System Requirements

Rhino

• Rhino 8 for Mac, service release 8.36 or later. Update Rhino from its own update menu if yours is older.
• Rhino 9 for Mac.

There is one RhinoArtisan package for each: download the one that matches your Rhino from your account.

Mac

• Apple Silicon (M-series) or Intel. RhinoArtisan runs natively on both.
• The macOS version and hardware your Rhino needs. RhinoArtisan does not ask for more than Rhino does; McNeel publishes Rhino for Mac’s requirements.

Internet connection

• To sign in with your rhinoartisan.com account and take your seat when Rhino starts.
• While you work, to renew the license every few minutes. It keeps working up to half an hour without a connection: see License and seats.
• To download and install updates.

Account

A rhinoartisan.com account with RhinoArtisan for Mac enabled. It is its own license, separate from RhinoArtisan for Windows, and free during the beta: request access from your account.

Optional

Some features use other software or services, only when you use them:

For	You need
KeyShot rendering	KeyShot with its Rhino plug-in for macOS, installed and loaded.
Compressing GLB files for configurators	The gltf-transform command-line tool. RhinoArtisan asks for it the first time.
AI features (Assistant, Generative AI, Flow Studio, AI Depth Map)	Your own OpenRouter and fal.ai keys, set in Artisan › Integrations. See AI in RhinoArtisan.

Exporting animations to MP4 needs nothing else: the video encoder is included.

Not supported

• Rhino 7 for Mac, and Rhino 8 for Mac earlier than 8.36.
• Rhino running without a connection to rhinoartisan.com when it starts.