WireframeViewport

Rhinoceros DisplayMode Wire Viewport display modes

Sets the viewport display to unshaded wireframe.

Note: Viewport display modes can be customized. See Options > Appearance > Advanced Settings
.

Rhinoceros WireframeViewport Viewport display modes

Standard > Wireframe Viewport (Right click)

Shade > Wireframe Viewport (Right click)

STL Tools > Wireframe Viewport (Right click)

Organic > Wireframe Viewport (Right click)

Popup > Wireframe Viewport (Right click)

Rhinoceros Menu2 Viewport display modes

View > Wireframe

Viewport Title

> Wireframe

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ShadedViewport

Rhinoceros DisplayMode ShadedViewport Viewport display modes

Sets the viewport to opaque shaded mode.

Note: Viewport display modes can be customized. See Options > Appearance >  Advanced Settings
.

Notes

  • If the objects you are rendering are very complex, Rhino may shade them more slowly than usual the first time. Rhino takes that time to calculate, from the smooth geometry, a hidden mesh that is used for the rendering. The next time you shade the same model, you will see improved performance.

  • Rhino needs adequate of RAM for shading in reasonable time. A recommended minimum is 512 MB.

  • If strange cracks show between surfaces when you shade them, try first increasing the density of the render mesh on the Document Properties dialog box, Mesh
    page. Also, some surfaces may need to be joined into polysurfaces. Then Rhino will mesh those surfaces so that the mesh vertices for each surface will be exactly shared along their common edge and there won’t be any holes or cracking.

  • If you are using a shaded viewport, you can click on a shaded object to select it. You do not have to select an isoparametric curve. If the click is near curves, isoparametric curves, points, or annotation, the object will be selected. If there are several objects behind each other in the view, the object closest to your viewpoint will be selected.

  • Changing the mesh settings causes the viewports to reshade.

Rhinoceros ShadedViewport Viewport display modes

Standard > Shaded Viewport

Shade > Shaded Viewport

STL Tools > Shaded Viewport

Organic > Shaded Viewport

Popup > Shaded Viewport

Rhinoceros Menu2 Viewport display modes

View > Shaded

Viewport Title

> Shaded

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RenderedViewport

Rhinoceros DisplayMode Rendered Viewport display modes

Shades the viewport with an OpenGL simulation of the rendered view.

You can pan, zoom, and rotate the viewport to see the model from different views.

The RenderedViewport command mimics, but does not exactly duplicate, what you will get in a Render
.

Note: Viewport display modes can be customized. See Options > Appearance >  Advanced Settings
.

Notes

  • Uses the settings on the Document Properties dialog box Mesh
    page.

  • Does not show shadows or bump mapping.

  • Does a quick approximation of light behavior. Basically, you can use render preview to aim lights.

Rhinoceros RenderedViewport Viewport display modes

Shade > Rendered Viewport

Popup > Render Preview Viewport

Rhinoceros Menu2 Viewport display modes

View > Rendered

Viewport Title

> Rendered

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GhostedViewport

Rhinoceros DisplayMode GhostedViewport Viewport display modes

Sets viewport display to be translucent.

Note: Viewport display modes can be customized. See Options > Appearance >  Advanced Settings
.

Notes

  • Objects behind surfaces are somewhat obscured.

Rhinoceros GhostedViewport Viewport display modes

Shade > Ghosted Viewport

Rhinoceros Menu2 Viewport display modes

View > Ghosted

Viewport Title

> Ghosted

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XRayViewport

Rhinoceros DisplayMode XRay Viewport display modes

Shades with isoparametric curves not obscured by objects in front.

All wireframe and point objects are displayed, even if they would normally be hidden by surfaces that are in front of them in the viewport.

Note: Viewport display modes can be customized. See Options > Appearance >  Advanced Settings
.

Rhinoceros XRayViewport Viewport display modes

Shade > X-ray Viewport

Rhinoceros Menu2 Viewport display modes

View > X-Ray

Viewport Title

> X-Ray

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FlatShade

Rhinoceros FlatShade 001 Viewport display modes

Toggles FlatShade mode.

Shades the current viewport with no smoothing so the individual render mesh faces are visible.

Note: Viewport display modes can be customized. See Options > Appearance >  Advanced Settings
.

-FlatShade

The hyphenated version adds command line options.

On

Off

Toggle

Rhinoceros FlatShade Viewport display modes

Shade > Toggle Flat Shade Mode

STL Tools > Toggle Flat Shade Mode

Rhinoceros Menu2 Viewport display modes

View > Flat Shade

Viewport Title

> Flat Shade

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ShadeSelected

Rhinoceros shadeselected 001 Viewport display modes

Toggles ShadeSelected mode.

