new picked endpoints and select.

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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

SubDCrease

Adds weight-blended soft crease edges to SubDs.

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New in V8

SubD

Edit Tools > Soft Crease

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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Shortcut

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

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

SubDSpinEdge

Rotates a picked SubD edge by marching each end to the next vertex simultaneously.

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New in V8

SubD

Edit Tools > Spin Edge

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 / Window

Panels > Sun

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 / Viewport title

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 display color.

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SystemInfo

Reports information about the computer hardware and operating system.

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Diagnostics
Tools

Help

System Information

T

Taper

Deform objects toward or away from an axis.

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Transform

Taper

Text

Create annotation text.

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Drafting

Text Block

TextObject

Draw text-shaped curves, surfaces, or polysurfaces based on TrueType fonts.

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Main
Main1

Solid

Text

TextProperties

Opens the Text page in the Properties panel.

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Textures

Open or close the Textures panel.

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Window / Render

Panels > 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	View / Viewport title Set Camera > Tilt View

ToggleFloatingViewport

Toggle the viewport between docked and floating.

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View / Viewport title

Viewport Layout >

Float Viewport

ToggleLeftSidebar

Show or hide the left sidebar of the Rhino window.

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Status bar

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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Toolbar options menu Panel options

ToolbarLock

Locks locations of docked containers.

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Not on toolbars.

Lock Docked Containers

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Toolbar

Opens the toolbar list for you to show or hide toolbars.

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Toolbars

Window

Toolbars

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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Mesh Tools
STL Tools

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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Curve Drawing
Geometry Fix
Main
Main1
Solids Sidebar
Surface Sidebar

Trim

Cut and delete selected portions of an object at the intersection with another object.

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Shortcut

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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Set View
View

View / Viewport title

Set Camera >

Turntable

Tutorials

Download and open sample and tutorial models.

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Help

Learn Rhino >

Tutorial and Samples

Window

Panels > Tutorials

TweenCurves

Create curves between two open or closed input curves.

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Curve
Curve Tools

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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Geometry Fix
Standard
Undo

Transform

Twist

U

UndoMultiple

Display a list of recent commands to reverse.

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Undo	Edit Undo Multiple

UndoSelected

Reverse recent changes for a single object only.

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Undo	Not on menus.

Undo

Undo the last action.

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Shortcut

Alias

Edit

Undo

Ctrl (CMD) + Z

UndoView

Undo the last view change.

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Shortcut

Render Sidebar
Set View
Standard
View

View

Undo View Change

Home

UngroupAll

Ungroups the selected group and the groups nested in it all at once.

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New in V8

Main

Edit

Groups > Ungroup All

Ungroup

Remove the group status from objects.

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Shortcut

Grouping
Main
Main2

Edit

Groups >

Ungroup

Ctrl (CMD) + Shift + G

UnifyMeshNormals

Change the normal direction mesh faces so they all point in a consistent direction.

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Mesh Tools
STL Tools

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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Solid Creation
Solid Tools

UnjoinEdge

Split joined polysurface edges.

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UnlockSelected

Unlock selected locked objects.

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Shortcut

Lock
Visibility

Edit

Visibility >

Unlock Selected

Ctrl (CMD) + Shift + L

Unlock

Unlock all locked objects.

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Shortcut

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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Texture Tools

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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Holes

Geometry Fix
Surface Tools

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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Curve Drawing
Geometry Fix
Main
Main1
Solids Sidebar
Surface Sidebar

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 vertices.

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Unwrap

Project surface mapping texture coordinates and the texture of an object onto the world xy plane.

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UpdateClippingDrawings

Updates clipping drawings to reflect changes in the clipped geometry.

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Drafting

Sections > Update Drawings

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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V

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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Display
Surface Analysis

View / Viewport title

Capture > To Clipboard

ViewCaptureToFile

Save an image of the current view to a file.

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Display
Surface Analysis

View / Viewport title

Capture > To File

ViewClippingSections

Aligns the view and/or construction plane of a viewport to match the selected clipping section plane.

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Drafting

Sections > View

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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Properties
Viewport Layout

ViewportProperties(Rhino 5)

Title, size, projection, camera and target, lens length, wallpaper.

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View / Viewport title

Viewport Properties

ViewportProperties

Title, size, projection, camera and target, lens length, wallpaper.

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Properties
Viewport Layout

View / Viewport title

Viewport Properties

ViewportTabs

Display a tab control UI along the viewport edge.

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View / Viewport title

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

W

WalkAbout

Toggle between WalkAbout and normal navigation modes.

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WebBrowser

Opens the Web Browser panel.

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HTML

Web Browser

Window

Panels > Web Browser

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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STL Tools

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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WindowLayout

Opens the Window Layouts dialog box to list, save, restore, export, or import arrangement of containers.

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New in V8

Window

Window Layouts >

Manage Window Layouts

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

File

Worksession >

Z

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

File

Worksession >

Zoom1To1Calibrate

Calibrate the screen for the Zoom command, 1To1 option.

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Set View
View

View / Viewport title

Zoom One to One Calibration

ZoomEnds

Zoom to include all end display markers on selected curves.

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Render Sidebar
Set View
View

ZoomLens

Adjust the lens length of the viewport camera in a perspective view.

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Shortcut

View / Viewport title

Set Camera >

Adjust Lens Length

Ctrl + Shift + Alt +

Zoom

Move the viewport camera so the area defined by a window selection fills the viewport.

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Alias

Shortcut

Popup
Render Sidebar
Set View
Standard
View

View

Zoom

Pan, Zoom, and Rotate

Layout title

Zoom

Detail title

Pan, Zoom, and Rotate

Z=Zoom

ZE=Zoom Extents

ZEA=Zoom All Extents

ZS=Zoom Selected

ZSA=Zoom All Selected

ZT=Zoom Target

Ctrl + Alt + H

ZoomNaked

Zoom to include all naked edges on selected objects with naked edges.

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Edge Tools

ZoomNonManifold

Zoom to include all non-manifold edges on selected objects with non-manifold edges.

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