Rhino 8: Clipping Plane

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Hi,

I wonder if there is a setting I need to set someplace, or if this is just a bug?

Issue:

When I use the ‘exclude object’ on the new clipping-plane, I get a really unpleasant flicker every time I touch/modify anything in the scene? It seems to turn the clipping plane off/on with every operation (maybe?). See the video below:

Is there a way to turn this effect ‘off’ ? Or is this not how it is supposed to operate?

When I don’t use the ‘exclude object’ it seems to behave as I’d expect (not flickering off/on with every operation). I still get a lot of ‘flicker’ for some reason (the surfaces changing color slightly) with every move, but at least the clipping plane doesn’t turn off/on.

thanks very much,
@ed.p.may

Environment:

  • Macbook 2021, Apple M1 Max
  • OS 12.5.1 (Monterey)
  • Rhino Version 8 (8.1.23325.13002, 2023-11-21)
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Can you please try updating to the latest version of macOS Monterey (or newer) and seeing if the flickering persists?

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Hi @dan

Thanks for the suggestions.

I updated to macOS Monterey 12.7.1 as you suggested but that did not seem to affect this.

Example:

I will update again to macOS v13.6.1 (Ventura) and see if that helps.

Environment:

  • Macbook 2021, Apple M1 Max
  • OS 12.7.1 (Monterey)
  • Rhino Version 8 (8.1.23325.13002, 2023-11-21)

thank you,
@ed.p.may

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@dan, FYI, updating to macOS Ventura 13.6.1 does not seem to affected this behavior. See below:

Environment:

  • Macbook 2021, Apple M1 Max
  • macOS 13.6.1 (Ventura)
  • Rhino Version 8 (8.1.23325.13002, 2023-11-21)

best,
@ed.p.may

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Frustrating. I really think these two topics are intertwined:

I know it sounds OCD, but can you please attach your exact file to a reply here? I feel like there’s some tiny detail we’re missing.

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You bet: sample file attached, if that’s helpful.

best,
@ed.p.may

example_clip_selected.3dm (2.6 MB)

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Perfect! I can reproduce this on macOS 13.6.1 with Rhino 8.1. I will now check if I can reproduce it with macOS Sonoma as well as more recent builds with Rhino…which I can, on both counts (I can reproduce this behavior on macOS Sonoma 14.1.1 as well as with an 8.3 build of Rhino).

I can really appreciate your initial questions above:

and

because I’m not entirely certain either. I do think we need to determine what the expectation would be (eventually), but I’m going to write this up anyway because I find the behavior a bit confusing too.

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Terrific - thanks @dan !

-E