Rhino 8 Service Release Candidate Available

Rhino 8 SR28 Release Candidate 2 for Windows and Mac (8.28.26013) is now available
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Bugs Fixed:

  • Display:
    • Block instance hides when it is selected (RH-89896)
    • Draft Angle analysis cannot show SubD edges in Rendered mode (RH-79439)
    • V8 performance is slower than V7 (RH-90498)
  • Edit Dimension: Periods turned into Commas In dimension text (RH-83506)
  • Mesh: Flipped normals on mirrored blocks (RH-26525)
  • Mirror: History Fails with Extrusion Object (RH-91262)
  • Options: Rhino options typo - Miliseconds (RH-91217)
  • Undo: Undo incorrectly reselects post selected objects (RH-91128)

Crashes Fixed:

  • Rendering: Cycles: Causes Rhino to disappear at startup (RH-90867)

Features Added:

  • Context Menu: Option to Not Include (Custom) Display Modes (RH-85649)
  • File IO: Supports importing SolidWorks 2026 file format (RH-90674)
  • Patch: Patch - Greater continuity (RH-12267)

Regressions Fixed:

  • SetDimensionLayer: Fails to Put Dim on Layer (RH-90393)

SDK Enhancement:

  • OpenNURBS: SDK Enhancement: Allows ON_TextDot overriding ON_Object::DataCRC function (RH-91145)
  • SDK: Added C++ and RhinoCommon functions that split a curve using a plane (RH-91178)
  • SDK: RhinoCommon: SubD.CreateFromMesh does not keep texture UVs (RH-91425)

Mac-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Display: Display Graphics issue switching Display Mode Tahoe (RH-90784)
  • File IO: "Snapshot of current view" for AI export not working properly on Mac (RH-91241)
  • SDK: RhinoCommon: RhinoDoc.ExtractPreviewImage does not work on Mac (again) (RH-91280)

Windows-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Display: Rhino 8 crashes when changing viewport background color (RH-91232)
  • Print: "Rhino PDF" is not scriptable (RH-61278)

Rhino 8 SR28 Release Candidate 3 for Windows and Mac (8.28.26019) is now available
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SDK Enhancement:

  • SDK: RhinoCommon: Change BlockManager settings programmatically (RH-91500)

Rhino 8 SR28 Release Candidate 4 for Windows and Mac (8.28.26021) is now available
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Mac-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Layer: Mac only- cannot assign objects to default layer (RH-91608)

Rhino 8 SR29 Release Candidate 1 for Windows and Mac (8.29.26041) is now available
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Bugs Fixed:

  • Arc: Tangent tracking line disappears with big curves (RH-91881)
  • Autocomplete: Fails without Fuzzy Autocomplete (RH-91508)
  • ClippingPlane:
    • Exclude Selected Layer of a Block (RH-81593)
    • Selectively clipping block instances does not work as expected (RH-81994)
  • Display: Clipping display in Detail views isn't constant (RH-85033)
  • Grasshopper: Components: File could not be read but file exists - Import Content (RH-91832)
  • PointCloud: Remove option does not maintain intensity values (RH-92002)
  • Print:
    • “Use Layout Page Size” is enabled by default for Rhino PDF (RH-92040)
    • Text Not Printed in Vector (RH-89362)
    • Hatched circles in Vector mode face camera (RH-91259)
    • Vector Print Does Not Respect Carriage Returns In Text Fields (RH-89232)
  • Repeat: Pasted alias does not repeat (RH-91531)
  • SDK: RhinoCommon: InstanceDefinitions.GetList should ignore purged items (RH-91598)
  • StatusBar: Units Don't Refresh (RH-91834)
  • SubD: SubD ellipsoid doesn't line up with CPlane axis outside of the world top CPlane (RH-92023)

Crashes Fixed:

  • Properties: Rhino crashes when adjusting linetype for a large selection (RH-91841)

Enhancements:

  • Layer: "Match Properties" supports reference layers from linked blocks (RH-91679)

Performance Improvements:

  • Panels: Changing attributes with objects selected is slow (RH-91532)

Regressions Fixed:

  • Text: No Wrapping Regression (RH-92028)

Usability Problems Fixed:

  • ToNURBS: Increased face-count warning threshold from 20,000 to 100,000 (RH-91708)

Mac-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Installer: DMG background is missing (RH-91112)
  • LoadPlugin: .NET Plug-In Loader not respecting OnLoad result (RH-87887)
  • SelectionFilter: Forces popup on mac when one exists (RH-91693)

Regressions Fixed:

  • Model loading and view zooming slowly in SR27 (RH-91808)

Windows-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Undo: Inconsistency undoing a macro (RH-91577)

Crashes Fixed:

  • Rhino Inside: Crashes when disposing headless documents (RH-89095)

Rhino 8 SR29 Release Candidate 2 for Windows and Mac (8.29.26041.1900) is now available
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This updated Release Candidate contains a minor fix that improves OBJ import in limited cases.

