Printing objects cut by clipping planes results in thick printed boundaries that I can’t adjust. The print preview shows the boundaries correctly, the PDF shows thick boundaries. The section style for the clipping plane object is set to by layer. The layer section style is set to None. The Display Mode Clipping Plane settings for the mode in the detail is set to Show Edges, Solid color (black), Edge Thickness = 1. I must be missing something somewhere.
Eric
Hi Eric -
I’ll need more information from you to be able to troubleshoot this.
Please post both the output from the Rhino SystemInfo command and a simple model that I can use to reproduce this.
From that image, it looks like you are using a custom display mode, so please also export that and post that here.
Are you printing in raster or vector format?
-wim
Hi Wim, here’s the SystemInfo. I’ll send you a sample file. Thanks in advance.
Rhino 8 SR24 2025-9-11 (Rhino 8, 8.24.25254.13001, Git hash:master @ 7ebc7c8a54934620172f0448a8e085214c22d129)
License type: Commercial, build 2025-09-11
License details: Cloud Zoo
Windows 10 (10.0.19045 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 128GB)
.NET Framework 4.8.9310.0
Computer platform: DESKTOP
Standard graphics configuration.
Primary display and OpenGL: NVIDIA RTX A4000 (NVidia) Memory: 15GB, Driver date: 5-12-2025 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 573.24
Accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
Secondary graphics devices.
[DISABLED] ASPEED Graphics Family(WDDM) (ASPEED) Memory: 64MB, Driver date: 5-15-2019 (M-D-Y).
External USB display device with 0 adapter port(s)
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 4.6 (primary GPU’s maximum)
Anti-alias mode: 8x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High
Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 5-12-2025
Driver Version: 32.0.15.7324
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 15352 MB
Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.24.25254.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\WebBrowser.rhp “WebBrowser”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoScript.rhp “RhinoScript”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\IdleProcessor.rhp “IdleProcessor”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.24.25254.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRender.rhp “Legacy Rhino Render”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.24.25254.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\import_ACAD.rhp “AutoCAD file import: import_ACAD”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 8.24.25254.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\IronPython\RhinoDLR_Python.rhp “IronPython” 8.24.25254.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.24.25254.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 8.24.25254.13001
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”
Eric
I’m using raster, but I get the same results using vector printing.
Eric
Hi Eric -
Thanks for the files.
When the section style is set to “None”, the boundary width is scaled by 3. To have the section outline look the same as the outline of a non-sectioned object with the same properties, you have to assign a custom section style where this scale is set to “1”.
HTH,
-wim
Is there a reason why that isn’t configurable inside of Display options as everything else?
Hi Karlo -
Is this a question about the boundary width specifically? You can’t set any of the section style properties in the display mode settings.
-wim
That makes sense, but is there a way to change the default value? Perhaps Advanced properties would be a good place for that?
I would think that in the Display Mode section for Objects/Clipping Plane Settings, if Use Section Styles is unchecked, the Edge Thickness setting should do something.
Eric
