Animations in Rhino

This session demonstrates how to create the four main types of animation in Rhino: Turntable, Sun path, Fly through, and Path Animation

Click and drag your active viewport to sit above your Rhino interface

Properties
‍Change your viewport/render size

Turntable
‍Preview of animation

Optional - Change camera length for a wider view

ShowCamera
‍Viewing our camera in another viewport‍

Align
For snapping to objects

SetTurnTableAnimation
Animate camera rotation once around the current target point

PlayAnimation
Play back an animation or animation preview

RecordAnimation
Render and save animation frames

Remember to make a named folder!

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Left click
‍Set up one day sun study

Right click
Set up one day sun study

Isometric
Set up an Isometric view‍

Chaos cosmos browser
For importing assets within Vray

PointsOn
Editing points on for curves

Hdrihaven.com
For spherical images to use as backdrops to our Rhino models

ClippingPlane
Create a plane that hides objects

Full list of commands available at McNeel.com

This tutorial was written by

Joe Hazelwood-Horner

Joe is a designer and maker specialising in digital fabrication.

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