Rhino 6 and newer - User Interface

This section describes how the plugin integrates into Rhino’s interface. Each page describes each part in detail.

Page	Description

Page	Description
Maxwell Menu and Toolbar	Describes the plugin toolbar and menu options in detail.
Main settings	Describes the most technical settings of the plugin: render settings, Multilight, extra sampling, Denoiser, output settings, channels,… It is organized into four tabs: General tab Output tab Global tab Post-Process tab This is set from Rhino’s Renderer panel.
Maxwell Environment	Describes how you can determine which type of Maxwell environment to use; the choices are: Sky (Physical Sky or Constant Dome), Image Based, or None. This is done from Rhino’s Environment panel.
Maxwell Material	Describes the Maxwell Material and how to use it from inside Rhino’s Materials panel.
MXM Gallery Panel	Describes the MXM Gallery Panel. From it you can search and download many ready-made materials from our online gallery.
Maxwell Fire	Describes how you can use Maxwell Fire interactive preview.
Maxwell Object Properties	Describes how to set Maxwell’s object properties in Rhino's Object Properties panel.
Maxwell Camera	Describes how to set Maxwell’s camera properties in Rhino's Object Properties panel.
Maxwell Lights	Describes how to set Maxwell’s light properties in Rhino's Object Properties panel.
Maxwell Options	Describes how to set some user preferences that can modify the behavior of the plugin in Rhino’s Document Properties window.
Maxwell Extensions	Describes how to add Maxwell Extensions and set their properties. The Maxwell Extensions are: Maxwell Grass, Maxwell Scatter, Maxwell Subdivisions, Maxwell Sea and Maxwell Volumetrics.
Animation Support	Describes how you can export animations using the plugin. It supports Rhino’s basic animations as well as Bongo animations.

Text commands

Besides the panels and tools described above, many instructions can be issued through text commands.

All Maxwell-related commands start with “Maxwell_” so you can start typing and you will see the complete list of commands available. Most of them are instructions that can also be issued through toolbar buttons, menu items, etc. Most of them can be accessed from different buttons added by the plugin but some not. These are the most interesting ones:

Command	Function

Command	Function
Maxwell_About	Shows the plugin version number and the Maxwell Render version it is designed to work with, as well as some extra details of the installer (The About command is also available from the Maxwell menu on Windows).
Maxwell_MaterialReplacer	When you open the Rhino 5 file into Rhino 6, 7 or 8, you'll notice the materials coming from Rhino 5 are imported as standard Rhino materials which preserve their original name. We created this command to help replace all those standard materials with the MXM versions that have the same name in a folder of your choice. The ones that share the same name will be replaced with working materials referenced to the MXM files. So, if you have stored all the materials in the same folder (you can do so by selecting all the materials in the Rhino 5 file, right-clicking and choosing Export Selected; alternatively, you can do a pack and go of the scene; it will have a similar effect), you can use this command, specify that folder and all the materials will be replaced in one go.
Maxwell_ShowToolbars	It will make all the toolbars created by the plugin visible.

If you want to open a Rhino file created in Rhino 5 into Rhino 6, 7 or 8, check the Maxwell_MaterialReplacer command (explained above) in order to get the materials easily transferred into the new plugin version.