Getting Started in Rhino

There are several interfaces and interaction points for Pollination in Rhino.

• Pollination Room Manager: An icon and table-based interface allowing for analytical model creation, editing, and management.

• Pollination Panel: Brings the Pollination Web Platform into Rhino so that you can access Pollination Apps.

• Pollination Commands: Type in commands from getting a license to building a shade element.

Pollination Room Manager

To pull up the Pollination Room Manager, type Pollination in the command line. Once you hit Enter, a panel will emerge that you can dock in your window as you would a native Rhino panel.

Pollination Panel

To access apps from within Pollination, type PO_Panel in the command line.

Pollination Commands

A list of Pollination Commands for Rhino with detailed descriptions is available in this user manual. You can also type "PO_" in the command line to preview a list of commands in Rhino.

Pollination Commands

Native Rhino Command Compatibility

Besides custom Pollination commands, several native Rhino commands can be used to modify custom Pollination RhinoObjects.

ACTION	COMMAND LINE	GUMBALL	KEYBOARD SHORTCUT
Copy / CTRL+C	✔	✔	✔
Cut / CTRL+X	✔		✔
Paste / CTRL+V	✔	✔	✔
Undo / CTRL+Z	✔		✔
Redo / CTRL+Y	✔		✔
Delete	✔		✔
Move / GumballDrag / GumballTransform	✔	✔
Move Sub-Geometry (Hold Shift+Ctrl keys)	✔	✔
Scale / Scale1D / Scale2D	✔	✔
Rotate / Rotate3D	✔	✔
MoveFace / MoveEdge	✔
Explode (RoomObject=> OrphanedFaces only)	✔
Join (OrphanedFaces => RoomObject only)	✔
SplitFace / MergeFace	✔
Flip / Dir	✔
Cap	✔
Trim / Untrim / UntrimHoles	✔
Mirror	✔
MergeAllCoplanarFaces	✔

Undo and Redo Commands

Move Face & Move Edge Using Rhino Command line

Move Face & Move Edge Using Gumball