Anyone try using speckle to send Rhino geometry into Blender? I am experimenting with it and it seems to establish a stable connection where updates sent from Rhino model do not undo all the applied materials/scene setup.
Hi,
unfortunately, this thread is somewhat dead. Yet, I still hope someone can make Rhino Inside Blender happen.
I played a little bit around with Blender and RhinoInsideCPython, and (in a somewhat hacky way), I can now create Rhino Curves using the Blender UI, see attached video. Maybe thatās helpful for someone.
The object is the property āIsRhinoControlledā, and only if True, a new Rhino curve is computed for each geometry update in Blender. The Rhino curve is then used to create the preview of vertices. The Rhino curve is serialized using the ToJSON-function, which is then written to the Blender object as a property.
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Hello. Any updates on this Rhino Inside Blender developing state? 
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Hi Gustavo -
Nathan has been working on a Blender plug-in to read .3dm files but as far as I know, nobody is working on getting Rhino inside Blender.
-wim
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I would actually really like Rhino in Blender. I have friends who use Blender because itās free, but I am a Rhino user (and I barely know any Blender).
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Hi -
It sounds like the Blender plug-in that makes that open .3dm files suffices then, no?
-wim
I suppose that workflow is fine. Both programs seem to transfer data pretty well, so yeah, thatās a good point.
EDIT: I just ran into this add-on. Havenāt tested it. Portal | Food4Rhino
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Both together, they really are the teamwork that makes the dream work.
Blender is a free, open-source powerhouse adored for animation, rendering, and visual effects, and it absolutely thrives in mesh modelling. Rhino, on the other hand, is a fairly priced commercial tool, with NO subscription chains attached, designed for precision in CAD, manufacturing, and architecture, especially thanks to its NURBS accuracy and Grasshopperās parametric wizardry. Use Blender for creative visuals, Rhino for engineering-grade precision, and life suddenly makes a lot more sense.
And letās be honest, PR in the AEC world is everything, which is why everyone and their cousin is using Rhino Inside Revit these days. Still, Iām secretly hoping weāll get Rhino Inside Blender one day, because Blender BIM is exploding in popularity. The Blender community had nearly 20 million users back in 2020, straight from their official stats, so imagine where it is now. Meanwhile, I doubt Revit has even a million legal users, considering the extremely enthusiastic high prices they charge. But that is a conversation for another evening.
Plenty of people are already experimenting with this RhinoāBlender hybrid workflow, and the results are fantastic, even in modelling. Picture a symbiosis where Rhino stays on top as the geometric parametric engine, Blender BIM (Bonsai) handles documentation and data, and Twinmotion/Unreal or Blender tackle rendering and animation. The construction industry could end up with a genuinely next-level workflow that gets the job done without emptying your bank account.
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