not that i would use that very often, but it appears the command no longer yields anything thrilling
Thanks.
That’s a known issue - RH-82309 ShowZBuffer: Does nothing when running Metal
-wim
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I just stumbled into this problem myself. Glad someone already posted this.
Using Rhino’s renderer to save the depth map could be a work around, although its less convenient.
Thanks for the tip @cdordoni. I’m not getting anywhere as nice as a result using Cycles. Is this the right function to get the Depthmap?
Looks like we have another ZBuffer mystery for you @wim. Show Distance Channel creates a noisy depthmap image in Rhino 8 for Mac.
SystemInfo
Rhino 8 SR9 2024-7-12 (Rhino 8, 8.9.24194.18122, Git hash:master @ 785b9fde79bb684d22aab317998f7195a8c27c14)
License type: Educational Lab License, build 2024-07-12
License details: Cloud Zoo
Apple macOS Version 14.5 (Build 23F79) (Physical RAM: 16GB)
Mac Model Identifier: MacBookPro17,1
Language: en-US (MacOS default)
.NET 7.0.0
Metal GPU Family Apple 7
Metal GPU Family Common 3
Metal GPU Family Mac 2
Graphics processors
Apple M1
Color LCD (1440 x 900 @ 60.00Hz)
GPU Vendor: Apple
USB devices
None
Bluetooth devices
None
Third party kernel extensions
None
Third party plugins
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCore.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftCoreFoundation.dylib
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/usr/lib/swift/libswiftGameplayKit.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftMetalKit.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftModelIO.dylib
/usr/lib/swift/libswiftSceneKit.dylib
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Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
/Applications/Rhino 8.app/Contents/Frameworks/RhMaterialEditor.framework “Renderer Development Kit” 8.9.24194.1002
/Applications/Rhino 8.app/Contents/Frameworks/RhCore.framework/Resources/ManagedPlugIns/Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.9.24194.18122
/Applications/Rhino 8.app/Contents/PlugIns/NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots” 8.9.24194.1002
/Applications/Rhino 8.app/Contents/Frameworks/RhCore.framework/Resources/ManagedPlugIns/RDK_EtoUI.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.9.24194.18122
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And Windows Rhino 8 apparently
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License type: Commercial, build 2024-07-12
License details: Cloud Zoo
Windows 11 (10.0.22631 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 64GB)
.NET 7.0.0
Computer platform: DESKTOP
Standard graphics configuration.
Primary display and OpenGL: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (NVidia) Memory: 6GB, Driver date: 6-25-2024 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 556.12
> Accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display attached to adapter port #0
Secondary graphics devices.
Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 (Intel) Memory: 1GB, Driver date: 6-1-2021 (M-D-Y).
> Integrated graphics device with 3 adapter port(s)
- There are no monitors attached to this device!
OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
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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: 6-25-2024
Driver Version: 32.0.15.5612
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 6 GB
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C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.9.24194.18121
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.9.24194.18121
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.9.24194.18121
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C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.9.24194.18121
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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”
Should we create a new thread for the Show Distance Channel issue in Rhino 8 (Mac and Windows)?
Hi Wim,
Following up on this from a few days ago … Is it OK to have the windows and mac issue with Show Distance Channel included with the Show Z Buffer issue, or should a new thread be started?