I’ve been using Rhino for over 2 years, and it usually starts up very quickly. In the past, the second I open Rhino, the window pops up. It may still load for a period of time depending on the file size, but Rhino itself is immediately open. Lately (since mid August), there is a sever lag between when I open Rhino and when Rhino actually starts up. At least 5 sec, sometimes closer to 15 sec. This is in addition to the load time required for the actual file I’m opening. So, I open Rhino, nothing happens for at least 5 sec (there are no visual ques or indication that I even opened the program), then Rhino opens, then the file loads. This is NOT an issue for any other programs on my computer, including the Adobe Suite and Revit, which makes me think it’s an issue with Rhino. Is that the case? Is there anything I can do to fix it?
Hi Liam,
Please run SystemInfo in the Rhino Command line and paste your results here.
Does it open up snappy in SafeMode? (type safemode in windows start) safe mode opens with no drivers or plugins.
If you start Rhino with the -stopwatch argument, you will get a report of what is taking up time during start up. Here is a discussion on using -stopwatch
Rhino 7 SR33 2023-9-5 (Rhino 7, 7.33.23248.13001, Git hash:master @ 332dda7497b18e9e6f82f118da5cba0c448151a9)
License type: Educational, build 2023-09-05
License details: Cloud Zoo
Windows 11 (10.0.22621 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 32Gb)
Computer platform: LAPTOP - Unplugged [88% battery remaining] ~113 minutes left
Hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display: Intel(R) UHD Graphics (Intel) Memory: 1GB, Driver date: 7-27-2022 (M-D-Y).
> Integrated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port
Primary OpenGL: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU (NVidia) Memory: 6GB, Driver date: 1-15-2023 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 528.24
> 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: 1-15-2023
Driver Version: 31.0.15.2824
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 6 GB
Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
C:\Users\ltdra\AppData\Local\Programs\Enscape\Bin64\Enscape.Rhino7.Plugin.dll “Enscape.Rhino7.Plugin” 0.0.22334.1442
C:\Users\ltdra\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\7.0\Plug-ins\Lumion LiveSync for Rhino (839d6175-32d1-4ffe-a0a4-b7fb43cf0ff5)\2021.3.25.899\Lumion\Rhino 7.0\LumionPlugin.rhp “Lumion LiveSync for Rhino”
C:\Users\ltdra\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\7.0\EleFront\4.2.2\ElefrontProperties.rhp “ElefrontProperties” 1.0.0.0
Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 7.33.23248.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 7.33.23248.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 7.33.23248.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk_ui.rhp “Renderer Development Kit UI”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 7.33.23248.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 7.33.23248.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
Yes, the excessive lag is gone when I open in Safe Mode.
Ok, a couple things to try.
Verify than your Rhino is still in High Performance mode when unplugged Soooo, you bought a laptop with hybrid graphics and rhino doesn't run right. READ THIS
Go to Properties>Plug-ins> Filter by Plugins that do not ship with Rhino, disable the 3rd party plugins and restart Rhino.
try -Stopwatch that steve suggested.