Simplygon 9 Release Notes

Simplygon 9.1 preview release 9.1.282.0

• Added method to dump a settings object as JSON
• Fixed glTF opacity channel swizzle
• Added transparency as opacity and treat bump map channel as normalmap
• Added custom field MaxDeviation in scene from Billboard cloud
• Fix node handling in FBX & glTF importing and exporting
• Marked API methods for deprecation
• Added global setting to internally opacity to make work like transparency
• Fix FBX transforms and glTF export of invalid materials
• Added directions to sample from when using Omni Directional Camera
• Improved local fallback with pipeline batches and IncrediBuild
• Unified process selectionset handling between reducer, remesher and aggregator
• Fixes to enable install license directly after installation
• Added posibilty to add meshes to CameraSelectionSets
• FastBuild fixes to improve speed and local builds
• Added geometry field shading node
• UI fix for running Maya in batch mode
• Added missing rotation methods to texture shading node interface
• Full text search in documentation

Older Simplygon 9.1 preview releases

9.1.129.0

• Support for Billboard cloud in Max
• Allowing custom settings in pipeline
• Fix for Billboard cloud pipeline loading in UI
• Allow any pipeline in cascade to be set as intermediate
• Fixed rare mixup when reading active skin clusters in Maya
• Updated Impostor cpp example test and documentation
• Automatic process set setup if none is provided
• Fixed issue that prevented blend shapes from working
• Support for separate wrap modes in glTF
• Bug fixes for Incredibuild distribution and docs
• Automatic export of active selection sets in Max and Maya
• Fixed texture name extraction in FBX importer
• Support KHR_texture_transform in glTF
• Extract normal channel and fix specular modulation

9.1.102.0

• Added setting for unique material names in pipelines
• Added blend mode to materials for glTF support
• Added method to query active selection sets
• Changed nonmanifold handlind
• Geometry culling volume fixes
• Fixed FBX material import/export bug
• Propagate errors when running distributed pipeline batches
• Continuous progress updates in pipeline batches
• Updated docs on accessing cascaded pipelines results
• Added pipeline batch API
• Links to license app and documentation in UIs
• Console documentation for Simplygon license app
• Added support for legacy INI settings
• Added camera support to Max and Maya integration
• Incredibuild distribution support
• Fixed multimaterial issues
• Added ResetStates option in Max UI
• Updated serialization, renamed SerializeSettings to Serialize
• Preview of Houdini integration
• Visability support in remeshing processor

9.1.30.0

• Maya migration guide
• Texture import improvements in Max
• Enabled Imposter pipelines in integrated UIs
• Example updates
• ShaderFX/Stingray PBS documentation
• Documentation improvements in Max and Maya
• Simplygon Installer CLI bug fixes
• Added /gridagent option to Simplygon installer CLI docs
• Added cascaded pipeline support in pipeline settings path
• Added support for pipeline export in UIs
• Improved cascaded pipeline support in Maya
• Enabled BillBoardCloudPipeline