Rhino 6: copying to the clipboard take very long

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Hi @pascal,

I have a customer report, that copying simple geometry objects to the clipboard takes up to 20 seconds.

Thanks

Michael
www.flexiCAD.om

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Hi Michael - can you please ask them to try Purge for materials and see if a lot of materials are deleted (the command line will report how many) Also, I seem to remember VRay had a problem with this and that it is fixed in the latest VRay - if your customer uses VRay, you might ask them to update and see how that works.

-Pascal

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Hi Pascal,

I think they have no plug-ins installed, also there is no V-Ray for Rhino 6 at the moment.

I will ask them, if _purge brings something.

Thank you

Michael

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Oh, yeah, of course…

-Pascal

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i have got same problem since this morning…
every copy of a surface or a simple curve take 5 seconds…
do you know where i can purge the clipboard

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I am also curious if there is a way to purge the clipboard. Like in excel, clear clipboard.

~J

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Hi Michael and all,
Coping to the clip board is an export operation. So if you are coping an object or a set of objects to the clip board and they have a lot of user data and materials, it may take a longer time.

What we want to know is:

  • How much time does it take to Export (File -> Export Selected)?
  • And can you send us the file so we can see what you are sending to the clip board?
  • What version of Rhino 6 are they running? Vray too? Any other plugins?
  • Also in a new model, draw line or circle? Does it take 20 second?

A file and these additional details will help.
Sincerely,
Mary Ann Fugier
McNeel Technical Support and Training
Seattle, WA

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Hi Mary,

ah, good to know. I don’t remember which customer had this problem. When he calls again, I will ask more details.

Thanks

Michael

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My question is really separate from Vray. I use the copytoclipboard command in a script. it goes through a pile of files and one of the things it does to each file is copytoclipboard and then pastes it later on. I am finding that it is holding a lot of information on the clipboard. Can I clear the clipboard (or the temp file where the export selected is stored)?

Should I move this to a new thread?

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Hello - you could just copy a space or single character to the clipboard-

rs.ClipboardText("_")

-Pascal

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I am copying geometry to the clipboard.
~J

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I mean to clear the clipboard - there’s only one, so if you send a tiny bit of text up there, the geometry will go away.

-Pascal

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Oh. got it. Ill give it a try, thank you.

~J