This is the most basic stupid question. Rhino 7SR24 updated today. I am a rank beginner. Drawing a 3d box, type starting point in command line, hit enter, type in relative dimensions, hit enter, type in height, hit enter and the box disappears. In top view, start box command, left click first point, left click second point and the box disappears. Same with a circle or other primitives. What am I doing wrong? Apologies for dimness.
Hi Kevin -
That sounds like a display issue with your GPU.
Please run the Rhino SystemInfo command and copy-paste the result here.
-wim
Rhino 7 SR24 2022-11-4 (Rhino 7, 7.24.22308.15001, Git hash:master @ cb2ad12922ceb989b185972675bb705a00abb97d)
License type: Commercial, build 2022-11-04
License details: Cloud Zoo
Windows 10 (10.0.19045 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 16Gb)
Computer platform: DESKTOP
Standard graphics configuration.
Primary display and OpenGL: Radeon RX550/550 Series (AMD) Memory: 4GB, Driver date: 10-20-2022 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 Compatibility Profile Context 22.20.27.07.221020
> Accelerated graphics device with 6 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display attached to adapter port #0
OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: 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: ATI Technologies Inc.
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60
Driver Date: 10-20-2022
Driver Version: 31.0.12027.7000
Maximum Texture size: 16384 x 16384
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 16384 x 16384
Total Video Memory: 12010 MB
Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 7.24.22308.15001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\WebBrowser.rhp “WebBrowser”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoScript.rhp “RhinoScript”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\IdleProcessor.rhp “IdleProcessor”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 7.24.22308.15001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 7.24.22308.15001
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\Alerter.rhp “Alerter”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 7.24.22308.15001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 7.24.22308.15001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
Thanks, Kevin -
Yes, that’s a known issue with the latest GPU drivers from AMD.
You can either roll back to an earlier version of those drivers (a user reported that rolling back from 22.q4 to 22.q2 Radeon Pro drivers fixed this) or, in Rhino Options -> View -> OpenGL, uncheck the GPU Tessellation option.
-wim
Wym, thanks for that. Unchecking gpu tesselation fixed the problem. Is there any relative advantage to changing the driver?
Hi Kevin -
In scenes with a large amount of curves and displayed edges, you might notice a performance drop.
-wim
Well, it will take me a long time to get to that point, if I ever do. Thanks again.
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