Dear Friends of 3DE!

unfortunately, a serious bug slipped in r6b1 which causes lineup points not to work as they should - I'm sorry for that!

We fixed it and 3DE4 r6b2 is now available...

Cheers, Rolf

r6b2

• fixed a bug which caused lineup points not to work properly (F5)
• fixed a bug which caused function "finetune all objects" not to work (lock channels constraints activated)
• improved script "shift curves" (v1.2, timeline editor, thanks to Unai)

r6b1

• added new script "Align Point to Ref. Pattern"
• added a new script for exporting distortion to Flame
• added a new script for importing "undistort stMaps" and converting them to a matrix
• added new python commands for retrieving specific pixel information of a given image file
• added new python commands for reading and writing 3DE's preferences
• added a new, interactive script for importing alembic files
• added a new script for exporting an alembic file
• added new functions for extracting 3D survey coordinates from lines and polygons of 3D models (F6)
• added a new display option to lineup controls for hiding all 2D tracking points no matter what
• improved the rendering of dense points clouds (F6, z buffer)
• improved line rendering performance up to 300%
• added a "FOV crop mask" feature to F1, F2 and F5
• added a script which allows to define "FVO crop mask"
• added actual point colors to points object being displayed in the object browser
• object browser now allows to rearrange the order of 3D models (RMB)
• added little dots to the 2D tracking curves (F2)
• significantly improved performance of 3DE's timeline editor (reference frames, many points)
• added features for rotating the overlay grid (F2)
• added a new "foreground rendering" feature to overview controls
• improved script "Save out Rendered Frames" now allowing to define a number of different rendering modes
• added a python command for setting various rendering modes used by command "saveRenderCacheFrame()"
• added a new mode to prefs which forces 3DE not to import any compressed buffers into memory (instead always loading those from file)
• improved the speed for importing .obj file by nearly 50%
• added a new option to script "Object PGroup Z Distance Tool" which allows to set a tracking point as pivot
• added a requester which asks for permission to import any "reference only" 3D models (open project)
• 3DE now deletes deviation curves of disabled points (calc all from scratch)
• added script "Calc Lens Distortion Overscan Bounding Box"
• added script "Insert Track" (many thanks to Wolfgang!)
• added new python commands for supporting hierarchies of list widget
• added an option to 3D area widget which allows to catch raw mouse events
• added a new distortion model "3DE4 Anamorphic - Rescaled Degree 4"
• added a GUI editor for python scripts
• added some minor improvements to script "export maya" (v2.6)
• added a few python commands for reading and writing openexr camera attributes
• fixed a bug which caused curve editor to "generate" new keyframes (object point groups, global space option enabled)
• added new python commands for manipulating a scene node's selection state
• added a new python command for saving out a screen capture of the main window
• added a new python command for setting the selection state of a curve key
• added a new camera attribute for importing openEXR data- or display window
• added a new camera attribute for importing the left or right eye of openEXR files (sxr "extension")
• added display/data window, sxr support to warp4 (v1.6b1)
• added a "-scale" command line option to warp4
• added a "-sxr_import_right_eye" command line option to warp4
• added a new option to 3DE's "Nudge Tool" (frame toggle - explicit frame)
• added a feature to parameter adjustment window which forces 3DE to display samples with a deviation greater than 10 pixel
• 3DE now automatically adds a scrollbar to "docked' python panels
• improved font rendering performance by up to 50%
• added a progress requester to script "Reload 3D Models"
• improved stability of 3DE's license server software "flcd4" (v2.1b1)
• fixed an annoying bug which caused the system ID of a machine to change on a regular basis (Windows only)
• fixed an update problem when importing footage through python (setCameraSequenceAttr() command)
• fixed a problem were zoom curves became unintendedly replaced (calc zoom curve, frame range calculation)
• fixed a bug which caused 3DE to crash when loading a project (rare)
• fixed a bug which caused 3DE to crash during parameter adjustment procedure (windows, many to-be-adjusted parameters)
• fixed a large number of calculation core related bugs
• fixed a bug which caused 3DE to partially create flatlines in their 3D pos/rot curves (segments with low number of points)
• improved performance of parameter adjustment window (cancel complex adjustment procedure)
• fixed a bug which caused 3DE's solver to cancel a calculation (10000+ frames)
• improved performance of 3DE's network calculation feature (rare, small projects)
• fixed a bug which caused 3DE to crash when generating a UV texture map (sync/mocap)
• fixed a bug which caused 3DE to crash (calc all from scratch, mocap, extract overall motion manually)
• fixed a bug which caused 3DE's solver to mix up zoom values and fixed focal length (dynamic distortion)
• fixed a bug which caused script "triangulate points" to create "bad" point positions (rare, v1.2)
• improved script "export fast buffer compression file" (thanks to Unai)