Rhinoceros (Rhino 9)

Robert McNeel & Associates · Official site

A general NURBS modeller used as the base for most jewellery plugins. Permanent licences, Windows and Mac.

General NURBS modeller for curves, surfaces and solids. Jewellery-specific tools usually come from plugins.

Looking for how Rhino 9 is actually used for jewellery, including which plugins need which Rhino version? See Rhino 9 for jewellery designers.

Runs on

Windows and Mac (one commercial licence covers both, per McNeel).

Last checked 11 November 2026 · Source

Price

Europe list, commercial single-user: €995 for Rhino 9. Upgrade from an older version listed at €595, with a promotional €395 price ending 1 March 2027. McNeel notes that international prices may vary. A working United States dollar price list was not opened on this check.

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Licence

Permanent licence; no maintenance fees. Support and service releases for the current version are included. Hardware or OS changes may require a paid upgrade.

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Rhino required?

This is Rhino.

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Exports

Saves .3dm; McNeel documents opening and saving common exchange formats including STL, STEP, IGES, OBJ, FBX and glTF.

Last checked 11 November 2026 · Source

Jewellery tools

Not jewellery-specific out of the box. Jewellery tools are added with plugins or built by hand.

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Trial

90-day evaluation. After that, a licence is required to save files or run plugins, according to McNeel.

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Membership or upgrades

No maintenance fees, per McNeel’s Europe sales page.

Last checked 11 November 2026 · Source

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