Version 4.2.6.4 - 07 Oct 2019
ADDITIONS:
New Custom Alpha panel and functionality which allows managing the assignment to objects (for the moment, it doesn’t work for materials)
New Custom Alpha section in Object’s properties area.
New Custom Alpha option in Extra Sampling mask type parameter.
New buttons to open Custom Alphas panel from Maxwell’s Object Properties and from Maxwell Render Settings > Output tab > Channels > Custom Alpha
New About box in Maxwell menu
CHANGES:
"Use Rhino Sun" has been renamed to "Sync with Rhino Sun" (it reflects the behavior better).
"Sync with Rhino Sun" is now at the top of the Maxwell Sun settings.
In "Sync with Rhino Sun" mode the Maxwell Sun Type and the Rhino sun states are always in synchrony. Changing Maxwell sun type can change the state of the Rhino Sun / or changing the state of the Rhino Sun can change the Maxwell Sun Type.
Version 4.2.6.3 - 18 Sep 2019
IMPROVEMENTS:
Mesh objects are now exported into layer groups (to Studio).
Conversion from Rhino 5:
Rhino Gamma is set to default 2.2 (instead of previous 1.0)
Rhino 5 environment
Rhino 5 render settings (but not the channel settings)
Rhino 5 Maxwell Object parameters
Rhino 5 Camera parameters (known issue with Named Views)
ADDITIONS:
New command Maxwell_PickCameraFocalDistance (in V6 this command sets the focus to the intersected surface or Mesh point and it is interactive in FIRE views)
New button for Maxwell_PickCameraFocalDistance on the Maxwell camera panel.
Camera Focus mode (Target/Manual/Auto) and Manual Focus Distance parameters.
Extra controls (FOV/Azimuth/Angle) for FishEye, Spherical and Cylindrical lenses.
Custom Alpha option for Extra Sampling (custom alpha options are still not complete).
Automatic light export for Rhino lights: point, spot, linear, rectangular (directional lights are not exported).
Maxwell specific parameters in Rhino lights in the Maxwell Object Property tab: IES and Projector light types (only for spotlights) and emission multiplier.
Maxwell light parameter "Rotation around dir." for IES and projector types to add an extra control over the orientation of the projected image or IES pattern around the axis of the light (it seems normal Rhino spotlights don't have it).
Global render switch for "Displacement"
Global render switch for "Dispersion"
Animation export mode. In case the actual Rhino renderer is Maxwell and user runs the "Record Animation" command the plugin exports the frames in animation mode. (After all the frames have been exported the user can control how animation runs in the new "Maxwell Animation Controls" dialog). Limitation: in the case of sun study Maxwell always uses the Rhino sun data even if the Maxwell Environment was set for a specific location and date.
The plugin opens Overwrite warning dialog in case the output mxs file already exists.
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In Maxwell Render meshes were in wrong positions.
Maxwell export with a named view(s) could crash Rhino.
Maxwell Environment Sun date/time (with some localized formats) could crash Rhino.
Maxwell placed the objects in the wrong position during dynamic transforms (depends on scene base scale).
Rhino materials were not exported (in non-English Rhino versions).
Typo "Pin Holde" -> "Pin Hole".
Rhino viewports were full black after Maxwell Fire was used and after that, a new scene (or other scenes) was opened.
CHANGES:
Rhino sun Enabled status is used if Maxwell Environment uses Rhino sun.
The "Maxwell Material" name has changed to "Maxwell Referenced".
In the case a Rhino environment is used (not Maxwell) and there is a background image, the plugin converts it to IBL and uses the image for all the IBL channels.
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