MatrixGold 3.4.23130.1001 Release Notes

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Bug Fixes:

• Bug Fixed - Inverted GalleryRail:

  • Previous: The gallery rail sweep was inverting when the profile passed the center of the rail.

  • Updated: The profile passing the center will cause the geometry to fail, preventing the inversion.

• Bug Fixed - GemOnCurve: Starting Position w/Gem Edge Enabled:

  • Previous:

    • Gem edge starting position was incorrect on a closed curve.

    • Gem edge starting position was incorrectly distanced from the beginning of a curve if parallel to the Y axis.

  • Updated:

    • Gem edge starting position should be correct on a closed curve.

    • Gem edge starting position should be correctly distanced from the beginning of a curve if parallel to the Y axis.

• Bug Fixed - Head: Angle and Undo:

  • Previous:

    • Adjusting the head angle, then performing an undo was causing a VPCH (Viewport Control Handle) mismatch.

  • Updated:

    • Adjusting the head angle, then performing an undo should properly retain VPCH.

• Bug Fixed - GemOnCurve: Start Position & End Position Collision:

  • Previous:

    • When the start position & end position values collided, it would cause an exception in the tool.

  • Update:

    • The exception should no longer appear within the tool.

• Bug Fixed - GemsInChannel: Mirrored Gems:

  • Previous:

    • Mirroring would break when a specific slider was higher than 0.29.

  • Update:

    • Mirroring should work when a specific slider is higher than 0.29.

• Bug Fixed - Head: Triangle Prong Layout:

  • Previous:

    • The prong layout for triangle gems wasn’t laid out properly.

  • Update:

    • The prong layout for triangle gems is now laid out properly.

• Bug Fixed - Mirrored Gems:

  • Previous:

    • Mirrored gems would have negative values.

  • Update:

    • Mirrored gems should have their proper values.

• Bug Fixed - Incorrect Total Gem Count - Exported Text File

  • Previous:

    • Total gems in the exported text file would list stones of the same size as a single stone.

  • Update:

    • Total gems in the exported text file should list the correct number of same-sized stones.

• Bug Fixed - UnexpectedShutDownSaves - Reopening Files After Relaunch

  • Previous:

    • Attempting to open an UnexpectedShutDownSave from the prompt after restarting MatrixGold would fail to open the file.

  • Update:

    • Opening an UnexpectedShutDownSave from the prompt after restarting MatrixGold will now correctly open the file.

General Improvements:

• UI: Ungrouped Layers: Background:

  • Previous:

    • Ungrouped layers were showing with an error-like bright-red background.

  • Updated:

    • Ungrouped layers will now show with the proper gray background.

• UI: Render Studio Panel:

  • The render studio panel has seen many improvements revolving around UX and UI cleanup.

  • Added: Tooltips for render materials.

• UI: Batch Render Panel:

  • The batch render panel has seen many improvements revolving around UX and UI cleanup.

• UI: Gem Map:

  • The gem map has seen a few improvements revolving around UX and UI cleanup.

• Added Missing In-Builder Icons for:

  • Dynamic Project

  • Dynamic Change Seam

  • Dynamic Rebuild

  • Custom Gem Builder

  • Dynamic Halo

  • Dynamic Profile Placer

• UI: Various Updates for:

  • Menu

  • Builder Expander

  • Content Manager

  • Animation Studio

• Improved Gem Cutters when applied to Tapered baguettes and Custom Emeralds that do not have Parametric History:

  • Added functionality using RhinoObjectSelector.

  • Fixed an issue where straight & tapered baguette-shaped gem cutters were flipping inward.

• Prevent Gems In Channel Exceptions:

  • Fixed: Toggle Count: When the count option is toggled off, and gems are toggled on, the builder will prevent less than 2 gems, regardless of the start and end point.

  • Fixed: Gem Count: When set to less than 2, a detailed exception error will show on the builder panel.

• Added ‘UseOriginal’ material classification to the layer logic for more commands.

  • After running them, some commands have been adjusted to use their original material.

• Updated Various Strings.

• ObjectOnCurve Bounding Box Logic:

  • Fixed: Prevented custom objects from being transformed twice.

• Adjusted the Mesh Prong Toggle back to Default Off for Prong Placer and Halo:

• Added a Null Check to Pull/Push.

• Fixed issues with Render Backdrops and their local paths.

• Additional UI Quality of Life Updates.

• Added Hotkeys to some Dynamic Commands.

• Improved Gem Springs Keybind Speeds.

• Improved the Show Only Visible functionality within the GemReport Panel.

• gvHead: Default Base Bend Location has been changed to 1.

