ID 365823 - Text geometry disappears when parts are outside the boundaries of viewport

Problem summary

Text geometry disappears when parts of it is outside the boundaries of the viewport. 

Customer reported version
modo.12.1v2

Customer reported platform
windows10

Steps to reproduce

1) Use the Text Tool and add text geometry to an empty mesh.

2) Pan the camera to the left or right side of the viewport. 

3) As soon as parts of the text geometry is outside the boundaries of the viewport, it will disappear. 

Workaround

Text geometry will not disappear if a Freeze Mesh Operation is added:

1) Right-click on text geometry mesh in the Items list. 

2) Select Add Mesh Operation -> Freeze. 

3) The text geometry will not disappear if panning outside the boundaries of the viewport. 

Reproduced by support

This bug has been reproduced in:

Modo 12.1v2 - Windows 10 - CentOS 7 - MacOSX 10.13

Modo 12.0v1 - Windows 10 

Modo 11.2v3 - Windows 10 

Modo 11.1v1 - Windows 10 

Modo 11.0v3 - Windows 10 

Modo 10.2v4 - Windows 10 - CentOS 7 - MacOSX 10.13

Earliest version tested

Modo 10.2v4 - Windows 10 - CentOS 7 - MacOSX 10.13 - This issue appears to be in all versions of the product

Expected behaviour
Geometry text should not disappear if exceeding the boundaries of the viewport. 

Actual behaviour
Geometry text disappears when exceeding the boundaries of the viewport.