Update info collection for beta v4.8.12 – 4.8.23

Complete collection of recent 3D-Coat – Update infos
for beta versions 4.8.12 – 4.8.23 since March 2018

Fixes & Improvements

• Fixed the crash problem in the measure tool( point of the first click equals to point of the second click)
• Problem of flipping pen direction fixed.
• Fixed export crash
• Measurement units kepth between sessions
• fixed problem of scaling during fill (if scene has scale <> 1)
• fixed rare crash related to complex UI configurations.
• Fixed painting with symmetry problems – incorrect alpha rotation.
• Correct lasso job in UV preview window.
• 3DC does not calculate cavity/occlusion for invisible objects.
• Solved problem of UI layout changes during new/import/applinks interaction.
• Fixed problems of RMB/LMB outside the curves window.
• Fixed Undo issue if you delete object from the vox tree using backet icon.
• Proxy additional warning to prevent loosing cached volumes.
• Doubleclick to delete point in curve window, correct edit of Tapering and other windows with curves on smaller screens.
• Correct name of volume after merging mesh with complex extension
• Highlight volume information correctly stored, not lost after Coat’s restart.
• Correct “Pick point 1/2” picking in Fill tool.
• Solved different problems of volumes multiselection.
• Fixed script commands SetCurVolume, SelectVolume.
• OpenVDB codec enabled.
• Baking corrected. There was a lot of problems of baking non-closed objects in surface representation.
• Polished Joints snapping tool.
• Continuous development of curves.
• Fixed Cut&Clone tool
• Fixed different multiselection problems.
• Correct volume highlight, there was problem with completely metallic shaders
• Correct “Run brush along curve” – it was not working for some UI layouts.
• Fixed problem of metalness painting with custom alphas.
• Snap joints tool introduced, this is kitbashing, lego-like modeling. It is suitable for children and for adults. Only a few models there, we will extend kit by the time.
• Huge changes in curves. Filling curve by patch works stable and provides good quality. Filling with holes inside supported. Just add curve in sub-tree of filled curve and it will be treated as hole. Boolean operations between curves in 3D. Many changes related to curves.
• Tutorials/scripted missions for newbies introduced for fast diving in!
• Ghost All works correctly
• AppLink export corrected.
• Import Raw Voxel data speeded up 10 – 20x.
• Skip textures export if need (checkbox in export dialog).
• Axial rotation in text primitive.
• Fixed problem of positioning Tool params window
• Select visible islands in UV/Retopo rooms with rectangle.
• Store camera/[panorama data to the preset.
• Curves “Apply” corrected to work in all tools.
• Possibility to click to fill in material editor (in fill tool)
• Better picking corners in all windows where curve edit required.
• Fixed problems with 8k curvature.
• Retopo via decimation works correctly with objects of non 1.0 scale.
• Lasso works correctly in fill tool
• Correct Transform+pick volumes. Use CTRL/SHIFT to select/unselect.
• fixed problem of some commands in space menu (at the end of list)
• Fixed potential instability in Light Baking Tool.
• RFill (Quad Fill) included into regular retopo toolset, corrected to work as expected.
• Fixed scale of objects in Instant meshes
• AppLinks specifications updated
• Space Menu shortcuts bar problems fixed
• Instant meshes integration. Press RMB over object, AUTOPO->….. It supports symmetry. Don’t expect too much. It is about robustness and stability, but not about too great quality.
• Autopo density problems fixed.
• Posibility of 16-bit export for displacement in export constructor.
• Metal support in picture transform tool. If gloss enabled, imported image will be with metallness. You may vary it with slider.
• FlipX, FlipY, FlipZ for Tweak room
• CTRL+UnifyUV to unify UV sets with same names.
• Import multiple objects for PPP.
• Correct PSD export, correct dropping to PS with smart materials with masks. But still have problems with attached materials. Export is OK, getting back is sometimes problematic.
• Backface culling in retopo works correctly
• If 3D-Coat unable to start, it tries to diagnose and troubleshoot the problem.
• Prevenfing pivot to appear far from scene boundbox.
• To Global / To Uniform space works correctly with multiselection.
• Save VoxTree elements as 3B file works correctly with multiselection. And many other corrected to be compatimle with multiselection.
• Smart transtion between perspective and orthographic mode that keeps scale of scene near the pivot point.
• Correct pivot point management. Avoiding situation when it is randomly set somewhere outside the real scene. Left/Fromt/… views corrected to avoid – situations when you see nothing in scene after switching.
• Primitives in primitives history correct boolean operation type update.
• Tablet pen pressure should be float to support more pressure levels
•  Fixed undercuts (was destroyed)
• Fixed symmetry painting bug (with unsymmetrical alphas).
• Painting with facture works after resampling
• Fixed problem of too bright border when you select VoxTree item in incremental rendering mode
• Constant growing in voxel “Airbrush” tool as written in description.
• Highlight tweaked to be less aggressive

Curves:

• Correct points extrude function over partially selected curve.
• Primitives for curves
• Curves->Modifiers menu
• Extrude points
• A lot of polishing of different tools.
• Back side of curve visibility toggle.
• Fill by patch remade. Should be faster and more accurate.
• Joining points.
• Reworked RMB menu
• Projecting points on plane
• Correct EPS/spline import export. IGES supported. But IGES is not included in community version, if you need to test it, send me request I will send special key.
• Possibility to link several points if snapping to points enabled. They will be moved together.
• many more small changes
• New curves are in very good state. Still need a lot of development, but now it is closer to Corel in 3D. Still beta. (Edit->Prefs->ShowNewCurvs)
• Curves modifiers got button “Attach to selected curves”.

SculptLayers:

The sculpt layers version is a special beta version and in heavy development. It has a “SL” suffix in the file name. You will find the download on Google Drive.

• Duplicate layer works correctly
• Reproject tool polished, correctly works with scale, well documented via tooltips, may project color and depth and keep all this in layers.
• Reprojection tool! Yo may reproject using brush or whole scene
• fixed flickering of UI during depth opacity changing.
• Merge Down, Merge Visible
• correct load/save of scene
• A lot of polishing and bugfix.

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