The Rhino BETA now supports details with boundaries that can be made from any closed curve. This can be done with either the new SetDetailBorder command or by using the FromCurve option in the Detail command. [Non-Rectangular Details | New in Rhino BETA] You can now have layouts with c…

Thanks for this! Will this one be back ported to R8 or will it be an R9 feature only?

[image] Michael Vollrath: Will this one be back ported to R8 No, sorry. – Dale

This is something I’ve wanted for a long time. Thanks guys. Now the only thing which keeps me from using Rhino 9 WIP is @danielpiker Isopod not loading all components…

Great that this has finally been introduced, however, it is a shame that such a simple feature which was requested as far back as 2013 only finds it’s way into Rhino 9 in 2025. Moreover, the fact that it is not simply offered as an update to Rhino 8 is quite disappointing…..

That’s amazing…but why I’m seeing it only now?!?!? Anyway well done !

Thank you very much for introducing this feature in Rhino, it’s something I really missed. Honestly, I would already consider upgrading to Rhino 9 just for this tool alone. That said, I would encourage the McNeel team to keep pushing in this direction. For instance, it would be extremely valuable t…

Hi Gabriele - [image] gabrielefx: For instance, it would be extremely valuable to have proper control over overlapping details. Can you provide more details about this, with a 3dm illustration, perhaps? As for your other points, please create new threads for different topics. -wim

[image] When I try to print it to a PDF I have to raster output otherwise, it will show the entire drawing instead of just that window/boundary. [image] This is what happens whe I select Vector Output. I need these drawings to be crisp. What am I doing wrong??

[image] Jorge_Ponce1: When I try to print it to a PDF I have to raster output otherwise, it will show the entire drawing instead of just that window/boundary. hi @Jorge_Ponce1 thanks for reporting, this seems to be broken RH-88921 Non rectangular details don’t work in vector printing

Hi Gijs, Thanks for the confirmation, I thought I was doing something incorrectly. I will use the raster output for the timebeing while this gets fixed. Thank you,

Rhino BETA Feature: Non-Rectangular Details

Serengeti (Rhino BETA)

brian (Brian Gillespie) February 11, 2026, 3:53am 18

RH-89384 is fixed in Rhino WIP

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Rhino BETA Feature: Non-Rectangular Details

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