BodyPaint 3D Changelog

What's new in BodyPaint 3D R20.057Build RB269127

• General:
• Faster Picture Viewer playback
• Speed and memory optimizations
• Installer Command Line Interface (CLI) mode
• Exchange:
• SketchUp:
• Update to SketchUp 2018 SDK
• Null objects with only one child polygon object now create one combined object instead
• Alembic:
• Update to Alembic 1.7.7 SDK
• Performance improvements by caching matrices
• Users can now bake selected objects to Alembic
• New animation retiming controls
• Set Frame (for manual animation control via keyframes)
• Offset Animation
• Playback modes (Play, Loop, Ping Pong)
• Speed setting
• Time Remap Curve Interface
• FBX:
• Update to FBX 2018.1.1
• Support for instances
• Axis preferences:
• Flip Z Axis
• Up Axis (Default, X, Y, Z)
• New CAD imports (CATIA V5, JT, Solidworks, STEP, IGES)
• Houdini upgrade to 16.5.536
• AI importer: Illustrator splines now load in at the correct scale
• Modeling:
• Enhanced modeling kernel:
• Several commands migrated to the new modeling kernel provide much better preservation of surface attributes (UV, etc.)
• Delete Components command with much faster performance and better behavior (e.g., deleting disconnected points)
• Triangulate command
• Triangulate N-gons
• Re-Triangulate N-gons
• Remove N-gons
• Align Normals
• Reverse Normals
• Several tools migrated to the new modeling kernel
• Extrude Polygon
• Extrude Inner
• Matrix Extrude
• Primitives now use the new modeling kernel
• Sphere (Icosahedron, Octahedron mode), Platonic and Pyramid primitives now generate non-overlapping UV coordinates
• An option is available to convert legacy primitives from old scenes to use the new behavior
• The Structure Manager now automatically switches the Component mode (Points, Polygons, ...) to the mode selected in the Structure Manager
• Custom Data tag
• A new API allows 3rd-party developers to create custom Data tags, which store surface attributes and can also provide interpolations functions.
• Commands and tools using the new modeling kernel will respect these surface attributes and use the interpolation functions provided
• OpenVDB
• Volume Builder Generator
• Converts a polygon object, spline object, particle object or a Field into a Volume object
• Can create Signed Distance Fields and Fog volumes
• Several parameters of the resulting Volume object can be controlled (e.g., Voxel Size)
• Filter Objects
• Smooth Filter / Smooth Layer
• Different Filter Types
• Signed Distance Field: Gaussian, Mean, Median, Mean Curvature, Lablacian Filter
• Fog: Gaussian, Mean, Median
• Different Filter Accuracy settings for Signed Distance Fields: First Bias, Second Bias, Third Bias, WENO 5, HJWENO 5
• Reshape Filter / Reshape Layer
• Different Filter Types
• Signed Distance Field: Dilate / Erode, Close / Open
• Fog: Offset, Range Map, Curve
• Different Filter Accuracy settings for Signed Distance Fields: First Bias, Second Bias, Third Bias, WENO 5, HJWENO 5
• Objects and Filters can be layered using different mix modes
• Signed Distance Fields (Union, Substract, Intersect)
• Fog (Normal, Max, Min, Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide)
• Volume objects can be referenced as a Field Layer
• Volume Mesher Generator
• Generate a polygon object from a Volume object
• User can control the Voxel Range Threshold or the Surface Threshold
• Meshing can be adaptive
• Import / Export .vdb
• Volume objects can be imported and exported from and to the industry standard .vdb file format.
• Volume Loader object
• References and loads volume files and volume file sequences
• Volume Mesh command: Remeshes and combines polygon objects using a volume-based approach.
