Rhino Display Changed after Import

Rhino
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Hello all,

I am Doa, and I am having a problem with my Rhino display. I searched and searched about this issue, but couldn’t find anything. It started when I imported an .obj file exported from Shapr3D into one of my Rhino models. Now all of my Rhino models look strange, no matter if it is an old file or a newly created fresh model. Naturally I have tried restoring all display options to default, but no luck.

I am attaching some screenshots and the model I have tried to import.
shapr3d_export_2025-07-07_21h38m.obj (344.9 KB)

Example of how a model used to look with the Shaded display:

Screenshot (1333)
Screenshot (1333)399×350 23.2 KB

How it looks now:

Screenshot (1335)
Screenshot (1335)1920×1080 164 KB

I appreciate any help! Thank you very much in advance.

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It fixed itself, I have no idea. I will not question the Rhino gods.

3

Please run systeminfo command and send the results here. We can see if there is anything that jumps out at us.

4

Thank you! Here are the results:

Rhino 8 SR6 2024-4-10 (Rhino 8, 8.6.24101.05001, Git hash:master @ 32c244aa711e0034e75bec2e87d093c764820b96)
License type: Educational Lab License, build 2024-04-10
License details: Cloud Zoo

Windows 11 (10.0.26100 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 16GB)
.NET 7.0.0

Computer platform: LAPTOP - Plugged in [100% battery remaining]

Hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 (Intel) Memory: 1GB, Driver date: 7-20-2021 (M-D-Y).
> Integrated graphics device with 3 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port
Primary OpenGL: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (NVidia) Memory: 4GB, Driver date: 1-10-2022 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 511.23
> Integrated accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Video pass-through to primary display device

OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Graphics level being used: OpenGL 4.6 (primary GPU’s maximum)

Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High

Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 1-10-2022
Driver Version: 30.0.15.1123
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 4 GB

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.6.24101.5001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.6.24101.5001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.6.24101.5001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 8.6.24101.5001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.6.24101.5001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 8.6.24101.5001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”

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Hi Doasuben -

The current stable version of Rhino 8 is 8.21! Please update your installation.

You’ll also want to update the drivers of your GPU. Open the Rhino Notifications panel and follow the links to the NVIDIA website.
-wim