300+ TOP Rhinoceros 3D Interview Questions [UPDATED]

1. How Many Lines/polylines May Be Used To Complete The ‘loft’ Command?

Unlimited lines/polylines may be used to complete the ‘Loft’ command.

2. What Item Would Decrease The File Size In Saving Process While Keeping Objects And File Properties?

Save small Item would decrease the file size in saving process while keeping objects and file properties.

3. Which Viewport Shows The Orthographic Projection Of The Rhino Model On The X-y Plane?

Top Viewport shows the orthographic projection of the Rhino model on the x-y plane

4. What Is The Difference Between The Commands “sweep1” And “sweep2”

“Sweep2” uses two rails and “Sweep1” uses one.

5. Which Is True About Mesh And Nurbs Surfaces?

NURBS surfaces can be converted to Meshes, but not back into NURBS.

6. What Does The “showedges” Command Do?

It shows all edges and highlights naked edges of selected objects.

7. What Does The Rebuild Tool Do?

It allows a user to redefine an object’s degree and point count.

8. Which Command Should You Use If You Want To Copy, Move, Rotate, And Scale An Object?

Orient command should you use if you want to copy, move, rotate, and scale an object.

9. What Is The Quickest Command To Create A Series Of 20 Equally Spaced Parallel Lines?

array is the quickest command to create a series of 20 equally spaced parallel lines.

10. Nurbs Objects Can Be Turned Into Meshes Through Which Toolbar?

Using the mesh toolbar only NURBS objects can be turned into meshes.

11. What Is A “naked Edge”?

An edge that is not completely joined to another edge.

12. Which Symbol In The Layers Window Shows If A Layer Is On Or Off?

The lightbulb symbol in the layers window shows if a layer is on or off.

13. What Plane Does The “countour” Command Output In?

The user inputs the normal to the desired plane.

14. How To Use Difference Command?

Difference command use to subtract one solid object from another.

15. How To Use Join?

To combine multiple curves into one, use Join.

16. What Is The Term For Downloaded Third-party Software That Add Specific Abilities Or Functions?

Plug-ins

17. What Are The Main Types Of Objects Used In Rhino?

• Curves
• Surfaces
• Polysurfaces 
• Meshes

18. Which Commands Shows Information About Selected Objects?

Properties commands shows information about selected Objects.

19. What Is Pointson?

PointsOn reveals the controls points of a specified object.

20. What Does The “snap” Command Do?

It toggles a lock-on to the default grid of the Rhino document model.

21. How To Use Rebuild Command?

Rebuild command use to change the Number of control points on a surface.

22. What Does The “project” Option In The “osnap” Panel Do?

It projects any line drawn to the plane of the projection viewport.

23. What Does The ‘chamfer’ Command Do?

Connects two curves by extending or triming them to intersect or to join with the beveled line.

24. What Kind Of Plugin Is Grasshopper?

It is a parametric visual programming language.

25. What Is The Difference Between The “snap” Command And The “osnap” Command?

The “Snap” command locks to the grid of the document and “Osnap” locks to objects in the model.

26. What Does The “explode” Command Do?

It breaks apart a selected polyline or polysurface into individual curves and surfaces.

27. How Is The “booleanunion” Command Different From The “join” Command?

The “BooleanUnion” command is for uniting closed polysurfaces and “Join” is for curves, surfaces and polysurfaces.

28. At What Angle Does The “fillet” Command Command Two Lines?

Tangent to the circle whose radius is defined by the user.

29. How Does The “curve” Command Work?

It creates a NURBS Curve from control points.

30. What Does The “srfpt” Command Do?

It creates a surface from 3-4 points.

31. What Does The “points” Option In The “osnap” Panel Do?

It allows Snapping to defined object “Points”.

32. What Is The Difference Between A Control Point And A Knot?

A control point is the actual point defining a NURBS line or surface, a knot describes the quality of that point.

33. The Changedegree Command Will?

add or subtract control points between each knot span.

34. The Term Nurbs Stands For Which Of The Following?

Non-Uniform Rational Basis Spline.

35. How Does The “interpcurve” Command Work?

It creates a line that runs smoothly through a series of points.

36. What Is The Difference Bithween Tools Control Points On And Edit Points On?

It’s inpossible delete points when we use edit points on.

37. What Does The “silhouette” Command Do?

It generates a wireframe curve set of the objects selected.

38. The “divide” Command Does What In Rhino?

Adds division points on a line based on Length or Number.

39. What Is The Relationship Between The Ctrl+c And “copy” Command?

The Copy command targets any point and the Ctrl+C command copies from the origin point.

40. What Breaks The Cage Capability Of A “cageedit”?

Moving the object.