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W1 M1 Introduction To Rhino

This document provides an overview of Rhino display settings, viewports, OSnaps, and the Gumball tool. It recommends setting the background to white, turning off grids and axes to improve screenshots. It describes how to add menus, name and save viewports, use OSnaps to precisely place objects, and rotate or scale objects using the Gumball tool.

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W1 M1 Introduction To Rhino

This document provides an overview of Rhino display settings, viewports, OSnaps, and the Gumball tool. It recommends setting the background to white, turning off grids and axes to improve screenshots. It describes how to add menus, name and save viewports, use OSnaps to precisely place objects, and rotate or scale objects using the Gumball tool.

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Introduction to Robotic Programming

Module
Introduction 1: Programming
to Robot Introduction to Rhino
Overview – Module 1: Introduction to Rhino

• Installation

• Display Settings

• Viewports

• Osnaps

• Gumball

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Rhino Display Settings

Background
(suggestion:white)

Grid
(suggestion:off)

CPlane Axes
(suggestion:off)

Before taking screenshots or


animation videos you should consider
changing the Display Settings of
Rhino. These settings can help
creating better screenshots or videos
without distractions from grids,
colors, axes or icons. World Icon
(suggestion:off)

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Rhino Menu Settings

Add menu
shortcuts

Dock the menu


to either side of
the canvas
If the Display Menu does not show up By right-clicking on the empty menu bar
on your screen, you can access it by you can add different menus, such as
typing in the command ‚ Display Layers, Named Views, Properties etc. to
Properties‘. You can dock this menu to easy access them at all times. You can
either side of your canvas. also close the menu to have more space
for your viewports and open it through
the command line again when needed.

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Rhino Change Viewports

Name of
Viewports

Maximize Viewport
(by double clicking)

Open Other Viewports


(by clicking the arrow)

You can switch between the viewport If you want to open a different viewport,
overview and a single viewport in full click the arrow next to the name and
screen by double clicking on the name select the view you want to set in this
of the one you want to maximize. By window instead. Your named views will
double clicking it again you will get also appear here.
back to the overview.

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Rhino Save Viewports

Named Views
Menu

Named Views
Menu

You can save the current viewport as a All your saved views will show up in the
named view so you can access this named view port. You can set one of
viewpoint later. Set the view you want these viewports by double clicking on
to save and go to either View < Set View them.
< Named Views or access the Named
Views Menu through the camera icon on
the right side. click the save button and Named Views open
name your view. by double click

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Rhino OSnap

Snap to
Endpoint

Snap to Near
Objects

Snap to
Point

Enabling the OSnap Function at the


bottom of your Rhino and checking the
corresponding boxes allows you to
select and align object better. The
cursor automatically snaps to the
nearest endpoint/point/center/middle
etc. This prevents placing objects Snap to Middle Snap to Center
incorrectly in space. of Objects of Objects

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Rhino Gumball

Gumball

Gumball Menu
(left click on white circle)

Scale in specific
direction

Enabling the Gumball Function Relocating the gumball helps you on the end of each axis.
(bottom of the window) allows you rotate the object faster around an
see the Gumball in the origin of specific axis or desired point. To enable the “Rotate view around
each object you select. Rotate the objects by clicking and Gumball” use the menu for Rhino
dragging the red/green/blue circle Options > Modelling Aids > Gumball
Entering the Gumball Menu by left segments on the gumball. You can > Rotate view around Gumball.
clicking on the white circle lets you also scale objects by clicking and Rotate around
relocate or reset the gumball. dragging the red/green/blue circles Gumball

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