Pen Mode, R8 - Features on back of object display through front

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I remember back in the olden days when I started using R5, there was a TestZBiasFactor command but it was viewed as kind of a kludgy workaround for situations like this. It doesn’t seem to be working this time, and actually crashed R8 once…

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Door Panel Test.3dm (200.6 KB)

48" x 96" door, 3/4" thick, with 15mm deep 40mm ID holes on the back. Holes show through on the printout. Display mode is Pen.

SystemInfo.txt (2.5 KB)

Is there any newer, better ways of “hiding” the pockets on the back of the panel (other than just making a cosmetic panel without them, for the purposes of detailing)?

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Hi Scott - so far I do not see a good way out…
-Pascal

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Hi Pascal,

Thanks for the quick reply!

If that’s the case, I can probably make it work with workarounds like a “cosmetic only” panel with no pockets for the isometric, but I know that won’t always work…

(I can also see the thin aluminum flat bar kick panel at the bottom of the door, the door opening behind it shows through)

I don’t reeeeeally want to go back to the old way of Make2D for everything if I can avoid it.

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Hi Scott -

FWIW, and assuming this is for printing to PDF or paper, these artifacts are cleaned up when printing to vector in a process that is similar to Make2D:

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-wim

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Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa - I could’ve sworn that printing with Pen view was just a raster approximation of vector linework. Has that changed between R6 and R8?

Oh gosh…if it’s always been like this I’m going to be kicking myself!

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Hi Scott -

This is new in Rhino 8. It was added late in the development cycle and there are still some issues to iron out…
-wim

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Would one of the issues happen to be displaying the hatch pattern of clipped objects, as defined by their section style? :stuck_out_tongue:

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Hi Scott -

IYAM, that would be the main one, yes. It’s on the list…
→ RH-79736 Print: Section pattern not drawn in vector PDF
-wim

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Hi Scott -

That is now fixed in 8.6, of which a first release candidate should become available later today.
-wim

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