Rhino freezes

Rhino Rhino for Windows
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Hello,

I’ve been using rhino 8 for some time now. Recently got an issue with random freezing my whole computer. No complex models, sometimes just few lines and it freezes whole computer out of nowhere. I mean its like it slows down, when i put my cursor on something, for example another app, it lights up as it normally should do but after a while, it looks like whole computer is lagged. I just managed to close the rhino and the computer remained lagged. I also managed to open the manager by ctrl shift esc while lagged and nothing seems to be out of order. I have to shut down the computer every time it happens.

Im using a laptop with win 11, intel i7-12700H, 32gb ram, dedicated gpu geforce rtx 3070

No idea whats causing this and how to get rid of it.

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Please run SystemInfo in the Rhino command line and post the results. Thanks

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rhino system info.txt (2.8 KB)

Rhino 8 SR29 2026-3-4 (Rhino 8, 8.29.26063.11001, Git hash:master @ bbd126f84fcdaf7a974615b7c9f4f8667571c147)
License type: Educational, build 2026-03-04
License details: Cloud Zoo

Windows 11 (10.0.26100 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 32GB)
.NET 8.0.14

Computer platform: LAPTOP - Plugged in [98% battery remaining]

Non-hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display and OpenGL: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU (NVidia) Memory: 8GB, Driver date: 12-30-2025 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 591.74

Integrated accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)

  • Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port
    Primary OpenGL: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU (NVidia) Memory: 8GB, Driver date: 12-30-2025 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 591.74

Integrated accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)

  • Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port

Secondary graphics devices.
Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics (Intel) Memory: 1GB, Driver date: 8-7-2023 (M-D-Y).

Integrated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)

  • There are no monitors attached to this device. Laptop lid is probably closed

OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
GPU Tessellation is: Off
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: 12-30-2025
Driver Version: 32.0.15.9174
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 8 GB

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
D:\Program Files\Rhino\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.29.26063.11001
D:\Program Files\Rhino\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
D:\Program Files\Rhino\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.29.26063.11001
D:\Program Files\Rhino\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.29.26063.11001
D:\Program Files\Rhino\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
D:\Program Files\Rhino\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 8.29.26063.11001
D:\Program Files\Rhino\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.29.26063.11001
D:\Program Files\Rhino\Plug-ins\Grasshopper\GrasshopperPlugin.rhp “Grasshopper” 8.29.26063.11001
D:\Program Files\Rhino\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 8.29.26063.11001
D:\Program Files\Rhino\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
D:\Program Files\Rhino\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
D:\Program Files\Rhino\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”

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Nothing standing out from your system info. The only recommendation I would have is to do a clean install of your NVIDIA driver (choose custom on the installer and click the clean install option)