Rhino 8 has brought new modeling tools such as ShrinkWrap, significant speed improvements for Mac users, PushPull workflow, SubD Creases, better drawing tools, more customizable user interface, faster rendering engine, new Grasshopper data types, and more

ShrinkWrap

ShrinkWrap can create closed meshes based on open or closed meshes, NURBS geometry, SubDs, and point clouds, making it ideal for creating mesh models for 3D printing.

Rhino Mac

We have rewritten Rhino on Mac, which natively supports Apple Silicon and Intel Mac devices. We have used the latest Apple Metal display technology to make Rhino run faster on Mac, and the interface is more consistent with the Windows version of Rhino

Modeling simplification

Rhino 8 has unlocked some new modeling processes, such as PushPull modeling, direct modeling of operating axes, and automatic alignment of work planes

Section and elevation view

Rhino 8 has introduced a new section elevation tool to help users better create section elevations

Drawing updates

Rhino 8 has improved many aspects of the drawing workflow and also provided richer illustration tools, such as linear types

Rendering demonstration

Rhino 8 uses the latest Cycles rendering engine, enhances the UV mapping process, improves texture mapping, and introduces a new display mode

Grasshopper: RhinoDataTypes

In the Grasshopper of Rhino 8, a new set of RhinoDataTypes has been added to facilitate users to control more Rhino data through parameterization in Grasshopper, such as defining baking geometry properties, importing more file formats, parameterizing block definitions and controls, parameterizing annotations, sections and elevations, and plotting

user interface

Rhino 8's UI customization is more flexible, especially for Mac users, who can now use window layout to adjust specified task interfaces, save or restore user interfaces, and so on

More refined

During the development process of Rhino 8, hundreds of errors were discovered and fixed together with users, and many new features were added, including adding subdivision sharp edge control, enhancing mesh Boolean operations, supporting more new file formats, simplifying modeling interactions, optimizing subdivision modeling processes, and so on

Development platform

Rhino 8 brings a new programming tool that supports both CPython and NET7 has made significant improvements to the SDK and API, further expanding and deepening the basic functions of the geometry development platform