Rhino BETA Available Now!

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Rhino 9 BETA (9.0.26188) is now available for Windows and Mac

Bugs Fixed:

  • BlockEdit: Removes Groups (RH-96638)
  • ClippingDrawings:
    • Curves jump out of place (RH-96582)
    • ClippingDrawing, reflected, source layers and ref point (RH-96640)
  • Grasshopper:
    • Planar component swaps normal (RH-67924)
    • Fast clicks on the ValueList object yield double click events on the canvas. (RH-49631)
  • Grasshopper 2:
    • GH2: subcategory expanded panel always anchors to the left edge of the subcategory label, with no screen-edge detection (popup can clip / go off-screen) (RH-96574)
    • Mac trackpad or Wacom tablet doesn’t pan the GH2 canvas with two finger gesture (RH-68269)
    • GH2: Move context panel into the screen (RH-67816)
    • Fillet failure (RH-78597)
  • Libraries: Removed "Open" on right-click menu (RH-53611)
  • Lights: Light naming nit-picks (RH-36994)
  • Localization: de-DE template filename not localized: "Large Objects - Fuß, Fuß und Zoll.3dm" keeps the English "Large Objects" prefix (RH-96636)
  • Patch:
    • untrimmed with internal points and curves (RH-96743)
    • Start surface makes lighter patch (RH-93695)
  • Rebuild: accept surface edges like Elmo (RH-96752)
  • SDK:
    • rhinoSdkGetParabola.h looks incomplete but is exported in the public 9.0 C++ SDK (RH-96674)
    • CRhinoUserInterfaceObject::SetHoverEndCursor marked “get rid of before we ship” — decide before 9.0 SDK freeze (RH-96675)
  • Toolbar (New):
    • Pop-up toolbar buggy (RH-94561)
    • Linked toolbar should say “Sidebar” (RH-96655)
    • MRU behavior (RH-96230)
    • Empty tooltip is shown for buttons without tooltip text (RH-96651)
    • No drag image while dragging a button between toolbars (RH-96650)
    • Switching Tabs doesn’t update sidebar (RH-94711)
    • Linked toolbar shows “no linked item” when it is linked to standard (RH-96654)
  • Worksession: RWS file’s active file does not update when the active file is saved with a different name (RH-94093)

Crashes Fixed:

  • No Subsystem: ExtrudeCrvTapered Command: System.InvalidOperationException: 'gridContent' name cannot be found in the name scope of 'System.Windows.Controls.ControlTemplate'. (RH-96347)
  • PropertiesPage: Rhino.Runtime.DocumentCollectedException: Rhino.Geometry.TextEntity (RH-96754)

Documentation:

  • Documentation: What/Why Text – Grasshopper: GH1: Content Viewer (RH-96196)
  • No Subsystem:
    • Stories: Add to Story Page – Drafting: Workflow: Black/White Switching (RH-96258)
    • What/Why Text – Drafting: Shapes/Text in linetypes (RH-95964)
    • What/Why Visuals – Drafting: Shapes/Text in linetypes (RH-95963)
    • Feature Docs: Feature Page – Display: Concept Display (RH-96630)
    • What/Why Try It – Display: Concept Display (RH-96633)
    • What/Why Text – Display: Concept Display (RH-96632)
    • What/Why Visuals – Display: Concept Display (RH-96631)

Enhancements:

  • CalcRPN: add Swap (x⇄y) and Roll stack operations (RH-96719)
  • ModifyRadius: ModifyRadius should work on Spheres (RH-41104)
  • RDK: Make image editor to use configurable in Rhino (RH-65337)
  • Rebuild: Tangency on closed kinked curves (RH-96727)
  • Rendering: Added CustomRenderSizes advanced setting for adding custom render dimensions (RH-77332)

Features Added:

  • Annotation: Speller (RH-2243)
  • Rendering: Post Effect: Add a de-speckle post effect to remove firefly noise from renders (RH-96722)
  • Splash and Greet:
    • Recent files list should have a Recent Folder option (RH-21314)
    • Dark Mode: Wish - Splash Screen (RH-83692)

Regressions Fixed:

  • Nudge: units and precision (RH-96619)
  • SplitRefitSurface: can't cancel (RH-96728)

SDK Enhancement:

  • SDK: C++: WIP SubD classes/functions are exposed in the public Rhino 9 C++ SDK (RH-96676)

Tasks Completed:

  • Worksession: Move Worksessions panel (WorksessionsManagerDlg) out of DynamicLabel.cs into its own file (RH-96721)

UI Change:

  • Calc: Port CalcRPN and Calc to Eto (RH-96593)
  • Grasshopper 2: Rename the G2 command to Grasshopper2 (RH-96641)

Usability Problems Fixed:

  • Annotation: Dimension styles global properties shouldn't be under text (RH-73675)
  • GlobalEdgeContinuity: hairs scale unexpectedly (RH-96779)
  • Rebuild: (new): no way to turn off control point display of rebuilt curves (RH-96735)

Mac-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Grasshopper 2: form colours all wonky on macOS dark mode (RH-68167)
  • Localization: Unlocalized menu strings in RH9 for Mac (RH-95614)
  • Splash and Greet:
    • Splash screen: Grasshopper definitions are shown in splash screen do not match those in Grasshopper recents (RH-55668)
    • Templates aren’t in order on Mac (RH-60978)

Windows-Only Changes

Bugs Fixed:

  • Toolbar (New): Dragging and copying toolbar buttons is very slow on Windows (RH-96649)
  • Viewports: Viewport outer border missing in Rhino 9 BETA since build 9.0.26174 (RH-96555)