Rhino 8 WIP Available Now!

Serengeti (Rhino WIP)
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Rhino 8 WIP (8.0.22263) is now available for Windows and Mac

Bugs Fixed:

  • ClippingPlane:
    • Objects with Clip=None set in properties could not be selected on clipped side (RH-67336)
    • Selectively clipping block instances did not work as expected (RH-67335)
  • Constraints:
    • Highlight of constrained curves looks bad on Mac (RH-69797)
    • Gumball was detached from constrained object being transformed (RH-69643)
    • Driving dimensions could not be created on polylines (RH-69359)
  • Containers: Dragging a tab in a container docked on the side with the tab style set to horizontal did not track correctly (RH-70177)
  • Display:
    • Curve is gappy in V8 (RH-66088)
    • Hatch patterns did not draw or print in their print width (RH-69997)
    • Locked block instance layers displayed incorrectly (RH-69188)
  • Display Metal:
    • Display: Rhino with Metal at ~40% CPU and GPU utilization when idle (RH-68250)
    • Zebra did not display (RH-68815)
    • X-Ray display mode did not see through objects (RH-69994)
  • Docking Tabs: Messy when docking to the left (RH-67533)
  • History: A "passive" dimension became semi-detached (RH-69996)
  • Layer:
    • Layer does not Refresh… (RH-70284)
    • Undoing layer deletion in script hid next layer (RH-70096)
  • Offset: History did not update subcurve offset correctly (RH-70185)
  • Properties: Display Mode dropdown menu did not list custom modes added in current Rhino session (RH-70155)
  • RhinoCode: Sphere.ClosestParameter() signature was wrong - extra out parameters (RH-66031)
  • Selection: Selection within a nested block is confused (RH-70261)
  • Toolbar: "Number of Maximum recent buttons" was not clamped properly when entering a number larger than 50 (RH-70104)
  • UndoView: Did not work after DollyZoom (RH-70129)
  • WindowLayout: Workspaces: Unexpected behavior (RH-68483)

Crashes Fixed:

  • Rendering: Cycles Viewport: Crash when switching to other display mode (RH-70028)
  • Shell: Crashed on cylinder cap (RH-70136)

Enhancements:

  • File IO: Added "Show missing fonts dialog" checkbox to PDF import dialog (RH-70107)
  • Layer:
    • Made random color default behavior (RH-70083)
    • Avoids generating random colors of new layers similar to UI colors (RH-70082)
  • Offset: Connected curve/edge segments can be offset as one polycurve by pre-selection (RH-69799)
  • Pull: Pull > Loose to a mesh creates a polyline (RH-70263)
  • SelChain:
    • Double-clicking a curve chain-selects tangent curves (RH-69294)
    • Ctrl (CMD)+ Double-clicking a selected curve chain-deselects tangent curves (RH-70233)

Features Added:

  • Display: NPR: Added SetPostEffect command (RH-70168)
  • Grasshopper:
    • Added Object Display Mode component (RH-70330)
    • Get Geometry component supports output PointCloud data (RH-70207)
    • Added GH_PointCloud and Param_PointCloud types (RH-69929)

UI Change:

  • Containers: Trim tab names when tabs are not wide or tall enough to display full names (RH-70066)
  • Options: "Cycles" page is renamed to "Rhino Render" (RH-70071)

Mac-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Block: "Block Definitions to Update" dialog incorrect in dark mode (RH-66821)
  • Dark Mode: Notes are black on black (RH-70323)
  • Display Metal:
  • Zoom: Zoom Target broken (RH-69059)

Crashes Fixed:

  • Display Metal: Crash when opening 3dm file (RH-70162)

Windows-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Containers: Opening Rendering panel closed all containers (RH-70153)
  • Toolbar: Toobar: Popped up in wrong location (RH-69454)
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