Rhino 7 BETA Available Now!

Serengeti (Rhino WIP)
#108

Rhino BETA 7.0.20273 for Windows and Mac is now available

Bugs Fixed:

  • BooleanIntersection: One set does Union (RH-60579)
  • ChangeDegree: May fail on polycurves with multi-degree segments (RH-60620)
  • Display:
    • Custom render mesh settings may not initialize correctly (RH-45417)
    • Blocks Disappearing from Display (RH-60610)
  • Explode:
    • Exploding a Brep with per-faces colors doesn’t set new objects to color by-object (RH-59578)
    • Blocks with text in layouts creates text with incorrect height (RH-60536)
  • ExtractControlPolygon: Extracts extra control polygons from multi-degree polycurves (RH-60634)
  • ExtractPt: Extracts extra points from multi-degree polycurves (RH-60589)
  • Fillet: Curve Fillet fails (RH-60699)
  • Insert:
    • Embedded block definition fails to pay attention to paper space unit (RH-60519)
    • Embedded block definition with text creates incorrect display (RH-60521)
  • InsertKnot: Should not increase degree when TestPolycurvePoints is on (RH-59523)
  • MeshSelfIntersect: Returns an extra line (RH-60367)
  • NamedView: Missing translation in NamedViews (RH-60625)
  • PackageManager:
    • Use new “sources” setting for grasshopper package restore (RH-60531)
    • Online UI Incorrect (RH-60577)
  • Panels: Menu disappears when mouse leaves menu area (RH-60541)
  • Rendering:
    • Clicking the Custom mesh button in Properties tab creates and then deletes custom meshes - it should simply update object attributes (RH-59078)
    • Text is overlaying in Raytraced mode HUD on Mac (RH-60597)
  • Rendering: Cycles: Baking size always returns 2048 (RH-60631)
  • Rendering: Post Effect: Post effects disappear (RH-60474)
  • SDK: RhinoOffsetCurve ignores the input normal when the curve is planar (RH-60495)
  • SDK: RhinoCommon: Add a copy constructor to Box (RH-60618)
  • SubD: face packing should split packs that fold back onto a previous edge, in a way that is not compatible with ON_BrepTrim::TYPE seam (RH-60289)
  • ToNURBS: Packing does not work on Subds with holes (RH-60247)
  • UntrimAll: Should filter out block instances (RH-60508)
  • UserText: Rhino has 2 Attributes with the same tag (RH-60584)

Crashes Fixed:

  • File IO: Crash on 3DM import (RH-60127)

Enhancements:

  • Annotation: Text edit boxes now use the font size of command prompt (RH-50317)
  • BlockEdit: Nested block list is sorted by names in alphabetical order (RH-56612)
  • Rendering: Materials: Can be assigned to objects in blocks (RH-40723)
  • Rendering: Realtime SDK: Added second counter for HUD time display (RH-60633)

Features Added:

  • Display: DrawLine() method with automatic limiting to the near and far clipping planes. (RH-59213)
  • Rendering: Realtime SDK: Pauses Raytracing for ReduceMesh and Make2d (RH-42839)
  • SDK: RhinoCommon: Triangle closest parameter method (RH-59727)

SDK Enhancement:

  • SDK: RhinoCommon: Supports reading plugin data when importing a 3dm file (RH-60129)

Usability Problems Fixed:

  • BlockManager: Typing initial character cycle-selects through the list (RH-60334)

Mac-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • DocumentProperties: Page gets hidden when opening color dialog or (Custom Form DropDownList) on Mac (RH-60623)
  • Ortho: Degree value outside of 2 - 180 should be rejected (RH-60600)
  • Rendering: Materials:
    • Previews on top of each other (RH-60469)
    • Dragging and dropping one makes Rhino think you wanna open a file (RH-60471)
  • SubD Editing: Default face packing needs to be kept up to date (RH-60260)

Crashes Fixed:

  • Rendering: Materials: Dragging to reorder crash (RH-60599)

Windows-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Panels: Display panel doesn't respect window colors (RH-60621)
  • Rendering: Realtime SDK: Raytraced viewport renders multiple times (RH-60714)
  • Splash and About:
    • Rhino splash screen Ignores CR/LF (RH-60385)
    • “Open source libraries” hyperlink goes to the wrong place on Windows (RH-60585)

Enhancements:

