Rhino C++ Plug-in SDK

The Rhino 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!

Requires: Microsoft Visual C++ 2005. Note, the Express Edition will not work.

• Rhino 4.0 C++ SDK
• Rhino 5.0 Work-in-Progress (WIP) C++ SDK (Includes both 32-bit and 64-bit support)

• Rhino 4.0 Service Release
• Rhino 4.0 Evaluation
• Rhino 5.0 Work-in-Progress (WIP)

• 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 3.0 to 4.0
• Migrate your C++ plug-ins from Rhino 4.0 to 5.0
• Analyzing Crash Dumps

• Rhino C++ SDK Samples
• Rhino C++ SDK Knowledge Base
• Rhino Development Blog
• Rhino Plug-ins Support Newsgroup (NNTP) - Post questions or read other people's questions/answers
• E-mail Rhino Developer Support