• Rendering:
• ProRender:
• ProRender now supports:
• Subsurface Scattering
• Linear & Angular Motion Blur
• Sub-frame Motion Blur
• Out of Core Texture streaming to render textures that exceed the total GPU memory
• Multi Instances
• Texture Selection tags on instances
• MoGraph Color shader
• Physical Sky
• Compositing passes
• Direct Illumination
• Indirect Illumination
• Emission
• Environment
• World Coordinate
• Texture Coordinate
• Geometry Normal
• Shading Normal
• Depth
• Object ID
• Object Group ID
• Material ID
• Anti-Aliasing can be enabled for
• World Coordinate
• Texture Coordinate
• Geometry Normal
• Shading Normal
• Depth
• Object ID
• Material ID
• Object Group ID
• Shadow Catcher
• 2D Noises: users now can use all 2D noises except 'sparse convolution' in the legacy base shader.
• New Seed setting: users can now specify a seed that is used for rendering.
• Ray Depth can now be restricted (Diffuse, Glossy Reflection, Refraction, Glossy Refraction)
• Shadow Ray Depth can now be set
• Support for Metal 2
• Compiling kernels on demand, shaders that introduce a big chunk of GPU kernel code will not be included in the initial kernel compilation. The kernel compilation is triggered when such a shader is added.
• Scenes are now cached when animations are rendered to the Picture Viewer.
• New Reload Scene per Frame option to enforce R19 behavior
• General performance enhancements
• Physical Renderer
• Improved progressive rendering performance
• Materials:
• General:
• Immediate low-resolution baking for Viewport
• Improved shader / material baking for the Viewport
• Updated Material previews
• Updated scene setup
• Several new scenes
• MoGraph Beat Shader now accepts float values for BPM
• New node-based materials
• Over 140 nodes available
• Projection nodes can be visualized in the Viewport
• Node networks can be turned into material assets
• Node based Materials can be edited in the Node Editor, Material Editor and Attributes Manager
• New Node Editor based on new UI framework
• Attributes Area, displaying the parameters of the selected nodes
• A specialized version of the Attribute Manager
• New connector element showing dependencies within the shading/rendering context
• The Connector context menu allows to:
• Connect Nodes
• Textures
• Load Textures
• Replace Nodes
• Insert Converters
• Copy
• Paste (Link)
• Paste (Duplicate)
• Remove
• Mute Ports
• Propagate Ports
• Basic tab
• Name
• Asset Version dropdown shows the different versions of a node (if available)
• Custom Node color
• Inputs tab
• The input attributes of the selected node
• Nodes can have a dynamic number of inputs (e.g., the gradient can have a variable number of Knots)
• The command Show Sub-channels can switch the layout to also show sub-channels of a parameter (e.g., Color.R, Color.G, Color.B, Color.A for "Color")
• Context tab
• Enables users to replace the context of many Nodes, e.g., to change the UV mapping for this node.
• Asset area
• Lists all available assets provided by Maxon or stored by the user
• The asset list can be filtered by name and keywords
• A keyword filter can set certain parameters in a node (e.g., a search for "Buya" will show a Basic Noise Node with Buya set as the Noise type)
• Context menu
• Create New category
• Create Node
• Import Assets
• Create New Database
• Mount Database (Folder / Zip File)
• Unmount Database
• Export Database
• Nodes area lists all the Nodes in the current setup
• The Nodes list can be filtered
• Nodes can be cut, copied, pasted, deleted and duplicated
• Info area, displaying information about the selected Node / asset / Wire (name, version, warnings, ...)
• Nodes commander, allows the user to search for assets by name and keyword
• Node view
• Nodes
• Header (displays the title, preview and node state toggle)
• Can be colored to give users a way to organized their Node networks
• Naming of the Node can be changed
• Body (includes in- / out-port groups, port bars, port slots and port names)
• The body can display all ports, no ports or only the connected ports
• Nodes can have two major states (full and collapsed)
• Nodes can be displayed in vertical or horizontal layout
• Ports
• Node ports can have different states (unconnected, connected, propagated, converted, group ports, error)
• Node ports are color coded to make it easy to differentiate between different types of ports.
