Rh8 Grasshopper Capsule Renderer bug/behavior

[stephen4 (Stephen)]

Hello,

This is related to the plugin:

https://www.food4rhino.com/en/app/capsule-renderer

Rhino 7:

The Capsule Renderer plugin works perfectly fine.

Rhino 8:

The plugin does not work correctly, see the gif clip:

When you open a Grasshopper file, the components render using the Capsule Renderer plugin settings. However, when you click and/or zoom out, it resets the components custom capsule rendering settings.

What could be causing this issue? Is there a workaround, or is it a limitation/bug in Rhino 8/Grasshopper?

Thanks.

[Quan_Li]

Same as here
Doesn’t work in R8

[Quan_Li]

@stephen4

I asked the author of the plugin, and he said there is no plan to update the Capsule Renderer for R8 right now.

[stephen4 (Stephen)]

Solution

Gh 8 file not opening in GH 7

I added two global settings (no UI) for disabling/enabling the highlight bar and the shiny edges on capsules. Once the next Rhino8 service release goes out those will become available. You’ll either have to change the settings xml file by hand while Rhino is not running, or use the script in the attached file to toggle those settings. CapsuleSettings.gh (12.0 KB) [settings]

[ftzuk]

Is Capsule Render working for anyone in Rhino 8? There’s a V8 release on food4rhino but still not getting a flat capsule render.

Capsule Renderer

[AndersDeleuran]

@ftzuk

… but still not getting a flat capsule render.

David added native settings for flat shaded components in Rhino 8:

Gh 8 file not opening in GH 7

I added two global settings (no UI) for disabling/enabling the highlight bar and the shiny edges on capsules. Once the next Rhino8 service release goes out those will become available. You’ll either have to change the settings xml file by hand while Rhino is not running, or use the script in the attached file to toggle those settings. CapsuleSettings.gh (12.0 KB) [settings]

That might be enough for you.

Edit: Sorry I missed this post above, doh…

[ftzuk]

Bumping this. Seems like Capsule Renderer is working for some people on V8:

V8, GH1 - area calculation bug (again) - Grasshopper - McNeel Forum

But I can’t seem to activate it:

Anyone managed to get it working on V8 - you have to do a trick to get it working?

[ftzuk]

I saw your post. I would just prefer using capsule renderer as I also like the corner radius & outline width adjustments.

[stephen4 (Stephen)]

Check SetDotNetRuntime and System.Runtime errors at the command prompt. There was likely a change to .NET that is affecting the plugin. It does work in Rhino 8.0.