Rhino Environment Files

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Heliotrope-Solar (Environmental analysis) It is a Grasshopper plug-in for manipulating geometry based on the dynamic position of the Sun. The tool calculates the apparent position of the sun (using vector physics) at specified dates and times of the day, and uses this data to compute and provide a variety of components for parametrically manipulating the design based on the position of the.

Toolbars

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Under Windows, Rhino's toolbars are stored in a special file generally called a workspace file. The default workspace file is named default.rui for Rhino 5 or later, or default.tb for Rhino 4 and earlier. (rui=Rhino User Interface; tb=ToolBar).

Menus

Panels and Render

Environment Editor

The EnvironmentEditor command environments describe the space around the model.

Environments panel toolbar

The Environments panel has additional browsing tools.

Back

Walks back though the previously selected environments.

Forward

Walks forward through the previously selected environments.

Currently selected item name

Displays the current environments icon and name.

Help

Thumbnail preview actions

Right-click a thumbnail to display a context menu.

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Right-click the blank area of the thumbnail browser to display a context menu.

Right-click and drag in the thumbnail to change the view.

Double-click to display a larger preview window.

Drag the preview thumbnails to reorder the list.

Double-click the large preview to open a floating window that can be re-sized to get a higher resolution view of the preview.

This window has all the same functionality as the original preview image including the context menu and the ability to drag and drop onto other materials or objects in the model.

Right-click the large preview window or the floating preview window to display the context menu.

Creating and editing environments

To create a new environment

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1.	In the thumbnail browser, click the Create New Environment button .

2.	In the Open dialog box, select an environment type, or click More types.

Types

Start from scratch

Provides templates for materials.

Load from file

Imports environments from a saved Rhino .renv file.

Basic Environment

Creates a new basic environment.

Start from existing

Displays the environments in the model to use as templates.

Make a copy

Copies the environment into a new independent environment.

Share all settings

Copies the environment with shared settings. Changes to one environment's settings changes both environments.

Show tree view

Displays the environments in a tree showing relationships between environments.

Basic Environment Settings

Background

The basic environment is a simple background color and optional texture. The projection of the texture can be set to either planar, spherical (otherwise known as equirectangular or longitude/latitude) or box.

To set the background color

Select the color for the environment background.

Note: You can drag the color swatch to a folder to create a Rhino color file.

To add this color to a color library

Drag it from a folder to another color swatch in the Material, Environment, or Texture Palette panels, or you can drag it onto an object.

Background image

Uses an image as the environment background.

To specify an image

1.	Click the texture control. (empty - click to assign) The check box automatically becomes checked the first time you do this. You can clear the check box to turn off the assignment.

2.	Select an image file to use.

Projection

Sets the projection style for the background image.

Planar

Maps texture directly to background. Environment looks always the same no matter where the camera is looking.

Light probe

Also known as angular fish-eye projection or azimuthal equidistant projection. Elliptical subsection reaching each border of the texture is mapped onto the sphere.

Equirectangular

Also known as spherical projection. Horizontal line in the middle of the texture is mapped to the equator of the sphere.

See: Wikipedia: Equirectangular projection.

Cubemap

Subsections corresponding to each side of the cube are located side by side dividing the texture into six equal parts.

Vertical cross cubemap

Subsections corresponding to each side of the cube are located in a vertical cross pattern. Each subsection is one fourth of the image in height and one third in width.

Horizontal cross cubemap

Subsections corresponding to each side of the cube are located in a horizontal cross pattern. Each subsection is one third of the image in height and one fourth in width.

Emap

Elliptical subsection reaching each border of the texture is mapped onto the sphere. This projection is the result of taking a photo of a mirror sphere with an orthographic camera.

Hemispherical

Like spherical projection but the entire texture is mapped onto the upper half of the sphere. The bottom border of the texture is stretched over the under side of the sphere.

Notes

Allows notes for the environment.

Saving render content

Materials, environments, and textures are stored in the model, but render content can also be saved to files that can be shared between models. Content can be dragged between Rhino sessions and into a folder.

Color swatches can be dragged and dropped in the same way.

The Libraries panel displays the default content folder. Use this to drag and drop content into the model or to drag and drop model content to an external file.

Command-line options

To access command-line options

Type a hyphen in front of the command name: -EnvironmentEditor.

ShowPanel

Displays the Environment Editor panel.

Options

Displays command-line options.

Add

Delete

Rename

Change

Duplicate

LoadFromFile

SaveToFile