Any plans for substitution of opengl with vulkan?

Rhino 9 wip now supports direct 3d (on windows), not vulkan though, but at least it’s a substitute for opengl. This will be good for all laptops with out dedicated graphic cards.

Kind of jumping the gun there Jorgen😂 We are actively working on a Direct3D based display engine, but I wouldn’t say Rhino 9 supports Direct3D yet. This project is for all Windows computers/GPUs; not just laptops without dedicated cards.

Oh, I just saw several D3D points on the changelog for the latest Rhino 9 wip https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-9-wip-available-now/ So sorry for jumping, I just thought it was integrated due to that :slight_smile:

i dont want to complain because metal is now with us Macsters, but looking at how specific features could pull the feature list from both platforms apart again does it maybe make sense to implement something more platform independent and work on both platforms relatively symmetric? i also read that …

I’ll provide details in a few weeks when we have something to test.

Any plans for vulkan?

Rhino

skysurfer June 3, 2025, 8:19pm 7

Could you briefly tell me the advantages to have a direct 3D display?
It’s because it would make Rhino more compatible with low cost laptops and tablets?

Old OpenGL would be abandoned?

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Any plans for vulkan?

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