Hi Andreas

I suggest testing with both renderers, however 'yes', the OctaneRender is the more important one to test.

Thanks

Paul

Hi Andreas

I found a timing issue related to the generating of thumbnails and the opening of the OctaneRender viewport. Are you able to try this version please a tell me if it fixes your issue?

2025.2.1.144 - TEST
- Compiled with Octane 2025.2.1
- Potential fix for the crash related to generating ...

Another question...

What do you have the Rhino->Render->Current Renderer set to please?

Thanks

Paul

Some more info on this....

If the crash reports I have in my inbox are yours, then it is definitely happening when generating the thumbnail. I have tried reproducing the crash using your scene in Rhino8, but cannot get the crash to happen, even when generating large thumbnails.

Is the crash only ...

Hi Andreas

I suspect this might be related to the thumbnail generation in Rhino. Can you please turn off thumbnail generation and tell me if it resolves your issue?

Are you using Rhino7 or Rhino8?

Thanks

Paul

Good to know - thanks.

Paul

What is the version number of the plugin that you are using please?

This seems to be working for me.
The backplate only shows where there is no geometry. Is it possible you have the ground plane enabled?

Paul

also, just testing this again and i don't think either Clay or Colored Clay work when the Polygon Side Invert is enabled.

in fact i'd guess that Clay or Colored Clay work the same way and this may be the reason why Polygon Side isn't working as expected in this case in Clay mode (trying to make a ...

Apologies for the late reply - I missed the email notification.

Yes, Kernel Switch would solve this. However the switch nodes are implemented in Octane in a fashion which is not compatible to the plugin, so unfortunately they are not supported.

Thanks

Paul