Layouts in Rhino 8

Hi there,

I am just starting to use Layouts. I did a 4 view layout page. All good. I cannot get anything but wireframe. I cannot figure out how to show the drawings in shaded mode. Please help.

Fran Taubman

Hello @franlt

double click inside any detail view and change the mode to shaded like the below:
Animation

you have way too many display modes. :smile: but interesting to use diverse materials, would make a lot of sense if you use setobject display mode with these for a quick preview or even rendering of stuff.

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A wish regarding this:
A Detail should have a ‘Display mode’ parameter, just like model space viewports have.

Model viewport:

Detail viewport:

And while you are at it: please add also the Detail scale in this familiar style (1:100 etc.)!

Thank you!

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100% right on both issues. A “like” of this post isn’t emphatic enough!

I had a dream, that Rhino 9 will finally include Custom Display mode assigned by layer in the layer panels,
I hope this dream will graduate into a prophecy.

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I drive most of my rhino inspiration from @Rhino_Bulgaria

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Thanks. I could have been on there for 2 years before I would have seen that layout option.
Very obscure.

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The requests are mentioned in this YT:
RH-81788 Change Display Mode from Properties

I added this thread

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