This guide will help you download and install Thea for Rhino on Windows. After the completion of the installation, the integration will be added to Rhino and a ‘Thea Data’ folder will be created with files needed for the plugin to work properly.
Let’s take a look at the installation steps.
Download the installer
The first step is to get a copy of the installer.
Licensed users: The installers can be downloaded from the Altair One Marketplace
- Click on the ‘Sign In’ button and use your email and password
- After signing in, Thea for Rhino and Thea Node should be displayed
- Click on Thea for Rhino and from the ‘Download’ tab, select the installer
Trial users: The installers can be downloaded from the main menu by clicking on the TRY button.
Installation (Windows)
Start the installer by double clicking on it.
- Initial screen: Click “Next” to proceed
- License agreement: Read the end user license agreement and click ‘I agree’
- Choose components: Select the components that you want to install:
- Rhino Plugins
- Remove Previous: Removes the previous installation
- Rhino 7/8 Plugin: Select the Rhino version that you want Thea to be installed
- Materials: Tick this option if you want the installer to add sample materials that can be accessed from the content browser
- Lut: Installs a basic list of LUT files
- Rhino Plugins
- Choose Install Location: The “Thea Data” folder contains Thea materials, models and temporary files. You can either leave this to the default location or select a different one. Please make sure that your Windows account has admin rights to read and write to that folder
- Click the “Install” button to complete the installation
