Purchase

Purchase a Rhinoceros 3D license directly from the developer McNeel for $95 (if upgrading from an earlier version) or $195 (if buying a new license):

https://www.rhino3d.com/en/sales/north-america/United_States/#tabs-2

• We recommend using a personal email address when creating the Rhino account, so that when you graduate you don’t lose access (because your syr.edu account will eventually be removed).

• You will need to supply proof of student status during the purchase (tuition proof of payment, transcript, course schedule). If you are a new student and don’t yet have proof of your student status, use proof from your previous university or high school from the previous semester.

  • An alternative to the course schedule, which doesn’t include your name on the PDF/printout, is to submit the Worksheet page from Degree Works. In MySlice go to Advising > Degree Works > Continue. You’ll be on the Worksheet page. Use the small print icon to create a PDF.

Installation

• The license should appear under your Rhino account (https://accounts.rhino3d.com).

  • If you purchased the license from a reseller like Studica, add the serial number sent to you by the reseller to your Rhino account to activate the license.

• After you install Rhino on your laptop, sign in with your Rhino account to activate the software.

Free Legacy License

• If you purchase Rhino 8, you can also obtain a free Rhino 7 license, which may be useful for a plugin that only works with the old version.

• Obtain the free legacy license here.

Free trial

Obtain a free 90-day trial: https://answers.atlassian.syr.edu/wiki/x/_j3qC

Help

• If you run into trouble, please reach out to us at archit@syr.edu or stop by our office in Slocum 001.