Bongo 2.0

Using Bongo 2.0 you can animate moving, scaling, and rotating Rhino 3D objects without exporting. Objects and viewport animations are editable in the Rhino window using simple drag and drop. Modify your objects and motion data without losing valuable time changing between programs. With Bongo 2.0, you can easily preview your animations inside Rhino, in real time, in any shading mode by scrubbing the timeline or playing the animation. Then render straight to an animation file using any Rhino renderer including wire-frame, OpenGL, render preview, render, TreeFrog, Flamingo, and Penguin.

Features and benefits

Forward Kinematics - Moving, Rotation, and Scaling
Constrain objects to curves.
Force objects to look at other objects.
Look-Along constraints.
Viewport keyframing.
Constrain viewport camera location and target to path.
Automatic and user-defined acceleration and speed.
Hierarchical relationships between animated objects.
Render to single frames or AVI using any Rhino compatible render plug-in.
Real-time preview in Rhino viewports using any shading mode.
Timeline scrubbing in any shade mode.
Industry standard-like timeline interface.
Drag and drop keyframe manipulation.
Animation mode button allows easy input of keyframes just by dragging objects.
All animation data stored with the 3dm file - no need to import or export.
Controller objects.
Dockable interface.

New in this Version

Zoomable timeline and the new curve editor give you greater control over your animations.
Save multiple animations per file.
Control many more parameters with the new keyframe editor and improved tweening.
Create architectural animations from named views.
Animate mechanical systems with the new IK engine.
Expressions, Object morphing, layer animation, sun studies, video textures, new video formats and much more.
Support for 64-bit Rhino 5.

Specs

Installation Requirements

In order to work properly, your copy of Bongo 2.0 requires:

McNeel
Rhino 6 for Windows and Mac
Rhino 3D with Grasshopper:The most powerful NURBS 3D CAD Industrial Design and modeling tool with full support from McNeel. Rhino 6.0 license now comes with Grasshopper included.

Support & Maintenance

Technical support for Bongo 2.0 is available directly from McNeel by e-mail at tech@mcneel.com or by phone from 8am to noon, and between 1pm to 5pm Pacific Time at the number (206) 545-6877. For more technical support information and options please visit the Robert McNeel tech support page.

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3D Animation Plug-In Rhino 3D Windows

Bongo 2

Have been a Rhino user for years, since V1 and love it.
Bongo on the other hand is one of the most unfriendly and counter intuitive products I have ever used.
I can spend an hour with multiple attempts to perform what should be a simple task.

I usual end up exporting my models to another program for what should be a simple mechanical simulation/demonstration.

Hoping to see big improvements in B3, or a least an alternative plugin.

Bongo is difficult to use

Everyone hates the user interface of Bongo. When I make a mistake, Bongo randomly scatters animated objects and its precalculation freezes Rhino for a minute. Help file documentation (especially about inverse kinematics) is incomplete.

Bongo 2.0

The Animation Tool for Designers integrated with Rhino

Features and benefits