Rhino 7 Features

Overview

Welcome to our Rhino 7 work in progress project. The Rhino 7 Beta requires a Rhino 6 commercial/educational license key to try. The new features are available simultaneously on both Windows and Mac versions:

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New features and enhancements available today:

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Modeling

  • Subdivision Surfaces
  • BlendSrf - New Refine checkbox avoids creating a simpler blend surface
  • Revolve - Ends of the revolving axis can be attached to objects using object snaps when History is recorded.
  • MatchSrf - History locking allows editing control points of matched surfaces.
  • DupBorder: Added History support
  • FilletSrf now has a G2 option.

Editing

  • Curve Surface Intersections - improves results for trims, splits, and booleans. Also in our testing results can be 4x faster in some cases.
  • Named Selections
  • Changed the spacing of control points in BlendEdge based on customer feedback.
  • Boolean Operations - Have been improved to union, subtract or intersect coplanar surfaces.

Mesh Tools

Analysis

  • EdgeContinuity Uses line hairs to visualize distance, tangency, and curvature between an edge pair.
  • PointDeviation: Added Maximum distance and minimum distance statistics
  • Clash Detection - a new Grasshopper component

Display

Rendering and Presentation

Drafting and Printing

Digital Fabrication

Development Tools

Compatibility

  • Rhino.Inside Revit
  • File Format updates
    • 3DS/FBX Import - New Open/Import meshes as SubD surfaces option.
    • CSV Export - Supports exporting group names and indexes.
    • DGN import - Updated to use OpenDesign 20.8.
    • DWG/DXF - Attribute User Text and ACAD xData can be exchanged.
    • DWG/DXF Import - Supports reading gradient patterns as gradient hatches.
    • DWG/DXF Export - Supports writing gradient hatches as gradient patterns.
    • DWG/DXF - The Open command disables Layout space scaling.
    • DWG - Imports block descriptions.
    • GES Export - Supports SubD.
    • FBX/3DS Export - New Export lights and Export views options.
    • FBX/3DS Import - New Import lights, Import cameras, and Prompt to scale on import options.
    • OBJ Export - Convert SubD surfaces or control nets into meshes.
    • OBJ Export - New Use display color for objects with no material set checkbox.
    • PDF Export - Supports Layers.
    • SOLIDWORKS import: Supports up to version 2020.
    • STEP Import/Export - Supports per-face colors.
    • STEP Import - Added progress report during parsing STEP files
    • STEP Export - Supports SubD.
    • SVG Export - Supports exporting transparent objects.
    • VRML Import/Export - Supports PointClouds (PointSets in VRML).
  • Copy/Paste between Rhino and Illustrator / InkScape / Affinity Designer (currently Windows only)

Administration


NOTE: This list will change during the development of Rhino 7. The post is intentionally closed; please create new posts for questions and requests.

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