RHINO 3D

MENU BAR COMMAND MENU TOOLBARS GRAPHICS AREA WORLD AXIS VIEWPORT TITLE MAIN TOOLBARS PRECISION DRAWING

MENU BAR GENERAL ACCESS COMMANDS, SPACE SETUP (LANGUAGE, UNITS EC), HELP.

COMMAND MENU LISTS COMMANDS THAT YOU ENTER AND INFORMATION

TOOLBARS Access shortcuts to commands and options

GRAPHICS AREA Displays the open model through Viewports (Generally TOP , Front, Right and Perspective)

WORLD AXIS Reference 3D Co-Ordinate Systems (X,Y,Z)

PRECISION DRAWING Snapping tools for precision

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MAIN TOOLBARS

STRUCTURE OF RHINO DRAWINGS

POINTS

POINTS CURVES LINES | POLYLINES | ARCS | CIRCLES | ELLIPSES | NURBS CURVES | POLYCURVES

SURFACE | POLYSURFACE | NURBS SURFACE POINTS CURVES LINES | POLYLINES | ARCS | CIRCLES | ELLIPSES | NURBS CURVES | POLYCURVES SURFACES SURFACE | POLYSURFACE | NURBS SURFACE

SURFACE | POLYSURFACE | NURBS SURFACE POINTS CURVES LINES | POLYLINES | ARCS | CIRCLES | ELLIPSES | NURBS CURVES | POLYCURVES SURFACES SURFACE | POLYSURFACE | NURBS SURFACE SOLIDS

POINTS : are defined by one or more values called coordinates. [XYZ]

POINTS : are the foundation upon which all other geometry is created - we need at least two Points to create a Curve, we need at least three Points to make a Polygon or a Mesh Face etc

CURVES: Term used for all different sort of curved (even if straight) shapes

LINES: SIMPLEST FORM OF CURVES Essentially these are Curves without Curvature POLYLINES: MULTIPLE LINES CONNECTED TO EACHOTHER

NURBS: NON-UNIFORM RATIONAL BASIS SPLINES Basis for Free-Form Modelling in Rhino

NURBS: NON-UNIFORM RATIONAL BASIS SPLINES Controlled by number of Control Ponts “Magnets” to define the shape of Curve / Surface Controlled by the Degree which Defines the Strength of the Control Pont Degree 1 Degree 2 Degree 3 Degree 4

SURFACES: A MATHEMATICAL FUNCTION DEFINED BY POINTS, NORMALS AND CURVES 2 : U Isocurve 3 : V Isocurve 4 : UV Coordinate 5 : Perpendicular Plane 6 : Normal Vector

POLY SURFACES: MULTIPLE SURFACES JOINED TOGETHER

NURBS SURFACES: A MATHEMATICAL FUNCTION DEFINED BY NURBS CURVES

SOLIDS: ONE OR MORE SURFACES JOINED TO FORM A CLOSED VOLUME VERTICES EDGES 2 3 1 1 2

ENGLISH COMMANDS _CIRCLE _MOVE _COPY

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