Rhino 8 Service Release Candidate Available

Rhino 8 SR14 Release Candidate 3 for Windows and Mac (8.14.24332) is now available
Requires Rhino 8

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Bugs Fixed:

  • GrasshopperPlayer: Plugin doesn't run when launched the second time (RH-84943)
  • Print: Curves Print As Hatch Dots (RH-84872)
  • Rendering: Cycles:
    • Jiggle factor incorrect, leading to gaps (RH-84866)
    • Spotlight casts an elongated stripe over the entire scene (RH-84852)
  • SVG Editor: Selector button is black in Rhino light mode (RH-84885)
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Rhino 8 SR15 Release Candidate 1 for Windows and Mac (8.15.24345) is now available
Requires Rhino 8

Bugs Fixed:

  • Tags are crashing in the textures panel (RH-85018)
  • BlockEdit: Pop up a warning when called from a python script (RH-84753)
  • BoxEdit: Scrolling in a value box also scrolls the panel (RH-79594)
  • Code Editor Control:
    • Text selection highlight not visible when the line has an error message (RH-81933)
    • Error line gets copied with copy/pasted code (RH-84860)
  • Displacement: Black point adjustment requires view to change for update (RH-77345)
  • File IO: Pasting Causes Error Missing Patches (RH-84407)
  • FilletSrf: Left a gap at closed seam (RH-83961)
  • FilletSrfToRail:
    • Incorrect preview in Rendered mode (RH-72315)
    • Fails if curve ā€˜sticks outā€™ (RH-82294)
  • Flip: Does not work on a surface if a point is also selected (RH-84825)
  • Grasshopper:
    • Custom Preview of Annotation Dots with Color (RH-84248)
    • Multi-save is confusing and causes loss of edits (RH-84507)
    • Contextual geometry input returns objects twice (RH-82338)
  • Gumball: Extrude is slow with many objects (RH-84804)
  • History:
    • Edge indices mess up History replay (RH-84972)
    • Dim on Model Section and Paper Update Issue (RH-84750)
  • Keyboard Shortcuts: Dialog needs focus (RH-84730)
  • MatchProperties: Hatch Border is Missed (RH-84858)
  • Mesh: Changing Mesh dialog from Simple to Detailed doesnt stick when returning (RH-85081)
  • NamedSelections:
    • NamedSelections not updated after undo of delete (RH-84496)
    • UI refresh lags script (RH-84774)
  • OSnap: No Snap in Clipped Scene (RH-84977)
  • PointDeviation: Performance and UI issues with point deviation (RH-85003)
  • Print: Ignores Section Style Boundary Scale (RH-84895)
  • Project: Loose option not creating periodic output from periodic input (RH-84803)
  • Rendering: Cycles:
    • Alpha in custom material broken (RH-84849)
    • RhinoCycles: object black when geom has no UVs with anisotropy (RH-85008)
    • Background color too dark (RH-84939)
    • RhinoCycles: Transparency texture not applied correctly (RH-84976)
  • Rendering: Textures: Replace texture map doesn't work (RH-84983)
  • Rhino Inside: Published GH commands do not work until Grasshopper is loaded (RH-84726)
  • SDK: RhinoCommon:
    • Exploding a block gives document controlled objects (RH-48919)
    • CreateFromPolyline Failure Sample (RH-84302)
    • Projection and TextureSpace missing from TextureMapping (RH-84773)
  • SVG Editor:
    • SVG import shows blank (RH-84906)
    • Eating up polylines (RH-84212)
    • Scales Strangely (RH-84447)
    • ViewBoxes do not scale correctly for nested SVGs (RH-84795)
    • ViewBox is not respected correctly (RH-84122)
  • ScriptEditor:
    • Python3 stub maker errors on CurveComponent dependency (RH-85070)
    • GH editor console collapses when info and warning buttons are clicked (RH-84867)
    • Rhino pip listens to PIP_USER global env var (RH-83985)
    • Allow unsafe code in C# scripts (RH-84779)
  • Section Style: Hatch Patterns Display and Print Over Boundaries (RH-84883)
  • ToNURBS: SubD ForceUpdateFacePacks breaks ToNurbs (RH-84973)
  • Toolbar: YAK package fails to update RUI file (RH-84576)
  • Undo: Wlow when material tab is open (RH-84959)
  • Unwrap: Added ShowEnds option to display endpoints on selected seams (RH-84969)
  • Worksession: Crash when attaching DWG files (RH-84824)

