Please checkout the video below (all viewports are in wireframe mode). this isn’t the first tie it’s happening. I’m using Rhino 6 Trial.
I also attached the file. Closing and opening the program doesn’t fix it.
Another problem I’m getting is sometimes when i click the arrow next to the viewport name in order to get the drop-down menu, it automatically chooses another display mode. Anyone else getting this?
Thanks a lot!
martisoare 2018.3dm (164.1 KB)
Please post the text generated by clicking the menu Help » System Information (or the Rhino command _SystemInfo).
Rhino 6 SR1 2018-2-6 (Rhino 6, 6.1.18037.13441, Git hash:master @ 5a33e6871b94d32ba552468218cef0ad8d3d1263)
Windows 10.0 SR0.0 or greater (Physical RAM: 16Gb)
Quadro M1000M/PCIe/SSE2 (OpenGL ver:4.6.0 NVIDIA 388.16)
OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: Height
Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: NA
Driver Version: NA
Maximum Texture size: 16384 x 16384
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 16384 x 16384
Total Video Memory: 2 GB
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\RhinoRender.rhp “Rhino Render”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI”
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”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
Hi @zoster,
When did you last time update your graphics drivers? I strongly suggest you get the latest ones from http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx.
When they are installed and you have rebooted your computer, could you see if the problem is fixed?
-David
Possibly a good idea to ensure you do a clean driver install, i.e. removing all traces of old Nvidia drivers.
thank you, i’ll try updating the drivers and get back to You.
in the meantime this is what happend o a friends computer (Rhino 6 trial as well)
His specs:
Rhino 6 SR1 2018-2-6 (Rhino 6, 6.1.18037.13441, Git hash:master @ 5a33e6871b94d32ba552468218cef0ad8d3d1263)
Windows 7 SP1 (Physical RAM: 3.9Gb)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series (OpenGL ver:2.1.8787)
OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: Height
Vendor Name: ATI Technologies Inc.
Render version: 2.1
Shading Language: 1.30
Driver Date: 8-17-2009
Driver Version: 8.632.1.2000
Maximum Texture size: 8192 x 8192
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 8192 x 8192
Total Video Memory: 512 MB
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\RhinoRender.rhp “Rhino Render”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI”
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”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
I’d say your friend could use an update as well! Start with that, and then let’s take it from there.
-Pascal
My friends problem got resolved with a driver update, mine didn’t, and I tried both versions:
Optimal Driver for Enterprise (ODE) Most users select this choice for optimal stability and performance. It also offers ISV certification and long lifecycle support
Quadro New Feature Driver (QNF) Users occasionally select this choice for bug fixes, new features, new VR headset support or new Game Engine support. Support duration is shorter than ODE
What else could I try?
Thank you!
LATER EDIT:
Actually my friends problem got just partially resolved: meaning the viewports don’t turn black anymore, but it only shows geometry in wireframe, it can’t show surfaces in either Grasshopper nor Rhino.
I think the HD 4500 won’t be able to drive Rhino 6 properly. My HD 8500M also has trouble, and probably will never succeed 
he tried Rhino 5 and works fine. So that may be it.
Hi! I’m having the same problem with my pc. My laptop is new and the program runs perfectly except for the viewing channel, viewports go crazy, changing place while modeling and there’s no way I can make it work properly. I hope the video shows clearly what happens.
Windows 10.0 SR0.0 or greater (Physical RAM: 11Gb)
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics (OpenGL ver:4.6.13587 Compatibility Profile Context 20.4.2 26.20.15029.27017)
OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: Height
Vendor Name: ATI Technologies Inc.
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60
Driver Date: 5-15-2020
Driver Version: 26.20.15029.27017
Maximum Texture size: 16384 x 16384
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 16384 x 16384
Total Video Memory: 2 GB
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\WebBrowser.rhp “WebBrowser”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\RhinoScript.rhp “RhinoScript”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\IdleProcessor.rhp “IdleProcessor”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\RhinoRender.rhp “Rhino Render”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI”
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\Alerter.rhp “Alerter”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
6SR1 is really, really old. You should download the latest 6SR. I believe there were fixes for this in later SR releases of 6.
Just tried with the latest 6SR, downoladed the the evaluation version from the given link but keeps on doing the same…
Windows 10.0 SR0.0 or greater (Physical RAM: 11Gb)
Machine name: DESKTOP-86LT4TH
Non-hybrid graphics.
Primary display and OpenGL: AMD Radeon R7 Graphics (AMD) Memory: 1GB, Driver date: 5-15-2020 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.13587 Compatibility Profile Context 20.4.2 26.20.15029.27017
Secondary graphics devices.
AMD Radeon ™ R8 M435DX (AMD) Memory: 2GB, Driver date: 5-15-2020 (M-D-Y).
OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: Height
Vendor Name: ATI Technologies Inc.
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60
Driver Date: 5-15-2020
Driver Version: 26.20.15029.27017
Maximum Texture size: 16384 x 16384
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 16384 x 16384
Total Video Memory: 2 GB
Rhino plugins
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 6.26.20147.6511
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\RhinoRender.rhp “Rhino Render”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 6.26.20147.6511
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” 6.26.20147.6511
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 6.26.20147.6511
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
have you tried a clean reinstallation? I mean unistall rhino, clean the registry and install the new one?
Yes I did, but keeps on doing that strange thing with the viewports, don’t know what else to do.
Hi Mercedes -
You have 2 GPUs in your machine. Both are below the minimum recommended specifications to run Rhino 6. The thing is, Windows has set the weakest of the two to be your primary OpenGL device.
If you somehow get the other card to be primary, perhaps you would have fewer issues with running Rhino on that machine. I don’t know if there is an AMD tool on your PC to control this or if you could try disabling the Radeon R7 in the Windows device manager…
-wim
I have the same issue, using a trial of Rhino 6.
I was simply attaching two curves to each other and both of the front and back views disappeared from my viewport.
I have updated my driver as suggested.
Is this a Rhino bug - certainly feels like it, was perfectly fine before and works perfectly OK on other files.
Thanks
Here are my system specs:
Rhino 6 SR28 2020-7-17 (Rhino 6, 6.28.20199.17141, Git hash:master @ b1f15b655bd1f5ae0d3d3257e3efdeb0a45630e4)
License type: Evaluation, build 2020-07-17
License details: Cloud Zoo. In use by: Phil Donaldson ()
Expires on: 2020-08-17
Windows 10.0 SR0.0 or greater (Physical RAM: 64Gb)
Machine name: SIRHENRY
Non-hybrid graphics.
Primary display and OpenGL: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (NVidia) Memory: 11GB, Driver date: 12-6-2019 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 441.66
OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: Height
Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 12-6-2019
Driver Version: 26.21.14.4166
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 11 GB
Rhino plugins
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 6.28.20199.17141
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\RhinoRender.rhp “Rhino Render”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 6.28.20199.17141
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” 6.28.20199.17141
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 6.28.20199.17141
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 6\Plug-ins\Calc.rhp “Calc”
your driver is still a year old… can you verify that it has in fact been updated?
