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0:00Many of you have asked me on how to
0:02install Rhino AI MCP. So, that's why
0:05this is the ultimate step-by-step guide
0:08on how to install it. So, there
0:10shouldn't be any question left
0:12afterwards.
0:14Rhino AI MCP is basically just a link
0:18between Rhino and an AI assistant using
0:22something called MCP, which is short for
0:25model context protocol. It allows AI to
0:29inspect your model, send commands to
0:31Rhino, and for example, modify geometry.
0:34And you can give it instructions, so you
0:36can use it as a modeling assistant, for
0:39example. It can do that. It can also
0:42help you with cleaning up your model,
0:44preparing your file, and so on.
0:48Just a quick disclaimer. This guide is
0:51for a genuine Rhino license. I cannot
0:54guarantee that this will work on a
0:57computer with a non-genuine license.
0:59Well, let's jump right in.
1:02Head over to food for Rhino and type in
1:06AI MCP. And you should see this logo,
1:10MCP, Rhino AI MCP, a lightweight plugin
1:14for Rhino 3D that seamlessly connects
1:17your Rhino environment to local AI
1:19assistant like Claude, Git GitHub
1:22Copilot, or Llama, et cetera. Okay,
1:24let's click on it. And now, what's very
1:27important to check. This is a beta
1:30version of Rhino AI MCP. It creates a
1:33local MCP model context protocol server
1:36with two main tools, get scene, which
1:39returns the geometry attributes of the
1:41current Rhino scene, and Rhino's
1:43operator, which ex- executes task by
1:47requesting and running C# scripts inside
1:50Rhino. Just very quickly, most people
1:53skip this part, and then they wonder why
1:55it doesn't work. So, go here on more and
1:58open this up. Install Rhino plugin
2:00directly from the package manager.
2:02Search for Rhino AIMCP. Installation
2:05only available for Windows users. Then
2:07restart Rhino. So, you just go here,
2:10install it for the version you need it,
2:12install, open Rhino, and install. Okay?
2:16Because I already installed it, I get a
2:19I get here an error message, but don't
2:21worry about this. It just It should work
2:23if you have the right Rhino 8 commercial
2:26version, then it should work. Okay? And
2:28now I just restart Rhino. If I now go
2:32here and say Rhino AIMCP, you should see
2:36it here automatically. It says MCP
2:39server started. Now, I want to close
2:42this first because that's not We're not
2:45ready yet.
2:48Now, this is another thing people don't
2:51do. They forget about this. They're not
2:53actually installing this very important
2:55tool. Without this tool, it doesn't
2:57work. Download and install Node.js.
3:01Just get here the link, place the link
3:04in here,
3:05and download the installer, and you can
3:10open this directly. And it just Wait for
3:12this and install.
3:14I already installed it, so I don't
3:16reinstall it again. But I can also
3:18reinstall it. It doesn't really matter.
3:20Accept. Okay.
3:22Just leave everything as it is. You just
3:25follow the installation and install.
3:27Okay?
3:28Now, this is done. Install Cloud
3:31Desktop. You also need to install Cloud
3:33Desktop. It needs to be your desktop
3:36version. And you can see if you have
3:38Cloud installed if you have this small
3:40little Cloud icon here. If you type in
3:44Cloud,
3:45then you should have it here. Okay?
3:49Now, Philip returns. So, I was here
3:52already before. By the way, I'm using a
3:54free plan at the moment. Free plan has
3:56just the limitations. It doesn't have
3:58the latest best model. It also It also
4:02has the problem that it has only a
4:05limited amount of prompts prompts you
4:08can run per day.
4:09But, what do we need to do here? Maybe
4:12let's Maybe let's do it like this, okay?
4:14Open Claude's developer setting. Okay,
4:17you go here.
4:18In Claude desktop, go to file, settings,
4:22developer, and you can see currently I
4:24have it's I have it pointing to blender
4:27MCP, another MCP server.
4:31And what I want to do here is I want to
4:33edit the config file. And this is the
4:36config desktop file here.
4:40And I have an I have a backup here of
4:42the original one. And so, what I want to
4:45do here is I want to I will make a
4:48backup. Copy Copy, and I'll put this in
4:52here. I will place
5:05Blender I'll make here a Blender folder
5:08just so I have it
5:10at hand. So, I will get this Claude and
5:13place it in here. Okay, and now I can
5:16open this up.
5:18And I will
5:19take this and copy this here.
5:22Save. So, if I would I open this now in
5:26Notepad,
5:27you should see exactly the same as this
5:30as this text written here, okay? I can
5:32close this now.
5:34That should work. Can also close this
5:36here. Actually, I need to close it.
5:40Right? So, I need to actually close
5:42this. Quit app. It's very important.
5:45This is step seven. Close Close Claude
5:49completely. Make sure Claude is fully
5:51shut down. Include the tray icon in your
5:53system bar on Windows or Mac. Not sure
5:55why they write Mac because actually it
5:56doesn't work on Mac, but let's have a
5:59look quickly in the task manager if
6:01Claude is still running somewhere. No,
6:04it's not.
6:06Okay, now run the plugin inside Rhino.
6:11So, let's start Rhino. Rhino AIMCP This
6:15MCP server started. You can now connect
6:18Claude desk desktop copilot or or
6:22Ollama, okay?
6:25Let's make this like this.
6:28And we can we can start Claude.
6:35And now it should work.
6:36Create
6:38a cube inside
6:41Rhino.
6:42Now, it should work. It's If you see
6:45this getting seen and it ask you always
6:48allow or you can deny, you can also
6:50allow once. That will just give it the
6:54option to just continue with the task.
6:56I'll just put here enter. Always allow.
6:59Now it goes to the right Rhino operator.
7:02It check the scene. It can see there's
7:04nothing in there.
7:05Always allow. Should I Okay, try this
7:08again. And here we are. Cube done.
7:11And you know, it's a perfect cube.
7:15And it even tells you what it did.
7:18Now, this is super easy
7:20task, of course.
7:22But now you can play around and ask it
7:25whatever you want.
7:26By the way, it's not just cool for
7:29modeling things or modifying stuff. It
7:31can also analyze your model. It can find
7:35broken
7:36surfaces. Uh it can adjust your
7:40environment.
7:41It can actually teach you things. Can
7:45go through step by step with you on a on
7:48a process.
7:49So, it can do a lot of things.
7:53And because we already here, a quick
7:55shout out to
7:57Erem Erem and Violin. I hope that's
8:00correct. Thank you so much for joining
8:03my channel and support my channel.
8:06Um Erem Erem and Violin has joined as a
8:10self in dragon. That's a big thing,
8:13honestly. Big thank you and hope you get
8:16something out of this. If you have any
8:17questions, just just get in touch. Thank
8:20you so much for joining my channel. It's
8:22a great honor and pleasure. Hope you get
8:25something out of it and if you have a
8:26question, just let me know.
8:29And yeah, see you in the next video.
8:31Ciao.