Rhino for Windows users can request a legacy licence here: - Rhino 5 for Windows legacy. Please note: Legacy licences will only run on the same machine as Rhino 6. How to license Rhino 6. There are now three ways to use your licence in V6: 1. Cloud Zoo (New) - Make your licenses available anywhere in the world through a login. Download the Network Server Installation. Download the Network Client Installation. Orca3D Version 1.x is compatible with Rhino 5 (64-bit). It will NOT work with Rhino 4 or 32-bit Rhino 5, or with Rhino 6 or 7. If you have a Version 1.x license and use Rhino 4 or 32-bit Rhino 5, please contact us.
Rhino 6
This is a big step forward for Rhino 5.0 users as McNeel & Associates work on it since 2012.
The official information from McNeel & Associates about Rhinoceros 6.0:
- Test Rhinoceros 6.0 yourself for 90 days. This is a fully functional demo version.
- Rhino 6 for Mac will hopefully be released later this year. Rhino 6 will then be the same for both Mac and Windows operating systems. You buy one Rhino 6 and decide yourself on which operating system you like to install it.
- Current Rhino for Mac users can already download and use the free Rhino 6 for Mac “Work In Progress” (WIP) version. Then you are also able to save and open files in Rhino 6 format.
- New Rhino for Mac users or people who like to purchase an extra license, can preferably purchase a Rhino 6 for Windows license and convert it to a Rhino 5 for Mac which will fluently update for free to a Rhino 6 for Mac when it becomes available. This is the cheapest solution as you don’t need to buy an upgrade to Rhino 6 at a later time. It works like this:
- Then download, install and validate this license on a Windows computer. We can do this for you at RhinoCentre if you like.
- After that you generate here your Rhino 5 for Mac license key for free. This is only possible with a validated Rhino 6 license.
- And finally download and install your Rhino 5 for Mac.
Rhino 6.0 is the result of an open development with Rhino 5 users and therefore totally stable. This also explains why it took McNeel more than five years to deliver an upgrade. They want to make sure that a new Rhino is stable and a big improvement. At RhinoCentre we work now for more than a year with Rhino 6 because it is much faster than Rhino 5. Especially with huge 3D files and processing large AutoCAD drawings like general arrangement plans in the maritime industry..
As we work extensively with Rhino at RhinoCentre in projects for our clients, we have a clear idea where Rhino excels and where it is still disappointing. Due to our extensive contact with clients we also have a clear vision where clients can make big improvements in using Rhino in their workflow.
Grasshopper
Visual scripting with Grasshopper is now fully integrated in Rhino 6 and makes Rhino much more intelligent. At RhinoCentre we work with Grasshopper since 2008. Grasshopper makes it possible to script Rhino commands without the need for programming by typing code in for eaxmple Python. This makes programming with Grasshopper so easy for people who are visually oriented like many designers.
- Design concepts that are flexilbe parameterized for design studies. See for example our free script for generating ship hulls or the script for a design of a bridge.
- Stupid repetitive work can also be automated. For example, it would take a lot of time and effort to model the planks of the lapstrake hull of a Viking ship. Not to mention editing this 3D model when the hull shape has changed. Now the script does all the boring work for me.
Presentations
We also use Rhino a lot for internal or external presentations. Especially in the design- and engineering phase there is often little time to put a lot of effort in it. Therefore we often just make a few screenshots instead of a starting up a time consuming render procedure. In Rhino 6 we found big improvements in creating very attractive images in little time:
- The new display pipeline of Rhino makes the viewports faster and more attractive. It is now also GPU based:
- Zooming, panning and rotating is much faster with large 3D models and heavy AutoCAD drawings.
- The ‘realtime rendered viewport’ is much more attractive for making presentations with a screenshot or the default Rhino render. That is why there is less need to work with a render plugin. We experience in our projects that creating quick presentations take less time and look more professional.
- New tools to manipulate a render mesh to make it look more realistic. As a surface in Rhino often doesn’t have a thickness, it is now very easy to add thickness to the render mesh. This makes it appear much more realistic. Other features are for example edge softening which also adds realism to objects as rounded edges result in a glossy appearance. And yes, this is very noticable!
- Quickly create screenshots in a flexible way with the renewed _ViewCaptureToFile command.
- The default Rhino Render now creates much more attractive images. This makes it less necessary to use a render plugin like Flamingo or V-Ray.
2D documentation
Rhino 6 offers much more functionality for making 2D drawings. This is especially interesting for companies who like to avoid using AutoCAD and still need workshop drawings.
- Many more features for annotations.
