Middle Button

Available in Rhino and RhinoArtisan User Interface

By pressing the wheel on your mouse, this window will be displayed. You will find convenient shortcuts to commonly used commands and features.

Clicking icons will execute the corresponding command or open related command groups.

Visibility and Locking Tools

• Hide: Hides selected objects. More info

• Show: Shows all hidden objects. More info

• ShowSelected: Shows only selected hidden objects. More info

• Select objects to hide: Choose objects to hide.

• Invert Hide: Inverts the visibility of hidden and shown objects.

Locking Tools

• Lock objects: Locks selected objects. More info

• Unlock Objects: Unlocks all locked objects. More info

• Unlock selected: Unlocks only selected objects.

• Isolate/Unisolate objects: Isolates the selected objects or returns them to the prior state. More info

• Swap locked and unlocked objects: Switches the lock state between locked and unlocked objects. More info

Grouping Tools

• Group objects: Groups selected objects. More info

• Ungroup objects: Ungroups selected objects. More info

• Add to group: Adds objects to an existing group. More info

• Remove from group: Removes objects from an existing group. More info

• Set group name: Assigns a name to a selected group. More info

View Control

• Set top view: Switches to top view. More info

• Set bottom view: Switches to bottom view. More info

• Set front view: Switches to front view. More info

• Set left/right view: Switches to left or right view. More info

• Set perspective view: Switches to perspective view. More info

Surface Editing

• Trim/Untrim: Trims or restores edges on surfaces. More info

• Split/Split surface by isocurve: Splits surfaces by isocurve. More info

• Join/Join surfaces: Joins surfaces. More info

• Explode/Extract surface: Explodes or extracts surfaces. More info

Selection Tools

• Select all: Selects all objects. More info

• Select none: Deselects all objects. More info

• Invert selection: Inverts the current selection. More info

• Show last object: Displays the last hidden object.

• Select previous selection: Recalls the last selection.

• Select exact duplicate objects: Selects objects that are exact duplicates.

• Select rectangle region: Selects objects within a rectangular region.

Advanced Selection

• Select by color: Selects objects by color.

• Select by layer: Selects objects by their layer. More info

• Select dots: Selects dot annotations.

• Select dimensions/select text blocks: Selects dimensions or text blocks. More info

• Select by lasso: Selects objects using a free-form lasso.

• Select group: Selects grouped objects.

• Select clipping plane in viewport: Selects the clipping plane in the viewport.

Solid and Mesh Selection

• Select solids: Selects solid objects.

• Select closed solids: Selects closed solids. More info

• Select open solids: Selects open solids.

• Select meshes: Selects mesh objects.

• Select closed meshes: Selects closed meshes.

• Select open meshes: Selects open meshes.

• Select mirrored blocks: Selects mirrored block instances.

Curve and Surface Selection

• Select points: Selects point objects.

• Select curves: Selects curve objects.

• Select short curves: Selects short curves.

• Select surfaces: Selects surface objects.

• Select SubD: Selects SubD geometry.

• Select faces to boundary: Selects faces within boundaries.

• Select bad objects: Selects any invalid or problematic objects. More info

Document and Edit Tools

• Edit: Opens edit commands.

• Undo: Reverses the last action.

• Redo: Re-applies the last undone action.

• New document: Creates a new document.