Rhino to Diagram AI
3D Viewer
Upload a .3dm file to preview
Captured View
Set camera & click Capture PNG
Gemini Output
Upload a reference & generate
About Rhino → Diagram·Turn a Rhino render into an architectural line diagram.
What Rhino → Diagram does
Captures your Rhino model at a chosen camera angle, then uses AI to redraw the screenshot as a clean architecture diagram in a reference style you provide.
- Input:
- .3dm + ref image
- Engine:
- Gemini
- Steps:
- Capture → Style → Generate
How it works
The camera and the capture are deterministic; the redraw is not. An image model restyles your captured view to match a reference you supply, which is why it is fast and expressive \u2014 and why the output is an illustration of your model rather than a measured drawing of it.
- Model captured at a camera angle you set, so the composition is yours, not the model's guess.
- A reference image you provide carries the style; the prompt describes the view.
- Redraw performed by an image model, so this is one of the few tools here that consumes AI credits.
- For a deterministic, measurable line drawing of the same model, use Massing Diagram instead \u2014 it projects real geometry.
How to use it
- Upload your Rhino model. A .3dm file loads into the 3D viewer.
- Select camera angle. Massing, Iso, Top, Front, Right — or a custom view.
- Capture the view. Click Capture PNG to snapshot the framed view.
- Upload a style reference. An image of the diagram style you want — linework, hatching, palette.
- Refine the prompt (optional). Edit the auto-generated description if you want specific output traits.
- Generate. Click Generate Diagram. AI returns a styled drawing in seconds.
Best used for
- Concept boards and competition panels where the look matters more than the measure.
- Trying several graphic languages on the same view in minutes.
- Getting an atmospheric diagram out of a model that is still rough.
Not a substitute for
- Anything dimensional \u2014 the output is not a measured drawing.
- Construction or planning documents.
- Situations where the image may be mistaken for a survey or a real photograph.
Known limits
- The model reinterprets your view. Lines move, details appear that you did not draw, and text is rarely reliable.
- Results are not reproducible: the same input can give a different drawing each run.
- Style transfer follows the reference loosely, not exactly.
- It consumes AI credits, unlike the geometric tools alongside it.