Why release Rhino 8 if so many features have been dropped from WIP

[chriswilkins31]

Hi, wouldn’t it be better to wait to release Rhino 8 so we have constraints, flair and other features included, I was looking forward to the dropped features, thanks

[ivan.galik]

indeed lately when i try to do one thing with rhino i immediately run into omnipresent bugs basically stopping me from attempting to do anything. sometimes i find my strength to report it but other times i feel resigned.

[davidcockey]

@chriswilkins31

Hi, wouldn’t it be better to wait to release Rhino 8 so we have constraints, flair and other features included, I was looking forward to the dropped features, thanks

What other features were dropped from the WIP, not including suggestions which McNeel never had on the Rhino 8 list? The official list of features is at Rhino 8 WIP Features

@the_eraser

But above all, the beta is super buggy and the UI very laggy…
(mac version)

Which presumably is why it is still a Beta and not released. It appears that the developers are very busy fixing the problems.

@ivan.galik

indeed lately when i try to do one thing with rhino i immediately run into omnipresent bugs basically stopping me from attempting to do anything. sometimes i find my strength to report it but other times i feel resigned.

Is you complaint specific to Rhino 8 Beta, or to Rhino 7?

[Helvetosaur]

@chriswilkins31

Hi, wouldn’t it be better to wait to release Rhino 8 so we have constraints, flair and other features included, I was looking forward to the dropped features, thanks

Because it would be another 3 years perhaps?

You can start using the V9 WIP as soon as V8 is released (assuming you buy the upgrade), and the features you mentioned will be in there.

[chriswilkins31]

I see the Render presets and Grasshopper 2 are still WIP as well

[Helvetosaur]

@chriswilkins31

Grasshopper 2 are still WIP

Grasshopper 2 will be in WIP for a long time yet. Rhino 8 ships with Grasshopper 1 but with a lot of updates and improvements over the V7 version.

[chriswilkins31]

From what I understand, you only have access to WIP if you purchase a new license, I’ll be upgrading from 7 to 8, so unless I am wrong, I won’t be able to access the improvements until the next Beta release

[davidcockey]

@chriswilkins31

From what I understand, you only have access to WIP if you purchase a new license, I’ll be upgrading from 7 to 8, so unless I am wrong, I won’t be able to access the improvements until the next Beta release

Anyone who has a Rhino 8 license including upgrades from previous Rhino versions (except for trial licenses) will be able to use Rhino 9 WIP.

[Helvetosaur]

@chriswilkins31

From what I understand, you only have access to WIP if you purchase a new license, I’ll be upgrading from 7 to 8, so unless I am wrong, I won’t be able to access the improvements until the next Beta release

Incorrect. If you have a paid license (new or upgrade) of V8, you can use the V9 WIP.

[John_Brock]

@chriswilkins31

From what I understand, you only have access to WIP if you purchase a new license, I’ll be upgrading from 7 to 8, so unless I am wrong, I won’t be able to access the improvements until the next Beta release

That is incorrect.
Anyone that holds a paid license for the current shipping version; new or upgrade, Educational or Commercial, is welcome to participate in the WIP development process.

[chriswilkins31]

Thanks to everyone clearing that up, I misunderstood the literature

[chriswilkins31]

Hi, is there any way of adding a Grey/Dark Grey UI theme? I find the Dark theme too dark. Thanks

[Eugen]

@chriswilkins31

I find the Dark theme too dark. Thanks

Me (and not only me), too!
The ColorScheme plugin for R7 had a base color for light or dark. Could we please have something similar for R8?
A color slider even?
Thanks!

[chriswilkins31]

I like the slider idea!

[wim (Wim Dekeyser)]

Hi Chris -

@chriswilkins31

is there any way of adding a Grey/Dark Grey UI theme? I find the Dark theme too dark.

You can customize UI colors starting from either dark or light. At this time, we have no plans for adding additional themes.
-wim

[chriswilkins31]

Hi Wim, where would I customize how dark it is, maybe I’m missing the setting, Chris.

[archist97]

Super buggy in Winodw as well. They do not admit it. They just always say it works fine here.

[wim (Wim Dekeyser)]

Hi Chris -

@chriswilkins31

maybe I’m missing the setting

If you update to the latest Beta, there should be an extra 3 colors to set:

-wim

[chriswilkins31]

Hi Wim, thanks very much!

[ivan.galik]

@ivan.galik

indeed lately when i try to do one thing with rhino i immediately run into omnipresent bugs basically stopping me from attempting to do anything. sometimes i find my strength to report it but other times i feel resigned.

Rhino 7 has many imperfections but is fairly stable and feels fast. Rhino 8 is super unstable freezing pc everytime and has got so too many bugs even for beta. if i wanted to report everything i would not do anything else. i gave it a chance this week for serious work but its impossible.