Changes

VRED 2017.0.2 Update (11.10.2016)

Known issue

User licenses won't work if there is already a 2017 or 2017 SP1 installed on your machine. As a workaround, please delete the file C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\CLM\LGS\[ Product_key ]_2017.0.0.F\Userlicense.lock before first startup of the 2017.0.2 Update.

Bugfixes

Camera Editor: Fixed minimum values of Color Correction wheel controls
Camera: Fixed HotKey function for camera viewpoint
Environments: Fixed LDR support for Environments
FileIO: Fixed Assembly data being incorrectly exported to FBX
FileIO: Fixed FBX animation import losing its rotation transformation.
FileIO: Fixed PLMXML ExtReference nodes not being reloaded
FileIO: Fixed PLMXML using wrong loader to load JT files
FileIO: Fixed Symmetry node transformations for wire files with PivotExtensionData
FileIO: Fixed application hang when retessellating certain group nodes
FileIO: Fixed import of Camera View angle via FBX
FileIO: Fixed import of legacy wire file
FileIO: Fixed import of mesh data in Catia V5 catparts
FileIO: Fixed import of wire geometry with symmetry where parent node of geometry with symmetry is not on symmetry layer
FileIO: Fixed loading of 16bit Integer and 16/32 bit float TIFF textures
FileIO: Fixed missing patches when importing WIRE file with ATF
FileIO: Fixed scaling issues when importing FBX files from Maya
FileIO: Improved file import from FBX regarding up axis, scaling, object orientation
GUI: Fixed Headlight icon on the shelf not being highlighted in initial state
General: Fixed crash for frosted glass with transparency texture
General: Fixed crash when using Pick Adjacency
General: Fixed issue leading to crash in OpenGL snapshot rendering
General: Fixed support for user licenses
General: Fixed using arrow keys (up/down) in docked modules to trigger camera zoom
Known issue: If a node, that is cloned multiple times in the same clone hierarchy, is used in a light link set, this reference might become invalid/change during scenegraph operations that alter the clone hierarchy
Lights: Fixed import of legacy light sources (pre-2017) that are not located below the root
Lights: Fixed wrong color of light geometry and reflection when loading scene with legacy Area lights (pre-2017)
Material Editor: Fixed update of Switch material table for nested switch materials
Materials: Fixed Multi selection in Switch material
Navigator: Holding left and right mouse button to roll camera is working on Orthographic cameras now
Optimize: Fixed Flush Selected Transformation causing mirrored geometry to jump out of position
Raytracing: Fixed Triplanar mapped texture with alpha channel causing artefacts in shadows
Raytracing: Fixed crash in scene with local area light that is disabled by parent node in Scenegraph
Rendering: Fixed Node name being rendered when offline rendering in isolate view
Rendering: Fixed Part of render window not being refreshed in Horizontal and Vertical cross projection mode (RT only)
Texture Manipulator: Fixed broken UV manipulator
UI: Renamed "Add Variant" to "Add Variant Set" in Clip Maker

VRED 2017 SP1 (18.05.2016)

Bugfixes

Asset Manager: Fixed asset manager being locked by reload option window when reloading file
Camera: Fixed import of Animated cameras from Maya via FBX
Clip Maker: Fixed cycling of animation blocks.
FileIO: Fixed Crash when importing Dome geometry via FBX
FileIO: Fixed file structure issue from FBX files
FileIO: Fixed Geometric defect in tessellated geometry from CATIA
FileIO: Fixed Hierachy from some PMLXML files
FileIO: Fixed Mesh layer name not being imported from Alias wire files
FileIO: Fixed Mesh layer symmetries not being imported from Alias wire files
FileIO: Fixed missing geometry after retessellating with smaller tolerances
FileIO: Fixed missing geometry after stitching some Alias wire files
FileIO: Fixed missing obj in export selected
FileIO: Fixed missing stitching when importing some wire with ATF.
FileIO: Fixed missing surfaces when importing CATIA with ATF.
FileIO: Fixed performance issue for WRL import
Interaction: Fixed unclickable Tire Manipulator's automatic settings button
Lights: Fixed renaming a light from a vpb <= 2016 after converting it to a different type
Raytracing: Removed area light showing mirror like reflection on diffuse material in CPU Rasterization mode
Rendering: Fixed wrong Model edge appearance when appling flipflop material

VRED 2017 (03.03.2016)

