Strata Design 3D CX for Mac - Release - Latest Version

Strata Design 3D CX for Mac – Release – Latest Version

• The latest version is 8.64 (build 223) •

Foundational update to the entire app. Support all 64-bit Mac systems and processors

Strata Design 3D CX 8 x64
Platform: Mac OS X
Requires an active subscription or license for the x64 Mac release

Instructions

Release Requirements
You must have an active subscription to Design 3D CX or have purchased a new license (upgrade or standard license) for the x64 version of Design 3D CX for Mac. Existing subscribers can update here. Upgrades and new standard licenses can be purchased here.

To update your Strata Design 3D CX 8 software from an earlier x64 build do the following:

If you’ve already downloaded and installed the initial x64 for Mac release build, simply download the product again (using your original email receipt from Strata) and run the installer again. This will install the new build over the top of your currently installed Design 3D copy.

Download Design 3D CX 8 x64 for Mac using the link in your email receipt from Strata. [NOTE: you must first purchase either a new license or an upgrade in order to get an email receipt. If you already have an active subscription see the link above to get the update.]
Launch the newly downloaded installer “Design 3D CX 8 x64 version 8.64.pkg”
The installer package may open in the background – you may need to navigate through your open applications to find it.
Follow the update steps outlined in the installer window
If this is a new install (not yet licensed), run the application and enter your Design 3D license number (the number will appear in RED near the bottom of the email receipt)

Release Notes

Core foundation changes for new build environment
Allow a custom frame rate of up to 1000 fps
Fix both reading and writing of bad skeleton object data
Fix snapshot sounds bug
Fix for OpenGL errors when working with rounded cubes and bezier surfaces
Fix for avoiding a raytracer runtime crash
Fix bug in “Enable Auto Grid” functionality
Fix for offset focus distance units label text in camera object properties
Fix to handle a bad skin object data to fail without crashing
Fix a crash when grouping by color for DXF imports

Previous Version Information

Previous fixes, updates and improvements in 8.64:

Design 3D CX x64 is a major new release and takes full advantage of your Intel or Apple M-Series Silicon based Mac. The speed, memory access, metal rendering and more are now available to you with the power of 64-bit. For more general information about x64 go here.

Release Build 219

Fix for rendering stereo image pairs where the final frame was black
Fixed particle fountain metaball option
Fixed gravity and wind orientation controls in the air tab
Fixed opening a shape window resulting in the wrong window
Fixed clicking in a window after using the open/import file dialog resulting in a bogus double-click
Disable GL_SPOT_CUTOFF for Arm builds on macOS because Apple has broken the feature
Change the rendering log to utf8 encoding
Avoid reordering and accidentally showing miniaturized windows
Switch the UI strings from prompting for .strata to .mtxt for Minicad import file types
Show errors when the Import command failsa

Release Build 214

Fix for random crashes under MacOS Sonoma

Release Build 213

Fix for bug “Error 2995”.

Release Candidate Build 209

Fix for rendering textures on objects that have deform objects applied to them.

Release Candidate Build 208

Fix a major bug that was introduced in build 207. This bug touched many areas of the application, so all of those areas will not be detailed here – but they include extrude objects not displaying correctly when using OpenGL, Align command working improperly, and many others.

Release Candidate Build 207

This build had issues that had to be fixed. Release candidate build 208 was made available two days after this build 207 – however, build 207 did have a host of fixes (and unfortunately added a new build bug – fixed in 208):

Fixes for restoring grid settings of loaded model files
Fixes for resizing size-constrained windows in the single window UI mode
Fixes for remote resource file loading progress indication
Fixes for the Amapi importer* Fixes for the MiniCad importer
Fixes for the Collada importer, unicode resource names, and files with more than one ‘#’ in the path
Fixes for the Obj importer and unicode resource names
Adds a fix for the StageModel helper application
Updated texture resource libraries
New updated user guide
New and updated Resource libraries
Fix in License Manager helper app to support product trials
New localization for License Manager
Updates and minor bug fixes for Stage Model helper app
Fixes for resizing camera windows, with and without the caps lock down, with and without the shift key, in single and multi window modes
Improve download performance for resource library downloadable resources
No longer letting the New Document dialog auto-present itself while progress is showing
Change “Attributes” to “Base settings” for project window entries
Add a more helpful alert when the app can’t startup due to failure to allocate a Metal resource
Fix several 1.75 file import data types that were missized and misaligned
Setup guard against a reported crash in Stage Model
Change the application support folder name and add a mechanism for retaining the beta folder content
Add a fix for modal alerts being lost when tabbing between applications