  • DocumentProperties: File path and name added to Summary page (RH-60568)
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#109

Rhino BETA 7.0.20280 for Windows and Mac is now available

Bugs Fixed:

  • Annotation: DimOrdinate: Doesn't resolve text field functions (RH-60558)
  • Annotation: Styles: Scale All Sizes allows negative number input (RH-60775)
  • Chamfer: Failure case (RH-60729)
  • Contour: Rhino WIP considerably slower than V6 (RH-60340)
  • CurveBoolean: SimplifyCurves option missing with pre-select (RH-60792)
  • Display: Mesh wireframe color blocks analysis edge color (RH-56610)
  • File IO:
    • PDF Export - Objects not selected are also exported (RH-59558)
    • STEP Import - Misses curves (RH-60546)
    • PDF Export - Preview shows objects that will not be part of the final output (RH-60704)
    • FBX Export: SubD objects ignored by NURBS output (RH-60740)
  • Insert: Embedding blocks creates the wrong sized insert (block def is ok) (RH-60578)
  • Layout: Layouts Panel Rename Does Not Drag Highlight (RH-60739)
  • MakeHole: Enter to cut through objects fails (RH-60636)
  • MeshTrim: Failure between two planes (RH-60772)
  • RDK:
    • Strange orange environment color in Cycles rendering (RH-59997)
    • UI - EtoPostEffectCollapsibleSection’s PostEffects property unexpectedly returns more than one post-effect (RH-60680)
  • Rendering: Materials:
    • Fixed issues about multiple unnamed materials (RH-43978)
    • Eto dialog (PBR import) problem with multiple screens (RH-60562)
    • Rhino WIP locked up by library material message (RH-60583)
  • Rendering: Texture Mapping: Varies not showing correctly in panel (RH-60650)
  • Revolve: History does not work with center object snap (RH-60281)
  • SDK: RhinoCommon: ON_UnitSystem has not been wrapped (RH-46656)
  • SubD:
    • Offset with Reflect transfers reflection shading but not the reflect (RH-60069)
    • ON_Brep::PackFaces creates weirdly typed trims (RH-60291)
    • ToNURBS: Packing SubD faces generates invalid brep (RH-60500)
  • ToNURBS:
    • Test case for bigger faces from SubD to Brep (RH-60080)
    • SubD to Brep - Pack Faces - Compact trims (RH-60233)
    • Failure example (RH-60678)

Crashes Fixed:

  • ExtrudeCrvTapered: Crash with Solid=Yes option (RH-60741)

Enhancements:

  • Align: Works with SubD sub-objects (the associated control points are aligned) (RH-59588)
  • Display: Made perface color override object isocurve color (RH-58719)
  • EndBulge: Keep polycurves as polycurves (RH-60770)
  • InsertEditPoint: Keeps polycurves as polycurves (RH-60805)
  • Rendering: Realtime SDK: Added second counter for HUD time display (RH-60633)
  • SendToBack: DisplayOrder integer doesn't work for TextDots (RH-60751)
  • ViewCaptureToFile: Aauto-name changed to use 24-hour time format (RH-60533)

Features Added:

  • Installer: Made it possible to install 3rd-party v6 plug-ins for v7 without v6 being installed (RH-60429)
  • ToNURBS:
    • Merge surfaces based on quad structure (RH-57221)
    • Added support to pack brep faces (RH-59011)
    • Packed/Unpacked option for converting SubDs into polysurfaces (RH-60162)

SDK Enhancement:

  • SDK: RhinoCommon:
    • Exposed “color backfaces” display property (RH-54180)
    • Added Rhino.Geometry.Triangle3d (RH-60719)
    • ON_NurbsCurve::CreateSubDFriendlyCurve is exposed (RH-60763)
    • Exposed ON_InstanceDefinition::UnitSystem() (RH-60810)

Mac-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • DocumentProperties: Mac File Settings Units page does not update properly when switching between multiple documents (RH-60726)
  • File IO: Loading screen gets stuck when opening certain 3DM files on Mac (RH-60798)
  • ViewCaptureToFile: ViewCaptureTo* commands fail to properly write out Raytraced results (RH-59380)

Crashes Fixed:

  • Grasshopper: Fixed crash when closing script editor with 'x' (RH-60096)

Regressions Fixed:

  • Mesh: Moving slider keeps refreshing dialog (RH-60765)
  • RDK: Context menu for material properties does not work (RH-60759)

