Unable to zoom - no objects are visible — Despite there being objects

Rhino Rhino for Mac
1

Rhino is behaving a bit erratic, as of late. My primary issue is that the ‘Zoom Extents’ command is returning an “unable to zoom - no objects are visible” response, despite there being geometry in the file for it to Zoom to.

I am also noticing my Gumball is randomly setting itself to a random point within my model space that is not the center of the object. I have reset the gumball, to no avail and I have confirmed that my settings are no different than they were before the bizarre Gumball placement.

SystemInfo

Rhino 6 SR29 2020-8-26 (Public Build, 6.29.20239.15172, Git hash:master @ 90544da2583d1fdc714d8d740096b047dcd9b44a)
License type: Educational, build 2020-08-26
License details: Cloud Zoo. In use by: Shane Jezowski ()

Apple Intel 64-bit macOS Version 10.15.7 (Build 19H2) (Physical RAM: 32Gb)
Mac Model Identifier: MacBookPro15,3
Machine name: Shane’s MacBook Pro
Language: en-US (MacOS default)

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 OpenGL Engine (OpenGL ver:4.1 ATI-3.10.18)

OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On

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

Vendor Name: ATI Technologies Inc.
Render version: 4.1
Shading Language: 4.10
Maximum Texture size: 16384 x 16384
Z-Buffer depth: n/a
Maximum Viewport size: 16384 x 16384
Total Video Memory: 4 GB
Graphics: Radeon Pro Vega 20
Displays: Color LCD (258dpi 2x), LED Cinema Display (94dpi 1x)

Graphics processors
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (1536 MB)
Radeon Pro Vega 20 (4 GB)
Color LCD (1680 x 1050)
LED Cinema Display (1920 x 1200)

USB devices
Western Digital : External HDD
Apple Inc.: Apple LED Cinema Display
Apple Inc.: Display iSight
Apple Inc.: Display Audio
Apple Inc: USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter
Apple Inc.: iPad
Apple Inc.: USB3.1 Hub
Apple Inc.: Touch Bar Backlight
Apple Inc.: Touch Bar Display
Apple Inc.: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple: Headset
Apple Inc.: Ambient Light Sensor
Apple Inc.: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc.: Apple T2 Controller

Bluetooth devices
Broadcom: Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
Broadcom: Magic Mouse 2

Third party kernel extensions
com.Apowersoft.driver.AudioDevice (1.6.7) EDEB490C-96A8-34E2-BC40-D74C2AACEFF2
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (2) 2D779840-7439-31E5-8A66-D786C3F47B75
com.google.drivefs.filesystems.dfsfuse (42.0.12) 73F2E21D-6D01-3EBC-8FA2-5CA426C0A2E0

Third party plugins
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCore.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCoreFoundation.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCoreGraphics.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftDarwin.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftDispatch.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftFoundation.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftIOKit.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftObjectiveC.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftXPC.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCryptoTokenKit.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftos.dylib
/usr/local/cuda/lib/libcuda.dylib
/Library/Frameworks/CUDA.framework/Versions/A/CUDA
/Users/shanejezowski/Library/Application Support/McNeel/Rhinoceros/MacPlugIns/Twinmotion Direct Link 2020.2.rhp/libDLRhinoNative.dylib
/Users/shanejezowski/Library/Application Support/McNeel/Rhinoceros/MacPlugIns/Twinmotion Direct Link 2020.2.rhp/libPolygonCruncherSDK.dylib
/Users/shanejezowski/Library/Application Support/McNeel/Rhinoceros/MacPlugIns/Twinmotion Direct Link 2020.2.rhp/libSyncData.dylib
/Users/shanejezowski/Library/Application Support/McNeel/Rhinoceros/MacPlugIns/Twinmotion Direct Link 2020.2.rhp/libomp.dylib
/Users/shanejezowski/Library/Application Support/McNeel/Rhinoceros/MacPlugIns/Twinmotion Direct Link 2020.2.rhp/libc++.1.dylib
/usr/lib/log/liblog_network.dylib

Rhino plugins
/Users/shanejezowski/Library/Application Support/McNeel/Rhinoceros/MacPlugIns/Panelingtools.rhp “PanelingTools” 6.29.20239.1002
/Applications/Rhinoceros V6.app/Contents/PlugIns/AnimationTools.rhp “AnimationTools” 6.29.20239.1002
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/Applications/Rhinoceros V6.app/Contents/Frameworks/RhCore.framework/Resources/ManagedPlugIns/Commands.rhp “Commands” 6.29.20239.15172
/Applications/Rhinoceros V6.app/Contents/Frameworks/RhCore.framework/Resources/ManagedPlugIns/GrasshopperPlugin.rhp “Grasshopper” 6.29.20239.15172
/Users/shanejezowski/Library/Application Support/McNeel/Rhinoceros/MacPlugIns/Iris.MacR5.rhp “Iris” 1.0.0.0
/Users/shanejezowski/Library/Application Support/McNeel/Rhinoceros/MacPlugIns/Twinmotion Direct Link 2020.rhp “Twinmotion Direct Link 2020” 1.0.6.0
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2

Hi Shane -

So when you start a new file from a factory-default template and make a box, then run Zoom Extents, you are told there are no objects visible?
-wim

3

Test what Wim suggested but if you can also upload a sample file here that shows this I can take a look as well. Maybe it’s a block instance or there’s a geometry error and very small surface somewhere.

4

Good afternoon Wim,

As far as I can tell, this appears to only be occurring on a single file I am working on. The file is about a 2GB in size (that could be an initial red-flag right there). Do you have a preferred email I can send a WeTransfer link to?

5

Hello - if you can see the scene you expect to see in any viewport, window select the entire scene and then run Invert - does the command line show anything selected? If so Delete or Hide and see if Zoom Extents starts working.

-Pascal

6

I followed your steps

  • No items were selected via Invert command.
  • Once all geo was deleted, still no Zoom Extents functionality.

After deleting the geo and testing the Zoom Extents command, I noticed that I couldn’t even make a box. The cursor was just the circle with a diagonal line icon and would not let me select a point on the space.

7

Hi Shane - with nothing selected, what does Properties panel tell you about the camera and target positions? Are the numbers reasonable or massively large or tiny?

-Pascal

8

@pascal - Attached is a screengrab of the values.

Screen Shot 2020-10-15 at 7.56.07 PM

9

Thanks, that seems perfectly reasonable - I was looking for a corrupted viewport. You have some non-standard plug-ins - I guess it is time to disable these (twinmotion, iris, , close and reopen Rhino and see if that makes a difference.

-Pascal