File

The File tab is the one you always come back to. Half of it is what you would expect — new, open, save, copy, paste, undo — and the other half is a shortcut board: the panels, the studios and the settings, gathered so you do not have to remember which tab a thing lives in.

Ten groups, left to right. Several buttons open tools documented in another section; those cards link straight there.

Files

• NewA new file from a template; Small Objects – Millimeters for jewellery.
• OpenOpens a file; import, insert and worksessions in its submenu.
• ImportMerges every object from another file into this one.
• InsertBrings a file in as a block, placed, scaled and rotated.
• Import Elements By FileAdds someone else's Elements to your collections from elements.json.
• Worksession ManagerKeeps several models open: one editable, the rest for reference.
• RevertDiscards every change since the last save and reloads the file.
• Open File LocationOpens Explorer on the folder the file is saved in.
• SaveSave the file, with the save-as variants in its submenu.
• Save AsSaves under a new name and leaves you in the new file.
• Incremental SaveWrites the next numbered version and keeps you in the current file.
• Save SmallSaves the geometry without its render meshes.
• Export SelectedWrites only the selection to a new file, in any format.
• Save as TemplateSaves the file and its settings as the start for the next piece.
• RecentThe files you had open last.
• StdizePuts Matrix, MatrixGold or RhinoGold models on RhinoArtisan's layers.
• Create Layer's StructureBuilds RhinoArtisan's standard layer tree in the current file.
• Organize Objects by LayerFiles an imported model's objects onto the layers they belong to.
• File SearchFind a design by name across the folders you indexed.
• Update indexRebuilds the search index of your folders in the background.

Clipboard and editing

• CopyDuplicates the selected objects.
• CutDeletes the objects and places them in the clipboard.
• PasteInserts what is in the clipboard.
• UndoReverses recent changes.
• Undo selectedUndoes the last change to the selected objects only.
• Undo multipleSteps back a set number of changes in one go.
• RedoSteps forward again through what Undo reversed.
• ExplodeBreaks an object into parts: surfaces, segments, block contents.
• JoinJoins touching objects into one polycurve or polysurface.
• TrimCuts and deletes the part of an object beyond where it crosses another.
• SplitDivides an object where it crosses another, keeping every part.
• Join CopyJoins a copy of the selection, leaving the originals untouched.

Output

• Capture ViewportSaves the viewport as an image, choosing what it includes.
• PrintPrints an image of the viewport contents.
• Print 3DConverts the file to STL and opens it in the slicer set under Options.
• User FolderOpens your assets, presets and libraries in Explorer.

Retail and pricing

• BoutiqueYour collections.
• Download CollectionsAdds the official RhinoArtisan collections and keeps them updated.
• Import CollectionInstalls a collection from its .zip file.
• Create a CollectionPackages your own designs as a Boutique or Components collection.
• Delete all CollectionsRemoves every Boutique and Components collection in one step.
• MarkupWhat turns a cost into a price.
• ComponentsThe component library.
• TaxesThe tax rules applied to that price.

Organic

• SculptBrush a mesh or SubD by hand.
• ReliefCarve a relief from an image.

Rendering

• Realtime RenderThe view that keeps refining while you work.
• Render and AnimationThe render panel and turntables.

Reports

• Breakdown DetailsWhat the piece is made of, and what it costs.
• ReportThe sheet you hand over.
• Technical ChartThe dimensioned drawing.
• Time TrackerHours per file.

AI

The keys, models and costs these tools share are in AI in RhinoArtisan.

• Generative AIImages, video and 3D from your viewport, a photo or a prompt.
• Flow Studio AITurns what you describe into a script that runs in Rhino.
• Flow PanelYour saved flows, ready to run, edit or rename.
• AssistantThe chat that knows jewellery and your design.

Panels

• PanelsOne submenu with every RhinoArtisan panel.
• NotesText saved with the model, for notes that travel with the file.
• OutlinerThe structure of the piece and the parameters of its elements.
• LayersThe layer tree, with every gem and element filed automatically.
• Quick GemsStones, loose or set, placed in two clicks.
• CuratorYour library of findings, ornaments and favourites.
• Recent CommandsThe last twelve commands you ran, one click away.
• Product DetailsThe data of the collection product you are working on.
• NivodaLive diamond stock, filtered by the qualities you accept.
• Panel LogWhat RhinoArtisan did and what went wrong.
• GHOpens Grasshopper.

Setup and support

• SettingsOpens Rhino Options on the Artisan branch.
• UpdateChecks for a new version and installs it if there is one.
• Window LayoutPuts every panel back where it shipped.
• AboutVersion and build.
• LearnThe tutorials and courses.
• Show / hide Quick BarThe strip of favourites under the ribbon.
• LicenseYour licence and Cloud Zoo.
• SupportHow to reach us.