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Keyshot Rhino: A Powerful Rendering Software for 3D Models
If you are looking for a way to create stunning photorealistic images of your 3D models, you might want to consider Keyshot Rhino. Keyshot Rhino is a plugin that allows you to import your Rhino 3D data into Keyshot, a rendering software that is widely recognized as one of the best and easiest to use for both Mac and Windows users.
In this article, we will introduce you to some of the features and benefits of using Keyshot Rhino, and show you how to get started with this plugin.
What is Keyshot?
Keyshot is a real-time ray tracing application that uses a physically correct render engine based on scientific research in the areas of accurate material representation and global illumination. Keyshot can handle extremely large data sets and does not require any special hardware or graphics card. Keyshot takes full advantage of all cores and threads inside your computer, and scales linearly with the number of cores and threads in your system.
Keyshot allows you to create amazing renderings in minutes, by simply importing your 3D data, assigning materials by dragging and dropping them onto the model, adjusting the lighting, and moving the camera. You don't have to be a rendering expert to use Keyshot, as everything happens in real-time. You can see all changes to materials, lighting, and cameras instantly, without having to hit the render button and wait for the results.
Keyshot also offers a variety of features to enhance your rendering experience, such as:
- Procedural textures: create realistic textures such as wood, marble, leather, etc. with various parameters.
- Interactive labeling: apply labels to your model with precise control over size, position, rotation, and opacity.
- HDRI lighting: use high dynamic range images to light your scene with realistic reflections and shadows.
- Physical lighting: add point lights, area lights, spotlights, or IES lights to your scene for more lighting effects.
- Camera control: adjust focal length, depth of field, perspective, and more to create different views of your model.
- Pantone  /RAL  colors: choose from a wide range of standard color libraries for your materials.
- Part/Camera animation: create simple animations of your model or camera movements with keyframes.
- Focused caustics: simulate the effect of light passing through transparent or refractive materials.
- HDR editor: edit or create your own HDRI images with various tools and effects.
- Import 40+ 3D formats: import your 3D data from various software packages such as Rhino, SolidWorks, SketchUp, etc.
What is Keyshot Rhino?
Keyshot Rhino is a plugin that integrates Keyshot with Rhino 3D, a popular 3D modeling software. With Keyshot Rhino, you can easily transfer your 3D data from Rhino to Keyshot without losing any information. Keyshot Rhino maintains the entire model structure including part and assembly names, layer structure, color and texture assignment, hidden objects on layers, local axis support for layered parts, etc.
Keyshot Rhino also supports LiveLinking, which means that you can update any changes made in Rhino to your Keyshot scene without having to reassign materials or lighting. All materials, textures, labels, animations, transformations, cameras, and lighting in the scene will be updated automatically. In addition, Keyshot Rhino supports NURBS import (only available in Keyshot Pro), which allows you to import smooth surfaces from Rhino without tessellation.
How to Use Keyshot Rhino?
To use Keyshot Rhino, you need to have both Keyshot and Rhino installed on your computer. You also need to download and install the Keyshot Rhino plugin from the official website. The plugin requirements are as follows:
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