# Notilus Dude — a posable human figure inside Rhino

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**Notilus Dude** puts a jointed human figure into your Rhino model, so you can check the  
things a drawing does not tell you: whether someone fits, whether they can reach it, whether  
they can get past it.

![Posing the figure from a webcam](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/6/8/a/68a1ba4e532e97e16248a7e502f1c52cae6cd46c.gif)

**Pose it with your webcam**

`NDudeTrackBody` turns the webcam into the input. Stand in front of it, hold still for a  
short calibration, and the figure copies you like a mirror — shoulders, elbows, hips and  
knees, all four limbs at once. Nod to apply the pose, shake your head to discard it, or use  
Space and Esc. `NDudeTrackArm` does the same for a single arm.

Pose detection runs on your machine; the model ships inside the plugin.

**Posing by hand**

`NDudeCreate` places a figure. Click a joint and a red ring appears — drag it, or type the  
angle in degrees, with Shift snapping to 5°. `SwitchAxis` changes the rotation axis without  
leaving the command.

![Rotating a joint with the ring gizmo](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/4/b/7/4b7bd127e64185000c37fa53b86bb7a924212c73.gif)

`NDudePuppet` is the quickest way to rough out a pose: grab a hand or a foot and drag it, and  
the whole arm or leg follows — shoulder and elbow, or hip and knee, solve together. Click to  
place it, Esc to cancel.

![Dragging a hand or foot with NDudePuppet](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/2/b/1/2b191df9ac2a3b644941087aee9c03906c31adc5.gif)

For the poses you need constantly there are presets rather than joint-by-joint work: sit and  
stand up, T-pose, reach, bend forward by a set angle, and raise either arm or leg.  
`NDudeWalk` and `NDudeStep` move the figure with a step length you set in millimetres.

 ![Pose presets](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/9/8/3/983174f7beb85df991e5d86a20b693d857a370c1.jpeg)

Each figure lives in its own Rhino group, so you can put several people in one document and  
pose them independently.

**What it is actually for**

Counter height and whether the overhead cabinet is reachable:

 ![Reach check in a galley](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/9/4/6/946142d85f2acaef8e16595e2b0780bee71b2617.jpeg)

Headroom and seating inside the structure, before the joinery is drawn:

 ![Headroom and seating inside the hull structure](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/original/4X/3/6/4/3649a0de2649049e68f64991b1497f48a839b3a6.jpeg)

**Commands**

`NDudeCreate` `NDudeTrackBody` `NDudeTrackArm` `NDudePuppet` `NDudeSit` `NDudeBend`  
`NDudeReach` `NDudeWalk` `NDudeStep` `NDudeTPose` `NDudeRaiseArms` `NDudeRaiseLeftArm`  
`NDudeRaiseRightArm` `NDudeRaiseLeftLeg` `NDudeRaiseRightLeg` `NDudeReset` `NDudeRepair`  
`NDudeSettings`

**Status**

Rhino 7 and Rhino 8, on Windows and Mac.

We would like to hear which poses you would want as presets. The current set came out of  
yacht interiors and engine rooms — crouching, kneeling and climbing a ladder are the three  
we keep being asked about.

**Download**

Notilus Dude, together with our other Rhino plugins, is available at

> **[Notilus Software – Marine Engineering Toolset for Rhino 3D](https://notilussoftware.com)**
>
> End-to-end Rhinoceros 3D plug-ins for naval architects and marine engineers: steel structure, piping, P&ID, drafting, hydrostatics and AI automation. Free 15-day trial.

Full video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0aDRG2xQrk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0aDRG2xQrk)  
LinkedIn: [Notilus Software | LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/notilus-software/)