Sun Panel and Material Panel

Rhino Rhino for Windows
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Hi, I’m having trouble utilizing Sun Toggle and Material Toggle in my Rhino 7, student version. I tried updating the graphic card, and reinstalling Rhino 7 but none of them worked.

I can open the Sun Panel by clicking on the Tools Tab → Options → Render → Sun Settings.
I can edit the sun direction and the shadow casts through it, but all the effects disappear after closing the tab… How can I fix this?

Sun
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For Materials, I can open the tab but I can’t customize the materials. How do I fix this as well?

Materials
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Hello- can you please run -SystemInfo in Rhino and copy/paste the resaulyt here?

-Pascal

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Rhino 7 SR36 2023-12-12 (Rhino 7, 7.36.23346.16351, Git hash:master @ 11a364321297eb8cdb34405a3308d8911f58706d)
License type: Educational, build 2023-12-12
License details: Cloud Zoo

Windows 11 (10.0.22631 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 7.7Gb)

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

Hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display: Intel(R) UHD Graphics (Intel) Memory: 1GB, Driver date: 8-19-2022 (M-D-Y).
> Integrated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port
- Secondary monitor attached to adapter port #1
Primary OpenGL: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU (NVidia) Memory: 4GB, Driver date: 3-1-2024 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 551.76
> 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: 3-1-2024
Driver Version: 31.0.15.5176
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
C:\Users\emily\AppData\Local\Programs\Enscape\Bin64\Enscape.Rhino7.Plugin.dll “Enscape.Rhino7.Plugin” 0.0.21329.1712

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 7.36.23346.16351
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\WebBrowser.rhp “WebBrowser”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoScript.rhp “RhinoScript”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\IdleProcessor.rhp “IdleProcessor”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 7.36.23346.16351
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 7.36.23346.16351
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Alerter.rhp “Alerter”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 7.36.23346.16351
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 7.36.23346.16351
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”

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Hi Shoon - if you make Rhino the current renderer, do you see the correct UI? (Render menu > Current renderer)

-Pascal

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No, I don’t. I see

  • Rhino Render
  • Legacy Rhino Render

What’s UI?

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Hi Shoon - UI = “User Interface”
If you disable Enscape in Options > Plugins page, then close and re-open Rhino, do you see the correct things in the panels?

-Pascal

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I followed the steps, but I’m still having trouble opening the Sun Panel and customizing materials in Material Panel

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Hi Shoon - in Options > Plugins page, are these plug-ins showing and enabled"

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-Pascal

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The Renderer Development Kit UI wasn’t enable so I enabled it. The panels are working now. Thank you so much!