Hi again,
I’ve encountered what I think is another bug related to printing dashed lines from page layouts.
The issue happens when elements inside a block have their linetype set to “ByParent.” If I then assign a dashed linetype (for example 1.5, 1.5) to the block, the dashed lines do not print correctly — they print as continuous lines.
The issue goes further. As I kept exploring, I noticed that when the checkbox inside the linetype options is marked, it even fails to print dashed lines for objects that are not blocks.
This is the first time I’ve noticed this, and I’m currently working with both the model and layouts in millimeters. I’m wondering if there could be some issue related to units or scaling. Or maybe I’m missing something ….
As you can see, the Print Preview shows the dashed lines correctly. However, both attached PDFs show the issue described above.
Thank you.
(I also guess that this issue is related to a previous topic also related to dashed lines and VisualArq @Francesc_Salla
I’ve disabled all the plugins to check if it was any plugin making the problem.. but as fas as I can understand is a problem with Rhino itself. System info at the end of this message.
DASHED LINES TROUBLE 2.3dm (549.1 KB)
DASHED LINES TROUBLE_PRINT AND DISPLAY ACTIVATED.pdf (29.0 KB)
DASHED LINES TROUBLE_PRINT AND DISPLAY DEACTIVATED.pdf (24.6 KB)
Rhino 8 SR29 2026-2-10 (Rhino 8, 8.29.26041.10001, Git hash:master @ 6f4761d87df45e886dd6b32508dff6a4c7e45f29)
License type: Educational, build 2026-02-10
License details: Cloud Zoo
Windows 11 (10.0.26100 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 31GB)
.NET 8.0.14
Computer platform: LAPTOP - Plugged in [100% battery remaining]
Hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display: AMD Radeon™ 780M (AMD) Memory: 1GB, Driver date: 6-27-2023 (M-D-Y).
Integrated accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port
Primary OpenGL: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (NVidia) Memory: 8GB, Driver date: 8-7-2025 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 580.97
Integrated accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Video pass-through to primary display 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 4.6 (primary GPU’s maximum)
Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High
Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 8-7-2025
Driver Version: 32.0.15.8097
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 8188 MB
Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
C:\Users\mutar\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\8.0\Plug-ins\D5LiveSync (e0d5e210-02f6-4ee9-a2b0-1675e225d958)\D5Conv.rhp “D5 Live Sync for Rhino”
Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.29.26041.10001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\AnimationTools.rhp “AnimationTools”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.29.26041.10001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRender.rhp “Legacy Rhino Render”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.29.26041.10001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 8.29.26041.10001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.29.26041.10001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 8.29.26041.10001
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”