Features

Asset Manager: Added Python commands to load, create and overwrite material assets
FileIO: Fixed import of nodes with Japanese names when importing CATIA data
GUI: Added preference option to hide progress wheel during interactive rendering
General: Added new Customer Error Reporting
Light Editor: Added Undo/Redo for light settings
Raytracing: Added deferred still-frame antialiasing render update
Rendering: New Light Source Concept

Improvements

Clone Node: Cloned Lights are listed just once in the Light Editor now
FileIO: Improved Import performance of .CGR data
FileIO: Improved import performance of NX files from a network drive using ATF.
GUI: Improved usability of menu tear off handles

Bugfixes

FileIO: Added support for Alias layer visibility information via ATF import
FileIO: Added support for DWG/DXF
FileIO: Fixed .cgr (catia) material import
FileIO: Fixed Alias Layer name import
FileIO: Fixed CATIA and inventor import of files larger than 100MB for ATF.
FileIO: Fixed JT Import not maintaining File structure and creating duplicate Geometry using ATF
FileIO: Fixed JT import inconsistencies.
FileIO: Fixed JT import via ATF.
FileIO: Fixed Material import from .model files
FileIO: Fixed Model's normal orientation being flipped in wire file with layer symmetry on.
FileIO: Fixed Open Examples to locate the examples folder on MAC
FileIO: Fixed import of ProE files with numbers as file extension
FileIO: Fixed import of components without Shell
FileIO: Fixed import of files with German characters.
FileIO: Fixed import of some JT files on MAC.
FileIO: Fixed import of some iges files using ATF.
FileIO: Fixed inconsistent colors for .g and .stl file import
FileIO: Fixed material import for SWx files using ATF
FileIO: Fixed material import of Inventor files.
FileIO: Fixed missing Scale when importing a wire file with a single object
FileIO: Fixed missing materials from CREO files with ATF
FileIO: Fixed progress bar for loading files.
FileIO: Fixed scaling issue when importing .wire files from alias with ATF
FileIO: Fixed wire import issue with layer symmetry from Alias
FileIO: Improved Tessellation quality with ATF
FileIO: Improved scene graph structure to resemble Catia File Structure
Fixed key "^" (on German keyboard) showing all nodes in the scene and randomly changing switches
GUI: Fixed issues on retina displays
GUI: Fixed strange behavior when drag and dropping a material on MAC
General: Adjusted motion factor in example scenes
General: Fixed Flipping Normals with "ALT + rightclick" on patch basis for TRUE NURBS
General: Fixed incorrect pick position with fixed render size and clipped areas on MAC
General: Fixed uninstall of c:\ProgramData\Autodesk content.
Known Issue: ALIAS wire files with german characters are not supported.
Known Issue: AVI export not supported on MAC.
Known Issue: DWG files are not supported on Mac version.
Known Limitation: When storing light sources as assets, local lighting information will get lost.
Light Editor: Removed non-functional checkbox from groups
Lights: Lights are now scaled individually
Localization: Added missing translation for License/Activation Pages
Localization: Fixed switching the camera by shortcut (Ctrl + Space) in localized UIs or after renaming the default camera
Localization: Localized the "Merge Geometry" dialog
OpenGL: Fixed render error (black objects) and crash in scenes with more than 256 active light sources
Overlays: Fixed reversed draw order when rendering to file
Raytracing: Fixed Bump structure on Glass
Raytracing: Fixed Crash when opening a new renderwindow while statistic is visible
Raytracing: Fixed Different render results between AVX2 and SSE42/SSE2 systems
Raytracing: Fixed background color not being respected when the scene is completely empty
Raytracing: Fixed crash when opening a new renderwindow while the statistics are visible
Render Queue: Fixed loading a vpb to repair failing jobs (floating point resolution issue)
Rendering: Fixed 16bit integer displacement maps
Rendering: Fixed View in New Render window
Rendering: Fixed crash when opening a file without an open render window
Rendering: Fixed incorrect light cone for OpenGL area light
Scenegraph: Added Undo/Redo for "Convert To"
Scenegraph: Fixed "Scroll to Selected" shortcut (Ctrl-shift-F)
Scenegraph: Fixed Crash after "Select all" + "Delete"
Scenegraph: Fixed auto-jump to selected object in lower scenegraph
Scenegraph: Fixed mirroring of lightsources
Scenegraph: Fixed slider to expand nodes in the scene graph when "Show Components" is off
UI: Fixed Color chooser loosing previous settings on reopening

VRED 2016 SR1 SP5 (18.01.2016)

Features

Asset Manager: Added Python commands to load, create and overwrite material assets
Raytracing: Added deferred still-frame antialiasing render update

