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On Oct 10, 10:09 am, David Rutten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > Grasshopper 0.5.0050 is now available for download > from:http://download.rhino3d.com/download_rel.asp?rel=400 > > This is quite a major new release (it's been 3 months after all) which > undoubtedly has many fresh bugs. If you have important files saved > with previous versions, you'd be wise to both back them up and keep > the older version of Grasshopper somewhere on your disk (inactive of > course) in case there are file parsing errors. > > Reasonably complete overview of additions and changes: > > - New file format (see wiki page for > details:http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/default.aspx/McNeel/Grasshopper_FileFormat.... > ) > - New command: GrasshopperDeveloperSettings. Allows for special > loading sequences of components, handy for debugging. Not useful for > regular users. > - Component popup search dialog. Double click on the canvas (on an > empty spot) and start typing. No more navigating through tabs and > panels if you know what you want. > - Memory footprint of runtime solutions has been reduced significantly > for certain kinds of networks because many unnecessary data > duplications have been removed. > - Vastly improved 'Manage Collection' editor. > - Better help topics for some components. (Just started writing those > today so I didn't get very far. The components in Logic (Lists & Sets) > are finished) > - C# and VB.NET scripting components; look in the Logic->Script panel. > - BarGraph component for realtime visualization for large amounts of > numbers. > - Optional input parameters no longer throw warnings when they remain > empty; fewer orange components on the screen. > - Clipboard operations now use the windows clipboard so you can copy > paste between Rhino sessions. > - Clipboard operations now use Xml serialization instead of byte- > arrays, so you can also copy/paste to and from text editors (provided > they support unicode characters). > - Arc curve base type. > - Time primitive base type (not used anywhere yet). > - Domain and Range settings for Graph mapper objects. (grip dragging > is buggy when using non-default domains... this will be fixed soon). > - 'Escape = Close' logic for all dialogs (unless I missed one). > - Post-It notes have input and output grips. > - Post-It notes can write their contents to text files. > - Post-It notes now have custom Font settings. > - Post-It notes have scroll bars for when the content size exceeds the > screen size. > - Better Point parameter picker logic. > - Named views can be deleted through the named view menu (click on the > red X). > - Grid lines on the canvas fade out at low zoom factors; less clutter > when zooming out. > - Fibonacci sequence component. > - Jitter component. > - More Interval(2D) components. > - Mass addition, Mean (average) and Truncate components for dealing > with large amounts of numbers. > - Rotate plane component. > - Circle/Arc center and radius extractor. > - Explode curve component. > - Rectangle and Polygon components. > - Plane surface component. > - Flip surface component. > - Curve region union component. > - Mathematical intersection components (Ray-plane, Plane-curve, Ray- > Surface, Curve-ray etc.). > - More options for the Loft component (Loose, Tight, Rebuild etc.). > - Curve Perpendicular frames component now provide true 'zero-twisting- > frames'. > - Number slider expressions now use slider name as variable. > - Whatever else I forgot to mention. > > - Loads of bug fixes (we've at least tried to fix all bugs which have > been reported through the crashdump system) > > I'd like at this point to thank everybody who has submitted Crash-dump > reports over the past three months, never underestimate your role in > the development process. Keep sending them in! > > Enjoy, > David > > -- > David Rutten > Robert McNeel & Associates