• Ports can be renamed
• Wires
• Several ways to connect a Wire to a port:
• Connect a Wire straight to a port
• Release a Wire on the port name
• Release a Wire on the group port name. A pop-up will appear with compatible ports of the group the Wire can connect to
• Release a Wire inside the empty area of the Node. Again a pop-up with all compatible ports will appear
• Wires can be displayed as Linear or Bezier curves
• Wires can be muted (displayed as a dotted line)
• Special Nodes
• Start Node: the Node's attributes will be displayed in the Material Editor and the Attribute Manager when the Node material is selected
• Solo Node: allows the system to use the data from this Node to be displayed in the Viewport and previews
• Group Node: a Node that contains a nodal network
• Asset Node: Group Nodes can be converted into Assets
• Users can use different techniques to navigate the Node View, including touch gestures.
• Navigator mini map shows an overview of the complete Node network, can be used to quickly navigate the Node network
• Group bars on the left and right sides of the Node View can be used to propagate the ports to the outside of the group.
• Nodes can snap to the grid when moved
• Toolbar shows:
• Breadcrumb display of the path to the currently edited Node
• Filter Field
• Uber Material
• Material Asset, build with the new Node system
• Three reflection channels
• Diffuse Channel: renders diffuse reflections
• Reflection Channel with three reflection modes
• Artistic - blends between two user defined colors
• Dielectric - for dielectric reflections, such as plastic
• Conductor - for conductors, e.g., metals
• Coating channel, a simplified dielectric reflection layer to render effects such as a clear coat
• Emission layer for emissive effects such as luminous materials
• Transparency for refractive materials such as glass
• Opacity to control the material’s opacity
• Bump to control global bump mapping
• Normal to control global bump mapping
• Displacement to control the displacement of the material
• New Node materials
• Car Paint
• Ceramic
• Concrete
• Cutout
• Emission
• Gold
• Granite
• Marble
• Metal
• Plastic
• Rock
• Wood
• Material Manager
• New commands in the Create menu
• New Uber Material
• New Node Material
• Node materials (displays all materials in the asset repository folder)
• Can now open the Node Editor
• Workflow/UI:
• Compositing tag now has a ProRender tab
• Shadow Catcher Alpha
• Light Portal
• Object Group ID
• Multi Instances
• New Instances integrated in the Cloner object, Instance object and supported by all internal Render Engines
• Multi Instances are stored as one object internal, resulting in higher performance and less allocated memory
• Supports different render modes in the Viewport (Off, Points, Matrix, Bounding Box, Object)
• Supports the Color shader and MoGraph colors
• Project Settings
• Use Color Channel for Node Material"´ setting
• New Console
• Categories provide more overview
• Python console can now completely replace functionality of the Command Line
• Output can be written to files
• Drastically improved performance
• New gradient
• Updated interface
• Gradient color bar can be displayed in 3 different sizes (small, medium, large)
• Selected knots now have an orange outline
• If more than one Knot is selected, selection handles appear. The allow to move all selected Knots at the same time to to scale the range
• New Double Selected Knots and Distribute Selected Knots command in the Context menu
• New Interpolation mode Blend
• Interpolation can now be set per Knot
• Intensity renamed to Brightness (only available in the Legacy gradient)
• New options if gradient is used in User Data"´ (COLOR, ALPHA, NOEDITCOLOR, NOPRESET,NOINTERPOLATION, NOKNOTPOSITION, NOBIASPOSITION, NOBRIGHTNESS)
• New Gradient Node
• Can display textures and shaders in the gradient color bar
• Can display alpha
• Color Chooser is extended with an Alpha slider
• Blending Space can be set to Linear or sRGB
• Knot symbol changes: if this Knot is driven by a Node input
• Enhanced Color Chooser
• Color Chooser now can store alpha values in swatches
• Color Picker now is always available when the Color Chooser is collapsed
• Color Chip context menu now offers option to enable/disable Alpha (where applicable) and to copy & paste a color
• The Color Chooser in the unfolded state is now responsive to the size of the manager it displays
• In the Color Wheel mode it is possible to click on the number on the right side to define the amount of color samples directly
• The Hex mode now can be enabled directly in the Color Chooser Interface
• Linear Numeric Values switch allows to display the color sliders linearly in the nodes interface
• Alpha slider in the nodes interface
• Texture Manager
• Channel column is renamed to Material Path, also supports node-based materials and displays the path within the material
• Edit menu now contains commands formerly only available in the context menu (Show File in Explorer/Finder, ...)
