Rhino 6 crashes almost immediately after opening

Rhino Rhino for Windows
1

I just upgraded to Rhino 6. Whenever I try to open a model, the display freezes shortly after I start orbiting around. Then the display goes black or I get a spinning wheel and my computer freezes, and I have to restart. I didn’t have this issue with Rhino 5.

I tried opening in Safe Mode, and it doesn’t seem to be freezing or crashing, but it is extremely laggy when I orbit around.

Here’s my system info:

Rhino 6 SR22 2020-1-28 (Rhino 6, 6.22.20028.13281, Git hash:master @ 379871ece695dc096e83826f08b429db8ca2e7f5)
License type: Commercial, build 2020-01-28
License details: Stand-Alone

Windows 10.0 SR0.0 or greater (Physical RAM: 16Gb)
Machine name: BOOTCAMP

Non-hybrid graphics.
Primary display and OpenGL: Intel® Iris™ Graphics 6100 (Intel) Memory: 1GB, Driver date: 10-16-2017 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.4.0 - Build 20.19.15.4835

OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On

Anti-alias mode: 2x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: Height

Vendor Name: Intel
Render version: 4.4
Shading Language: 4.40 - Build 20.19.15.4835
Driver Date: 10-16-2017
Driver Version: 20.19.15.4835
Maximum Texture size: 16384 x 16384
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 16384 x 16384
Total Video Memory: 1 GB

Rhino plugins
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 6.22.20028.13281
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\AnimationTools.rhp “AnimationTools”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 6.22.20028.13281
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk_ui.rhp “Renderer Development Kit UI”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 6.22.20028.13281
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 6.22.20028.13281
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\V-Ray for Rhinoceros 6\VRayForRhino.rhp “V-Ray for Rhino”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”

2

Your video driver is very old, try updating that first… the onboard video unit is pretty weak though, so I wouldn’t expect stellar results, but hopefully that will stop the crashing.

3

Thanks for the reply. I updated the video driver, but it still crashed immediately.

Any other ideas?

Here is the new system information:

Rhino 6 SR22 2020-1-28 (Rhino 6, 6.22.20028.13281, Git hash:master @ 379871ece695dc096e83826f08b429db8ca2e7f5)
License type: Commercial, build 2020-01-28
License details: Stand-Alone

Windows 10.0 SR0.0 or greater (Physical RAM: 16Gb)
Machine name: ZACHBOOTCAMP

Non-hybrid graphics.
Primary display and OpenGL: Intel® Iris™ Graphics 6100 (Intel) Memory: 1GB, Driver date: 11-15-2019 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.4.0 - Build 20.19.15.5107

OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On

Anti-alias mode: 2x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: Height

Vendor Name: Intel
Render version: 4.4
Shading Language: 4.40 - Build 20.19.15.5107
Driver Date: 11-15-2019
Driver Version: 20.19.15.5107
Maximum Texture size: 16384 x 16384
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 16384 x 16384
Total Video Memory: 1 GB

Rhino plugins
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 6.22.20028.13281
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\AnimationTools.rhp “AnimationTools”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 6.22.20028.13281
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk_ui.rhp “Renderer Development Kit UI”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 6.22.20028.13281
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 6.22.20028.13281
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\V-Ray for Rhinoceros 6\VRayForRhino.rhp “V-Ray for Rhino”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”

4

Try starting Rhino V6 in Safe Mode.
This blocks OpenGL and plug-ins like Vray.

Does Rhino run without crashing in safe mode?
Safe mode is Not a fix, it’s a first step in a troubleshooting process.

5

Didn’t catch the V-Ray plugin in your list at first. You might try disabling that first, 90% chance that is the culprit. Is the V-Ray updated to the latest version?

6

When I open in safe mode, it doesn’t seem to crash. But everything moves extremely slow, to the point of being unusable.

7

As I said in my message three days ago, Safe mode is not a fix. It’s the first step in a troubleshooting process.

Since Rhino does Not crash in safe mode, that means the crash is either a bug in your display drivers or with a plug-in.

Here’s an updated display driver from mid January:

See if that works better.

An Intel 6100 is a very old and under powered display adapter.
It’s problaby time to consider a new system that meets Rhino’s System Requirements.