Beta Build 203

Fixed UI problems that surfaced after the display slept while the program was open
Fixed a crash on quit when the application had been switched to the background
Fixed several places where opening model files could previously fail
Added missing bone object properties UI controls
Restored support for opening StrataVision/StudioPro 1.75 model files (you should ensure files have a .vis extension to ease the path)
Removed nonfunctional menu items involving printing
Updated the application icon
Lots of invisible changes to support UI localization for Japanese

Beta Build 201

Fixed a data-dependent crash when double-clicking a shape
Fixed a hang when closing a snapshot window with an active rendering
More fixes for initial palette visibility when launching the program on macOS Ventura
Several changes for IME support on text input fields
Changed snapshot window behavior to prompt for saving in every case when quitting the program (not dependent on rendering time)
Images copied to the clipboard from finished snapshots now have the gamma applied
Fixed a crash indirectly involving “♡ Sudoku Daily” (or any other app running with special characters in the path name)
Improved handling of palette restoration and visibility at launch on macOS Ventura
Improved handling of hotkeys when an international input method is enabled (such as Japanese text entry)
Updated license manager (now alerts users to new builds and/or versions available)
Fixed a crash on double-clicking an object
Fixed a crash after deleting textures from the resource palette that still showed in object properties (still have a UI refresh problem but it won’t crash)
Fixed a hang involving LiveRay and the Instance Properties dialog
Fixed a resource leak when ray tracing meld objects
An attempt to address crash report when using edge connect in mesh reshape (untested)
Changed the font used for Japanese text to Osaka
Fixed shape windows loading the wrong data from older model files
Fixed crashes and strange behavior when model files contain empty instances
Fixed problems with newly opened window activation on macOS Ventura
Fixed a crash involving the project window
Fixed incorrect previews and imports after saving a shape
Fixed a crash on importing texture maps over a certain size (16384 pixels)
Fixed 16-bit gray image maps interpolating as 8-bit values
Fixed a crash on double-clicking an object
Fixed a crash after deleting textures from the resource palette that still showed in object properties (still have a UI refresh problem but it won’t crash)
Fixed a hang involving LiveRay and the Instance Properties dialog
Fixed a resource leak when ray tracing meld objects
Fixed LiveRay renderings causing an inactive window to be pulled to the front when started
Added progress indication when suspending a rendering
Made the magic wand tool settings persist between program runs
No longer starting LiveRay renderings for inactive windows unless updates are set to Live
Changed the .ai importer to generate two sided bezier regions with holes (missing objects report)
Changed the font used for Japanese text to Osaka

Beta build 195

Fixed a crash loading files with boolean objects
Fixed a crash while starting a rendering
General work to improve stability and update internal components
Fixed a crashing bug reported previously as “Crash ungrouping import” and “Crash Converting to Mesh”
Reduced the installer and app package size by allowing resource libraries to download on demand
Added mouse-over previews to many lists and popup menus when selecting library items
Added mouse-over previews for image map buttons in the shader dialog
Fixed a crash involving raydiosity renderings, mostly affecting machines with higher core counts
Fixed a crash when leaving the rendering dialog
Fixed (again) windows opening very small when loading saved models
Improved performance for rendering tasks that showed as system cpu usage in Activity Monitor
Another fix for the crash involving raydiosity and mostly affecting machines with higher core counts
Fixed a crash loading model files with kinematics and bones
Fixed stretched preview aspect ratios in the resource palette
Fixed Tom’s crash on undo after a file import
Fixed the save file dialog focus after choosing “New Folder” so you can continue typing a file name
Fixed drag feedback showing a text label “ ” for resource items with no preview
The internal Serialization application no longer causes a system prompt for permission to run
Added extra detection of corrupt mesh faces when loading files
Fixed a crash when exiting the rendering dialog
Fixed broken pasting of images in image texture dialogs
Fix deletion of holes from bezier regions, including during extrude reshape
Add support for colorized close and zoom window titlebar buttons in single window UI mode
Fixed (mesh) file format backward compatibility, broken since beta 186
Fixed lathe object properties degrees text so it’s clickable for numeric entry
Fixed undo history spamming when dragging the lathe object properties degrees control
Fixed a cause of flicker in Metal modeling views when interacting in multiple views
Fixed sometimes inconsistent light dome illumination in Metal modeling views
Fixed constrained camera window resizing resulting in a bad size
Fixed camera and spotlight windows incorrectly capping their size to the desktop size