• New Open File in Manager behavior - a new command and Show in Attribute Manager now displays the attributes of the bitmap shader / Image Node.
• Open Material in Manager is now exposed as a command.
• Preview shows resolution and bit depth now and small images are centered
• Attribute Manager was adapted to the Nodes' workflow
• New Connector interface to handle node connections
• Preferences
• Interface: new dropdown menu Field Remapping Graph (Hide, Show, Hide in Field lists)
• Input devices: new setting to enable touch devices
• Files / Path: new Fields lists for file assets and database search paths
• Plug-ins: new Field list for plug-in search paths
• Units / default sets: new Alpha mode and Hexadecimal mode check boxes
• New group Gradient
• Size drop-down menu (Small, Medium, Large)
• Selection handles check box
• New group Alpha
• Grid Color drop-down menu (Light, Medium, Dark)
• Renderer / ProRender: new group Out of Core Cache
• Custom Location check box
• Location path
• Material (previously Material Preview)
• New group Node-based Materials
• Node Preview Size drop-down menu (Small, Medium, Large, Huge)
• 3D Preview Scene drop-down menu
• Node Previews check box
• Preview HUD check box
• Modeling/Sculpting (previously Sculpting):
• New group Modeling
• Disconnected Points on Delete drop-down menu (Remove (press Shift to preserve), Preserve (press Shift to remove))
• Import/Export:
• Settings for new CAD formats:
• CATIA (*.CATPart, *.CATProduct, *.cgr) Import settings
• IGES (*.igs,*.iges) Import
• JT (*.jt) Import
• Solidworks (*.SLDPrt,*.SLDAsm,*.SLDDrw) Import
• STEP (*.stp,*.step,*.p21) Import
• Settings include:
• Settings to enable/disable the import of geometry, splines, instances, helper and hidden objects
• Settings how to import Normals, display colors, layers and materials
• Combine by None, Original Bodies, By Topology, By Color or By Layer
• Heal and Stitch
• Optimize Hierarchy
• Setting to import Source Mesh
• Settings to import LOD with JT
• Settings to influence the tessellation, also scale-based tesselation
• FBX (*.fbx) Export
• General: new Instances check box
• Additional: new Flip Z Axis check box and new Up Axis drop-down menu (Y Axis (default), X Axis, Z Axis)
• FBX (*.fbx) Import
• General: new Instances check box
• Additional: new Flip Z Axis check box and new Up Axis drop-down menu (Y Axis (default), X Axis, Z Axis)
• Volume (*.vdb) Export
• Scale input field
• Animation check box
• Name drop-down menu
• From and To input fields
• Selected Only check box
• Volume (*.vdb) Import
• Volume Grids list field
• Scale input field
• Animation check box
• Name drop-down menu
• From and To input fields
• Group Objects check box
• Import to Project Location check box
• Assets
• Node-based materials and Node networks can be stored as Assets
• Save Assets dialog
• Name: name of the Asset
• Version tag: the version number of the Asset
• ID: Asset ID
• Database: the database the Asset will be stored in
• Category: Asset Category (Color, Context, Conversion, Generator, Info, Material, Math, Shape, String, Surface, Uncategorized, Utility, New Category)
• General
• Send to PictureViewer now supports all Viewport renderings (also OpenGL)
• Camera 2D mode for the Viewport
• New Export Selected Object as ... menu entry in the Object Manager
• The Compositing Project File for Nuke now supports Alembic
• New Viewport display modes for the Texture tag (Simple, Grid, Solid)
• Improved UVs for Sphere (some types), Pyramid and Platonic
• New Bake as Alembic and Bakes as Alembic + Delete commands
• New command Save as Default Scene
• Updated Visualize layout
• New Multi-Passes
• Direct Diffuse
• Indirect Diffuse
• Direct Specular
• Indirect Specular
• Texture mode now works as the former Texture Axis mode. Texture Axis mode isn't available anymore.
