Scripts for Rhinoceros 3+

Here you find an ever growing collection of scripts for the Rhinoceros 3D CAD platform. Scripts will work on both Rhino3 and Rhino4 provided you have fairly recent version of the RhinoScript.rhp plugin. You can download the latest version for free from the Rhino3d.com website.

Scripts have been grouped in the following categories:

1.	Curve tools

2.	(Poly)Surface tools

3.	Mesh tools

4.	General object tools

5.	Display and Rendering tools

6.	Workflow tools

7.	Experimental tools

Curve tools

Script name	Script description	Script file
Break Polylines	Split polyline curve objects based on sub-curve angle.
Circle from normal vector	Create a circle from a normal vector.
Close curves	Close many curves at once. You can close them both by position (G0) and tangency (G1).
Conic polyline	Convert a polyline curve object to a weighted conic polycurve. Very seventies...
Connect curves	Connect the endpoints of a set of curves with a new curve. Both smooth and straight options.
Cross vector line	Create a line perpendicular to two lines.
Curve self-intersection	Perform self-intersection on a set of curve objects.
Display Nurbs curve data	Create a rich_text_format file that contains all Nurbs data of a curve object.	Example

Advanced divide curves	Divide multiple curves using 3 different algorithms including a t-parameter division. If you don't know what t-parameters are and are desperate to find out, you can read about them in the RhinoScript handout, page 65 - Appendix C.
Hyperbolic polylines	Convert multiple polylines into hyperbolic polycurves. The true meaning of explode...
Non-linear spiral	Create a spiral curve object with a non-linear pitch.
Randomize curve	Randomize all of some control-points of a curve object.

(Poly)Surface tools

Script name	Script description	Script file
Box from midpoints	Create a box (or rectangle) from midpoints.
Hyperbolic box	Create a box with curved faces.
Gastank surface	Create a gastank shaped solid.
Teapot object	An implementation of the famous teapot object in Rhino.
Multipipe	Pipe multiple curves at once. With neat preview.
Pyramid solid	Create a pyramid solid from any regular polygon.
Rectangular pipe	Create rectangular pipe objects. Settings for width, height, thickness and angle. Angle doesn't work very well yet...
Surface self-intersection	Perform self-intersection operations on multiple surface objects. This script is buggy because the Rhino intersection code is buggy. My hands are clean...
Randomize surface	Randomize all or some control-points of a surface object.

Mesh tools

Script name	Script description	Script file
UV-mesh	Create a mesh from untrimmed surfaces.
Extract mesh wires	Convert all polygon edges of a mesh object to loose line objects.

General object tools

Script name	Script description	Script file
Copy objects to points	Copy any amount of objects to any amount of points.
Name objects	Name any amount of unnamed object. Each object will receive a unique name.
Random move objects	Move a group of objects a random distance into a random direction.
Random rotate objects	Rotate a group of objects by a random angle around a common or individual center.
Random scale objects	Scale a group of objects by random factors from a common or individual point.
Sequential names	Apply sequential names to objects by defining name prefix, number and increment.
Relocate objects by _Scale1D	Relocate (move) objects by performing a scale1D operation on their bounding box centers.
Relocate objects by _Scale2D	Relocate objects by performing a scale2D operation on their bounding box centers.
Relocate objects by _Scale	Relocate objects by performing a scale operation on their bounding box centers.
Relocate objects by _ScaleNonUniform	Relocate objects by performing a scaleNU operation on their bounding box centers.
Relocate objects by _Rotate	Relocate objects by performing a rotate operation on their bounding box centers.
Relocate objects by _Rotate3D	Relocate objects by performing a rotate3D operation on their bounding box centers.
Relocate objects by _Mirror	Relocate objects by performing a mirror operation on their bounding box centers.
Relocate objects by _Shear	Relocate objects by performing a shear operation on their bounding box centers.
Relocate objects by _Taper	Relocate objects by performing a taper operation on their bounding box centers.
Relocate objects by _Twist	Relocate objects by performing a twist operation on their bounding box centers.
Relocate objects by _SetPoints	Relocate objects by performing a setpt operation on their bounding box centers.

Display and Rendering tools

Script name	Script description	Script file
Bongo path recorder	Use this script to visualize the paths of animated objects in the bongo plugin environment.
Bongo vector animation	Render a bongo-animation as an *.ai file sequence.
Add render queue camera	Add a new render queue camera.
Remove render queue camera	Remove an existing render queue camera definition.
Restore render queue camera	Restore an existing render queue camera definition in a viewport.
Viewport camera tumble	Tumble the camera with varying speed and position. Nice for long-running presentations.
Slide camera along curve	Quick and dirty camera path animation tool.

Workflow tools

Script name	Script description	Script file
Lowest scene coordinate	Find the lowest point in the current model. This is useful when assigning groundplanes in flamingo.
Manage selection states	Save, recall, delete, filter and adjust selection states.
Quick restore selection state	Quick restore an existing selection state. No filter options available. States are always merged.
Random deselection	Deselect a selection by percentage.
Select by size	Select objects based on the size of their bounding boxes.
Select name from list	Select named objects from a list containing all existing names.
Window select point(cloud)s	Select points and pointclouds using a window-selection rectangle.
Window select curves	Select curves using a window-selection rectangle.
Window select surfaces	Select surfaces using a window-selection rectangle.
Window select polysurfaces	Select polysurfaces using a window-selection rectangle.
Window select meshes	Select meshes using a window-selection rectangle.
Window select annotation	Select annotation objects using a window-selection rectangle.
Window select blocks	Select block instances using a window-selection rectangle.
Window select lights	Select light objects using a window-selection rectangle.

Experimental tools

Script name	Script description	Script file
Liquid drop simulator	This script simulates the behaviour of a small drop of liquid on a (poly)surface object. Friction and impulse are not taken into account. This will work on all surfaces and polysurfaces. (Note: If you use the preview option, using rough mesh settings, will drastically speed things up)	2.16M
Rain simulator	Similar to the one above, but it automatically calculates the paths of a grid of points. This only works on surfaces and has no froody feedback (yet). (Note: the animation is *not* a representation of this script. It was made with an adjusted version of the previous script)	2.58M
Dragon-path fractal	Create a dragon path fractal by iteratively copying an open curve along a path. This script was written for polylines but you can use other curves as well.
Plant growth fractal	This script simulates the growth of a plant by adding a new generation of branches to the previous one. Settings slowly change during the lifetime of the plant.	1.0M
Sierpinsky fractal	With this script you can create a sierpinksy sieve fractal. It works both in 2D and 3D. You can use as many vertices as you like. But triangles work best...
Inflate balloon	This script inflates a balloon inside a polysurface. Very experimental, quite buggy.
Geodesic curve	Simulate the behaviour of an elastic band on a surface. If the initial curve is not obstructed this script will create a geodesic curve on the surface.
Parametric curve	Create a curve based on x, y and z parametric functions. Jess Märtterer created a similar (but much better and more advanced) set of tools which you can download from his site.

 

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