Beta build 186

Fixed a crash involving mesh smoothing
Fixed a rare crash involving LiveRay overlays
Fixed updating while resizing the single window application
Fixed objects incorrectly moving when clicked on in a newly opened window
Fixed undesired automatic scrolling to the end of the resource palette when editing a shader
Added updated resource palette selection visuals (contributed by Tom Macie)
Fixed a hang in Open GL for some geometry types
Fixed the return key dismissing a dialog while editing the shader time
Fixed some clicks acting like the option key is down when it isn’t
Added support for the tab key in keyboard shortcuts
Added a Show/Hide All Palettes command in keyboard shortcuts
Better support for using the same hot key over multiple commands (comment on changes to hot key conflict handling)
Improved window miniaturization/minimization behavior and added titles to macOS dock tiles
Fixed a few crashes in the Obj importer
Fixed the resource palette growing slightly taller with each launch of the program
Fixed OpenGL in the modeling views losing track of lighting when displaying large models
Added a tentative fix for LiveRay crashes (could have been triggered by long-clicking on the LiveRay button)
Improved performance of OpenGL with large models
Improved Obj handling of materials with Windows-style image file paths
Changed the Obj import dialog UI to allow inverted material opacity
Fixed several crashes and hangs (text, bones, deformation lattice)
Fixed the UI becoming unresponsive after using Explode or Shatter
Added more alert hot keys to avoid requiring a mouse click (usually the first letter of buttons)
Added a behavior for LiveRay to reveal the modeling view when the mouse hovers over it
Fixed a crash when resizing windows
Fixed bad window configurations when loading and reverting saved models
Re-enabled cmd-‘.’ as an alternative to pressing the escape key
Fixed skeleton/bones objects losing mesh associations
Fixed disabled entries in the file selection dialog for obj mtl files and rendering setting files
Exorcised ghost LiveRay overlays that lingered after camera windows were closed
Re-enabled floating project window consideration when maximizing modeling windows
Fixed a hang when previewing animations involving deformation
Fixed bad geometry generation for bezier patches from objects such as lathe and skin (showed up with displacement maps and rendering splines as polygons)
Fixed skeleton objects losing their mesh associations
Fixed disabled entries in the file selection dialog for obj mtl files and render setting files
Improved OpenGL stability ([S3DBeta] Crash attempting to select objects)
Exorcised LiveRay ghost overlays that lingered after camera windows were closed
Improved handling of window resizing (but modeling views still go blank as the resize happens)
Re-enabled floating project window affecting modeling window maximization/zoom
Fixed a crash animating models with deformation or jiggle
Fixed a crash when saving after using “Remove unused” in the resource palette
Several other fixes for crashes and general stability
Improved handling of more than 32 textures on a single mesh in Obj imports (by splitting the mesh)
Added a guard against deleting the camera from an open camera window

Beta build 179

Added a preference switch for the “single window application” mode
Changed the project window “Base properties” label to “Contained objects” for groups and shapes; “Attributes” for most other object types
Fixed a problem with popup menus and windows not showing
Fixed a crash on revert
Fixed a crash when deleting elements from a very large mesh
Fixed doubled-up tooltips in the project window
Fixed dialogs not taking key presses until after clicked on
Fixed custom scripted shader dialogs not showing
Fixed scripting console font sizes
Fixed render preset file loads not “sticking” after the rendering dialog is closed
Fixed suspensions saving with the wrong start time
Corrected the ML Normals and ML Outline rendering presets
Improved loading of Obj files containing full paths to material maps
Improved reporting of causes when Collada files fail to load
Added a new shy/hidden button icon for project window entries
Added option key support to the shader subset selection popup menu
Added native support for dragging the file icon from window titlebars
Lots of work done on native multi-window UI support
Fixed a crash in multi-window mode on MacBooks with energy saving gpu settings enabled
Fixed windows developing offset mouse tracking
Fixed shader dialog preview selections so they persist in the resource palette when re-rendered
Added a floating preview for resource palette entries and other small previews in the UI as you mouse over them (to get larger previews resources will need to be re-saved. This will be done in a future beta for you for shipping resources).
Fixed pasting of high dpi images at full resolution
Fixed windows becoming confused when displays are added, changed or removed during a run
Fixed some circumstances where the image texture map dialog would confuse color/gray bit depth (need to keep an eye on this one)
Fixed enter/return key behavior for empty fields in the object transform tab (also empty number fields can be made empty again)
Fixed tool palette popup panel display
Fixed mouse right-clicking to show contextual menus
Reduced initial memory usage by half a gigabyte or more
Adjusted mouse/trackpad scrolling to be less quick and twitchy
Changed the option-click preview regeneration to be more responsive
More consistent invalidation of LiveRay overlays when changing the model
The native multi-window UI is now the default program preference entry
Made shader and resource palette previews more consistent. Most previously saved shader previews don’t actually store the preview model preference in the model file but just say “use the default.” Newly saved files will remember the selected preview preference for each shader (sphere, tile, etc.).
Fixed file corruption when writing models with FBX objects in them
Fixed updating of linked textures when the source file changes
Fixed an overeager optimization that refused to update any windows after the button bar was hidden
Fixed unexpected camera window resizing when using the in-window buttons
Better refreshing of lathe objects as the lathe tool is used
No longer recording exported file formats in the recent files list
Improved handling of missing linked image files during collect and save
Continue loading files with minor problems

