Hi, I just happened to notice that if I read a pointcloud in Rhino 9 WIP it does not zoom correctly to the pointcloud. E.g. when I use “Zoom Selected” nothing happens. Thanks, T.

Update: Reducing the cloud from 144 million points did the job. But it was properly displayed in Rhino8!

I have a point set with 436 million points. Is there a maximum number of points allowed in a Rhino point cloud?

There has been a problem with large point clouds in the WIP when Direct3D is used. I don’t know if this is related. [image] OpenGL vs DirectX performance with point clouds Serengeti (Rhino WIP) I just downloaded the WIP. Looks really nice so far, but there is a…

I just haven’t gotten around to fixing this issue yet for Direct3D. The Youtrack issue that David references is the correct one and will hopefully be worked on soon.

Rhino 9 WIP: PointClouds not displayed correctly

Serengeti (Rhino WIP)

dan (Dan) December 23, 2025, 10:24pm 6

RH-90644 is fixed in the latest Rhino WIP. Please give it a try.

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Rhino 9 WIP: PointClouds not displayed correctly

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