2009/3/30 Vesa Meskanen <[email protected]> > Hello, > > Could we have some information about development status on version 7? >> Its been lately too quiet on the userlist. Info about the new features >> would be nice:) >> > > The plan is to release v7 during 3rd quarter of 2009 (in September at > latest). We do not have a complete list of new features available yet, and > some features are still under development. > > Anyway, here's some quick notes: > > - OpenGL: new drawing modes like wire-shaded combo mode > (www.realsoft.com/private/V7screenshot.jpg), significantly faster realtime > drawing, better quality etc. > - Rendering speed: 10-20 % speedup on average. High poly models can render > up to 10 times faster! > - Multi-core optimizations: rendering engine threads now share most of the > scene data. This improves memory efficiency dramatically in multi-core > systems. A dual core system can typically render 50 % more complex scenes, > a > quad core 2 times and an eight core system 3-4 times more complex scenes as > in v6. > - New animateable deformations and animation effects > - New particle tools and effects > - New 'Real3D-like' efficient and straightforward compound tools > - Better Import/Export: new image and geometry formats supported, tools > for > making 2D projections and exporting them using common 2D vector formats > (for CAD drawings) , etc. > > I will post a more complete list later. > > > Kind regards, > > Vesa > > > Hi Vesa,
That sounds great :) and it's a nice screenshot, too. I like that mix of wireframe- and ogl-rendering. I'm really looking foreward to test the new version! best regards, Jan