Beta build 173

Fixed image maps being incorrectly reset to gray when edited
Fixed an intermittent hang involving bezier skin objects (render crash)
Fixed the Set View Origin command to use the nearest surface point when clicking over complex geometry
Added the Set View Origin command to each reshape mode contextual menu
Rearranged the Set View Origin and Render Extents commands within the contextual menu
Much improved double-clicking responsiveness
Various fixes for the scripting console window
Added several missing hi-dpi UI images
Fixed choppy interactivity in mesh reshape
Fixed tabbing order by disallowing tabbing between drawers and dialogs
Fixed inverted handling of transparency ‘Tr’ tokens in OBJ imports
Added options to control auto-smoothing and materials in OBJ imports
Added a visual indication of the default button in modal dialogs
Reduced the amount of cpu usage when in the background and not rendering
Removed the Set View Origin command from the shortcut key dialog as it’s only available from contextual menus
Windows that go offscreen for any reason are more reliably brought back within view
Fixed an internal crash triggered by specific model configurations
Fixed the preview progress bar so it isn’t active unless rendering
Fixed rectangle and n-sided polygons losing their faces in Metal renderings under specific conditions
Enabled image texture dialog controls when using option-drag on sliders for auto setup
Now using the system preference for accent and highlight colors within the UI
Moved the “Set View Origin’ contextual menu entry before any selection menu entries
Added support for the return and enter keys when selecting menu items

Beta build 169

Fixed a crash in the UV Scale Each tool for large meshes
Fixed a crash when double clicking shapes
Fixed renderings displaying with a bad colorspace (red showing with an orange tint)
Fixed loading the composite image from multilayer PSD imports (broken in build 159)
Fixed meshes in Metal drawing only as outlines until the view is refreshed
Fixed text edit fields always re-selecting the entire field when there are non-ascii characters in the text
Fixed numeric text fields silently clamping values to min/max limits and reselecting the entire field (regular polygon)
Fixed blank number fields becoming -1.234568
Fixed menu key equivalent responsiveness after alerts (such as the Ungroup alert)
Fixed missing updates for path extrude geometry after edit mode
Improved the performance of Raydiosity renderings when using movie files as surface textures
Improved blurry reflections by eliminating patterns in Raydiosity renderings when using even oversampling values
Added missing help menu documents
Fixed the colorspace used for rendering previews
Fixed international decimal point handling in numeric text fields to match system preferences
Fixed the progress indicator display in texture dialog previews
Fixed uv texture coordinate mangling of polygons with holes
Fixed the environment palette light dome popup resetting the active model light dome
Fixed a crash when switching subdivision surface mode to triangle
Fixed a crash on startup when using menu item hotkeys (like an early cmd-N)
Improved stability of the deformation tool
Improved automatic previews when changing the rendering gamma dialog
Enabled multiple selection for the shape resource palette “Replace Selected” command
Fixed a geometry dependent crashing bug

