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Rhino System Requirements

These are baseline compatibility requirements, not optimum workstation specifications. Meeting a minimum or supported specification does not mean a computer is ideally configured for your models, rendering workload, Grasshopper definitions, plug-ins, display resolution, or expected service life. If you are choosing a new workstation or are unsure whether an existing computer is suitable, please contact 3D ANZ before purchasing hardware.

Choose your Rhino release below. Requirements are listed in descending release order.

Rhino 9 WIP · Rhino 8 · Rhino 7 · Rhino 6 · Rhino 5

Rhino 9 WIP

Work in Progress: Rhino 9 requirements can change while the product is in development.

Windows

  • Windows 11.
  • 64-bit Intel, AMD or ARM processor.
  • At least 8 GB RAM.
  • 5 GB available disk space.
  • OpenGL 4.1-capable graphics; at least 4 GB video memory.
  • Internet connection required for download and licence validation.

Not supported: Windows 10 or older, Windows Server, Linux, or Boot Camp on Apple Silicon Macs.

Mac

  • Apple Silicon Mac; Intel Macs are not supported.
  • macOS 27 (Golden Gate) or macOS 26 (Tahoe).
  • At least 8 GB RAM.
  • 10 GB available disk space.
  • Internet connection required for download and licence validation.

Not supported: macOS 15 (Sequoia) or older, Intel-based Macs, or digitizers.

Need help choosing hardware? Contact 3D ANZ and tell us what you model, how large your files are, and whether you render or use Grasshopper extensively. We can help you specify beyond the minimum.

Rhino 8

Windows

  • Windows 11 or Windows 10.
  • 64-bit Intel or AMD processor; ARM processors are not supported.
  • At least 8 GB RAM.
  • 5 GB available disk space.
  • OpenGL 4.5-capable graphics; at least 4 GB video memory.
  • Internet connection required for download and licence validation.

Not supported: Windows 8.1 or older, Windows Server, Linux, ARM processors, or the listed virtualisation/remote-desktop environments.

Mac

  • Intel or Apple Silicon Mac.
  • macOS 27 (Golden Gate), 26 (Tahoe), 15 (Sequoia), 14 (Sonoma), 13 (Ventura), or 12.4 (Monterey).
  • At least 8 GB RAM.
  • 10 GB available disk space.
  • Internet connection required for download and licence validation.

Not supported: macOS 11 (Big Sur) or older, digitizers, iPad or iPad Pro.

These are minimum/baseline requirements, not our optimum workstation recommendation. Contact 3D ANZ for practical hardware guidance for your workload.

Rhino 7

Windows

  • Windows 11, Windows 10 or Windows 8.1.
  • 64-bit Intel or AMD processor; ARM processors are not supported.
  • 8 GB RAM or more.
  • 600 MB available disk space.
  • OpenGL 4.1-capable graphics; 4 GB video memory or more.
  • Internet connection required for download and licence validation.

Not supported: Windows 8 or older, Windows Server direct login, Linux, ARM processors, Boot Camp on Apple Silicon Macs, or the listed virtualisation/remote-desktop environments.

Mac

  • Intel or Apple Silicon Mac.
  • macOS 14 (Sonoma), 13 (Ventura), 12.4 (Monterey), 11.6 (Big Sur), 10.15.7 (Catalina), or 10.14.6 (Mojave).
  • 8 GB RAM or more.
  • 5 GB available disk space.
  • Internet connection required for download and licence validation.

Not supported: macOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra) or older, digitizers, iPad or iPad Pro.

These are minimum/baseline requirements, not our optimum workstation recommendation. Contact 3D ANZ if you are replacing or specifying a workstation.

Rhino 6

Windows

  • Windows 10 or Windows 8.1.
  • 64-bit Intel or AMD processor.
  • 8 GB RAM or more.
  • 600 MB available disk space.
  • OpenGL 4.1-capable graphics; 4 GB video memory.
  • Internet connection required for download, installation and licence validation.

Not supported: Windows 8, 7 or older, any 32-bit Windows release, Linux, or the listed virtualisation/remote-desktop environments.

Mac

  • Intel Mac capable of running the supported macOS releases; Apple Silicon is not supported.
  • macOS 11.7.6 (Big Sur), 10.15.7 (Catalina), 10.14.6 (Mojave), or 10.13.6 (High Sierra).
  • 8 GB RAM or more.
  • 2 GB available disk space.
  • AMD graphics processor recommended.
  • Internet connection required for download, installation and licence validation.

