Rhino 6 for Mac WIP available for testing

The first Rhino 6 for Mac Work In Progress (WIP) build is now available.

This build is for testing purposes only. DO NOT USE for critical work.

IMPORTANT: It is strongly advised that you update AND RUN the latest Rhino 5 for Mac before using this RhinoWIP. This will migrate your Mac V5.4 Preference settings to Mac V5.5/Mac V6 Preference settings.

What’s New in this RhinoWIP

  • A new display pipeline that is faster, more stable, and uses features found on modern graphics hardware
  • RDK (Renderer Development Kit) material system
  • Grasshopper updates in keeping with the Windows (multi-threaded components, VB support, etc.)
  • Raytraced viewport display mode
  • Make2D has been completely rewritten to provide faster, better, cleaner, more customizable results
  • Use CloudZoo to license Rhino
  • ViewCaptureToFile/Clipboard now have handy dialogs
  • RhinoCommon updates and new embedded Mono & Xamarin.Mac
  • Many other updates and changes that are part of the Rhino 6 codebase

Known Issues

Please report any problems you find in the Serengeti Mac forum.

Requires macOS High Sierra or later

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IMPORTANT : It is strongly advised that you update AND RUN the latest Rhino 5 for Mac before using this RhinoWIP. This will migrate your Mac V5.4 Preference settings to Mac V5.5/Mac V6 Preference settings.

Running Mac V5.5 converts your Mac V5.4 Preference settings so they are compatible with the Preference settings used by both Mac V5.5 and Mac V6. Once you have run Mac V5.5, both Mac V5.5 and Mac V6 will use the same settings values. Settings changes you make in Mac V5.5 will be seen by Mac V6, and vice versa.