I just downloaded the latest R6 trial version and I have to say I am a little suprised to find the line quality in wireframe mode is still bad (please see attached pic)
I have posted a few times on this subject. In general I find the the AA on wires is not as good in V5. For V6, I ended up setting the AA in Rhino to 8x (max) and then in the NVidia settings to “enhance” 2X - to get 16x AA. Then it looks better (IMO). I don’t know how much of a performance hit there is with that setting though.
You can also adjust the curve/wire thickness with the test command TestWireThicknessScale - does not autocomplete nor is it sticky between sessions.
I’ve posted a topic about edge and curve display in V6 some time ago. But not in comparison to V5. In comparison to V5, it is not even similar in a good way. It can be and was already expected to be better. Also, “Use advanced GPU lighting” in each display mode doesn’t make any difference in V6 whether it is on or off.
While explaining that curve display is working fine in your system, you contradict it with writing that lines are a tad thicker in V6. I want to know how V5 and V6 handle thickness of curves and edges. 2x pixel thickness is default in V5 and V6. How come V6 lines and edges are thicker then? Anti-aliasing is also another stuff affecting this.
No that is not a contradiction, it’s a supplement of information.
The curves used to look worse in V6 at least with tesselation ON, and now the AA looks much better, but the curves are still too thick imo too. I have posted about this a few times. And curve fidelity is high on my list, I still have a Pro AMD card collecting dust here as I swapped it out with a Quadro since the line AA was too jaggy for my taste.
Also note that “Fine” is not “Great” Imo.
Ok! then try to open any rhino file in MOI3d on any low end machine. Then write me about how it looks better than V5 and V6. I don’t think that you need very high end GPU to make display look better. And that’s my point. It can be improved regardless.
In the end it was decided to be GPU dependent and @stevebaer may be able to say more. The display in v6 is certainly faster on the up side. I’ve personally gotten used to the AA in 6 but that’s not meant as an excuse so please don’t yell at me
Here a more complex shape comparison:
Again, this is for your comparison to see if it is V6 or V6-on-your-system. Personally I agree that V5 still looks better, but that is because the lines are thinner. So V6 doesn’t make “Ugly” curves per say, it just makes too thick curves for my liking compared to V5.
Hey, I just maximized your images and I see that you are not even using AA…
So I am comparing 8xAA on V5 vs V6 while you don’t even have AA.
So apparently we are NOT even talking about the same thing…