Manages object, material, light, text, and dimension properties.
Properties
Lights
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Standard > Object Properties Properties > Object Properties Popup > Object Properties
Edit > Object Properties
Keyboard Shortcut: F3
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Manages object properties.
Object type
The object type: curve, surface, polysurface, etc. displays.
Object names are stored in the Rhino 3DM file and exported to file formats that accept object names.
To change the object’s layers, select a layer from the list. Layers can be created, and their properties can be changed in the Layer
dialog box.
The color of the object can either inherit the color of its layer or be set as an object property.
By Layer
Uses the display color of the object’s layer.
By Parent
Specified color
Uses a specified color.
By Layer
Uses the linetype of the object’s layer.
Specified linetype
Uses a specified linetype.
By Display
Prints using the display color.
By Layer
Prints using the layer color.
By Parent
Prints using the By Parent color.
Specified color
Prints using the specified color.
By Layer
Prints using the layer print width.
By Parent
Prints using the By Parent print width.
Default
Prints using the default print width.
Does not print.
Specified width
Prints using a specified print width.
Custom Mesh
On/Off
Settings Adjust
Opens the Polygon Mesh Detailed Options
dialog box.
Density
Defines the number of isoparametric curves
Rhino draws on the surface.
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Definition |
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1 |
One isoparametric curve on knot |
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2 |
One non-knot isoparametric curve drawn between knot locations plus the knot isoparametric curves |
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3 |
Two non-knot isoparametric curves drawn between knot locations plus the knot isoparametric curves |
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Show surface isocurve
Specifies the display of surface isoparametric curves
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To change the default isoparametric curve density for new objects, go to the Options dialog box, General
page.
Match
Set the properties of the selected object to match the layer, display color, linetype, print color, print width, and surface isocurve density of another object in the model.
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Select
an object with the properties to match.
Details
Technical information about the object displays.
Assigns separate display attributes to individual objects, regardless of mode the viewport is in.
The accepted modes are all of the built-in modes along with any custom modes created that have the Allow object assignment
checkbox selected.
Options
UseView
Set an object’s display mode attributes so that it displays based on what mode the view is in.
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Shade > Set Object Shading Attributes
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Opens the Properties window at the specified page.
Steps:
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Click a page to display.
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Sets the curve linetype.
Steps:
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Select
curves.
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Type the linetype name.
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Dimension > Set Line Type
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Object names are stored in the Rhino 3DM file and exported to file formats that accept object names.
Steps:
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Select the object.
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Type the object name.
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Note: To remove the object name, type double quotes (“”).
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Reports object properties details in a separate window.
Steps:
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Select objects.
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Information about the object and its layer will display.
The same information appears when you click the Details button on the Object page of the Properties
dialog box.
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Diagnostics > What?! (Right click) Properties > Object Characteristics (Right click)
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Reports detailed technical information about the data structure of the selected objects.
Steps:
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Select objects.
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A report on the internal data structure of the object displays.
Note: Normally, the List command is a programmer’s debugging tool.
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Diagnostics > List Object Database
Analyze > Diagnostics > List
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Manages Web site address or URL attached to an object.
Steps:
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Click an option.
Options
Attach
Attach a URL to an object.
Detach
Detach a URL from an object.
List
Lists the URLs attached to the selected objects.
Open
Opens the URL attached to an object.
SelectByHyperlink
Selects objects with URLs attached.
Enter a URL or select All.
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Utilities > Hyperlink tool
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