Simplygon 9.1 Release Notes

Latest Simplygon 9.1 release 9.1.2600.0

Major updates

• Standalone UE4 plugin
• New impostor processor
• Autodesk 3ds Max plugin (Max 2021 in preview)
• FASTBuild and Incredibuild support
• New integrations as previews: Blender, Houdini & Unity
• New file formats: USD and Alembic

Simplygon API updates

• Ability to use opacity as transparency in material casters
• Foliage processor is now part of impostor processor type: billboard cloud
• Added posibilty to add meshes to CameraSelectionSets
• Visibility support in new remeshing processor
• Added method to dump a settings object as JSON
• Added geometry field shading node
• Added missing rotation methods to texture shading node interface

Pipeline updates

• Added batch API
• Added support for metadata in pipeline settings
• Added cascaded pipeline support in pipeline settings path
• Arbitrary pipeline in cascade mode as intermediate
• New setting for unique material names in pipelines

Max plugin updates

• Camera support for visibility
• Automatic export of active selection sets
• New impostor pipeline
• Added support for legacy INI settings
• Added support for physical material system in Max 2021 preview

Maya plugin updates

• Camera support for visibility
• Automatic export of active selection sets
• New impostor pipeline
• ShaderFX/Stingray PBS documentation
• Added support for legacy INI settings

File format updates

• Support for glTF KHR_texture_transform
• Skinning support for glTF
• glTF: Support for separate wrap modes
• Support for Alembic and USD