Built for Maxwell Render 5.2.1.49
Built for Maxwell Render 5.2.0.45
New Denoiser implementation in Maxwell Render. Only one pass is needed, the denoiser information is now stored in the mxi file as another channel, better memory management for the denoising process, and more consistency in general.
New Tiling option with maximum tile size option.
New Denoiser channel added in the Scene Manager > Output tab > Channels section as now the Denoiser is treated as another channel. This channel activation is synced with the Denoiser section.
The Denoiser "Start with SL" max value has been changed to 50 (it was 10).
The Denoiser "Start with SL" default value has been changed to 8 (it was 4).
Removed the field to set the Denoiser output path; as it is now treated as another channel, the denoised image is saved with the main output name + _denoiser.
Material “Type” menu didn’t have the “Substance Painter” item.
Substance Painter extension didn’t show in the Materials tab > right-click menu > New Extension menu.
Built for Maxwell Render 5.1.1.33
Scatter extension "Direction" has been renamed to "Toward Y"
Scatter extension "Direction" changed from list type to percentage control. Now, in-between values are possible.
Built for Maxwell Render 5.1.0.29.
Built with Maxwell Render 5.0.2.21 SDK
Built with Maxwell Render 5.0.1.16 SDK
Plugin help opened Maxwell 4 documentation page instead of Maxwell 5 one.
New command Maxwell_RenderToCloud to send a scene to Maxwell Cloud
New button to send a job to Maxwell Cloud with right-click action to send only the selected objects to Maxwell Cloud.
New Multilight Group feature. Now Group box in the Material Editor, when used with emitters also groups the lights in Multilight.
New MultiGPU Preferences button added next to Engine selector in Scene Manager > Output tab to set your active GPUs.
Built with the new Maxwell Render 5.0.0.14 SDK
Replaced main rendering toolbar icons to use their Maxwell 5 versions.
If you are looking for the Release Notes for Maxwell | Rhino 6 version, please follow this link: Rhino 6 - Version History |
Update to Maxwell 4.2.0.3.
Update to Maxwell 4.2.0.2.
Add Triangle ID channel.
Update to Maxwell 4.1.1.1.
Change Grass default blade type to Flat.
Add Daylight Savings Time environment option.
Fixed problem with Table Brdf not loading .binary files and not rendering correctly.
Add support for "Custom" Maxwell Render installation.
Add Table Brdf and Xrite AxF material types.
Add support for custom plugin install directory.
Update to Maxwell 4.1.0.4.
Update to Maxwell 4.1.0.3.
Change installers to include embedded Maxwell installer.
Change plugin to use central Maxwell installation.
Add support for Altus Denoiser.
Allow negative threads value.
Win: Maxwell Sea Choppiness Factor was not working.
Update to Maxwell 4.0.0.18.
Win: add support for stereo lenses.
Win: add support for blocked emitters.
Update to Maxwell 4.0.0.12.
OSX: engine was not read from template MXS correctly.
Update to Maxwell 4.0.0.11.
Add Maxwell_RemoveDuplicateMaterials command.
Add Maxwell_RemoveSimilarlyNamedMaterials command.
Fix: Select/Remove Unused materials could remove block materials.
Win: MXED MXM Gallery browsing was not working.
Note: the Release Notes tab is showing this as version 4.0.1, but as shown on the Download tab, it is version 4.0.2, for Windows
Update to Maxwell 4.0.0.8.
Win: materials linking to the same MXM are considered to be the same material when linking blocks.
Mac: fixed environment:none.
Update to Maxwell 3.2.1.2 binaries.
Update to Maxwell 3.2.1.1 binaries.
Procedurals were not working in FIRE.
Update to Maxwell 3.2.0 binaries.
Update to Maxwell 3.2.0.0 RC1 libs.
Allow dragging files to IBL channel paths.
Add "Grow toward World Y" to MaxwellGrass.
Add Maxwell_SetDefaultSubdivisionType command.
Add selected-only capability to Maxwell_ExtractMaterials.
Remove 255 search dirs max limit.
Add max search depth limit of 10.
Update to Maxwell 3.1.99.8 libs.
Add material Priority.
Add PSD output support.
Add new Output modes.
Add Reflectance Channel output.
Add Maxwell Sea Repeat U/V params.
Add Maxwell Scatter Uniform Scale param.
Add Maxwell Scatter Remove Overlapped param.
Update to Maxwell Render 3.1.1 binaries.
Maxwell FIRE was restarting unnecessarily in some situations
Add support for OpenVDB (i.e. Volume File) to Volumetric extension
Add new Maxwell_SetMaxwellSeaReferenceTime command
Add more parameters to Maxwell_EnvironmentSettings command
Add more parameters to Maxwell_OutputSettings command
Color param was not working properly in the Transparent material type
Change Search Path strategy
Update to Maxwell 3.1.1 binaries
Extra Sampling feature was not working from the plugin
Update to Maxwell 3.1.0 (RC1) binaries
Update to Maxwell 3.0.99.4.
Add Camera Response
Add Exposure Presets
Add Floating Shadows (FIRE)
Add Floating Reflections (FIRE)
Add White Point
Add Tint
Add Render Zone
Add Hide to Camera in Shadow Ch.
Add Spotlight Emitter mode
Add Material Custom Alphas
Add Release License function
Fix Select Assigned Extensions
Ignore Linked MXM now defaults to off
Camera parameter values could be lost.
Paths with non-English characters could fail.
The Update Linked MXM function was not working.
Switched to Maxwell 3.0.1.3 SDK binaries.
Switched to using local versions of extensions.
Added new Maxwell Scatter extension.
Added Materials list grouping capability.
Added Output > Export > Displacement option.
Added Output > Export > Dispersion option.
Added Output > Export > Motion Blur option.
Added a command for updating MXS references.
Added customization of FIRE window background.
Added new camera Focus method options.
Added Transparent > Dispersion parameter.
Removed +/- 100% Shift Lens limits.
Remove Unused Materials missed Grass materials.
Some extensions were missed when exporting a 3DM.
Lumen/Candela items were swapped in the Emitter UI.
Material names were not updated in the Layers list.
Global map was not correctly read from MXM files.
Maxwell 3.0.1.3 is crashing with MXS References containing instances; this also affects MXS References used in the plugin, as well as the new Maxwell Scatter feature, which operates in terms of MXS References. The workaround is to disable instances when exporting an MXS intended to be used for referencing (which is not generally a bad idea, regardless).
Added new Maxwell_RemoveUnusedMaterials command.
Added new real-time features for Maxwell Sea extension.
Zero-thickness Volumetric & Sea are now auto-corrected.
Plugins now point to the Next Limit support site for help.
Updated to Maxwell 3.0 icons in toolbars and installers.
Cameras from linked blocks were read into the current 3DM.
Camera settings for standard views were not always saved.
Maxwell FIRE resolution was mistakenly clamped to 720 px.
Active texture path could be set to the name of a directory.
Pack & Go was mistakenly leaving out displacement maps.
Worked around a registry bug with the MSI installers.
Readme files mistakenly referred to Maxwell 2.7.20.
Extensions could fail to be removed in some cases.
The current camera could initially be unset in Maxwell FIRE.