# Drafthorse

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## [About the Drafthorse Category](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/about-the-drafthorse-category/197017)

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**Author:** [@jokamm](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jokamm)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/about-the-drafthorse-category/197017 "2024-12-26T20:15:05Z")

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Drafthorse is a plugin for grasshopper that lets you control the generation of layouts. Download the plugin and/or examples: https://www.food4rhino.com/en/app/drafthorse original post announcing Drafthorse announcing …

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## [Drafthorse - Layout Management tools for Grasshopper](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/drafthorse-layout-management-tools-for-grasshopper/168616)

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**Author:** [@jokamm](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jokamm)\
**Replies:** 100\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/drafthorse-layout-management-tools-for-grasshopper/168616 "2026-05-07T08:57:28Z")

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Hey Discourse! I just put out the first public release of DraftHorse on food4rhino. It’s a plugin I’ve been working on for a while as a replacement for Fabtools’ layout creation components. It build on the originals by…

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## [Trouble downloading drafthorse from package manager](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/trouble-downloading-drafthorse-from-package-manager/214160)

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**Author:** [@David\_McCuaig1](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/David_McCuaig1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/trouble-downloading-drafthorse-from-package-manager/214160 "2026-01-02T23:04:14Z")

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hello, when installing from the package manager, it will say the plugin has been downloaded however opening the examples shows that the plugin had not been downloaded all components are blank. I am using windows 11, rhi…

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## [Drafthorse unresponsive along Rhino.Inside](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/drafthorse-unresponsive-along-rhino-inside/212282)

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**Author:** [@Alan\_Eskildsen1](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Alan_Eskildsen1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/drafthorse-unresponsive-along-rhino-inside/212282 "2025-11-11T21:56:39Z")

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I’m trying to add a new layout with the “Copy Layout“ command in Drafthorse while also running Rhino.Inside. The component returns the “object not set to an instance of an object” error and no layout is created. There s…

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## [Detail View Name is missing](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/detail-view-name-is-missing/211406)

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**Author:** [@rajeev\_pulari](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/rajeev_pulari)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/detail-view-name-is-missing/211406 "2025-10-24T09:43:32Z")

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here when i create the detail view with rectangle no names showing up if you could add this feature then it be useful for me to (HideLayersinDetail ) so i can hide and show particular text and dimensions in a part…

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## [Drafthorse won't scale correctly (probably my fault)](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/drafthorse-wont-scale-correctly-probably-my-fault/193136)

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**Author:** [@maitland.casey1](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/maitland.casey1)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/drafthorse-wont-scale-correctly-probably-my-fault/193136 "2025-10-22T10:06:59Z")

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Hi @jokamm, Really wanted to get Drafthorse working to save some time but for the life of me I cant get the layout + detail view to scale correctly. No matter what values I use the scale never changes. Probably somethin…

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## [GrassHopper loading with errors](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/grasshopper-loading-with-errors/209397)

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**Author:** [@Angela\_Skerrett](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Angela_Skerrett)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/grasshopper-loading-with-errors/209397 "2025-09-05T18:44:54Z")

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My engineers use Rhino and I have 1 user who is reporting that they are using 2 plug ins (Drafthorse and Grasshopper). He went to use Drafthorse and it didnt work so he switched from .NET Framework to .NET Core and Draf…

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## [Creating layouts with named views with section cuts and section styles](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/creating-layouts-with-named-views-with-section-cuts-and-section-styles/205863)

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**Author:** [@Fritz](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Fritz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/creating-layouts-with-named-views-with-section-cuts-and-section-styles/205863 "2025-06-15T03:29:03Z")

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Hello. I think Drafthorse is brilliant and has huge potential. I cut various clipping sections through a film set model and at the same time create named views from these. When I make details in Drafthorse it shows the c…

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## [Drafthorse reference Layouts](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/drafthorse-reference-layouts/204154)

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**Author:** [@vector.parametrics](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/vector.parametrics)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 8:46am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/drafthorse-reference-layouts/204154 "2025-05-07T08:46:14Z")

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Hi @jokamm, I am using Drafthorse version 1.1.21 and it has great components for layout management. Thanks a lot for that There is a one issue that is happening when I am trying to reference already existing layouts. …

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## [Drafthorse scripts crash Rhino](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/drafthorse-scripts-crash-rhino/197584)

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**Author:** [@sftgen](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/sftgen)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/drafthorse-scripts-crash-rhino/197584 "2025-02-24T15:38:58Z")

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Hi, I’ve installed Drafthorse from the PackageManager v1.1.31. I was trying to create a script creating a layout from a bounding box from all the geometry in rhino. Here is the Script LayoutManagement.gh (22.3 KB) B…

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## [Drafthorse for Rhino 8](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/drafthorse-for-rhino-8/175368)

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**Author:** [@jokamm](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jokamm)\
**Replies:** 32\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 10:04am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/drafthorse-for-rhino-8/175368 "2024-11-21T10:04:51Z")

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Drafthorse is now available in grasshopper for Rhino 8! Updates include easier-to-use references to layouts and views (using the new Grasshopper.Rhino types). Drafthorse works especially well with the new “query pages”…

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## [Drafthorse PDF layout](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/drafthorse-pdf-layout/180427)

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**Author:** [@Quentin1](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Quentin1)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/drafthorse-pdf-layout/180427 "2024-04-26T11:43:01Z")

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Hi all (@jokamm especially)! I’ve been trying Drafthorse and it’s saving me much time thanks a lot! I seem to have a small issue when printing from PDF layout: my layouts are always cropped, they don’t seem to take into…