# Getting Started

## Activating the Panel

Click the option wheel in the Rhino Panel Dock and select Beam Panel to activate it in Rhino.

![](https://1008084047-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-M20iL6J8Vf1nWgor7JL%2Fuploads%2Fj4WXzcz35colMfmh7yIW%2FWiki_Open_Panel.gif?alt=media\&token=cee43c85-271d-4df0-b369-837d51cd7125)

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All data will be saved in the Rhino document and is available again when the file is reopened.
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## Panel

Via the Rhino panel is possible to assign [properties ](https://wiki.mksdtech.com/beam/beam-for-rhinoceros/properties)and [parameters ](https://wiki.mksdtech.com/beam/beam-for-rhinoceros/parameters)to objects and families, manage [families ](https://wiki.mksdtech.com/beam/beam-for-rhinoceros/broken-reference)in the document, set [project folders](https://wiki.mksdtech.com/beam/beam-for-rhinoceros/beam-directory) and more.

![](https://1008084047-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-M20iL6J8Vf1nWgor7JL%2Fuploads%2F1Rx0GnjVDw14KspX5Kso%2Fpanel.png?alt=media\&token=4b8c280d-c4f1-4949-9d21-8a25a5059951)

## Compatible Geometry

BEAM can export only manifold and valid Rhino geometry.

* Surfaces
* Polysurfaces
* Sub-D
* Meshes
* Points
* Lines
* Polylines
* Nurbscurves
* Polycurves
* Circles
* Ellipses
* Arcs
* Elliptical Arcs

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Non exportable geometries will be skipped.\
The GUID of the objects will be shown at the end of the export.
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Sub-D export is native from version 1.7.\
In previous versions, to export Sub-D objects in Rhino 7, convert them to nurbs first.
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Start [assigning properties to Rhino objects](https://wiki.mksdtech.com/beam/properties#assigning-properties-to-rhino-objects) and [creating families](https://wiki.mksdtech.com/beam/beam-for-rhinoceros/families) and [parameters](https://wiki.mksdtech.com/beam/beam-for-rhinoceros/parameters).

{% content-ref url="properties" %}
[properties](https://wiki.mksdtech.com/beam/beam-for-rhinoceros/properties)
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{% content-ref url="families" %}
[families](https://wiki.mksdtech.com/beam/beam-for-rhinoceros/families)
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{% content-ref url="broken-reference" %}
[Broken link](https://wiki.mksdtech.com/beam/beam-for-rhinoceros/broken-reference)
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## Rhino Tools

BEAM for Rhino includes the following tools:

{% content-ref url="beam" %}
[beam](https://wiki.mksdtech.com/beam/beam-for-rhinoceros/beam)
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{% content-ref url="blocs" %}
[blocs](https://wiki.mksdtech.com/beam/beam-for-rhinoceros/blocs)
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{% content-ref url="ray" %}
[ray](https://wiki.mksdtech.com/beam/beam-for-rhinoceros/ray)
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