OK I know Mac Metal is a work in progress but thought you might like this one.
Summary
Rhino 8 Grasshopper preview shows differently (and a lot worse) if there are no directly drawn objects present in Rhino.
Steps to reproduce
- Create a new model in Mac Rhino 8.
- Check that the display is Legacy OpenGL
- Open Grasshopper
- Drag a surface primitive such as a sphere to the canvas
- Change the Rhino display to Metal – Ugh!
- Draw any object in Rhino – Eureka!
Screenshots from an Intel iMac. I’m seeing something similar though rather worse on a Macbook Air with M2 silicon.
System Report
Rhino 8 SR0 2022-12-6 (Rhino WIP, 8.0.22340.12306, Git hash:master @ d4a00cc453abcfe9fc7a8e109856bf957cdda0d3)
License type: Commercial, build 2022-12-06
License details: Cloud Zoo
Expires on: 2023-01-20
Apple macOS Version 13.0.1 (Build 22A400) (Physical RAM: 32Gb)
Mac Model Identifier: iMac18,3
Language: en-GB (MacOS default)
AMD Radeon Pro 580 OpenGL Engine (OpenGL ver:4.1 ATI-4.9.48)
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: High
Vendor Name: ATI Technologies Inc.
Render version: 4.1
Shading Language: 4.10
Maximum Texture size: 16384 x 16384
Z-Buffer depth: n/a
Maximum Viewport size: 16384 x 16384
Total Video Memory: 8 GB
Graphics: Radeon Pro 580
Displays: iMac (217dpi 2x)
Metal GPU Family Apple 0
Metal GPU Family Common 3
Metal GPU Family Mac 2
Graphics processors
Radeon Pro 580 (8 GB)
iMac (2560 x 1440)
USB devices
Broadcom Corp.: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc.: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
HGST: G-DRIVE mobile USB-C
Apple: USB-C SD Card Reader
Bluetooth devices
None
Third party kernel extensions
None
Third party plugins
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCore.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCoreFoundation.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftDarwin.dylib
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/usr/lib/swift/libswiftIOKit.dylib
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/usr/lib/swift/libswift_Concurrency.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswift_StringProcessing.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftos.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswift_RegexParser.dylib
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/usr/lib/usd/libHalf.dylib
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/usr/lib/usd/libosdCPU.dylib
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/usr/lib/usd/libIlmThread.dylib
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/usr/lib/swift/libswiftAVFoundation.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCoreAudio.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCoreLocation.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCoreMIDI.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCoreMedia.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftMetal.dylib
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/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCoreML.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftVision.dylib
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/usr/lib/swift/libswiftSystem.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftExtensionKit.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftRegexBuilder.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftWebKit.dylib
/Users/jack/.rhinocode/python3.9-1.24/libpython3.9.dylib
/Users/jack/.rhinocode/python3.9-1.24/lib/python3.9/lib-dynload/_heapq.cpython-39-darwin.so
/usr/lib/log/liblog_network.dylib
Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
/Applications/RhinoWIP.app/Contents/Frameworks/RhCore.framework/Resources/ManagedPlugIns/RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.0.22340.12306
/Applications/RhinoWIP.app/Contents/PlugIns/SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools” 8.0.22340.1002
/Applications/RhinoWIP.app/Contents/PlugIns/NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots” 8.0.22340.1002
/Applications/RhinoWIP.app/Contents/Frameworks/RhCore.framework/Resources/ManagedPlugIns/RhinoRoslyn.rhp “RhinoRoslyn” 8.0.22340.12306
/Applications/RhinoWIP.app/Contents/PlugIns/Constraints.rhp “Constraints” 8.0.22340.1002
/Applications/RhinoWIP.app/Contents/Frameworks/RhCore.framework/Resources/ManagedPlugIns/ConstraintsUI.rhp “Constraints UI” 8.0.22340.12306
/Applications/RhinoWIP.app/Contents/Frameworks/RhCore.framework/Resources/ManagedPlugIns/GrasshopperPlugin.rhp “Grasshopper” 8.0.22340.12306
/Applications/RhinoWIP.app/Contents/PlugIns/PanelingTools.rhp “PanelingTools” 8.0.22340.1002
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/Applications/RhinoWIP.app/Contents/Frameworks/RhMaterialEditor.framework “Renderer Development Kit” 8.0.22340.1002
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/Applications/RhinoWIP.app/Contents/PlugIns/Displacement.rhp “Displacement” 8.0.22340.1002
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/Applications/RhinoWIP.app/Contents/Frameworks/RhCore.framework/Resources/ManagedPlugIns/RhinoCodePlugin.rhp “RhinoCodePlugin” 8.0.22340.12306