Sets the viewport display mode to shade only selected surfaces, polysurfaces, and meshes.

Only selected surfaces, polysurfaces, solids, and meshes are shaded.

Note: Viewport display modes can be customized. See Options > Appearance >  Advanced Settings
.

-ShadeSelected

The hyphenated version adds command line options.

On

Off

Toggle

Rhinoceros ShadeSelected Viewport display modes

Shade > Toggle Shade Selected Mode

Rhinoceros Menu2 Viewport display modes

None

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Shade

Temporarily shades the viewport. This is not a working mode.

Steps:

  • Click shade settings.

  • Click in the viewport, press Esc

    or start another command to cancel the shaded view.

Options

DisplayMode

Shaded

Rendered

Ghosted

XRay

DrawCurves

Displays curve objects.

DrawWires

Displays isoparametric curves and edges.

DrawGrid

Displays the grid.

DrawAxes

Displays the construction plane axes.

-Shade

The hyphenated version adds command line options.

View=Active/All

Selected=Yes/No

Rhinoceros shade Viewport display modes

Standard > Shade

Shade > Shade

Rhinoceros Menu2 Viewport display modes

Render > Shade

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ClippingPlane

Creates a clipping plane object that represents a plane for visibly clipping away geometry in a specific viewport.

Steps:

  • Follow the prompts for the selected option.

  • If no option is selected, the default is used.

Notes:

  • The clipping plane is infinite. The clipping plane object represents only the location and direction of the clipping plane.

  • The clipping plane pointer faces toward the objects that will be visible.

  • Rhinoceros ClippingPlane 001 Viewport display modes

Options

Note: The options for drawing a clipping plane are the same as for the Rectangle
command.

Default

3Point

Vertical

Center

Rhinoceros ClippingPlane Viewport display modes

Viewport Layout > Clipping plane

Rhinoceros Menu2 Viewport display modes

None

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ClearAllMeshes

Deletes render and analysis meshes from all surfaces and polysurfaces.

Render meshes are created automatically when you shade or render your model. They are not visible in wireframe view mode.

The ClearAllMeshes command turns off shaded working mode.

If you change your Render Mesh
settings and render or shade the model, render meshes are cleared and recreated automatically.

If any viewports are in shaded or render preview mode, they are changed to wireframe mode. Switching back to shaded/render preview mode will create new meshes. To reduce the size of the model file, use the SaveAs
command and check Save small.

To clear meshes from selected objects, use the RefreshShade
command .

Rhinoceros ClearAllMeshes Viewport display modes

Utilities > Clear Render and Analysis Meshes

Rhinoceros Menu2 Viewport display modes

None

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RefreshShade

Clears and regenerates the render mesh from selected objects so the shading refreshes.

Steps:

  • Select

    objects for clear mesh.

  • Render and analysis meshes are cleared and regenerated from the selected objects.

    This mode is turned off in all viewports with the ClearAllMeshes
    command.

Notes

  • To avoid having to recreate the render meshes in your next session, do not clear meshes.

  • Render meshes are cleared and recreated automatically if you change your Render Mesh Properties
    and render or shade the model.

  • To reduce the size of the model file, use the SaveAs
    command and check Save small.

Rhinoceros RefreshShade Viewport display modes

Shade > Refresh Shade (Right click)

Rhinoceros Menu2 Viewport display modes

View > Remesh

Viewport Title

> Remesh

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PrintDisplay

Displays objects using their Print Color
and Print Width
properties.

Note: This command can have significant effects on display speed.

Options

State

On/Off/Toggle

Turns print display on or off.

Color

Print

Objects display using their Print Color
setting.

Display

Objects display using normal display settings.

Thickness

Defines a screen resolution to multiply object’s Print Width
.

LinetypeDisplay

Displays curves using their Linetype
properties.

Options

DisplayLinetypes

Yes

Displays curves using their Linetype
properties.

No

Displays curves using continuous lines.

Rhinoceros  ABlankButton Viewport display modes

None

Rhinoceros Menu2 Viewport display modes

None

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ShowZBuffer

Toggles depth buffer display in the viewport.

Rhinoceros ShowZBuffer Viewport display modes

Each pixel is given a greyscale value that relates directly to the distance between the camera and that pixel. The closest pixel becomes white and the furthest pixel becomes black.

ViewCaptureToFile
and ViewCaptureToClipboard
can be used to capture the image.

Rhinoceros  ABlankButton Viewport display modes

None

Rhinoceros Menu2 Viewport display modes

None

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Viewport display modes