RhinoScript

RhinoScript is a VBScript-based automation interface for the Rhino 3D modelling application. It provides a scripting API that lets users automate tasks, create and modify geometry, and customize workflows within Rhino. Developed by Robert McNeel & Associates, RhinoScript began as a way to batch repetitive operations and extend Rhino’s functionality.

The API is COM-based and accessed from scripts with the .rvb extension. Scripts are executed using the Rhino Script Editor or Windows Script Host. RhinoScript allows operations such as creating points, curves, surfaces and meshes; transforming objects; querying properties; managing layers; and performing simple I/O like import and export. The language used is Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript).

Common use cases include automating repetitive modelling tasks, generating geometry procedurally, batch data processing, and building macros to streamline workflows. RhinoScript can be combined with Rhino’s scripting libraries to drive commands and automate workflows.

Limitations: RhinoScript runs on Windows Rhino; macOS versions of Rhino do not support RhinoScript. For cross-platform development or newer workflows, users often turn to RhinoPython (RhinoPython) and the RhinoCommon SDK.

See also: RhinoPython, RhinoScriptSyntax, RhinoCommon.