I’m working with designs for steel wire displays and found a few issues with the Curve Piping and Thickening properties.
Curve Pipes will not show on a Rendered viewport, only shaded and Raytraced
viewports:
There is no way I can work with the Raytraced viewport all the time, and I like to use the rendered viewport for a quick color review, but all the wires are missing.
Also the Curve Piping and Thickening properties are being removed from files when using SaveSmall. I get not keeping the mesh, and that’s what’s SaveSmall is for, meshes begone!
But when working with the design of a whole store, with dozens of shelves, isles, gondolas, each with several types of wires, radius and block objects for each, and I need a manageable file size, that info cannot be just thrown away.
What am I doing wrong?
Example file:
0004-Rhino8.3dm (1.4 MB)
Sysinfo:
Rhino 8 SR19 2025-4-22 (Rhino 8, 8.19.25112.13001, Git hash:master @ 0fe5f551e3e34ca51834ba0ca2217647d8027942)
License type: Commercial, build 2025-04-22
License details: Cloud Zoo
Windows 11 (10.0.26100 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 32GB)
.NET 7.0.20
Computer platform: LAPTOP - Plugged in
Non-hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display and OpenGL: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (NVidia) Memory: 8GB, Driver date: 12-9-2024 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 566.41
> 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 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (NVidia) Memory: 8GB, Driver date: 12-9-2024 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 566.41
> Integrated accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display is laptop's integrated screen or built-in port
Secondary graphics devices.
Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics (Intel) Memory: 2GB, Driver date: 9-13-2024 (M-D-Y).
> Integrated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- There are no monitors attached to this device. Laptop lid is probably closed
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: 2x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High
Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 12-9-2024
Driver Version: 32.0.15.6641
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 8 GB
Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\8.0\SubstanceImporter\2.0.7\Substance.Win.rhp "SubstanceImporter" 2.0.7.0
Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp "Commands" 8.19.25112.13001
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\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp "Rhino Render" 8.19.25112.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp "RDK_EtoUI" 8.19.25112.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp "Snapshots"
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp "MeshCommands" 8.19.25112.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp "RhinoCycles" 8.19.25112.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp "Toolbars" 8.19.25112.13001
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"
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Calc.rhp "Calc"
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\AnimationTools.rhp "AnimationTools"
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\BlockEdit.rhp "BlockEdit" 8.19.25112.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\import_GHS.rhp "General Hydrostatics (GHS) Import"
