Hi it’s a froze issue on my office workstation, as all of us having the same configuration of computer, however it only happens on mine starting July-ish. I worked on complex models with Rhino 8, using Enscape plugin to render, at first Rhino would freeze during lighting edit when the model gets to a certain point of complexity and heaviness, then one day it starts to freeze even in a new file, and consistently doing this.
It’s very frustrating, as I have to borrow my colleague’s computer to make changes to the lighting. OT isn’t very helpful to this point so I have to come here and ask. Thanks in advance.
Attached are the basic info -
Rhino 8 version - Version 8 SR23
(8.23.25251.13001, 2025-09-08)
Enscape version - 4.8.0.723
Solutions I have tried with OT of my office -
Downgrade to previous version (not working)
Downgrade Enscape previous versoin ( not working)
Upgrade Graphic card driver (not working)
Upgrade Windows OS (not working)
Beneath is my system info
Rhino 8 SR23 2025-9-8 (Rhino 8, 8.23.25251.13001, Git hash:master @ e75a9d62e23cc6f52d4ef68eb7eda9f8da9b6cd9)
License type: Commercial, build 2025-09-08
License details: Cloud Zoo
Windows 11 (10.0.26100 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 64GB)
.NET Framework 4.8.9310.0
Computer platform: DESKTOP
Standard graphics configuration.
Primary display and OpenGL: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (NVidia) Memory: 24GB, Driver date: 10-9-2025 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 581.57
Accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
GPU Tessellation is: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Graphics level being used: OpenGL 4.6 (primary GPU’s maximum)
Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High
Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 10-9-2025
Driver Version: 32.0.15.8157
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 24564 MB
Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\V-Ray for Rhinoceros\V7\VRayForRhino.rhp “V-Ray for Rhino”
C:\Users\zhiyi.Chen\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\8.0\Plug-ins\D5LiveSync (e0d5e210-02f6-4ee9-a2b0-1675e225d958)\D5Conv.rhp “D5 Live Sync for Rhino”
C:\Users\zhiyi.Chen\AppData\Roaming\Natalie\Natalie.rhp “Natalie” 1.1.7.311
C:\Program Files\Enscape\Enscape.Rhino.Plugin-net48\Enscape.Rhino8.Plugin.dll “Enscape.Rhino8.Plugin” 4.8.0.723
C:\Program Files\Bongo 2.0 (64-bit)\Rhino6\Bongo.20.rhp “Bongo 2.0”
C:\ProgramData\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\8.0\RhinoBeat\1.40.6.0\net48\RhinoBeat.8.NETFramework.rhp “RhinoBeat” 1.40.6.0
Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.23.25251.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Users\zhiyi.Chen\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\8.0\PanelingTools\2024.8.20.677\PanelingTools.rhp “PanelingTools”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.23.25251.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.23.25251.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 8.23.25251.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.23.25251.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 8.23.25251.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”