• gvHead: Fixed Invisible Prong Layout Icons.

• gvHead: Added Icons for Prong Styles for:

  • Cabachon Square

  • Cabachon Bullet

  • Rose Round Peak

  • Rose Round Flat

• gvHead: Fix for Prongs when Angle is set to 0.

• gvHead: Removed Angle Limits:

  • This will allow users to adjust the head angle to greater limits than before.

  • Please be aware this limitation will allow a greater risk of failing geometry.

• gvClusterProngPlacer: Blended Prong Stretching:

  • Adjusted prong blending shape when the enable blend to curve option is toggled on to disallow stretching.

• gvGalleryRail: Adjusted Sweep:

  • Adjusted how the gallery rail is created to align the generated sweep with the girdle offset handle.

  • Changed the way the thickness is calculated so it no longer changes the position of the generated sweep when the thickness is adjusted.

• Ring Resizer: Overlapping Gems Warning:

  • After resizing a ring, if there are gems overlapping, a warning will appear, and the gems will be moved to the red-colored layer.

• General Rendering: Render Channels:

  • Alpha Channel will be defaulted Off.

  • The gamma value will default to 1.

  • Gamma has been defaulted to Off.

  • Changing and saving settings will save those as the new default.

• Legacy Import no longer deletes the Gem dynamic command.

• Fix for Hiding Parent Layers + All Gems Hiding.

New Features:

• New Dynamic Command:

  • Surface: gvCap

  • Allows a user to cap a planer hole on a surface.

• New Dynamic Command:

  • Surface: gvLoft

  • Allows a user to loft a set of curves and points.

• New Dynamic Command:

  • Curve: gvOffsetCurveOnSurface

  • Allows a user to make an offset on one or many surfaces by selecting the faces of one or more surfaces.

• New Command:

  • gvCutToRingRailNonParametric

  • Allows a user to cut an object using the ring rail but does not retain parametric history.

• New Command:

  • gvPullToRingRailNonParametric

  • Allows the user to pull an object to a ring rail but does not retain parametric history.

• New Dynamic Tool Addition:

  • gvProfilePlacer: Hollow Profile

  • Allows users to toggle open sliders that allow users to work with hollow profiles.

• New Dynamic Tool Addition:

  • gvBezel: VPCH on Chamfer Controls

  • Allows the user to work in the viewport when adjusting the chamfer of a bezel.

• New Dynamic Tool Addition:

  • gvCustomGemBuilder: Gem Mode

  • Allows users to toggle gem mode to create a gem rather than a diamond.

  • Additional error detection is also included.

• New Dynamic Tool Addition:

  • gvObjectOnCurve/gvGemOnCurve: Display Count & Carat Total.

  • Displays a reference to the count and carat totals of the tool(s).

• New Dynamic Tool Addition:

  • gvOffset: Distance VPCH

  • Allows the user to work in the viewport when adjusting the distance of an offset.

• New Dynamic Tool Addition:

  • gvObjectOnCurve: Preserve Object Size

  • Allows users to toggle the ability to keep a selected object’s size.

    • Size handles & controls should not be visible when preserve size is on.

  • Meshes are now accepted as input for the object input box.

• New Tool Addition:

  • Jali: Move Pattern U, Move Pattern V

  • Allows the user to move the pattern based on U and V.

• New UX Addition:

  • Display Conduit: Ghosted Mode

  • Users can now use the ghosted display mode while dynamic commands are in use.

• New Rendering Addition:

  • New Render Material: Pearl Black

  • New Render Material: Pearl Golden

  • New Render Material: Turquoise

• New Batch Rendering Addition:

  • Renders from batch render can be transparent.

• New Diamond Shape Addition:

  • Gem - Equilateral Triangle (Triangle 2)

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MatrixGold 3.4.23157.1001 Hotfix Release Notes

 

Bug Fixes:

• Some commands weren’t registering properly due to duplicate strings for the Italian language pack. Those translations have been fixed and updated for the following:

  • End Cap

  • Cap

  • Profile Cap

• gvCap and gvPullToRail have been updated to use the original object layer.

• gvLoft has been updated to use the MetalPrimary Layer.

• Added a fix for brand new users relating to Layers not populating and preventing launch.

• Removed extraneous DLL which was preventing some users from launching specific commands.

• Diamond Rounds should no longer hide along with the Metal 01 layer.

• Preferences → Layers should now have the correct color swatches.

• Render Groups updated to matching names.

  • Render 01 → Light

  • Render 02 → Ground Plane

  • Render 03 → Prop

  • Render 04 → Emissive