Rhino 8 SR29 Release Candidate 3 for Windows and Mac (8.29.26054.1900) is now available
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Regressions Fixed:

  • Print: Text with Diacritics is Changed (RH-92565)

Rhino 8 SR29 Release Candidate 4 for Windows and Mac (8.29.26063.1900) is now available
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Bugs Fixed:

  • Help: Draft Angle display in status bar is not documented (RH-92707)

Rhino 8 SR30 Release Candidate 1 for Windows and Mac ( 8.30.26069) is now available
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Bugs Fixed:

  • BlendSrf: Odd Twist (RH-90770)
  • Grasshopper: Bugs on empty branches (RH-91952)
  • LayerStateManager: Layer states are unpredictable (RH-92648)
  • Layout: Move to paperspace/modelspace (RH-2572)
  • PointCloud: Subobject delete does not maintain intensity values (RH-92381)
  • Print: Linetype Width is Scaled by Detail's Scale Factor (RH-93524)
  • PushPull: Makes a closed polysurface open (RH-92583)
  • Rendering: Materials: Unused Materials should have a chance to get deleted (RH-92184)
  • SDK: RhinoCommon:
    • RhinoObject.HistoryChildren not working as expected (RH-93789)
    • Opening headless doc prompts for missing linked blocks (RH-93593)
    • CurvatureGraphSettings.UpdateFromState issue (RH-92507)
    • Changing a SubDVertex or SubDEdge tag should update neighboring tags and evaluation cache (RH-92476)
  • SelDup: SelDup and SelDupAll get confused with circles (RH-92547)
  • Text: View aligned text not visible in all viewports (RH-92227)
  • ViewCaptureToFile: Captured image is darker if transparent background is enabled (RH-76124)

Features Added:

  • Grasshopper: Added ToNURBS options for SubD conversion (RH-61955)

Performance Improvements:

  • RDK: Lag in selecting Rhino Object after GH file with clusters has been opened (RH-92155)

Regressions Fixed:

  • BlendSrf: Fails in v8 and v9, but works in v7 (RH-89796)

Mac-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Display Metal: Pointcloud points don't highlight with sub-object selection (RH-92548)
  • Rendering: Materials: Material: Rhino 8 Mac Material Texture colour washout (RH-91151)

Windows-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Toolbar: "Close" clipped on toolbar menu in certain screen scales (RH-90207)

Rhino 8 SR30 Release Candidate 2 for Windows and Mac ( 8.30.26075) is now available
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Bugs Fixed:

  • BlendSrf:
    • Does not create surface with pre-selection (RH-93522)
    • History update disables refine option (RH-93525)

Rhino 8 SR30 Release Candidate 3 for Windows and Mac ( 8.30.26090) is now available
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Windows-Only Changes

Issue:

  • Code Signing: Licensing changes cause Bongo 2 to fail to load (RH-94282)

Rhino 8 SR31 Release Candidate for Windows and Mac ( 8.31.26104) is now available
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Bugs Fixed:

  • Annotation: Leader: "\n" does not work in macro (RH-67179)
  • BoundingBox: Wrong Result (RH-94035)
  • File IO: Changed topics opened from STL meshing dialogs (RH-94008)
  • MergeAllCoplanarFaces: Fails on Extrusion Objects (RH-93907)
  • NamedView: Crashes when saving a second named view (RH-94533)
  • Panels: UI isn't purged from panel definitions when tab is disposed (RH-92375)
  • PopupMenu: PopUp menu on middle mouse button size not configurable (RH-79815)
  • SDK: RhinoCommon: RhinoObject.SetObjectFrame throws exception (RH-94175)
  • Toolbar: Edit toolbar button: dialog needs be resizable (RH-78537)

Crashes Fixed:

  • RDK: MeshUnwrapper object freeze bug (RH-69383)

Enhancements:

  • SVG Editor: Added Help topic (RH-93924)

Mac-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:


Windows-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • SDK: RhinoCommon: .NET Semi Modal dialogs don't work in re-parented Rhino (RH-85097)
  • Splash and About: Show File Titles Wrong (RH-94412)

Crashes Fixed:

  • File IO: Exporting SketchUp file causes a crash (RH-94113)

Rhino 8 SR31 Release Candidate for Windows and Mac ( 8.31.26126) is now available

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Bugs Fixed:

  • Toolbar: PopUp toolbar size not configurable (RH-79815)