Windows-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • AttachGHSData: "Run GHS" is removed from "Conditions" page (RH-59301)
  • Installer: Auto-update may remove Rhino (RH-60711)
  • Print:
    • Dot preview jumps in scale (RH-56975)
    • Vector output prints transparent pixels in PNG as black (RH-57583)
  • RPC: Ensure RPC plugin is demand load (RH-60550)
  • Rendering: Materials: Drag and drop of textures to PBR material texture channels doesn't work (RH-59973)
  • Toolbar: Some icons are blurry, wrong or has faults in them (RH-60677)

Enhancements:

  • SelBlockInstanceNamed: Pre-selected blocks now highlighted in the list (RH-60664)
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#110

Rhino BETA 7.0.20287 for Windows and Mac is now available

Bugs Fixed:

  • Display: Text dots no longer display in Rendered display mode (RH-60889)
  • History: Can't disable history recording for Leader command (RH-60887)
  • InsertControlPoint: Keeps multi-degree polylines and polycurves (RH-60632)
  • Mirror: Mirroring a sub-object selection of SubD faces flips their normals (RH-60826)
  • OpenNURBS: ON_UnitSystem::MetersPerUnit gives unexpected value (RH-60700)
  • Ortho: Not working with Get Line component via GrasshopperPlayer (RH-58190)
  • Rendering: Materials: Subsurface scattering radius not working correctly (RH-60923)
  • Snapshot: Animation does not work when objects not in selection (RH-57910)
  • SubDLoft: Numeric steppers missing up/down buttons (RH-60843)
  • SubDSweep1: SubDSweep 1 & 2 numeric input boxes missing up/down buttons (RH-60844)
  • ToNURBS:
    • Command-line message not accurate when SubD face packing is on (RH-60473)
    • Output from SubD does not honor “Default surface isocurve density” settings in Options (RH-60811)
    • Output from mesh does not honor “Default surface isocurve density” settings in Options (RH-60821)
  • UVEditor: UVeditor: A model does not display UV mesh in v7 (RH-60706)

Enhancements:

  • Annotation: Hatch: Rotating pattern and boundary together, or changing pattern rotation angle, does not break History (RH-60855)
  • OrientOnSrf: Copy=Yes is made the default (RH-60827)
  • RemoveKnot: Keeps polycurves as polycurves (RH-60846)

Features Added:

  • SDK: RhinoCommon: Added SubD To NURBS face packing option (RH-60800)

Mac-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Detail: Viewport Title does not change (RH-55900)
  • Mesh: SubD may not display mesh preview (RH-60885)

Crashes Fixed:

  • Displacement: Causes crash when switching to Rendered mode (RH-60762)

Windows-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Installer: Rhino 7 installer writing 6.0\CoreDllPath breaks rhiexec (RH-60806)
  • Mesh: SubD may not display mesh preview (RH-60804)

Enhancements:

  • ScriptCompiler: Added MinimumRhinoVersion and Platform options (RH-60492)
  • StatusBar: Popup layer window should draw with custom Rhino colors (RH-60874)
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#111

Rhino BETA 7.0.20294 for Windows and Mac is now available

Bugs Fixed:

  • Annotation: Hatch: Gradient fill does not work with History (RH-57744)
  • Annotation: Text: Underline does not appear in viewports (RH-60947)
  • Display: Post select highlight broken in details (RH-60942)
  • Grasshopper: Components: Parallel Computing causing GH definition to crash (RH-55441)
  • InterpCrvOnSrf: Edit Closed InterpCrvOnSrf curves as closed. (RH-60894)
  • Layout: Hidden details become active (RH-60575)
  • MergeAllCoplanarFaces: Doesn't merge revolved and regular surface (RH-60954)
  • Mesh: Jagged and smooth settings may reset custom density (RH-60922)
  • Print: Text mask not working in vector print (RH-60941)
  • Rendering: Displacement amount isn't always handled correctly in Raytraced mode / Rhino Render (RH-60920)
  • Rendering: Cycles: Session settings on Rendering panel are broken (RH-60951)
  • Rendering: Materials: Floating editor navigation error (RH-60553)
  • Rendering: Textures: Blend texture works oddly (RH-60372)
  • RevCloud: Default Divide number does not match the dynamic display (RH-60890)
  • Select: SelLast and SelPrev should only select objects in active space (RH-60963)
  • Tabs: Set "Combine Layout Tabs" default to false (RH-60980)
  • UVEditor: UV Mesh may not display in Rhino7 (RH-60904)

