Rhino Home Labs
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SummaryExperimental software development topics related to McNeel products.

Warning: The downloads available here are experimental. They have not been fully tested and are not ready for use in production. You are encouraged to download and try them, but should be aware that these products could cause instability or data corruption. Be sure to save your work frequently.

Critical: Download and install the latest Microsoft runtime libraries before using the labs plug-ins. (not required for the OS X version)

 

Explicit History
Explicit History brings mathematical and geometrical relationships to Rhino. It's Visual Basic without the Basic.
Last update: May 9th 2008

 

PanelingTools
Plug-in for Paneling NURBS Surfaces and Polysurfaces.
Last update: May 7th 2008

 

Rhino for OS X
Rhino for OS X development has begun. The major technical challenges have been overcome, but there are still many months of work left to do.
Last update: Aug 24th 2007

 

Curve on Surface Plugin
New Curve On Surface Plugin for Rhino 4.0.
Last update: Aug 10th 2007

 

Mesh Repair Wizard
Mesh reapir steps wizard for Rhino 4.0 SR1.
Last update: July 30th 2007

 

OBJ Import/Export
Updated OBJ import and export for Rhino 4.0.
Last update: July 27th 2007

 

Google 3-D Warehouse and Sketchup utilities
Interface for Google Earth and Google Sketchup databases. Insert models from the 3D Warehouse directly into Rhino, anchor and export Rhino models to Sketchup formats, import Sktchup files.
Last update: July 26th 2007

 

VisualARQ
VisualARQ is a Rhino plugin for creating and editing architectural plans, adding parametric 3D objects as walls, columns, doors, windows, roofs, stairs and other utilities for 2D documentation.
Last update: July 23th 2007

 

CreaseAngle
Dimensions the angle between two planes.
Last update: June 28 2007

 

Rhino Thumbnail Viewer
Windows Shell extension to view Rhino thumbnail preview images within Explorer.
Last update: June 28 2007

 

Displacement
Rendertime and Realtime texture based displacement plugin.
Last update: June 26 2007

 

MicroScribe X
Rhino 4.0 plug-in to interface with Immersion's MicroScribe X portable CMM.
Last update: June 1 2007

 

RhinoScript
Updates to RhinoScript for Rhino 4.0 SR3.
Last update: May 13 2008

 

Rhino Labs Tools
Miscellaneous tools for the most discriminating Rhino 4.0 designers.
Last update: May 13 2008

 

Technical Drawing Display
This plug-in adds a new Technical display modes to Rhino 4.0 with hidden lines and other options.
Last update: february 7th 2007 Download...

 

Advanced Flattening
Flattens a non-developable (curved in two directions) 3-D mesh or NURBS surface into a flat 2-D pattern. Since the Expander plug-in from Ship Constructor will not be available for Rhino 4.0, we have started developing a replacement.
Last update: January 11th 2008 Download

 

Developable Surface Creation
Advanced interface to create developable surfaces. Includes real-time ruling lines, multiple ruling options and realtime surface intersection with centerlines etc...
Last update: january 24th 2007

 

Block Editor
In-place block editor prototype plug-in for Rhino 4.0. A toolbar button is also included.
Last update: March 7th 2007 Download...

 

Archcut tools
Floorplate and Building Sectioning plugin. Automatic updating and reporting. Also includes a myriad of paneling routines for complex shapes.
Last update: July 28th 2007

 

Pointset reconstruction
Pointset reconstruction implements a number of famous algorithms that apply to unorganised point clouds. The commands currently available are Voronoi, Voronoi3D, Delaunay, QuadTree, OcTree, PixelGrid, Network, ConvexHull and SpanningCircle. Delaunay triangulation is a very useful tool for surface reconstruction of -say- landscapes or scanned pointclouds.
Last update: July 28th 2007

 

Electric Field Solver
Implements a basic electric field solver algorithm for point and line charges. Exposes several different visualization methods including vector fields, field lines and particle animation.
Last update: February 26th 2007

 

Monkey script editor
Monkey is a new RhinoScript editor that exposes many standard programming environment features such as codeblocks, syntax highlighting, auto-formatting, advanced find/replace and debugging. Monkey also includes a standalone application which compiles RhinoScript *.rvb files into *.rhp plugins.
Last update: April 27th 2007

 

Brazil rendering system
Brazil r/s is a high-end rendering application which is currently being plugged into Rhino. It exposes features such as GI-solutions, motion blur, depth-of-field, shader-hierarchies, photon maps, light attenuation and decay, sub-surface scattering, glossy reflection and refractions, realistic camera projections and much more.
Last update: december 18th 2006

 

Non generic shape creation
A collection of non-generic geometry tools including VB.NET 2005 source code.
Last update: january 25th 2007

 

Region based selection
Region based selection tool which accepts both dynamic region boundaries and existing ones. This tool extends the scriptability of the _Lasso command. The download includes source code written in VB.NET 2005.
Last update: january 25th 2007

 

Renderer Development Kit
RDK is a software development kit for developers who wish to implement a render engine in Rhino 3 or 4.
Last update: january 30th 2007

 

NextEngine SCN File Import
Import NextEngine SCN files directly into Rhino 4. Scan information includes both the Mesh from the Scan and the Color information on the scan.
Last update: June 13th 2007

 

Geomview OFF File Import
Import Geomview OFF files directly into Rhino 4.0.
Last update: january 15th 2007

 

DirectX 9 Display
Alternative display engine for Rhino viewports based on DirectX technology.
Last update: April 4th 2007

 

CreaseSplitting Command
Lets you control when Rhino surface creation commands divide their results with creases into polysurfaces with edges at the creases.
Last update: April 10th 2007

 

Light Utilities
A plug-in for Rhino 4.0 that adds several light manipulation commands in a new menu.
Last update: April 19th 2007

 

Mesh Stuff
Plug-ins for Rhino 4.0 that enable the user to perform certain mesh modification.
Last update: December 14th 2007