Rhino AxoPlane (by seghier) · The Parametric Circle

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Rhino AxoPlane (by seghier)

Rhino AxoPlane is a modern, patent-free viewport navigation and spatial alignment companion for Rhino 8. It replaces clunky traditional navigation widgets with an elegant horizontal scrollable view drum, 1-click face-aligned CPlanes, live section cuts with depth sliders, and professional axonometric drafting presets.

Key Features:

Cylindrical View Drum:

Smooth, tactile horizontal drum for rapid orthogonal view switching (FRONT / BACK, TOP / BOTTOM, RIGHT / LEFT).
1st Click: Instantly snaps the camera and aligns the CPlane to the selected axis.
2nd Click: Flips 180° to the exact opposite view.
Drag horizontally or orbit the viewport to roll the drum continuously.

1-Click Face Alignment (FaceOn):

Pick any Brep or Mesh face to instantly align the camera and Construction Plane directly to that surface.

Live Section Cut with Depth Slider:

Cuts an instant live section on any selected face.
Interactive on-HUD depth slider lets you scrub the clipping plane forward and backward with real-time numeric readout.
Clean-File Protection: Section planes are automatically detached on save and reattached afterwards—leaving your .3dm files 100% clean on disk.

4 Axonometric Drafting Presets:

Toggle between parallel projection modes with mathematically precise angles:

Isometric (35.26°)
Dimetric (19.47°)
Trimetric (30° / 60°)
Bird's-Eye (45°)

1-click switch between Perspective and Parallel projection.

Camera View History (Undo / Redo):

Automatically records your camera view history.
Left-Click (Undo icon): Undo to previous camera position.
Right-Click (Undo icon): Redo camera view.

CPlane Synchronization Modes:

Flexible sync modes: Off (Camera only), Faces Only, All Zones, and Free Orbit.

Commands & Aliases

AxoPlane (Alias: APlane): Toggle the on-screen HUD widget on/off
AxoPlaneOrientToFace: Interactive prompt to align view & CPlane to any picked face
AxoPlaneSectionCut: Create an interactive live section cut on a picked face
AxoPlaneExitFaceMode: Exit face mode, clear section cut, and restore World Top CPlane
AxoPlaneUndoView: Step back to previous camera view
AxoPlaneAxonometric: Choose between Isometric, Dimetric, Trimetric, or Bird's-Eye
AxoPlaneCPlane: Set CPlane sync mode (Off, FacesOnly, AllZones, FreeOrbit)
AxoPlaneSize: Adjust HUD widget scale from 0.5x to 2.0x
AxoPlaneViewports: Toggle HUD in Perspective Only vs. All Viewports

Compatibility