Improvements

Scenegraph: Added Merge Geometry options when selecting geometries with differing materials or visibilities

Bugfixes

Asset Manager: Fixed deletion of material assets in the Asset manager when renaming material assets by changing the case of characters
FileIO: Fixed Alembic import for FBX files
FileIO: Improved verification performance for project file import for scenes with many shells and components
GUI: Fixed Import Dialog from blocking other windows
General: Added option to generate unique names when capturing variant sets or adding render queue jobs.
Localization: Fixed rendering animations as avi movie in localized versions
Overlays: The drawing order of overlays is now inverted
Raytracing: Fixed performance issue caused by bad texture coordinates
Rendering: Fixed Bump intensity inconsistency
UI: Fixed Fullscreen for a single render window on a secondary monitor
Variant Sets: Fixed missing switch options in variant state drop-down

VRED 2016 SR1 SP4 (03.11.2015)

Features

GUI: Added clip selection to Render Settings

Improvements

General: Added log message when Render is canceled
General: Added option list for VREDPro.exe with command line parameters -h, -help or /?
Interaction: Fixed freeze when switching normals

Bugfixes

Clipping Plane and Grid: Fixed Strange colors in viewport after navigating and switching off the grid
FileIO: File extension is now updated again when changing the file type in the save dialog
FileIO: Fixed FBX Files transformations
FileIO: Fixed JT import with ATF creating doubled geometry
FileIO: Fixed NX support using ATF on German Windows OS
FileIO: Fixed PLM XML import
FileIO: Merge project and Import dialog Settings are now restored
GUI: Fixed changing of rendering mode right after using surface analysis mode
GUI: Fixed saving of 'Invert Zoom' option
GUI: Fixed wrong Skylight map resolution on HighDPI screens
GUI: Render All is now disabled once Render all is pressed and jobs are being rendered
General: Fixed Automotive Assets startup issue
Interaction: Fixed "Select object behind" in OpenGL
Interaction: Fixed 'Seperate Objects' function
Interaction: Fixed CTRL-J (Win) / CMD-J (Mac) shortcut in render window
Interaction: Fixed flipping of normals in the render window ("Fix Connected Face Normals" tool, Alt + Right Mouse)
Localization: Translated "Choose a Color" dialog.
Localization: Translated Menu entries "Scene", "Animation", "Interaction" and "Rendering".
Localization: Translated String "Transform" in Preferences dialog.
Localization: Translated button names in some dialog.
Raytracing: Fixed AVX detection fail when VT-x extension is not available
Raytracing: Fixed performance regression caused by some GPU drivers
Raytracing: Fixed wrong results when changing saturation on a rough chrome material
Rendering: Fixed Isolate view displaying all the model during panning
Rendering: Fixed Tessellation issue in OpenGL mode.
Rendering: Fixed behavior when closing the progress dialog of the render queue
Rendering: Fixed cancelling of image rendering for an Animation
Rendering: Fixed creation of intermediate images when cancelling a rendering
Scenegraph: Fixed double execution of duplicate/clone mirror.

VRED 2016 SR1 (30.09.2015)

Features

FileIO: Added option to exclude Animation Clips and Curves from Project import
FileIO: Updated FBX library version to 2016
General: Added Retessellation with ATF.
Scenegraph: Added "Paste with Transformation" to keep a pasted node at the same position in the world as the originally copied node
Scenegraph: Improved Drag and Drop Functionalities of Components and Shells
Scenegraph: Merge Geometry now merges all selected nodes
Variant Sets: Added a function to close all groups in the variant sets

Improvements

FileIO: Added option for OSB to toggle import of animations
FileIO: Added export of textures for FBX format
FileIO: Added missing import option preferences "Unshare Nodes" and "Flush Transformations"
FileIO: Added support for NX 10.0 file import
General: Improved performance of "Convert to mesh"
General: Removed duplicate data folder to reduce disk space requirements
UI: Added option to hide warning messages for undoable functions
UI: Changed hotkey "O" to "CTRL-ALT" and enabled it for toggling navigation in presentation mode

