Rhino Cad Software
Design, Model, Present, Analyse, Realise
Overview
New in Rhino 8
ShrinkWrap: Turn Garbage To Gold
Built for Mac
Built for Mac: Metal
Blazingly fast 3D drawing, a massive speed boost for Mac users.
Window Layouts
Customize, save, share, and restore your favorite interface layouts.
Universal App
Rhino for Mac runs natively on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
Layer Manager
A complete rewrite, on Windows and Mac, including all new features.
Rendering: Fast Feedback
We’ve updated the Cycles engine for faster, GPU-accelerated raytracing.
SubD Creases
Modelling: Simplified
Modeling Simplified
Rhino’s model creation tools make it flexible, accurate, open, and very popular.
Auto CPlanes
Smarter CPlanes automatically align to eligible selections.
Gumball
The move, scale, rotate widget gets new grips for extending and extruding.
PushPull
Grab a face and push or pull it, extruding or extending.
Inset
New Options and support for Surfaces and Polysurface Faces.
Clipping and Sectioning
Section Styles
Use Section Styles to create section details of your model.
Selective Clipping
Selective clipping and viewing depth.
Dynamic Vector Drawings
Create dynamic vector drawings of clipping sections.
Clipped Views
Use Clipping Planes Views in 2D Layouts.
Sectioning for Fabrication
Extract section curves and slices for fabrication.
Presentation
Rendering: Fast Feedback
We’ve updated the Cycles engine for faster, GPU-accelerated raytracing.
UV Mapping
UV Mapping has been improved with a floating UV Editor, new unwrapping …
Procedural Textures
Native, per-pixel procedural textures in raytraced and rendered modes.
Monochrome
A clean, minimal Display Mode, perfect for showcasing architectural work.
Improved Rendering UI
More compact, efficient, and interactive management and editing.
Grasshopper: Rhino Data Types
Grasshopper: Object Attributes
Manage Rhino object attributes directly from Grasshopper.
Grasshopper: Annotations
Define the look of annotations in Grasshopper.
Grasshopper: Blocks
Create block definitions and instances in Grasshopper.
Grasshopper: Live Baking
Live update existing Rhino objects from Grasshopper.
Grasshopper: UserText
Add user text to Rhino objects.
Rhino Refined
Linetypes
Linetypes in Rhino 8 can draw stylized curves with both width and taper.
RefitTrim
Take control of structure and continuity for well-made surface models.
Surface Fillets
FilletSrf has a new UI with dynamic radius previews.
Window Layouts
Customize, save, share, and restore your favorite interface layouts.
Supported File Formats
Now supporting USD export, glTF, E57 in Rhino for Mac, Dynamic Blocks in …
SectionTools Integrated
Dynamic 3D Sectioning and 2D Drawings.
Reflected Ceiling Plans
A reflected parallel projection viewport mode, perfect for RCPs.
Blocks
The Block Manager is now more flexible and powerful.
Mesh Booleans
Completely rewritten and more reliable Mesh Booleans.
Offset
Offset can now create multiple closed regions.
Development Platform
Scripting
Entirely new editor for Python 3 and C#, in Rhino and Grasshopper.
Code-Driven File IO
Read/write any format that Rhino supports entirely through code.
rhino3dm Rendering Assets
Read and write rendering assets from openNURBS or rhino3dm.
.NET 7
Target Microsoft .NET 7 on both Windows and Rhino for Mac.
RhinoCommon
New APIs for Shrinkwrap, Flair, Code-Driven File IO, and more…
And More
Rhino Pricing
$995USD Rhino V8 (Commercial)
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
The following is a list and explanation of minimum and recommended technical specifications for a computer to run Rhino effectively. If you have questions about a computer you are about to purchase, please feel free to contact us for assistance.
System Requirements
Rhino runs on Windows and Mac desktop and laptop computers with:
Rhino 8 for Windows
Hardware
- 64-bit Intel or AMD processor (Not ARM)
- 8 GB memory (RAM) or more is recommended.
- 600 MB disk space.
- OpenGL 4.1 capable video card is recommended.
- 4 GB Video RAM or more recommended.
- A Multiple-button mouse with a scroll wheel is recommended.
- SpaceNavigator optional
- Apple Intel hardware with Boot Camp optional.
(Boot Camp is not supported on Apple Silicon M1 Macs.)
Windows Operating Systems
- Windows 11, 10 or 8.1.
- Windows VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure)
Internet connection for
- Download.
- License validation.
- Rhino account for:
- Technical support on the forum.
- Cloud Zoo license management.
User recommendations
Since we can’t test every possible hardware combination, you can get hardware recommendations from other users…
Not supported
- Windows 8 and older
- Windows Server direct login
- Boot Camp on Apple Silicon M1 Macs.
- Virtualization systems such as VMWare, Remote Desktop, and Parallels
- Linux
- ARM processors including the Microsoft SQ® 1 and 2
- Chromebooks
Rhino 8 for Mac
Hardware
- Intel Mac or Apple Silicon Mac.
- 8 GB memory (RAM) or more is recommended.
- AMD graphics processor recommended on Intel Macs.
- 5 GB disk space.
- A Multiple-button mouse with a scroll wheel is recommended. (Magic Mouse not recommended for use with Rhino.)
- SpaceNavigator and SpaceMouse Wireless optional
macOS Operating Systems
- macOS 13 (Ventura)
- macOS 12.4 (Monterey)
- macOS 11.6 (Big Sur)
- macOS 10.15.7 (Catalina)
- macOS 10.14.6 (Mojave)
Internet connection for
- Download.
- License validation.
- Rhino account for:
- Technical support on the forum.
- Cloud Zoo license management.
Not supported
- macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra) or older
- Digitizers (Faro, Microscribe)
- iPad and iPad Pro