Rhino 8 WIP Available Now!

Serengeti (Rhino WIP)
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Rhino 8 WIP (8.0.22214) is now available for Windows and Mac

Bugs Fixed:

  • Picture and Wallpaper option grayed out when dragging a picture on to Rhino (RH-67562)
  • Annotation: "Mask margins" label in properties panel was not turning blue (to indicate override) when value was changed (RH-69599)
  • Clip:
    • Object temporarily showed layer’s clip setting (RH-69596)
    • An object’s clip setting caused wireframe of another object not clipped (RH-69601)
    • Object’s Clip setting was changed by Layer’s Clip setting (RH-69580)
  • ClippingPlane:
    • Isocurves and edges were clipping on visible side (RH-69233)
    • Only one object showed clipping edges (RH-69559)
    • Clipping fill color was wrong (RH-69581)
    • ClippingPlane command can not work on the object away from the origin (RH-30121)
  • Display:
    • No preview for hatches (RH-69215)
    • Dots did not appear in front of clipping fills (RH-68969)
    • PointDeviation hairs were drawn on layout (RH-69605)
    • Clipping plane fill (RH-67081)
  • Grasshopper:
    • Rectangle conversion breaks files (RH-46358)
    • Contour homonyms in Grasshopper cause ghpythonlib problem (RH-50604)
  • Grasshopper: Components: curve curve intersection taskaware not working. (RH-46361)
  • Layout: Size column does not update when layout size is changed (RH-69623)
  • RhinoCode: Exceptions when starting Grasshopper (RH-69460)
  • SDK: RhinoCommon: mesh.NormalAt() sometimes not returning a unit vector (RH-48292)
  • Section: Did not create hatches from closed sections of an open object (RH-68977)
  • Section Style: Solid pattern looked like overlapped faces (RH-69563)
  • StatusBar: Open object type names showed "%s" in Info menu (RH-69618)

Crashes Fixed:

  • MeshIntersect: Crash in ON_Mesh::IntersectArray (RH-69535)

Enhancements:

  • ClippingPlane: ClippingPlane to also cap open objects when intersection with CP is closed curve (RH-46092)
  • Print: Vector output is able to print Picture planes with internal holes (RH-63987)

Performance Improvements:

  • Rendering: Textures: Texture display: slow to regenerate in the UI (RH-65069)

Regressions Fixed:

  • BlockManager: Missing from autocomplete list when typing command name (RH-69602)

UI Change:

  • BlockManager: Rename "Blocks" to "Block Definitions" (RH-69566)
  • ClippingPlane: "By parent" section style is removed from clipping plane properties (RH-69561)
  • Containers: Container: Hide Gear icon when container is collapsed (unpinned) (RH-69523)
  • Grasshopper: Box Corners - H Tooltip was wrong (RH-68051)
  • Libraries: When computer is offline, materials, textures, and environments using online files cannot be used (RH-62694)
  • Section: Made not to create hatches when object's Section Style is set to By Clipping Plane (RH-69603)
  • Section Style: Enable "Section open objects" setting by default (RH-69577)

Usability Problems Fixed:

  • CurvatureGraph: Curvature graph - finer for surfaces (RH-69299)

Mac-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Clip: Per object clipping was broken (RH-69057)
  • Display Metal:
    • Section styles did not display (RH-69164)
    • Display problem with multiple clippings (RH-69492)

Windows-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Display: Objects were partially clipped by two clipping planes (RH-67290)
  • Docking Tabs: Floating command-line locked the whole Rhino UI (RH-69517)

Regressions Fixed:

  • Rendering: Materials: Missing color action menu (RH-69435)