Rhino 8 Service Release Candidate Available

Rhino 8 SR36 Release Candidate 1 for Windows and Mac ( 8.36.26251) is now available
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Bugs Fixed:

  • Annotation: Hatch: PDF output of Hatch does not Match Rhino View (RH-83523)
  • AutoSave: Autosave: Canceling autosave recovery leaves Rhino unresponsive with black background and no viewports (RH-97909)
  • Block: Model Unit Affects Block Text Size. (RH-82514)
  • BoxEdit: Do not force link display precision to spinner increment (RH-84497)
  • Build Process: Renew code signing certificate before it expires (RH-98268)
  • CommandPrompt: Causes polyline drawing to lag behind cursor (RH-78699)
  • Copy: Slower than Rhino 7 (RH-83195)
  • Detail: Do not open ReplaceDetail topic when activating layout (RH-86139)
  • Display:
    • End on lines visible with clipping planes (RH-90916)
    • Clipping Plane Display with Custom Depth doesn’t draw wires correctly (RH-87511)
    • Clipping edges use incorrect linetype segment lengths in display and print (RH-86197)
    • Far-End Section Curves Bleed Through (RH-83561)
    • Two closed solids never get a section fill (RH-97706)
    • Linetype flickers when zooming in and out (RH-97761)
    • No Isocrvs with SetObjectDisplayMode (RH-97843)
  • File IO:
    • PDF Imports Some Text Incorrectly (RH-98116)
    • Font not read correctly from PDF (RH-83429)
  • File IO: DWG:
  • Grasshopper: Script component forgets Principal input setting (RH-97775)
  • Layout: Detail view incorrectly clipped in imported layout (RH-32010)
  • OpenNURBS:
    • Review ON_3dmObjectAttributes copy: CopyHelper may leave ON_3dmObjectAttributesPrivate back-pointers referencing the source (relates to RH3DM-193) (RH-96557)
    • Decals added or edited in memory are lost (RH-98300)
    • A rewritten file grows a little every time (RH-98395)
    • Saving a model adds render data it never had (RH-98217)
    • Float array sort has no declaration (RH-97771)
  • Print:
    • Preview and output are incorrect when printing a layout to a different paper size (RH-84567)
    • Empty page for Monochrome view with custom lighting (RH-82590)
    • Preview Shows Extra Large Text When Dialog is Small (RH-85562)
    • Monochrome detail misses some lines in PDF (RH-83251)
    • Printed Viewport is showing additional geometry not shown in Detail View (RH-83524)
    • Dot text is transparent and mis-centered in Vector output (RH-97024)
    • Perspective text scaling preview (RH-77469)
    • Dimension lines cutting through text when printed (RH-88746)
  • PrintPreview:
    • PrintDisplay shows incorrect print width in viewports when screen DPI is not at 100% (RH-82321)
    • PrintDisplay: Respects “Default Line Width” setting in Print dialog (RH-85829)
  • Scale1D: Numeric input disables direction restriction (RH-97885)
  • SDK: Python: Comments for rs.ObjectPrintColorSource need updating (RH-85894)
  • Snapshot:
    • Restore warning falsely reports lost data (RH-97752)
    • Restoring snapshot silently loses object material (RH-97936)
  • Toolbar: Drag and Drop RUI Fails (RH-97743)

Crashes Fixed:

  • Brep Core: Split Command: opennurbs!ON_CurveArray::Duplicate – (RH-97876)
  • Eto: System.ObjectDisposedException: Cannot access a disposed object. (RH-97210)
  • No Subsystem: Risky Action [step 1.0] System.ObjectDisposedException: Cannot access a disposed object. (RH-97950)
  • Trim: Command - Trim Command: com.mcneel.rhinoceros.RhCore:TL_BrepRegionFinder::OrderTrimsAroundEdge(int) (RH-97212)

SDK Enhancement:

  • SDK: RhinoCommon:
    • Added access to SubD AddFace, DeleteComponents, DissolveComponents (RH-84740)
    • Exposed SubDCrease functionality (RH-79547)

Usability Problems Fixed:

  • Annotation: Styles: Dimension: Alignment Control Disabled when set to Horizontal to View (RH-79350)
  • File IO: PDF incorrectly shows Chinese characters (RH-77591)

Mac-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Display: Drawing drifts away from dimension on external monitor (RH-79167)
  • Edit Dimension: Auto-prefixing of custom text (RH-68249)
  • Exit: Rhino for Mac sometimes will not quit (RH-98353)
  • Panels: Properties panel gets stuck on the wrong object (RH-97689)
  • Print: Produces blank spot in output on Mac (RH-81667)

Windows-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Display: Shadows Don’t Ignore User Defined Clipping Planes (RH-98023)
  • Layer: “Select Object Layers” does not work if materials are assigned to layers (RH-98237)
  • LoadPlugin: Plug-in load failures report a misleading error (RH-98269)
  • Panels: CRhinoUiPanelFactory::SetEnabled C++ function is not working (RH-80156)
  • Print: Text masks have a visible border in Raster output (RH-84827)
  • Text: Text Editing in Properties & Dialog is Still Broken (RH-97713)

Regressions Fixed:

  • Print: Laser Printer Driver Acts Different in Rhino 8 (RH-84662)