Aurox free AI modeling assistant for Rhino7 and Rhino 8

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Hey everyone,

I’ve been building a plugin called Aurox — it’s an AI chat panel inside Rhino where
you describe what you want and it builds the geometry for you. Think “make a
coffee mug” or “add a cylinder and fillet the edges” and it just does it with
Rhino’s native tools.

It’s still very much a work in progress but it works today and I’d love people to
try it.

How to connect

There are a few ways to use Aurox:

  • Bring Your Own Key — plug in your Anthropic/Codex API key in the settings and chat
    directly inside Rhino. Simplest way to get started (Might get expensive with token costs)

  • MCP Server — connects with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or Codex so the AI can
    drive Rhino from outside. Great if you already use those tools (You can just use your subscriptions)

  • CLI Mode— Similar to MCP mode, but you login to Claude or Codex via the terminal. Then after that you can just use Aurox in the Rhino UI. It might still be a little buggy because the AI sometimes has problems reading the commands (You can also just use your subscriptions)

A hosted/subscription mode is something I’m considering for the future to make
things easier, but for I don’t think it is performing good enough to add a subscription.

Why free?

I’m genuinely trying to figure out if AI can be useful for everyday 3D modeling —
not just a gimmick but something that actually helps. More users means more
feedback and better data to improve things. There’s opt-in telemetry that tracks
tool success rates (no geometry, no personal data) so the AI gets smarter over
time.

Details

  • Works on Rhino 7 and Rhino 8, Windows

  • It can also do some Grasshopper and scripting stuff but that’s still
    experimental

  • I’m actively working on the UI and adding more skills

Install

Search “Aurox” in the Rhino Package Manager.

Any feedback is welcome — what worked, what didn’t, what you’d want it to do.
Thanks!

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