An Issue with Rhino 8

Hi All,

I’m experiencing two issues with Rhino 8:

  1. When I draw 2D objects, such as circles or rectangles, they are invisible. Sometimes, I can see only part of the object, but it disappears when I zoom in or out. on Windows computer, I installed Rhino 8 offline because the computer does not have internet access. I work on the computer remotely. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling Rhino, but the issue persists.
  2. Every time I start Rhino, it asks for the validation code, even though I have already entered and successfully validated it.

Does anyone have a solution for these issues?

Thanks,

systemino?

Rhino 8 SR15 2025-1-19 (Rhino 8, 8.15.25019.13001, Git hash:master @ 74164bdf5469c2f269746857c54b8c44b74c7b24)
License type: Commercial, build 2025-01-19
License details: Stand-Alone

Windows 10 (10.0.19045 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 16GB)
.NET 7.0.0

Computer platform: DESKTOP (Hosting Remote Desktop session)

Standard graphics configuration.
Primary display: Microsoft Remote Display Adapter (Microsoft) Memory: 0MB, Driver date: 6-21-2006 (M-D-Y).
> Remote Desktop display device with 16 connection(s)
- Windows Main Display using connection #0
Primary OpenGL: NVIDIA Quadro M5000 (NVidia) Memory: 8GB, Driver date: 2-8-2016 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 361.91
> Accelerated graphics device with 0 adapter port(s)
- There are no monitors attached to this device!

OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
GPU Tessellation is: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Graphics level being used: OpenGL 4.5 (primary GPU’s maximum)

Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High

Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.5
Shading Language: 4.50 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 2-8-2016
Driver Version: 10.18.13.6191
Maximum Texture size: 16384 x 16384
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 16384 x 16384
Total Video Memory: 8 GB

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.15.25019.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.15.25019.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.15.25019.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 8.15.25019.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.15.25019.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 8.15.25019.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”

this is the problem- your graphics system is all wonky.

you need new drivers for both your cards (they are ancient) and rhino is not supported in a remote desktop set up-

see system req below: .

Not supported

  • Windows 8.1 and older
  • Windows Server (any version)
  • Boot Camp on Apple Silicon Macs
  • Virtualization systems such as VMWare, Remote Desktop, and Parallels
  • Linux
  • ARM processors including the Microsoft SQ® 1 and 2

Just for the record, I have Rhino 7 and it was working properly on the same computer and I can remote access it. So, these requirements are working only on Rhino 8?

This is the systmeinfo from Rhino 7 on the same computer that has Rhino 8.

Rhino 7 SR32 2023-8-9 (Rhino 7, 7.32.23221.10241, Git hash:master @ 3d9c816c4cd57561d12d8f53246bce304f314ba2)
License type: Commercial, build 2023-08-09
License details: Stand-Alone

Windows 10 (10.0.19045 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 16Gb)

Computer platform: DESKTOP (Hosting Remote Desktop session)

Standard graphics configuration.
Primary display: Microsoft Remote Display Adapter (Microsoft) Memory: 0MB, Driver date: 6-21-2006 (M-D-Y).
> Remote Desktop display device with 16 connection(s)
- Windows Main Display using connection #0
Primary OpenGL: NVIDIA Quadro M5000 (NVidia) Memory: 8GB, Driver date: 2-8-2016 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 361.91
> Accelerated graphics device with 0 adapter port(s)
- There are no monitors attached to this device!

OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Graphics level being used: OpenGL 4.5 (primary GPU’s maximum)

Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High

Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.5
Shading Language: 4.50 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 2-8-2016
Driver Version: 10.18.13.6191
Maximum Texture size: 16384 x 16384
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 16384 x 16384
Total Video Memory: 8 GB

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 7.32.23221.10241
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 7.32.23221.10241
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 7.32.23221.10241
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk_ui.rhp “Renderer Development Kit UI”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 7.32.23221.10241
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 7.32.23221.10241
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”

Remote desktop is not supported for v7 either, the fact you could run it and now can’t is precisely why this is not a supported environment.

We cannot guarantee a stable experience with this set up, and would have significant difficulty helping you get it running.

the best advice I can give you is make sure everything is updated to the latest: drivers, windows update, any remote desktop software etc.

Rhino relies on a current .Net install and the latest VC runtime library. You may ahve some luck installing the latest versions of those components.

Parsec works better. Still unsupported, but it is actually made for streaming (games) that use the GPU unlike Remote Desktop.

Like, who ever told anyone in its entire history that using Remote Desktop with Rhino was a good idea? Why are people doing this? Rhino actually USES your computer, it’s not suitable for some basic locked-down office environment where everyone runs nothing more power-hungry than Excel off a VM, and was never advertised as such!

I find VNC is still the best way to use Rhino remotely, since it doesn’t put the graphics through a virtual display adapter.

For me Parsec doesn’t work well because it messes with my keyboard layout. VNC leaves that alone as well.

When I updated the graphic card, Rhino 8 is working fine without any problem.

Thanks a lot :slight_smile:

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