The Rhino C++ Software Development Kit (SDK) provides the tools to customize and extend Rhino with direct access to its database structures, geometry, graphics system, and command definitions, and much more.

All of our development tools are free, royalty free, and include free support!

Requirements:

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 for Rhino 5 64-bit.
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 for Rhino 5 32-bit and Rhino 4.

The Express Editions of Microsoft Visual Studio will not work.

• Rhino 5 C++ SDK
• Rhino 4 C++ SDK

• Rhino 5 Evaluation
• Rhino 4 Evaluation
• Rhino 4 Service Release

• Frequently asked questions
• What is a Rhino plug-in?
• Creating your first plug-in
• Defining new plug-in commands
• Migrate your C++ plug-ins from Rhino 4 to 5
• Migrate your C++ plug-in to Visual Studio 2010
• Analyzing Crash Dumps

• Rhino C++ SDK Online Help
• Rhino C++ SDK Knowledge Base
• Rhino C++ SDK Samples
• Rhino Development Blog
• Rhino Plug-ins Support Newsgroup (NNTP)
• E-mail Rhino Developer Support