- Make2D is programmed from the ground up again and therefore much faster and more stable. This is especially interesting for those who need 2D drawings out of larger and more complex 3d models.
Cloud Zoo license management
With the “Cloud Zoo”, you’re able to use Rhino 6 anywhere in the world. Simply install Rhino 6.0 on every computer that you need and connect it with the “Cloud Zoo”.
- This is interesting for companies when employees also work from home or abroad.
- A license never gets lost again. This is what we often experience with our clients.
Last but not least: Modeling
- Many existing modeling commands offer more functionality or they are more flexible.
- The result of some modeling commands is editable afterwards or they update automatically. This is the case with fillets for example.
- Add data to curves, surfaces etc. Finally it is possible in native Rhino to add meta data to Rhino objects. This makes Rhino models more functional. For example the type of material or the surface finish can be added to the object description.
Rhino Accounts Help
Your Rhino account provides a single way to use and manage everything McNeel.
You can associate your Rhino licenses (and those of other compatible plugins), participate in our discussion forum, and use other first and third party services using the same account––even if your email addresses or linked accounts change at some point in time.
Rhino Accounts is designed to be secure from the very beginning, and we are continuously improving the security and stability of the system.
Create a New Rhino Account
Creating a Rhino account is easy and free.
To create a Rhino account:
- Go to the Create an Account page.
- If you’d like to link an account, click on the appropriate button. Otherwise click on No Thanks.
- Fill out required information, if any.
- Click Create a New Account.
Recover an Existing Rhino Account
If you are unable to login to your Rhino account, it is possible for us to send you an email containing tailored information on how to recover your account. If you login using a linked account, the email will contain information on which account you should use to login. If you login using a password, you will have the opportunity to reset your password by clicking on a link in the email.
To have Rhino Accounts send you a recovery email:
- Go to the Recover Your Account page.
- Type in any email address associated with your Rhino account in the Email field.
- Click Continue or press the return ⏎ key.
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Delete your Rhino Account Permanently
Deleting your account permanently removes all data related to your account from Rhino Accounts.
To permanently delete your Rhino account:
- Go to the Delete Account page.
- Read any warning messages carefully.
- If you are unsure whether you want to delete your account, you probably should not. Contact our support team for help.
- Click Delete.
Merge Two Rhino Accounts
You may want to consolidate two different Rhino accounts created at different points in time into one single account to simplify account management. Below is an example of what a typical scenario may look like, and what the outcome should be:
To merge two Rhino accounts into a single Rhino account:
- Identify the account you want to keep. This account is the one that has all services and products associated with it. In this example, it would be account A.
- Login to the account you don't want to keep. In this case, it would be account B.
- Delete account B. This will free up any linked accounts and email addresses associated with it.
- Login to account A.
- Associate any email addresses and add any linked accounts that were previously associated with account B
Login to your Rhino Account
To login to your Rhino account:
- Type your email address in the Email field. If the field is not visible, click on Other Login Options.
- Click the button or press the return ⏎ key.
- If you setup your Rhino account with a linked account:
- Click on the colored button that appears in the middle of the screen.
- Otherwise:
- Enter your Rhino account's password .
- Click the button or press the return ⏎ key.
- If your account has Two-Factor Auth enabled:
- Enter the TOTP code from your secondary device.
- Click the button or press the return ⏎ key.
Manage Emails
To manage emails associated with your account, go to the Emails page. You can add or remove email addresses from this page.
Manage Linked Accounts
To manage linked accounts, such as Facebook and Google accounts associated with your account, go to the Linked Accounts page. You can add or remove linked accounts from this page.
Change your Rhino Account's Password
To change your Rhino account's password:
- Go to the Change Password page.
- Enter your current password, if any.
- Enter your new password.
- Confirm your new password.
- Click Save.
Two-Factor Auth
Two Factor Authentication, also known as Two Step Authentication, provides an optional layer of security when logging in to your account. You can choose to require two factor authentication every time you login to your Rhino account, or only when you login from a new device.
To manage two factor authentication:
- Go to the Two-Factor Auth page.
- Follow the instructions to enable or disable the system.
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Update your Personal Information
You can update personal information associated with your account at any time. To change email addresses and/or linked accounts, see Account Emails and Linked Accounts, respectively. Your personal information is kept safe in Rhino Accounts and is not shared with any third parties unless you give explicit permiission to do so.
Update your Profile Picture
To update your profile picture:
- Go to the Personal Info page.
- Choose a source for your new profile picture. If you have linked accounts, such as Google or Facebook, you may have additional sources to choose from.
- Click Save.
Update your Display Name
To update your display name:
- Go to the Personal Info page.
