New Features

Mograph

• Field Driver Tag - Control Parameters of Objects.

• Variance Attribute added to the Tracer

Simulations

• Simulation Pre-Roll for uncached Simulations and Mograph

• Rigid Bodies Inherit Properties from Particles

• Mograph Weights for Object Properties in Rigid Bodies

• Force Object supported by Rigid Bodies

• Improved control over placement for auto-generated connectors

Pyro

• New Emission Type - Sparse Surface and Sparse Volume

• Min/Max Substeps controls in Pyro Simulation settings

• Expected Advection Distance Attribute - To compute max velocity and chooses ample substeps in between min/max substeps

• Gradient Force (Shredding) Controls added

• Automatic Padding Mode available to reduce unnecessary padding

Particles

• Basic Emitter Shape - Point

• Infinite lifetime attribute toggle

• Follow Spline Modifier - Allows particles to follow a specified spline

• Mix attribute added to Color Mapper, Data Mapper, Look, Spin, Turn Modifiers

• Switch on Contact attribute added to Collide, Stick and Surface Attract Modifiers

• Align to Surface Rate added to Surface Attractor Modifier

• Attributes added to Pyro Advect Modifier - Color Mode, Color Mix, Temperature Scales, Alignment Modes, Angular Velocity Mode, Spin Strength

• Math Modifier Attributes - Variance, Seed, Source, Min/Max Value, Animation Speed, Distribution, Random Source Seed

OCIO

• Updated workflow for easier render color space conversions

  • Adjustments to Convert Render Space wizard

• Color Chooser improvements

  • Lists of available input color spaces

  • Color Clamp Display - Switching between wide and narrow color space will be preserved

• Undo Project Setting - Undo project color space switch

• Scene Element Instantiation

  • Copy/cut and paste elements will convert colors in the pasted elements

  • Creating objects and materials will be converted to current active color space

• Color Exchange - Import/Export follows color space settings

• Two new render tokens for render and display color spaces

Object Manager

• Object Profiler - Measures execution time spent for objects and tags of a scene

Exchange

• USD Importer/Exporter Improvements

• FBX Importer/Exporter Improvements

• Substance 3D Nodes Presets

General Enhancements

• New Quick Start Home Screen for Trial Users

• Asset Browser Enhancements

Scene Nodes

• Spline Modeling Improvements
  • Spline Capsule Auto Mode
  • Set Closed Status Node
  • Segment Node Improvements
• New Nodal Capsules
  • Set Points Value Node
  • Noise Modifier
  • Set Color
• Node Editor UI and Icon Improvements