Not supported: Apple Silicon processors or the listed macOS virtualisation environments.

These are minimum/baseline requirements, not our optimum workstation recommendation. Contact 3D ANZ for advice before buying replacement hardware.

Rhino 5

Legacy software: Rhino 5 is substantially older software. Compatibility with current computers and operating systems is limited. Rhino 5 has not received bug fixes or security patches since 2017.

Windows

  • Windows 10 only for this 3D ANZ compatibility guide.
  • Use the Rhino 6 baseline hardware guidance: 64-bit Intel or AMD processor, 8 GB RAM, approximately 600 MB available disk space, and OpenGL 4.1-capable graphics with 4 GB video memory.

Not supported for this guide: Windows 11. Modern hardware or driver changes may also make reliable operation difficult.

Mac

  • Intel Mac only.
  • Officially supported up to macOS 10.14.6 (Mojave), with limited support for macOS 10.12.6 (Sierra).
  • Apple Silicon Macs (M1/M2/M3 and later) are not supported reliably or natively.
  • macOS Catalina and later removed support for 32-bit applications; Rhino 5 should not be expected to function on Catalina, Big Sur, Monterey, Ventura or newer releases.

Planning a hardware or operating-system upgrade? Please contact 3D ANZ before relying on Rhino 5 on a replacement computer. In many cases the practical solution is to move to a current Rhino release rather than design a new workstation around legacy software.

Minimum is not optimum

System requirements define a compatibility floor. They do not describe the workstation we would necessarily recommend for productive professional use. Model size, display count and resolution, rendering, Grasshopper, plug-ins, point clouds, meshes and the number of applications used alongside Rhino can materially change what hardware is sensible.

Talk to 3D ANZ. Tell us what you do in Rhino and what you expect from the machine. We can help you choose a practical specification rather than simply meeting the minimum.

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Improve the solution through informed iteration.

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Your imagination isn't two-dimensional.
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Imagine…   Explore freely.   Express precisely.

Before there's a model, there's an idea. Something you can see in your head but haven't yet worked out. A shape. A possibility. A problem that needs a different solution.

The designer brings the idea. The process of designing reveals what the idea can become. The software should enable that process without getting in the way.

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Good design doesn't always begin with a fully defined solution.

You start with an idea. You test it. You change it. You see something you hadn't seen before.

Rhino gives you a direct way to work with the geometry of your design, so you can develop the idea as you think it through.

Explore an idea far enough, and new possibilities emerge.

The software isn't deciding the destination. It gives you the freedom to discover it.

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Design is rarely a straight line. You discover something by trying it. Then you change it. Then something else becomes possible.

The process itself becomes part of the discovery.

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Exploration is useful when what you discover can become something precise. Rhino brings freedom and accuracy together, retaining the precision needed to measure, communicate, share and make the design.

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Surface, solid, SubD and mesh modelling sit alongside drafting, analysis, documentation and manufacturing tools.

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Rhino works with complex, freeform shapes as naturally as it works with precise geometry.

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You don't have to abandon specialist tools that already serve a useful part of your workflow.

A companion when needed.

Use Rhino for the whole process or where its particular strengths are most valuable.

Works with the tools you already use.

Rhino supports a remarkably broad range of CAD, 3D, mesh, drawing and manufacturing formats.

  • Bring geometry into Rhino.
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  • Move it into other tools when required.
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Whatever you're designing, start with the idea.

Rhino is used across a remarkably broad range of design disciplines.

Architecture

Architecture

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Industrial design

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Product design

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Jewellery design

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Marine design

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Engineering

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Prototyping & fabrication

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Landscape design

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Civil engineering

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Art & design

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Create expressive forms that communicate ideas and culture.

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Explore an idea far enough, and new possibilities emerge.

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3D ANZ process

Realise your ideas.

1 · Imagine

Begin with the idea, need or opportunity.

2 · Explore

Test possibilities without premature commitment.

3 · Define

Turn intent into useful constraints and criteria.

4 · Model

Build an adaptable digital description.

5 · Evaluate

Compare performance, fit and consequences.

6 · Refine

Improve the solution through informed iteration.

7 · Realise

Communicate, manufacture or deliver the result.

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