May 1992 - First meeting with Applied Geometry (AG). AG came to us for assistance in integrating their AGLib,
NURBS geometry library in AutoCAD. AG customers included Alias Research, Spatial, Honda, and Tecnomatix.
Jul 1992 - Produced prototype in AutoCAD after about three days of work.
Nov 1992 - McNeel/AG agreement to develop AccuModel,
NURBS modeling for AutoCAD. McNeel would do the marketing and AG would do all the development. McNeel would provide AutoCAD development support as needed.
Nov 1992 - Michael Gibson hired as an intern. He brought Sculptura, a mesh modeler he had done as a class project.
Mar 1993 - Sculptura released.
Mar 1993 - McNeel takes over as the lead on the AccuModel development.
Jul 1993 - Sculptura 2 prototype ready for
NURBS.
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Jan 1994 - New McNeel/AG agreement. McNeel licensed AGLib from AG, and AG was to provide the needed AGLib enhancements and maintenance.
Apr 1994 - Rhino beta released on the Graphic Alternative BBS. This was our first version of a public beta program.
May 1994 - Dr. Dale Lear. We found that we needed in-house geometry expertise to develop the functionality and usability required by our clients.
May 1994 - Alias Research agrees to purchase AG. Alias was AG's largest customer, and they felt that one of their advantages was the geometry technology.
May 1994 - First commercial products completed using AccuModel. For example, Ed Monk & Son Naval Architect released an 82-foot sports fishing boat.
Jul 1994 - Geometry development begins in earnest.
Aug 1994 - Sculptura renamed
Rhinoceros after we determined that we could not resolve the trademark problems with AccuModel.
Aug 1994 - Private showing of Rhino at SIGGRAPH.
Nov 1994 - Sale of AG to Alias final.
Mar 1995 - McNeel provides Alias with the first installment of geometry technology.
Jun 1995 - Alias purchased by Silicon Graphics.
Jun 1995 - McNeel receives the last update of AGLib.
May 1997 - Last build of AccuModel for AutoCAD. As the Rhino product progressed, we decided focusing on the Windows version would be better.
Sep 1997 - 50,000 beta sites and growing fast without any promotional effort on our part.
Jul 1998 - 100,000 beta sites.
Jul 1998 - Announced October release at SIGGRAPH.
Oct 1998 - Rhino version 1.0 released.
Dec 1998 - First 5,000 shipped.
Jan 1999 - Japanese version released
Jan 1999 - First public beta of 1.1 released.
Jan 1999 - First European reseller meeting in Barcelona.
Mar 1999 - First third-party book on Rhino published.
May 1999 - Korean version released.
Aug 2000 - First public beta of Rhino 2.0 and Flamingo released.
Aug 2001 - Rhino 2.0 shipped.
Dec 2001 - Flamingo shipped.
Nov 2002 - Rhino 3.0 released.
Dec 2002 - Flamingo 1.1 released.
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Jul 2004 - Bongo 1.0 released.
Feb 2007 - Rhino 4.0 released.
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Mar 2008 - Added Grasshopper to Rhino for Windows.
Sep 2010 - First RhinoFabLab opened.
Apr 2011 - Online training launched.
Apr 2012 - Flamingo nXt released.
Oct 2012 - Rhino 5 for Windows released.
Jan 2013 - Zoo 5 released (completely rewritten).
Sep 2013 - Bongo 2.0 released.
Feb 2015 - Electronic shipping begins worldwide.
Jun 2015 - Rhino 5 for Mac released.
Jan 2016 - First beta of Grasshopper for Mac.
Feb 2018 - Rhino 6 for Windows released.
Jul 2019 - Rhino 6 for Mac released.
Nov 2020 - Rhino 7 for Mac and Windows released.
Dec 2020 - Rhino.Inside.Revit released.