• MoGraph:
• MoGraph Fields
• MoGraph Fields replace falloffs in all areas where formerly Falloffs were used
• Field Objects are Objects in the scene and can be freely placed and animated
• Some Fields can have Sub-Fields, modifying one of their special parameters
• Fields can write values into certain maps (Vertex Maps, Vertex Colors, Point/Edge/Polygon selections, MoGraph selections, MoGraph Weights)
• Old falloffs are loaded as legacy falloffs, can be converted to Fields
• MoGraph Fields UI allows for layering of Fields
• Different Blend modes available (Normal, Min, Subtract, Multiply, Overlay, Max, Add, Screen, Clip)
• Opacity slider
• Value, direction (for certain Effectors) and color modification of each layer can ben enabled/disabled
• New Field Objects (Box, Capsule, Cone, Cylinder, Linear, Spherical, Torus, Formula, Python, Radial, Random, Shader, Sound, Group)
• New Modifier Layers (Clamp, Color Filter, Colorizer, Curve, Decay, Delay, Formula, Freeze, Invert, Noise Remap, Python, Quantize, Rangemap, Remap)
• New Field Layers (MoGraph Object, Particle Object, Point Object, Solid, Spline Object, Step, Time, Variable Tag, Volume Object)
• Fields Interface
• Blending tab: here are the Blending options that are also found in the Field Layer interface.
• Field tab: here are the field-specific parameters of the object
• Optional sub-fields tab: this tab offers a Field Layer UI for the sub-fields
• Remapping tab: this tab holds the integrated remapping parameters of the Field value.
• Color Remapping tab: this tab holds integrated remapping options for the Field color
• Direction tab: this tab holds integrated remapping options for Field direction
• Optional View Settings tab: this tab holds the Viewport settings for the Field
• Field object interface
• Same as Fields Interface, minus the Blending tab, plus Direction tab
• Direction tab: Direction Mode drop-down menu (No Remap, Custom Direction, Attenuate by Strength) and Normalize Direction check box
• MoGraph Cloner object now supports Multi-Instances
• Motion Tracking:
• Updated Motion Tracker layout
• Simplified workflow to create a Motion Tracker object and to load the footage
• Show dope sheet style data representation for selected track in the Graph Mode of Graph View.
• The tracking direction can now be defined per keyframe
• Tracks can now be frozen, to prevent them from being changed by other edits
• Newauto re-keying options automatically inserts a key whenever the 2D error reaches a certain threshold to
• improve tracking for tracks where the size or orientation of the surface changes significantly
• New 2D Tracks editor mode
• User Tracks list
• Selected tracks are highlighted in the Cinema 4D standard way
• Individual tracks can be renamed directly within the GUI
• Full set of standard selection interactions supported
• Ability for user to re-order tracks
• Multiple column data display to show the main track settings
• Support for folders
• Cursor navigation
• Ability to delete track(s) using the Delete key
• Pop up context menu with relevant controls.
• Tracking direction indication in Graph View
• Multi-selection and editing of mask vertices is now supported
• New dockable Track Window that shows the zoomed view of a 2D Track
• SDK:
• C++
• New Maxon API
• Project tool
• to generate project files for different operating systems
• support (optional) style and syntax checks
• Python
• Integrated Python updated to version 2.7.14, including updated OpenSSL module
• Script Manager: Python scripts can now also set the menu state, as it was possible in previous versions with C.O.F.F.E.E. scripts
• Improved developer workflow due to better integration into external IDEs, including code auto completion
• First exposure of Maxon API in Python