Installation

Install BEAM on Windows or macOS

Windows

One installer adds BEAM to Rhino 6, 7 and 8, Revit 2018 to 2027, Grasshopper and Dynamo.

1. Download the latest installer from mksdtech.com/downloads.

2. Close every Rhino and Revit session.

3. Run mksbeam.exe and follow the steps. You need administrator rights.

4. Start Rhino or Revit and log in with your BEAM account. See Licensing Scheme.

If Windows SmartScreen appears, click More info, then Run anyway.

You can also right-click the installer, choose Properties, tick Unblock and click OK before running it.

BEAM installs to C:\ProgramData\Beam. For silent installs across many machines, see Deployment.

macOS

BEAM for Rhino 8 for Mac is available from the Rhino Package Manager.

1. In Rhino, run the PackageManager command.

2. Search for MKSBEAM.

3. Click Install and restart Rhino.

4. Log in with your BEAM account. See Licensing Scheme.

On macOS, BEAM includes the Rhino panel, IFC import and export, and the BEAM, BLOCS and RAY tools. Schedules, Select by Guid and Transfer are Windows only. See Getting Started.

Close every Rhino and Revit session before you install or update BEAM.

RAY requirements

RAY and the RHINO button run Rhino inside Revit, so Rhino must be installed on the same machine.

Revit	Rhino
2019 – 2024	Rhino 7 or 8
2025 and later	Rhino 8, version 8.32 or later recommended

Updates

When a new version is available, BEAM tells you once per session and offers to open the changelog. Install the new version over the old one. There is no need to uninstall first.

Uninstall

On Windows, uninstall MKS BEAM from Settings > Apps. This also removes the default .beam directory in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Beam.

On macOS, uninstall MKSBEAM in the Rhino Package Manager.