I have been down the rabbit hole trying to figure out this issue. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled both rhino and my nvidia drivers and attempted to adjust other system setting.
Here is my info
Rhino 7 SR38 2024-12-3 (Rhino 7, 7.38.24338.17001, Git hash:master @ 97e36efa02d7f71638988290bb2d190fcf1b18c5)
License type: Educational, build 2024-12-03
License details: Cloud Zoo
Windows 11 (10.0.26200 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 32Gb)
Computer platform: LAPTOP - Plugged in \[100% battery remaining\]
Hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display: Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics (Intel) Memory: 128MB, Driver date: 2-21-2024 (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 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (NVidia) Memory: 8GB, Driver date: 6-23-2022 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 516.59
> 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: 6-23-2022
Driver Version: 31.0.15.1659
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 8 GB
Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\\Program Files\\Rhino 7\\Plug-ins\\Commands.rhp “Commands” 7.38.24338.17001
C:\\Program Files\\Rhino 7\\Plug-ins\\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\\Program Files\\Rhino 7\\Plug-ins\\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 7.38.24338.17001
C:\\Program Files\\Rhino 7\\Plug-ins\\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 7.38.24338.17001
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” 7.38.24338.17001
C:\\Program Files\\Rhino 7\\Plug-ins\\Toolbars\\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 7.38.24338.17001
C:\\Program Files\\Rhino 7\\Plug-ins\\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\\Program Files\\Rhino 7\\Plug-ins\\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port
Secondary monitor attached to adapter port #1
Primary OpenGL: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU (NVidia) Memory: 8GB, Driver date: 10-9-2025 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 581.57
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: 10-9-2025
Driver Version: 32.0.15.8157
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 8 GB
when you updated your driver, did you use clean install or just the basic?
if you did not use the custom/advanced install with the clean install check box, do it again, but do it clean install. Otherwise you are just patching over what may be a bad driver.
also did you use the game ready driver or the studio… if it’s still misbehaving after a clean install and restart, try the other driver. Some machines work great with game, some with studio and I have not been able to tell why one works better than the other for some machines.
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