Rhino Tech Tips

Learn how to set up a simple rendering using Brazil for Rhino. This beginner video shows how to control the quality of the rendering produce...

Learn how to model a smooth Y shaped polysurface in Rhino using the Sweep1 and BlendSrf commands.

Learn how to make patterns of objects using the Array command in Rhino.

Learn a few techniques for using the FilletEdge command over an entire model.

Learn how to use the Loft command to make button shapes in Rhino.

Learn how to use the PictureFrame command to place reference images for your model in Rhino.

Learn how to use the command FlowAlongSrf in Rhino to morph any selection onto a target surface.

Learn how to model screw threads using helical curves and booleans in Rhino. The threads shown are the type you would see at the end of a li...

Learn how to model screw threads using helical curves and booleans in Rhino. The threads shown are the type you would see at the end of a l...

Learn the basics for navigating the Rhino 4 interface.

Rhino supports a variety of basic object types for you to work with. In this beginner tutorial, you'll learn what they're called an...

Learn how to produce smooth transitions between curves in Rhino.

Check this blog for a cool tip on how to align your model to a background image, so that you can then render it and open it in Photoshop to ...

Here are 3 tips for a quicker access to your viewports. - When you have a maximized viewport you can shuffle to the next by pressing ctrl+ta...

The advanced object snaps are tools that allow you to pick on geometry in a more sophisticated way than the normal object snaps. Among my fa...

We all know Rhino does not have associative dimensions, but there's a workaround that can be used in a lot of cases. By grouping the dim...

We'll thank Jeff LaSor, Rhino's main developer for display related items, for this tip! When you're inside Walkabout mode (for t...

Trimmed surfaces are sometimes tricky because, once they are trimmed there are certain commands you can't use on the trimmed edges. Usef...

This post is not about the Organic Toolbar, but more about how to replace it! In Chapter 1, we saw how to compress/expand points that were a...

The Organic Toolbar is a nice little tool that allows you to move objects in any viewport, in the right direction (x,y,z). So you don't ...

In Rhino 4, surface and polysurface objects can be set to show their U and V directions by applying a new or modified display mode to a view...

For those of you who have just moved from Rhino 3.0 to Rhino 4.0 or who have yet to discover all the Rhino 4.0 improvements, this is one tha...

My job involves doing technical support for Rhino. A common question I get is: "I have a scanned part and I need to turn it into a NURB...

This is an old tip, but I've realized a lot of people don't know about it; if you right-click on any Osnap it will be selected while...

By default, History recording is turned off in Rhino 4. To record history, click in the Record History pane in the status bar at the bottom ...