Bugfixes

FileIO: Fixed Dis-formed surfaces from ATF.
FileIO: Fixed Flush transformation for APF and FBX.
FileIO: Fixed Stitching for ATF import
FileIO: Fixed UV repeat in the texture of an imported FBX file
FileIO: Fixed Wire import for Direct Connect
FileIO: Fixed import of google sketchup file formats for ATF
FileIO: Fixed material translating for CATProducts in ATF
FileIO: Tesselation during import keeps the surface continuity now.
Fixed transform manipulators on Mac platform
General: Fixed UI for License Borrowing
Isolated View: Added possibility to view hidden nodes
Known issue: Capturing variant sets in the simple UI and the render queue require unique names for the geometries and the materials
Known issue: Startup issue for all VRED executables when using NVidia driver profiles.
Lights: Loading & saving lights works as expected now
Material Editor: Added Uniform Repeat checkbox in triplanar mapping mode
Raytracing: Improved Raytracing performance for some full global illumination scenes
Render Window: Fixed bounding box preselection sometimes being visible when bounding box selection is disabled
Rendering: Fixed Bounding Box when Raytracing and Stereo L/R split is on
Rendering: Pressing render in Render Settings takes the file name specified into account on Mac now
Scenegraph: Fixed changed order of nodes when doing a "Group Selection" (Ctrl-Shift-G)
Scenegraph: Fixed creation of unnecessary Transform3D nodes during "Group Selection"
Scenegraph: Fixed execution of "Group Selection" on cloned nodes within the hierarchy of a "Transformable Clone Root"
Scenegraph: Improved Scenegraph Performance
Transform Editor/Manipulator: Fixed issues with rotation and rotation pivot orientation
Transform Editor: Readded UI controls to pick the rotation pivot position and orientation by clicking in the scene
Undo/Redo: Fixed Undo after merging two geometries
Variant Sets: Added Drag and drop support from variant set to a group
Variant Sets: Clear does now correctly delete all overlays from a variant set

VRED 2016 SP3 (22.07.2015)

Bugfixes

FileIO: Added dialog to prevent overwriting of files during export.
FileIO: Save Selected "auto-suggests" node name as file name now
Known Issue: Alias Wire import not working with Direct Connect on MAC.
Known issue: CINEMA 4D Scenes not working on MAC.
Light Editor: Fixed issues during drag & drop of lights in the group view
Localization: Fixed Surface analysis module UI under SimpleUI mode.
Raytracing: Fixed missing Roughness Texture in BrushedMetal
Rendering: Fixed import of Alias Chrome tags on MAC
Scenegraph: Fixed "Add File" from Scenegraph menu
Tire Material: Fixed "Get Values from Object" for transformed Shell nodes
UI: Fixed behaviour of Tire Texture Manipulator's green handles to change the width of the profile
UI: Fixed consistency issues of shortcuts on MAC
UI: Fixed renaming of Groups in the light editor
UI: Fixed show/hide toggle shortcut CRTL+J (WIN) / CMD+J (MAC)
UI: Hiding a tag deselect the tag now

VRED 2016 SP2 (26.05.2015)

Bugfixes

Cameras: Removed one extra symbol in Camera Editor on MAC
FileIO: Fixed Translation issue for vertex caches
FileIO: Save Selected does remember path names now
GUI: Fixed non-retina checkbox in scene graph on MAC
Interaction: Fixed Hotkey after recapturing a variantset in simple UI
Interaction: Fixed Switching materials during camera rotation
Localized: Fixed Installation Language when installing on KOR MAC OS.
Material Editor: Changed the default texturing mode to triplanar
Materials: Fixed Environment import from files that are saved via "Save Selected"
Render Queue: Using Fixed Render Sizes will not cause Render Queue Execution to fail anymore
Variants: Old Variants are producing useless switch materials

VRED 2016 SP1 (24.04.2015)

Bugfixes

Asset Manager: Fixed crash after "Apply Materials To Scene by Name" and Reload Directory
Asset Manager: Fixed crash when deleting a folder with expanded subfolders in the directory view
Asset Manager: Show Busy cursor when dragging a material asset into the scene while it is loaded
Cloning: Copy Paste no longer creates clones instead of duplicates
Environments: Fixed environment dome being visible in the image when rendering with "Export Alpha Channel" after switching on the backplate
FileIO: Fixed "Use Alpha" for material on FBX file
FileIO: Fixed Translation issue for vertex caches
FileIO: Fixed UV repeat in the texture of an imported FBX file
FileIO: Fixed import for Pro E Data with version index
FileIO: Fixed import option "Put on the ground" not being recognized after enabling "don't ask again"
FileIO: Fixed opening a VPB by double-click when Place objects on the ground was enabled in the preferences
FileIO: Fixed vertex animation from FBX to be aligned with Maya
Interaction: Fixed missing camera change for double right-click when "Animate camera change" is disabled
Interaction: Light type of locked light cannot be changed anymore
Light Editor: Fixed crash when modifying values while Group is selected
Light Editor: Fixed icon of duplicated locked light
Material Editor: Added edge blend slider to triplanar texture mapping UI
RenderQueue: Spectral Rendering setting is stored in Render jobs/Quality preview settings now
Scenegraph: Improved Performance
UI: Add Lightbaking to simple UI

