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Release of Cheetah3D 5.6

16. Nov. 2010


Today saw the release of Cheetah 5.6. The biggest change in this latest version is undoubtedly the completely rewritten transform tool. The new transform tool now supports multi-object selections, has a gadget mode to arbitrarily align the transform gadget and comes with much improved snapping tools for precise modeling. Version 5.6 also introduce post- and pre-rotations which are great for orienting joints. The added support for many video codecs like H.264 or MPEG4 plus many small workflow enhancements rounds off the new features.

Cheetah3D 5.6 is a free update for all registered Cheetah3D 5.x users.

The $99 Cheetah3D special offer (normally $149) ends Nov. 19th 2010.


New features in Cheetah3D 5.6:
  • completely rewritten transform tool
    • support for multiple object selections
    • add path through selection for all selection modes
    • added gadget mode
      • transform gadget can be moved to any position before transformation
      • transform gadget can snap to any component (point, edge, polygon, UV coords, spline tangents, etc.)
    • transform gadget can be aligned to polygon, edge and point selections
    • added support for post- and pre-rotations
    • much improved snapping
      • component snapping
      • surface snapping
      • raster snapping
    • tweak mode can be accessed with ALT+SHIFT -key (when selection is empty)
    • added new hot keys for fast access to new transform tool features
      • transform - snapping Off
      • transform - component snapping
      • transform - surface snapping
      • transform - raster snapping
      • transform - gadget mode
    • transform tool is now the default tool when opening new document
    • transform tool gets automatically selected when adding a new object to the scene
    • increased control selection accuracy
    • added auto-highlighting to UV transform tool
    • adjusted the UV transform tool to fit the 3D transform tool
  • added support for the following video codecs too Render Manager
    • TIFF
    • JPEG
    • JPEG2000
    • H.263
    • H.264
    • MPEG4
    • M-JPEG A
    • M-JPEG B
    • Pixlet
    • Uncompressed
  • added joint orient tool
  • added auto-highlighting for splines
  • improved SVG import
  • improved Collada export (added geometry triangulation)
  • improved FBX exporter (exports creator application and version number)
  • improved point auto-highlighting sensitivity
  • selected objects are now drawn with wire frame
  • improved object selection accuracy
  • added object renaming to object browser
  • added keyboard navigation to object browser
    • Up & Down arrows scroll list vertically
    • Left & Right arrows fold/unfold one level of hierarchy beneath current object
    • Alt + Left/Right arrows folds/unfolds all levels of hierarchy beneath the current object
    • Shift + Up/Down arrows extend selection
  • added parent constraint
  • changed color scheme for splines
  • doubled levels of undo to 64
  • changed joint selection/sub-selection color
  • changed line-width of OpenGL preview to 1.0
  • changed default field of view to 40°
  • improved fractal, turbulence and noise nodes
  • improved .hdr loading efficiency
  • accelerated editing of animations with thousands of keys
  • accelerated quad view editing
  • fixed a many typos
  • fixed registration bug when preferences file was write protected
  • fixed jerky particle animation bug
  • fixed pivot point bug in light object
  • fixed material export bug in FBX exporter
  • fixed script tag loading bug
  • fixed bug in split tool
  • fixed bug in collaps tool
  • fixed bug in sky light
  • fixed crashing bug when using wrong parameter names in Javascript API
  • fixed display bug in symmetry creator object
  • fixed crashing bug while rendering animations
  • fixed redraw bug in object browser
  • fixed keys copy&paste bug
  • fixed texture filtering bug
  • fixed bug that allowed editing materials while rendering an animation
  • fixed bug in UVMapper tool (centering didn't work properly)
  • fixed bug in flip normal tool
  • fixed clipping bug in ruler tool
  • fixed bug in Javascript File::write() function
  • fixed bug in timeline
  • fixed redraw bug in split tool
  • fixed bug in hard interpolate spline tool
  • fixed material drag and drop bug
  • fixed bug when rendering objects with negative scale
  • fixed clipped point light bug
  • fixed bug in edge selection
  • fixed bug with unwrap tool hot-key
  • fixed crashing bug during activation
  • fixed bug in heat weighting tool
  • fixed rendering bug with fog and transparent objects
  • fixed 2 bugs in bevel tool
  • fixed crashing bug in reverse sequence tool

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12. Mar. 2008Release of Cheetah3D 4.5

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26. Nov. 2007Release of Cheetah3D 4.3.1

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