Hi, I cannot see the text preview anymore when using the custom preview component. I have been using this method in all my scripts and this isnt working anymore.
left viewport is in rendered while the right one is in shaded
left viewport is in rendered while the right one is in shaded
Could I get the download link for 8.15 till this issue gets resolved @stevebaer ?
8.16 had the content crash and grasshopperplayer bug so I cant revert back to that.
Hi Kyuubimode -
Thanks. Iâve filed this as RH-86227 Grasshopper: Custom Preview of Text Regression
-wim
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Hi @Kyuubimode,
We removed this limitation in v8.0 in these two modes, but this broke other users with workflows from v7. Some users donât want but meshes to be displayed in these two modes.
Rhino7 never showed but meshes in these modes also. So 8.17 is back to what v7 did in this aspect.
A workaround to this limitation is duplicate the âArcticâ mode as âArctic Previewâ for instance and use this new mode instead. It will look as you want and it will display as you expect.
Does it help?
We are working to improve this in v9. This new Custom Preview component display everything in all modes but allows you to specify the wire Thickness and Color.
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Itâs all about having the options
Thanks!
We have some immediate work to send out this week so I donât really have the time to test this right now. Was this change mentioned in the release notes? This kind of hit us out of nowhere and it was a bit annoying to uninstall and reinstall older version.
I realize its a service release candidate and I accept there might be bugs so we need to have a better versioning system within our team as well. But since this was a feature and not a bug, it would have been nice to have had a heads up beforehand.
I think this is the change that was made? Reading it didnât inform me that this was going to mess up custom previews for my text entities or was an oversight from your end as well? Also speaking of, is it even correct practice to be using the custom geometry preview component for text entities in the first place?
âCustom Previewâ component is really old and hard to improve.
This is why we are moving to a new component in V9.
The original goal of the component was preview shaded geometry using a material.
The behavior about the âwiresâ (all that is not hidden when preview is in wireframe mode) is kind of undefined. It never shown edges or texts or any other âwireframe geometryâ before v8.0.
With time the users start to relay on this, so we should keep it as it worked in v6, v7.
About if this is a correct practice, I would say is an established practice over the years, so it will continue work as it does right now.
If text entities were added in v8 wouldnât that warrant a need for having custom preview capabilities for it in v8 itself? Is adding a custom text preview component for now viable for you guys, or even some scripted component if possible? v9 is a long ways away stillâŚ
The mentioned workaround will require me to make changes on each individual userâs workstation, not too keen on that, would prefer to avoid doing such a change.
Here a scripting component for wireframe preview.
Custom-Wireframe-Preview.gh (14.6 KB)
Hope it helps.
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Thanks a lot Kike, this is perfect. Appreciate your quick response and help!
Hi @kike your custom script has stopped working in the newer service release candidate
I am on Version 8 SR18
(8.18.25090.15001, 2025-03-31)
It will work again next v8.18 that will be release next Tuesday.
Thanks for reporting.
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