Crashes Fixed:

  • File IO: PDF Import can cause Rhino to hang (RH-85026)
  • ScriptEditor: Crash with string replace in monaco editor (RH-84989)

Enhancements:

  • CPlane: AutoAlign: AutoCPlane now aligns to a planar surface edge (RH-84890)
  • Centermark: Allows selecting objects in detail views from a layout (RH-62512)
  • Circle: "FitPoints" option in all circular-based commands support picking a group of points (RH-84952)
  • OSnap:PerpTo: Treat Perp-Cen osnap pair the same as Near-Cen pair (RH-84904)
  • ScriptEditor:
    • Add RunWithGHPlayer to project commands from gh files (RH-84116)
    • Support hover in Python 3 (RH-85077)
    • Made code snippets togglable - default off (RH-84861)
    • Provide toggle to turn off C# snippets (RH-84863)
    • Font variations does not work in new script editor (RH-78080)
    • Added collapse all in debug variables (RH-82352)
    • Debugger does not capture class props in local scope (RH-81598)
  • SelNonManifold: Supports selecting Non-Manifold meshes (RH-84814)
  • UserText: Changed sorting order of Block attribute / Text field / Plain text (RH-84770)

Performance Improvements:

  • Layer: Cache Layers panel images (RH-85053)

Regressions Fixed:

  • Displacement: Sub-object workflow regression (RH-82114)
  • ExtendSrf: Locks up Rhino (RH-84459)
  • Grasshopper: "Curve | Self" component fails (RH-84675)

SDK Enhancement:

  • RDK: Added an API to get the content editor selection (RH-84443)
  • SDK: Added a new RhinoSeparateBreps function to C++ SDK (RH-85074)
  • SDK: RhinoCommon:
    • Hatch: Save a pattern as a pat file (RH-31342)
    • Exposed CRhinoObjRef::SubDVertex (RH-85079)
  • ScriptEditor:
    • Support special project variables in script components (RH-84900)
    • Update pythonnet to 3.4 (RH-84780)

Usability Problems Fixed:

  • Mesh: Preview mesh appearance is based on display modes and ignores object display colors and materials (RH-84741)
  • ScriptEditor:
    • Python 3 to set locale before running script (RH-81130)
    • C# scripting: add assemblies to code completion provider on the fly (RH-72523)
    • Should not complain about missing specials in commands (RH-83901)
    • Project Command help needs to be there for end users (ACADIA 2024) (RH-84722)
    • Component source gh file does not open on dclick (ACADIA 2024) (RH-84719)

Mac-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • CommandHistory: Does not scroll to the bottom (RH-73417)
  • CommandPrompt: Undocked command prompt requires extra click (RH-76524)
  • Display: Switching to Custom Display Mode crashes Mac (RH-84982)
  • Grasshopper:
    • Mesh Edge Preview Requires View Update (RH-84870)
    • Button states donā€™t work well in Mac OS 15.0.1 (RH-84703)
  • Layout: Make Column Width Stick (RH-85105)
  • Rebuild: Span count missing label when rebuilding curves on Mac (RH-83981)
  • SVG Editor: Have to press Cancel twice (Mac) (RH-84748)
  • SetPt: Needs two clicks in viewport when CurvatureGraph is active (RH-71507)
  • Viewports: Viewport: Takes 2 clicks to activate UV Editor viewport on Mac (RH-80982)

Usability Problems Fixed:

  • Grasshopper: Improving editing of long layer names in Geometry Pipeline (RH-67813)
  • UI Cleanup: Improved accessibility of command options (RH-84437)

Windows-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • ChangeLayer: Dialog size is reset by Purge command (RH-78621)
  • Dark Mode: SaveAs PDF custom units not visible (RH-69622)
  • Document UserText: Hang When Collapsed Sidebar is Used (RH-85042)
  • RDK: Bogus (.jpeg) and (.tiff) entries in drop-down list (RH-84800)
  • TextObject: Toggling case setting resets font to Arial (RH-47587)
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