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The Libraries command opens the Libraries panel, to manage libraries of materials, textures, and environments.
Render content can be saved to files creating external libraries that can be shared between models.
The Libraries panel displays a view into the content folders you have set up.
Drag and drop content items into the model to embed the content items.
Content items can also be dragged between Rhino sessions or into a folder.
Set up content libraries in Options > Render Libraries.
When a material or an environment is added to a model from the Libraries panel, and the material or environment contains texture images that do not exist on the local computer, Rhino will download the texture images from the Internet. The DownloadLibraryTextures command downloads all online contents to the computer for offline use.
Materials (*.rmtl), textures (*.rtex), and environments (*.renv) are stored in the Render Content folder by default. You can copy the files in the folder from a version of Rhino to another. Render contents may not be fully compatible between different versions.
The Render Libraries panel only lists render content and image files. For other file types, use the File Explorer panel.
Go back
Go to the previously selected folder.
Go forward
Go to the next folder after using "Go back".
Search box
Enter a query string to filter items in the current folder and its sub-folders.
Shows a list of query strings. The list is split into two sections.
The upper section contains the search query records.
The lower section collects the words from the names of the currently selected items. For example, when a material named "Matte Silver" is selected, "Matte" and "Silver" will be listed.
Deletes the search query records in the upper section.
Show materials
Lists material files (*.rmtl) in the selected folder and its sub-folders.
Show environments
Lists environment files (*.revn) in the selected folder and its sub-folders.
Show textures
Lists texture files (*.jpg, *.bmp, etc) in the selected folder and its sub-folders.
Use regular expression
Allows using Regular expressions in the search query string.
Thumbnail size slider
The thumbnail size slider is located at the bottom of the Libraries panel. Moving the slider to 0% lists the items without thumbnails.
Shows items in rows and columns.
Stacks items vertically in a single column.
Quick search
Clear search history
Filters
Grid view
List view
