How is it looking on the adoption front ? are studios getting on board ? :) Each new release seems to offer a fairly considerable amount of incentive.
On 29 February 2016 at 17:54, Tom Kleinenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > In that attributes preset video, I think you spelled Gator wrong :) > > Very interesting looking stuff, it looks like it's adding features at a > level I can wrap my head around now... > > On 29 February 2016 at 17:35, Eric Thivierge <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> There is a new Fabric Engine release 2.1 that is now out. You can check >> out these 2 videos, one which is the overview of the full release and the >> other covering the new Attribute presets. >> >> *Overview* >> https://vimeo.com/156810384 >> >> *Attributes Presets* >> https://vimeo.com/156543124 >> >> >> Some highlights: >> >> - Environment variables automatically set within Fabric for Softimage >> plugin to make it easier to get up and running without having to set >> variables by hand. >> >> - Xfo and Mat44 arrays are now supported in Softimage so you can >> easily drive kinematics for arrays of objects. >> >> - The Value Editor in 2.0.x had its quirks. The good news is that it >> has been completely rewritten and we now have a really good foundation to >> add more tricks in the future. We’ve added some pretty useful elements >> like >> spin boxes and now you can skin it with QSS. >> >> - The 'time to usefulness' in Canvas has been longer than we >> intended. To help with this, we have added dozens of new presets and >> samples. Some of you have already seen these in the daily builds, but >> there >> are a few new goodies that we held back for the release itself - check out >> the new Attributes Presets in 2.1! >> >> - ** Attribute Presets ** >> - Getting and setting attribute values >> - Conversion between attribute types >> - Debug drawing facilities >> - Presets for basic math and vector math >> - Geometry math presets >> - Closest point and raycast presets >> - Transfer attributes between geometries >> >> - It's been difficult to figure out what’s gone wrong when a graph >> fails or has a broken connection. The new Diagnostics Window should save >> you lots of time and aggravation if / when this happens. >> >> - There are loads of other things in this release, like the new >> CanvasDeformer node in Fabric for Maya that is 4-5x faster than using >> CanvasNode, and conveniences like being able to drag and drop a .canvas >> file into Canvas. >> >> >> *Release Notes:* >> >> http://docs.fabric-engine.com/FabricEngine/2.1.0/HTML/ReleaseNotes/2.1.0.html#relnotes-2-1-0 >> >> *Forum Announcement:* >> http://forums.fabricengine.com/discussion/305/fabric-2-1-is-here >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> Eric Thivierge >> http://www.ethivierge.com >> >> ------ >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> > > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >
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