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@david-cattermole david-cattermole released this 05 Jul 22:44
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v0.3.6
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Release v0.3.6 fixes bugs, improves UI performance and workflow.

Download the archive file for your operating system and Maya version, and follow the INSTALL.md instructions.

Below is a list of the new features, changes and bug fixes in v0.3.6.

New Features

  • Sort Selected Nodes In Outliner tool for organizing nodes.
  • Average Deviation and Maximum Deviation attributes are now added to the Marker nodes (visible in channel box)
  • Solver UI
    • 'Input Objects' and 'Output Attributes' panes can now be resized (using bar in the middle of panes).
    • #55 When opening the Solver UI, create a new collection if no Collection already exists in the scene.
    • Asks the user for confirmation before deleting a Collection node.
    • Markers show as dark-gray when they are disabled (depending on current frame).

Changes

  • Improved performance of the Solver UI
    • Opening the UI
    • "Validate" and "Solve" buttons
    • Input objects scroll bar
  • Improved performance of solver validation.
  • mmSolver build scripts are now Python 3.x compatible.
  • Reduced Solver UI empty space.
  • Removed the 'Camera deviation' shown in the "Input Objects" pane - it was causing performance slow-downs.
  • Removed unneeded profiling debug logging (for plug-in debugging) - off by default.
  • Updates to the display of overscan values in the Load Marker UI.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed the Loader Marker UI when the 'User Embedded Overscan' checkbox is unchecked.
  • Re-Fixed annoying selection callback bug - Parenting using the native Maya "p" hotkey failed to re-parent a transform node (fixed in commit 920f0b4).
    • This was originally fixed on some Maya versions in v0.3.5, but this failed on Maya 2017 Linux.
  • Solver UI 'Edit' menu includes new checkboxes for smoothness/stiffness, and fixes for other checkboxes.
  • Fixed the Average Deviation statistic - Deviation of markers when below -1.0 were counted toward average deviation.
  • Fixed solver output for Maya 2018 (and above).
  • Fixed 'Solve Current Frame' shelf button - it now solves the current frame rather than all frames.

Known Issues

  • Solving per-frame animated attributes fails on Maya 2017 - it is recommended to use Maya 2018+
  • Solver engine can become slow with many attributes.
  • New v0.3.0 default values will not be used until a new Collection is created. Delete your previous Collection and create a new Collection using the Solver UI > File > New Collection menu item.
  • The Maya viewport is refreshed during solving to force Maya to evaluate all nodes in the solve. This causes slower performance (e.g. 6 seconds verses 30 seconds), but ensures accurate solver results. Users may wish to turn this feature off in the Solver UI > Edit > Refresh Viewport check box.
  • The test suite fails on 3 different solver tests, due to a deviation that is too high, this is intentional and will be fixed in a future version.
  • The test suite fails to run on Maya 2018 with mayapy, the cause is unknown.
  • The mmSolverType command raises an error with certain flags on Maya 2016 for an unknown reason. This problem is specific to Maya 2016, the same command works on Maya 2017+.
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