I try to follow directions in videos to make a simple circle, but I only get 270 degree arcs, every time.
What’s the secret control that gets a 360 degree circle?
Sorry for such a noob question!
Well how are you trying to draw them? Just use the Circle command or in the menus Curve->Circle
I’ve tried a variety of commands, simplest being the center + radius. Others are 2point, 3point, Tangent:Vertical:Radius.
If you select the circle\arc, the object property panel (shown in the following screenshot) will tell you what type of object it is - it will be either closed curve, or open curve. If it is closed curve, it means that it is a circle and that part of the circle is not displayed. If it is open curve, it means that it is an arc and that you used Arc command, not Circle command.
Thankyou Andrew. It is a closed curve. I found an odd behavior. The undrawn quadrant shifts if I select the circle.
Unselected:
Selected:
Hello - can you check Options > View > OpenGL page and un-check ‘GPU tessellation’ there… does that help? Can you also please run the command SystemInfo in Rhino and paste the results here?
-Pascal
Thankyou Pascal! That fixed it. What the heck?
Regards,
/John
Rhino 6 SR10 2018-11-7 (Rhino 6, 6.10.18311.20531, Git hash:master @ 0f9089a0035dcc6955732d57071445ecc29390f0)
Licence type: Evaluation, build 2018-11-07
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OpenGL Settings
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Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: Height
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Render version: 4.5
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Driver Date: 11-4-2015
Driver Version: 15.201.1151.1008
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Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
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Hi John - GPU Tessellation provides a performance boost when drawing (lots of) curves but it apparently is not compatible with all video card/driver combinations, Your driver is pretty old though, so getting the latest for your card from the AMD website (don’t trust Windows report on whether you have the latest) may fix it up so that you can use gpu tessellation.
-Pascal