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Tips & Tricks for Rhino and Grasshopper

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AutoCAD Alias Import

If you’re an expert of AutoCAD, there’s a way to import AutoCAD Aliases into Rhino. You can then use the keyboard shortcuts to speed up your modeling process.

Steps:

  1. Download the alias file here: autocad-alias

  2. Select from Menu: Tools->Options->Aliases:

    Aliases Import Window

  3. Click “Import” and load the downloaded file.

  4. Confirm with any warning of “overwritten the current aliases”.

Rhino’s native approach to access the short-cut commands is to use the pop-up toolbar. You can activate it by clicking the default middle-button on your mouse (you need to click on the small title bar of the pop-up to make it activated as normal menu):

Pop-up Toolbar

In case of error, you can check the settings:

Pop-up toolbar Setting

By pressing ctrl key and left-click-drag on any icon from the other toolbars, you can added the tool to this pop-up toolbar and access it quickly with your middle button:

Add a button to the pop-up toolbar

You can add more buttons as you become more familiar with the modelling process in Rhino and make your personalized popup toolbar. See an example below:

An example of a customized popup toolbar

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