Rhino won't open specific file

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(First post) I modeled a simple radio in Rhino8 on desktop, the file works perfectly fine on that computer & doesn’t seem to have any bad geometry. I emailed myself the file to open it on my laptop (both are Windows), but when I try to open the file, my entire laptop freezes. And I mean FREEZES, I have to force shutdown my laptop.

The file is only 2MB, opens perfectly fine on the desktop computer, and seems to be the only Rhino file my Laptop won’t open. I tested emailing another file between my desktop and laptop and that opened fine, and the other Rhino files native to my laptop work fine, so I don’t know what’s wrong with this specific file. Both’s Rhinos are up to date.

Here is my awesome file:

radioMesh.3dm (1.6 MB)

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opens fine here- both rhino 8 and the v9 wip-

please open a blank session of rhino on the machine that freezes and type systeminfo in the command line-

post the report and we can see what if anything is going on with your hardware.

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Rhino 8 SR26 2025-12-15 (Rhino 8, 8.26.25349.19001, Git hash:master @ c6182b1b71af690bf339ed38f9ccfc2fec2e46c3)
License type: Educational, build 2025-12-15
License details: Cloud Zoo

Windows 11 (10.0.26200 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 32GB)
.NET 8.0.19

Computer platform: LAPTOP - Unplugged [69% battery remaining] ~53 minutes left

Hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display: Intel(R) Arc™ Graphics (Intel) Memory: 2GB, Driver date: 6-10-2025 (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 4050 Laptop GPU (NVidia) Memory: 6GB, Driver date: 8-21-2025 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 581.15

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
GPU Tessellation is: 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: 8-21-2025
Driver Version: 32.0.15.8115
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 6141 MB

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.26.25349.19001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.26.25349.19001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.26.25349.19001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 8.26.25349.19001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.26.25349.19001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 8.26.25349.19001
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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this is a hybrid machine and you are running unplugged. that often means the machine is flipping back to the built in video card that is low power and could explain why Rhino freezes-

try these settings for your machine and see if it helps. Note this will decrease battery time significantly unplugged as the nvidia uses much more power. You should always run plugged in when using rhino for the best stability.

see this article below-