- Update your name in the Name field.
- Click Save.
Update your Phone Number
To update your phone number:
- Go to the Personal Info page.
- Update your phone number in the Phone Number field.
- Click Save.
Update your Preferred Language
To update your preferred language:
- Go to the Personal Info page.
- Update your language in the Preferred Language field.
- Click Save.
Update your Country of Residence
To update your country of residence:
- Go to the Personal Info page.
- Update your country in the Country field.
- Click Save.
Teams
Teams allow you to associate two or more Rhino accounts into a collaborative entity to share resources, such as Rhino licenses. Anyone can create a team in seconds. There are two ways to add additional team members, either by sending them an invite, or in large organizations, by linking your team to a domain.
View your Teams
You can view which teams you belong to and view your role in each of them at a glance. To view your teams, go to the Teams page.
Create a Team
Creating a team is easy and free. To do so:
- Go to the Teams page.
- Click New Team.
- Fill out the required fields.
- Click Create a New Team.
View Team Members
To view the team members in a particular team:
- Go to the Teams page.
- Click on the team whose members you wish to see.
- Scroll down to view the team members. You can sort columns and use the arrow keys ← → to scroll through the list.
Leave a Team
To leave a team you belong to:
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- Go to the Teams page.
- Click on the team you wish to leave.
- Click on the Action button at the bottom of the page.
- Click Leave Team.
Administrative Tasks for Teams
If you are an Owner or an Admin of a team, you can perform all the administrative tasks listed below.
Invite Team Members
By default, a newly created team only includes one member: its owner. To have additional users join your team, you must send them an invite via email as explained below. The email addresses need not be associated with an existing Rhino account––the invitees will have the option to create a Rhino account if they do not already have one.
To invite team members:
- Go to the Teams page.
- Click on the desired team.
- Click on the Action button at the bottom of the page.
- Click Invite Members.
- Choose the Language the invites will be sent in.
- Type or paste the email addresses of the invitees.
- Review the email addresses the invites will be sent to.
- Click Send.
Remove Team Members
To remove team members from a team:
- Go to the Teams page.
- Click on the desired team.
- Click on the user to remove.
- Click Remove from Team.
Modify a Team Member's Role
To modify a team member's role:
- Go to the Teams page.
- Click on the desired team.
- Click on the user whose role is to be modified.
- Select the appropriate role for the user.
- Click Save.
Link Team to a Domain
Linking a Rhino Accounts team to a domain is useful in large or complex organizations.
What happens when a Rhino Accounts team is linked to a domain?
- Any existing users who have any email address associated with the domain will be given an ultimatum the next time they login. they can either:
- Join the team, drop any email addresses not related to the domain, and adopt the team’s login method.
- Relinquish any email addresses associated with the domain and decline joining the team.
- Any new users who try to login using an email address associated with the domain will have a Rhino account transparently created for them the first time they successfully login using the team's login method. They will also be added to the team without the need for an invite.
- If new users try to login or create an account using a different login method, they will be guided to login using the team's login method.
- New or existing accounts that have an email address associated with the domain may not add other email addresses or linked accounts, and their linked account must match the team’s login policy.
Why link a team to a domain?
- Users who have email addresses associated with the domain will be added to the team without the need to create an account and explicitly accept an invitation.
- IT administrators can use their own user management tools such as onelogin, Azure Active Directory, Google for Work etc… to manage team members. For example, an administrator can create an Active Directory group that contains the only members who are allowed to login to Rhino Accounts. Similarly, removing a user from that group effectively restricts that user from using their Rhino account.
How do you link a team to a domain?
- Go to the Teams page.
- Click on the desired team.
- Click on the Action button at the bottom of the page.
- Click on Link Domain to Team.
- Check the checkbox.
- Type a domain name that you own. Make sure it is the root domain (i.e.
rhino3d.com
and not
) unless your email server purposefully uses a subdomain.www.rhino3d.com - Place the specified file at the specified location in your domain’s HTTP server. Make sure it can be publically accessed.
- Choose a login method. For the following providers, you will need to specify additional configuration settings specific to your domain:
- Setup Azure Active Directory.
- Setup onelogin.
- Setup Okta.
- Setup Custom Provider.
- Click Save.
Setup Azure Active Directory
- Go to the Azure Portal, and login to the desired directory.
- Click on the Azure Active Directory blade.
- Click on App Registrations.
- Click on New Registration.
- Create a new application with the following settings:
- For Name, enter something like Rhinoceros or Rhino 3D.
- For Supported Account Types, select Accounts in this organizational directory only.
- For Redirect URI, select Web, then enter the Redirect URI shown in Rhino Accounts.
