Opening Rhino seems to be getting slower and slower. On a fairly beefy machine, it takes about 10 seconds to open a new instance. Using /stopwatch does not capture whatever the issue is. The best way I can demonstrate the issue is to start clicking the _SetView icon once /stopwatch finishes. It ta…

[image] Rhino 8 is extremely slow to open files Rhino Tested workflow in the following order: I made certain all instances of R8 were closed. I opened a new instance of r8 I opened an existing Rhino 8 file, it also has the 10sec+ lag event. I only counted th…

What is RhinoGadget? (Its not a plugin I use or have loaded).

I tried, but that didn’t fix the problem. It shaves off maybe a second, but the long delay after /stopwatch is still an issue. [image] wm_c: What is RhinoGadget? (Its not a plugin I use or have loaded). It’s a big collection of a lot of random utilities. [image] byRhinoGadget by…

@stevebaer Any ideas I could try?

SystemInfo only lists plug-ins that have actively been loaded into Rhino when the command is run. If you disable all of these 3rd party plug-ins, do you get different timing results?

With no plugins, the stopwatch is a second faster, but there is still the same 6 second lag after stopwatch finishes: [2024.08.15.explorer_IZT7TlmXsE] What else does safe mode do besides block plugins? ▶ Stopwatch and SysInfo

[image] Eric Paul Marvets: What else does safe mode do besides block plugins? Essentially turns off OpenGL GPU display.

I don’t have a decent answer for you at the moment. I’ll need to ponder a bit about how to figure out what is taking up the remaining time.

Sometimes, I have a slow startup plus the 6-second delay after /stopwatch finished running. It takes nearly 20 seconds to start Rhino: (0.0000) - Since Last Record = 0.0000 (%0.00) - Create Stopwatch (2.5400) - Since Last Record = 2.5400 (%19.81) - after create and load AppSettings (2.5400) - Sinc…

I have the same problem, but in a much bigger way. I’m on Rhino 8, starting a new file takes about 80 seconds! I’m using some plugins (also byRhinoGadget) and disabling them hasn’t changed anything. I can’t understand where the problem is, whether Rhino or PC. I attach some information hoping fo…

Rhino 8 Slow Startup

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ska_drivers (ska drivers) August 10, 2024, 3:12am 2

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I also use this plugin. I saw that it was one of the obstacles to fast opening.

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