Vue Changelog

What's new in Vue 2015.2 Build 007627

• Rendering and Performance:
• High-amplitude Displacement Mapping:
• Swifter rendering.
• Supports strong distortions of object surfaces.
• Bitmap or procedurally based.
• Faster Rendering:
• Up to 20% faster on a modern CPU.
• Photometric rendering up to twice as fast.
• Faster preparation and rendering of infinite, spherical & planetary terrains.
• Non-Photorealistic Rendering Styles:
• Non-Photorealistic Rendering (NPR) engine creates stylized artwork by interpreting renders as an artist would (requires the RenderUp module).
• NPR preset artistic styles including paint, chalk, halftoning, etc (requires the RenderUp module).
• Create custom render styles by combining line and shading styles (requires the RenderUp and AdvancedGraphmodules).
• Faster Previewing:
• The Render Scene Preview starts sooner thanks to optimized incremental scene preparation.
• It also renders up to 8 times faster.
• Clouds and Atmosphere:
• Drive cloud colors (volumetric color and ambient contribution from sun and sky) using a function graph (requires the AdvancedGraph module).
• Modulate Spectral clouds sharpness using a function graph (requires the AdvancedGraph module).
• Auto-scale clouds with altitude for easier manipulation.
• New cloud presets.
• Other Improvements to Rendering:
• Energy Conservative AntiAliasing smooths renders while preserving bright details (requires the RenderUp module).
• Double-sided materials let you define two different materials: one per side of each face.
• Modulate the Sub-Surface Scattering depth using a function graph (requires the AdvancedGraph module).
• Set minimal reflectivity of materials based on viewing angle.
• Material groups let you associate multiple layers with common overall alpha and environment presence.
• New dedicated shader for infinitely thin glass materials.
• Interface:
• New Content Browser.
• Handle large numbers of files swiftly.
• Display large previews of your items, instantly change the size of previews.
• Show collections as individual tabs or as a hierarchy of folders.
• Easily find content using the quick search field to search inside a specific collection or throughout all collections.
• Identify recently used items through a dedicated tab.
• Highlight your favorite items and view them all in the Favorites tab.
• Other Interface Improvements:
• New "Welcome" panel shows most recent files, template scenes, and other useful links.
• Material Editor tabs show which channels are used.
• (e.g. Transparency, Reflections, Translucency, etc.).
• Select and edit multiple nodes in the Function Editor simultaneously (requires the AdvancedGraph module).
• Resize the Render Stack to match renders.
• Colored axis coordinate (X,Y,Z) input fields.
• Import/Export:
• Geographical Data (requires the 3DImport module).
• Import geo-located terrains.
• Import geographic data using the DTED, SDTS/DDF, and GeoTIFF data formats (on top of DEM files).
• Other Integration Features:
• Export Rocks to any standard 3D file format (requires the Exporter module)
• Handle network rendering of files over 4GB in size
• Export VUE scenes to LumenRT (requires the Exporter module)