It may have been a long time coming - but Rhino for Mac is now available. Rhino for Mac finally liberates Mac users from running Rhino on a physical or emulated Windows environment. The most obvious differences are in interface with a slightly different layout than existing Windows users may be used to. In terms of functionality, there are also some key which will become fewer as time goes on. However, with 5.1, plugins are now supported. It is now possible for existing Rhino 3D users to reliably model on an iMac, MacBook or Mac Pro. Users with specific workflows based on plugins may find they need the Windows version for certain tasks.

For those new to 3D modelling on Mac, looking for a cost-effective application with a large user-base, high-level of accuracy and without complex or restrictive licensing arrangements, Rhino for Mac is ideal. If you have any queries on Rhino for Mac, please just drop us a line. Rhino for Mac vs Rhino for Windows Rhino for Mac Rhino for Windows Versatile 3D Modelling X X NURBS Tools X X Mesh Tools X X Analysis Tools X X Drafting Tools X X Support Included X X Stylistic Display Modes X X Compatibility X X Developer Tools X X Scriptable X X Plugin Support X X Layouts X X Grasshopper Work in Progress X Worksessions X Animation Tools X Mesh Tools Robust mesh import, export, creation, and editing tools are critical to all phases of design, including: • Transferring captured 3‑D data from digitizing and scanning into Rhino as mesh models. • Exchanging mesh data with many applications such as SketchUp and Modo. • Export meshes for analysis and rendering.

• Exporting meshes for prototyping and fabrication. • Converting NURBS to meshes for display and rendering. • Both new and enhanced mesh tools, plus support for double-precision meshes, accurately represent and display ground forms such as the 3D topography of a large city. Analysis Tools Design realization requires high‑quality 3-D models in every phase of design, presentation, analysis, and fabrication. Rhino 5 includes 9 new tools and more than 15 enhancements to help ensure that the 3‑D models used throughout your process are the highest possible quality. New tools: • Diameter - Displays the diameter of a circle or arc.

• DraftAnglePoint - Places a point object on a surface where the surface's draft angle matches the input value. The tool is designed primarily to help draw curves along surfaces where the surface has a given draft angle. Mold makers in particular can use this to mark the limits where an object can be cleanly pulled from a mold. • ExtractAnalysisMesh - Extracts an analysis mesh from an object. For example, use the CurvatureAnalysis command and then run ExtractAnalysisMesh to add the analysis mesh (with the vertex colors) to the document.

• ExtractCurvatureGraph - Creates a curve object that is the curvature graph. • HideRenderMesh - Temporarily hides the render mesh for selected objects. • ShowRenderMesh - Temporarily displays the render mesh for selected objects.

• ToggleRenderMesh - Toggles the display of render mesh on/off. • IntersectTwoSets - This variation of the Intersect command allows selecting two sets of objects for finding intersections. The command finds only the intersections between the two groups, ignoring the intersections between objects in the same group. • MarkFoci - Places point objects at focus points of elliptic, hyperbolic, and parabolic curves. • ZoomNonManifold - Zooms in on non-manifold edges of polysurfaces and meshes, following the behavior of the ZoomNaked command.

Drafting Tools Drafting, Technical Illustration, and Printing Every type of physical product design relies on technical illustration and 2‑D drawing to concisely communicate ideas, specifications, and instructions to people in design, development, and fabrication. Our goal for Rhino 5 is to make it easier to create 2‑D drawings and illustrations for every discipline in every notation system and visual style used around the world. Major areas of enhancement include: • More control over annotation styles • History support for dimensions • Text data fields in text and leaders • Area and curve length dimensions • Revision clouds • Isometric views • Draw order • More page layout controls • Print calibration • High-resolution viewport capture.

Windows Rhino Service Release 4 changes have been merged into the Mac version. Bug fixes: Typing Space in the Command Options dialogs will now complete command options. BlendSrf works again. Closing a file when control points are turned on no longer crashes. The installer no longer lets you install Mac Rhino on an OS X 10.4 system.