Good day,
I’ve recently been having problems with the Rhino Sun panel not being accessible (the panel that controls location of the Rhino Sun)
In the drop down menu that shows layers, properties, etc the rhino sun option is nowhere to be seen, and accessing the panel through the render tab (sun logo) does not open a panel despite the command lines showing some activity.
Any insight into the matter would be great! Thanks much,
Jin
Additionally I am experiencing the same thing with the Environment Editor, as well as “Sun” or “Environment Editor” commands
Hi Jin - is Rhino render the current renderer?
-Pascal
Hi Pascal,
I am currently using V-ray for Rhino 6, but reverting the renderer to Rhino Render did not have much of an effect
Hi Jin - can you try making Rhino current and then restart Rhino? Do you see the panel?
-Pascal
No luck -
Also, there was an episode about 2 weeks ago where the toolbar settings began reverting back to default without my input, so I went through and deleted a .rui file, as per the online recommendations in regards to a similar problem. It fixed the issue then but things like this began happening not long after.
Maybe it’s an issue with that? I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling rhino multiple times since then but the problem has persisted.
Hi Jin - please try running Rhino once as an administrator, if you have that access on this machine - close it again then go back and start normally - is that ant different?
-Pascal
Hi Pascal,
Sorry - how would I specify running it as an admin? I am currently running it from the “admin” account on this pc (the only other one is the public one)
Thanks for the help
Hi Jin - Right-click on the Rhino icon and choose ‘Run as administrator’.
-Pascal
Ah, thank you - sadly that didn’t work either 
This is what the command line looks like when I try the sun options
and then nothing else happens
Hm. It doesn’t show up in the panels docked on the right? Do you have more than one monitor? You might try testResetWindowPositions - does that do anything? I’m not even sure how it affects panels.
-Pascal
Tried the command, restarted Rhino and no dice. I am currently running two monitors on Windows 10
Also, I see a command right when Rhino starts up that reads
“Blocking plug-in Renderer Development Kit UI.”
Does that have anything to do with it?
Yep… see if you can locate the plugin -
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk_ui.rhp
Check it’s Properties (right click) and if it shows the control to Unblock it (On the top level page of its properties, I think, at the bottom) do that and hit ‘Apply’
-Pascal
Hold up got side-tracked with another task - I see options for 'read only" check boxes
Will let you know in due time, thanks for the input
Got it!
Had to check it in the plug-in manager but it’s back up and running.
Thank you very much Pascal - best regards.
J
Hi Jin - good deal, thanks for letting us know.
-Pascal
Indeed, when a plug-in got load-protected (for whatever reason) the command-line will also print that the plug-in is blocked.