Crashes Fixed:

  • Rendering: Post Effect: Rhino freezes when enabling Curves post-effect after having used the NVIDIA denoiser (RH-60949)

Enhancements:

  • IntersectTwoSets: Objects in first set keep selected and cannot be selected again for second set (RH-60939)
  • Templates: A new "Engrave" annotation style added to every template file (RH-52311)
  • Toolbar: Added Loop and Ring options to Insert edge button on SubD Tools toolbar (RH-60831)
  • UVEditor: Print a warning message when input objects don't contain UV coordinates (RH-53888)

SDK Enhancement:

  • History: Added functions to allow copying history to the new object when objects are replaced in a document (RH-60854)
  • SDK: RhinoCommon: Exposed ON_WriteOneObjectArchive and ON_WriteMultipleObjectArchive (RH-60930)

UI Change:

  • Menu:
    • Extruding commands added to SubD menu (RH-60875)
    • Revolve and Pipe commands added to SubD menu (RH-60926)

Mac-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Mesh: Jagged and smooth settings should not reset Custom density (RH-60921)
  • ViewCaptureToFile: Feedback incomplete (RH-60607)

Windows-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Layer: Drop-down menu has different fonts (RH-60944)
  • Rendering: Materials: Color button disappears when changing color of material (RH-60988)
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#112

Rhino BETA 7.0.20301 for Windows and Mac is now available

Bugs Fixed:

  • Rendering: Materials: Subsurface Scattering channels don't always work as expected (RH-61052)
  • Rendering: Textures: New Add and Multiply textures that blends colors (RH-53189)
  • Subobject Selection: Subobject selection: Brep edges are not pickable when they are not drawn (RH-61032)

Enhancements:

  • Core Architecture: Add 5 new default dimstyles to CRhinoDimStyleTable (RH-61131)
  • Rendering: More render channel settings (RH-59450)

Mac-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • File IO: Export layout to PDF - blank output (RH-61083)

Windows-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Splash and About: Splash can't get to Small Objects - Millimeters template (RH-60966)
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#113

Rhino BETA 7.0.20309 for Windows and Mac is now available

Bugs Fixed:

  • Annotation: Styles: Internal Annotation Style Assigned to Wrong Font (RH-61182)
  • Annotation: Text: Text edit control in prop. panel doesn't always update when editing multiple annotations that have the same text (plaintext values are equal) but different formatting (RH-61169)
  • Display: Rendered mode gradient background lacks gamma correction (RH-61145)
  • DragMode: SubD and ControlPolygon glitch (RH-61078)
  • PackageManager:
    • Version dropdown isn’t updated when “Include pre-releases” is toggled to true (RH-61160)
    • “Update available” UI isn’t updating properly (RH-61207)
  • Rendering: Cycles Viewport: Decals do not show (RH-61103)
  • Rendering: Texture Mapping: Imported/Pasted textures incorrectly scaled (RH-61223)

Enhancements:

  • SubDSweep: Division options for SubD output (RH-59243)

Features Added:

  • File IO: TestExportDocumentText controls whether DocumentUserText is written by Export and CopyToClipboard (RH-61190)
  • SubDSweep1: New command (RH-59695)
  • SubDSweep2: New command (RH-58630)

SDK Enhancement:

  • SDK: RhinoCommon:
    • Added Equals() support for Rhino.Collections.Point3dList (RH-61171)
    • Added AddSubD function for File3dm (RH-61205)

UI Change:

  • ExtrudeCrv: SplitAtTangents default to yes in ExtrudeCrv, ExtrudeCrvAlongCrv, ExtrudeCrvToPoint (RH-61054)

Usability Problems Fixed:

  • ArrayCrv: Extra prompt for Roadlike (RH-61153)

Mac-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Licensing: UI: Rhino 7 "Needs a License dialog" has very awkward formatting (RH-61180)
  • SDK: RhinoCommon: Worksession.ModelCount causes exception in on Mac (RH-61157)

Windows-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Installer: Rhino 7 pinned image goes blank when a new wip/beta is installed (RH-60809)
  • MigratePlugins: Lists plug-ins that have been deleted (RH-61245)

Features Added:

  • MigratePlugins: New command (RH-61218)
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