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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Download and Install RhinoResurf for Rhino 4 (32-bit) and Rhino 5(64-bit)

Loading RhinoResurf into Rhino 4.0 (32-bit) and 5.0(64-bit)

License Agreement

2. Command Reference

Command Reference

RsPoints2Surf

RsMesh2Surf

RsMesh2StarFace

RsCurves2Surf

RsMesh2Surfs

RsAutoNurbs

RsPointCloud2Mesh

RsSplitCurveNetwork

RsMergeMeshs

RsFillMeshholes

RsFaceFromLines

RsFaceFromPolygon

3. Tutorials

Tutorials

Tutorial 1 - Convert a mesh to a surface

Tutorial 2 - Convert a surface from a sub-mesh

Tutorial 3 - Drape a surface over a point cloud

Tutorial 4 - Convert a mesh to multiple surfaces with quad face

Tutorial 5 - Use Fix button to smooth the wavy surface in _RsMesh2Surfs

Tutorial 6 - Convert a mesh to multiple surfaces with trimmed surface

Tutorial 7 - Automatic surfaces (solid) generation from mesh

Tutorial 8 - Single surface from curves

Tutorial 9 - Point cloud to mesh

Tutorial 10 - 6 Steps to create a solid from mesh by using RhinoResurf

Tutorial 11 - Fit mesh to NURBS surface by specifying shape type. ( Command: _RsMesh2Surf in RhinoResurf for Rhino 4 or 5)

Tutorial 12 -morph the geometry from original mesh data to compensated mesh data by using command _RsSurfacemap

4. FAQs

Why RhinoResurf register dialog does not display in my Rhino?

 

What should I do when RhinoResurf was blocked to be loaded into Rhino?

When you start Rhino and find there is no 'RhinoResurf' menuitem displayed in Rhino menu. This may because RhinoResurf was blocked to be loaded into Rhino. You may read a line 'Blocking plug-in RhinoResurf.' in Rhino prompt as shown in the following picture.

There are 2 solutions to this problem.

Solution 1: Find RhinoResurf plug-in file and unblock it. Typically RhinoResurf plug-in file name 'RhinoResurf_x64.rhp' is in the folder 'C:\Program Files\Rhinoceros 5 (64-bit)\Plug-ins\RhinoResurf'. ( For more details, please visit
http://wiki.mcneel.com/rhino/unblockplugin )

• Close Rhino.

• Right-click on the file 'RhinoResurf_x64.rhp' and choose Properties from the context menu.

• You should see a dialog that looks like the image at the bottom of this page.

• Click the Unblock button.

• Right-click on the Rhino shortcut icon. Select Run as administrator.

• Load your plug-in.

Solution 2: If your question can not be solved by he above solution. This may because RhinoResurf is not blocked by Windows and you need to start Rhino by clicking RhinoResurf shortcut icon directly.

• Close Rhino.

• Right-click on the file 'RhinoResurf_x64.rhp' and create a shortcut icon on the desktop.

• Right-click on the RhinoResurf shortcut icon. Select Load Plug-in in Rhinoceros Rhino 5 (64-bit) to start Rhino 5 (64-bit).

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