Rhino-Blender-Render

A Rhino python script to export and render objects externally using Blender.

Prerequisites

• Rhino 6.0 or above
• Blender 2.8 or above

Installing

Before running the script make sure to adjust the Blender Installation path in BlenderRender-Rhino.py. (args = ["C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 2.81\blender.exe","--background", "--python", python_script, "--", self.render_name])

Place the scripts into Rhino's script folder C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\6.0\scripts

Running

Add the following Alias to Rhino Alias: RenderBlender Command Macro: NoEcho _-RunPythonScript ("Render/BlenderRender-Rhino.py")

Use the command RenderBlender to adjust the render settings and start the render. The progress will be displayed in a new blender console window.