VRED 2016 (06.03.2015)

Features

Cloning: Cloned transformation nodes may have different transformation values
Cloning: Highlighted Referenced Clone Object in Scenegraph
Curve Editor: Made planar and triplanar texture projection attributes available as animatable channels
FileIO: Added ATF CAD Import
General: Added support for MAC OS
General: Improved support for High DPI Displays on Windows
Interaction: Added Customizable Navigation and Selection
Interaction: Added Preselection highlight to render window
Interaction: Added Show last hidden
Raytracing: Improved raytracing performance up to 30% on AVX2 capable CPUs
Rendering: Added fast postprocess antialiasing for realtime rendering
Scenegraph: Added Locked Nodes
Scenegraph: Added funtion to select all nodes on the same hierarchy level
Scenegraph: New Duplicate function preserves cloning connections
Scenegraph: Removed old Clone node
Scenegraph: Unshare preserves internal cloning connections
UI: Added Improved Tool Tips including Tool Clips
UI: Added Localized Product Versions
UI: Added Tool Tips to Optimize Module UI

Improvements

Cloning: Improved compatibility with old files
FileIO: Added Import option Add Zero Transform function
FileIO: Added Import option Optimize Flush Transformation Scale
FileIO: Updated FBX SDK to 2015 Version
GUI: Visual difference of exclusive and non-exclusive actions in menus
Interaction: Connected Motion Factor to Arrow Key Navigation
Material Editor: Adjusted look of locked materials in the material editor
Preferences: Changed "Set All Default" to "Load all defaults" and "Set Default" to "Load Default"
Preferences: Moved "Wireframe" selection preferences from Render Options preferences to Selection preferences
Raytracing: Optimized woven cloth material performance
Rendering: Added backplate to wireframe mode
Rendering: Improved image writing speed
Rendering: Redesigned Metallic Carpaint Material
Scenegraph: Cloned nodes that occur in different cloning hierarchies can be unshared
Scenegraph: Undo/Redo for renaming a node
UI: Added Progress Indicator while reloading Asset Manager
Undo/Redo: Added Undo/Redo for Selection
Undo/Redo: Added warning for un-undo/redoable operations

Bugfixes

Animation: Fixed Geometry caches
Camera: Fixed Dolly Zoom only working with Field of view, not Focal Length
CameraEditor: Fixed activation of the ICV camera when a file or asset is added to the scene
Cloning: Fixed "flush material group nodes" inside a clone node
Cloning: Fixed "merge geometry" inside a clone node
FileIO: Fixed crash when loading a saved material
FileIO: Fixed import of Inventor files
FileIO: Fixed object names with special characters when importing maya scene files
FileIO: Save Selected does remember path names now
General: Fixed orthographic camera and viewcube mismatch
Interaction: Fixed Drag Selection being applied to the Bounding Box and not to Geometry
Interaction: Fixed cloned objects jumping out of their location when using optimize
Light Editor: Fixed crash when modifying values while Group is selected
Material Editor: Fixed instable sorting of equally-named materials
Materials: Fixed deleting a switch-material that is referenced in the variants from deleting all variant sets
Metatags: Fixed Undo/redo for scene tags without connecting them to a node.
Raytracing: Fixed missing update of cloned transformation node
Raytracing: Fixed support for line geometry as lightsource
Rendering: Fixed different rendering appearance in New Render Window
Rendering: Fixed material preview sticking to last touched object when dragging to the environment or background
Scenegraph: Fixed Copy and Paste Clone crash when pasting a cloned node into itself
Scenegraph: Fixed Crash after merge scene and delete nodes
Scenegraph: Fixed missing update of cloned nodes when using "Remove Selected Nodes" below a cloned node
Scenegraph: Made Scenegraph Nodes Selectable/Nonselectable
Transform Manipulator: Fixed "Use Fixed Steps" for rotation manipulator
UI: Added pop up before Unshare operation to notify that is not undoable

Known Issues

General: VRED needs to be installed into default folder but can be moved manually on MAC.
General: Korean License Agreement dialog in MAC installer not available. Please refer to English license agreement.
Materials: Materials tagged as Chrome in Alias are not recognized in VRED on MAC.