Rhino 8 WIP Available Now!

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Rhino 8 WIP (8.0.22249) is now available for Windows and Mac

Bugs Fixed:

  • ClippingPlane:
    • Objects in Blocks did not show clipping edges and clipping fills (RH-67277)
    • Section styles: by parent (RH-68813)
  • Constraints:
    • Driving dimensions cannot be created on polylines (RH-69359)
    • Driving dimensions did not remain attached to geometry (RH-68526)
  • Display:
    • Wireframe disappears (RH-64917)
    • modes: Lights on layers that are off (RH-67161)
    • Clipping edges inconsistently drew on top or object edges (RH-69626)
    • Section hatches were not visible in display modes with shadows (RH-69608)
    • Objects using Ghosted mode in blocks invisible in selection (RH-70081)
  • Docking: Filters: arrangement wrong on open (RH-70087)
  • History: Replay extruding "wrong" edges when both edges and faces were extruded at the same time (RH-70026)
  • OSnap:Dialog:
    • OSnap: Dialog: Switch to Eto version (RH-70132)
    • No chevrons on narrow panel (RH-69661)
  • Properties: Assigning sub-object display color resetting to "By Layer" (RH-70057)
  • Rendering: Materials: Material names tough to read in dark mode (RH-64443)
  • SDK: Python: ghpython and rhinoscriptsyntax threw exceptions when headless (RH-69898)
  • SrfSeam: Seam moved to a quad point of an open cylinder surface could not be moved again (RH-69916)
  • Toolbar: ToolbarLock command did not work (RH-70094)
  • Tutorials: Files did not list in Tutorials panel (RH-69688)

Enhancements:

  • RDK: Lights panel improvements (RH-66907)
  • RhinoCode: Wish: add option to scriptable version to open specified file in editor (RH-69369)

Features Added:

  • Docking Tabs: Provide an option to display container tabs at the top when docked on the left or right side (RH-69840)
  • Grasshopper: Added new base class, constructor, deconstructor, and query components for Fonts. (RH-70062)

Performance Improvements:

  • ShowRenderMesh: Slow display (RH-70110)

Tasks Completed:

  • Toolbar: Added Toolbar command to Mac (RH-70084)

Mac-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Containers: Floating containers did not have the close button on Mac (RH-70078)
  • Properties: Canceling in custom section style dialog made blank setting (RH-69985)

Windows-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • PackageManager: Update prompt locked Rhino window when a context menu is on screen (RH-69968)
  • RhinoCode: RhinoCode- examples open blank (RH-70005)

Tasks Completed:

  • Rendering: Cycles: Automatically create Visual Studio project files (RH-67465)