Cheetah3D 4.5 Beta 1

Martin

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Cheetah3D 4.5 Beta 1

Hi,
4.5 offers many bug fixes but also a quite serious rewrite of the render manager which will save you lots of RAM.:smile:

Change log since 4.5:
-shared Render Manager for all documents (uses less RAM)
-render manager swaps finished render jobs to hard disc, only visible image/movie is loaded into RAM (saves lots of RAM)
-rendered images are not lost if Cheetah3d should crash
-rendered images are not deleted after application is closed
-animation rendering jobs save every frame as .png into cache
-faster application start up
-scroll wheel works in all mouse navigation modes now
-improved PDF import
-fixed F-Curve/3Dview redraw bug
-fixed bug in Javascript (CYLINDER primitive was missing)
-fixed bug in UV unwrapping tool
-fixed rotation coordinates display bug in F-Curve editor
-fixed rotation coordinates display bug in Key editor
-fixed bug in blue print object (flip property doesn't work on PPC Macs)
-fixed bug in transform tool (object selection after delete)
-fixed rendering of white frames bug
-fixed bug in Membrane shader
-fixed bug when rotating 3D view
-fixed some typos in documentation
-fixed bug wehn closing a document (which stops rendering jobs)
-fixed bug in symmetry creator object


Please be aware that this is beta software. So don't use it with important data.!!!

You can find the new beta at

http://cheetah3d.com/download/Cheetah3D4.5b1.zip

Please post your experiences with this beta in this forum thread.

Bye,
Martin
 
"-shared Render Manager for all documents (uses less RAM)
-render manager swaps finished render jobs to hard disc, only visible image/movie is loaded into RAM (saves lots of RAM)
-rendered images are not lost if Cheetah3d should crash
-rendered images are not deleted after application is closed"

Me likee. Lots.
 
Hey Martin, the new build appears to be working well. A couple of things aren't locking up like they were before, but I guess I need to play some more- and it's bedtime now :)
 
Damn, I was trying this out and I got carried away, didnt save and lost an hours work.$%$# (when editing vertcies...) I could really use an auto save. If its easy to implement can we please have one?

Thanks

AaronC
 

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Whoops. Crash on re-sizing Render Manager window.
 

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TimD said:
Whoops. Crash on re-sizing Render Manager window.
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Hi Tim,
the crash log you sent me was generated with Cheetah3d 4.3b8 . And the bug in that crashlog was already fixed in the final 4.3.

Bye,
Martin
 
Targos said:
Damn, I was trying this out and I got carried away, didnt save and lost an hours work.$%$# (when editing vertcies...) I could really use an auto save. If its easy to implement can we please have one?
Click to expand...

Thanks for that crash log. That bug will be fixed in the next beta.

Adding a autodave feature is some more work. So that might take some more time. Sorry.

Bye,
Martin
 
:lol:

I've done this before made exactly this same mistake- but elsewhere (I think during the beta testing of ViaCAD if I am not mistaken?!). It's an easy (and rather embarrassing) mistake to make, especially when you want to help out on and something you feel quite passionately for :D
 
Hi

nice new Render Manager!! I really like it.

if it is easy to implement, new columns 'document name', 'rendering date', editable 'note (comment)' for rendering job list drawer will be available?

I will send new localized file for official release of v.3.5.

regards.

tg_jp, Hiroto
 
And the notes are on what 4.5 adds over 4.4. Given this is a pretty decent list, a list of what 4.5 adds over 4.0 will be quite long.
 
4.5.1 official release

Just in case, following a post on the 4.5.1 beta:
- the official 4.5.1 release is out and available for download through the "check for updates" menu
- To all the SU users : the middle mouse button now acts just like in SU => MMB-drag= orbit
 
Bloody hell! Faster than a speeding bullet!!!! I'm still reeling from 4.5 :shock: 8)

Thanks Martin!! :D
 
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