- Once the application is created, copy the Application (client) ID value shown and paste it into the Client/App ID field in Rhino Accounts.
- Back in the Azure Portal, copy the Directory (tenant) ID value shown and paste it into the Endpoint field in Rhino Accounts.
- Back in the Azure Portal, click on the Authentication blade.
- Make sure that Access Tokens and ID Tokens are checked under Implicit Grant, and save your changes.
Setup onelogin
- Go to onelogin, and login to the desired domain.
- Hover over the Apps button.
- Click on Custom Connector.
- Click on New Connector.
- Create a new connector with the following settings:
- For the connector name, enter something like Rhinoceros or Rhino 3D.
- For Sign on Method, select OpenID Connect.
- For Redirect URI, enter the Redirect URI shown in Rhino Accounts.
- For Login URL, enter https://accounts.rhino3d.com.
- Click Save.
- Once the connector is created, hover over More Actions then click Add App to Connector.
- Click Save.
- Once the app is created, click on SSO.
- Copy the value shown in Client ID.
- Back in Rhino Accounts, paste the value into the Client/App ID field.
- Back in onelogin, copy the first subdomain of the uri provided in the Request URI Example. For instance, if
https://test.onelogin.com/oidc/auth?...
is shown, copytest
. - Back in Rhino Accounts, paste the value copied into the Endpoint field.
Setup Okta
- Go to Okta, and login to your organization's domain.
- Click on Applications in the main menu.
- Click on the Add Application button.
- Select Single-Page App, and click next.
- Create a new application with the following settings:
- For the name, enter something like Rhinoceros or Rhino 3D.
- For Base URIs, enter https://accounts.rhino3d.com.
- For Login Redirect URIs, enter the Redirect URI shown in Rhino Accounts.
- For Grant type allowed, make sure Implicit is enabled.
- Click Done.
- Once the application is created, copy the Client ID under Client Credentials.
- Back in Rhino Accounts, paste the value into the Client/App ID field.
- Back in Okta, Click on Dashboard in the main menu.
- Copy the Org URL excluding the protocol. For instance, if
https://test.okta.com
is shown, copytest.okta.com
. - Back in Rhino Accounts, paste the value copied into the Endpoint field.
- Back in Okta, Click on Trusted Origins under the API menu item.
- Ensure that there is an entry for
https://accounts.rhino3d.com
for both CORS and Redirect. If there isn't one, add an origin by clicking Add Origin.
Setup Custom Provider
- The custom provider you choose to use must meet the following criteria:
- It must be an OpenID Connect provider.
- It must implement OpenID Connect's Discovery Endpoint at the path:
/.well-known/openid-configuration
. - The Discovery Endpoint must include a valid
jwks_uri
. - The Discovery Endpoint must have CORS support so that it can be accessed from
https://accounts.rhino3d.com
via JavaScript. - It must support the
implicit
grant type. - It must support the
id_token
response type.
- Register an OpenID Connect client with your provider, being sure to include the Redirect URI shown in Rhino Accounts.
- Back in Rhino Accounts, paste the client id of the client your just created into the Client/App ID field.
- Finally, enter the base url of your provider into the Endpoint field. For example, if the Discovery Endpoint is at
https://mydomain.com/oidc/.well-known/openid-configuration
, you would entermydomain.com/oidc
.
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Permissions
Rhino accounts keeps all your information confidential by default. In order for any service or product (called app in this section) to access your account information, you must explicitly consent to do so. You can view which apps you have given permission to access some or all of your account information, and revoke these permissions at any time.
View Apps That Have Access to your Account
To view all the apps that have access to your account:
- Go to the Permissions page.
- Click on the service or product of interest
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Revoke an App’s Permission to Access your Account.
To view all the apps that have access to your account:
- Go to the Permissions page.
- Click on the app of interest.
- Click Revoke Access.
Licenses
You can use your Rhino account to use Cloud Zoo, a free service that allows you to associate license keys for Rhino and other products to your Rhino account or one of the teams your Rhino account belongs to. You can then use your Rhino account to login and use these products on any device, anywhere in the world. Learn more about Cloud Zoo…
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Browser Requirements
Rhino Accounts works only in modern browsers to ensure the highest standard of security for you. All browsers must have cookies and JavaScript enabled for Rhino Accounts to work properly. The following browsers are supported:
Browser | Version Supported |
---|---|
Apple Safari | Latest Version |
Google Chrome | Latest Version |
Microsoft Edge | Latest Version |
Microsoft Internet Explorer | 11 |
Mozilla Firefox | Latest Version |
Opera | Latest Version |