Beta build 166

Fixed Metal renderer updates during 3d bezier mesh reshape
Fixed the clobbering of UV coordinates when pasting mesh data copied during mesh reshape
Fixed text fields showing zero for multiple selection values (now remaining blank unless every value matches)
Fixed clipboard colorspace handling of pasted images
Fixed clipboard import/export of model data
Fixed (maybe) a crash when rendering suspension RDFs – please test
Fixed drag-reordering behavior for the list of files in the suspension dialog
Better Help menu activation and enabling of items
Fixed menu item enabling when using a non-floating project window
Fixed the “Select Pinned UVs” command in UV edit
Fixed the light dome popup menu when selecting and loading an item
Fixed tabbing between texture coverage or size values when the lock constraint is enabled
Changes to OpenGL for stability
Fixed the handling of 16-bit PNG images
Fixed a crash in Obj export
Fixed entering zero into a blank object properties field with multiple objects selected
Fixed a problem with UI text entry where it would re-select the entire field as you typed
Fixed tabbing out of dialog text fields in drawers (can’t tab out of incidence value)
Lots of work on elusive OpenGL crashes
Improved stability (crash rotating view and a few others)
Added a “Render Extents” option to the standard modeling view contextual menu (uses the extents of the object under the mouse click)
Better rendering dialog previews using the active modeling view when orthographic
Better key equivalent handling for alerts (such as the Ungroup command)
Fixed instability and crashes involving the OpenGL renderer
Fixed a crash when rapidly closing multiple modeling windows in sequence
Includes the previous fix from beta 163 for the new render extents contextual menu item (operates on the geometry under the mouse when clicking to bring up the menu)
Fixed incorrect gamma results in renderings
Fixed return key handling in the object properties transform tab
Fixed the “Render Extents” object extent calculation (shift-render extents will clip the computed extents to the view)
Fixed a hang involving text objects
Now retaining the last selected image map view setting across dialogs

Beta build 159

Fixed a crash in the smooth model command
Fixed the default surface shading values so they match newly created materials at 85% diffuse color
Fixed project window selection of the camera object for the active camera window
Fixed extrude object reshape so it updates the view with changes
Grids will color adjust when too close to the background color so they should remain visible
Added a preferences dialog for the rendering tool
Changed the default constrained rendering tool aspect ratio to 16:9
Made a minor change to unicode text handling to correctly handle more character sequences
Mouse clicks inside of a modeling window but near the edge will prefer the tool function over resizing the window
Backed out a previous change to the disabled UI text color that made the text harder to see
Plugged a slow memory leak
Fixed mesh editing and updates during simultaneous UV Edit and reshape
Fixed shape windows using the wrong environmental lighting
Fixed the display of joint lines between objects in Metal views
Fixed the initial Text tool path selection and path order to match earlier releases
Fixed a potential crash at startup over recent item file paths
Dramatically improved copy/paste performance for large models, adding progress indication and curing an apparent hang
Changed Metal to use the same color selection for hiddenline edges as OpenGL does
Changed face normal display during mesh reshape to be more visible
Cleaned up skeleton object properties a bit
Disabled lighting attenuation in Metal so smooth and flat surfaces are more visible while modeling with dim or distant positional light sources
Fixed potential crashes in several tools including bezier surface reshape
Fixed a crash during drag and drop of shapes from the shape palette that have no preview
Better shape preview generation for the resource palette when there’s an open shape window
The lock grid aspect ratio setting is applied to grid dimensions when the Grid Template Settings dialog is dismissed
Updated color handling so user configured line colors aren’t included in the “too close to the background” color adjustments
Fixed blue line colors disappearing on dark backgrounds
Subdivision surface cages are now hidden during mesh reshape
Added rudimentary selected edge length feedback during mesh reshape
Fixed incorrect face and edge color selection in Metal hiddenline
Fixed an internal error in mesh reshape after undoing an edge dissolve
Fixed incorrectly loading single layer PSD files as blank image maps
Fixed missing labels in UV Edit
Fixed the “Camera up-vector correction” preference setting so it takes effect without a program relaunch
Fixed the “New Camera from View” command to use that preference setting for “Constrain roll”
Added mesh reshape distance feedback for 2 vertex selection
Obj no longer forces auto smoothing onto every exported mesh nested within a shape or group
Obj now shows a progress bar during exports
Increased the resize hit area for resizable windows and added a new decoration for the modeling window

Beta build 155

Fixed a crash on quit and a potential hang on startup
Finalized Metal line thickness settings for retina and non-retina displays and removed the beta UI
Camera window controls now invalidate LiveRay overlays
Fixed a slowdown in Metal renderings introduced in build 149
Fixed camera and spotlight window movement buttons not accelerating as they are held
Fixed redraws after camera view movement undo/redo
Fixed a crash when resizing a new empty modeling window
Fixed an obscure startup crash with a very marginal input device attached to the Mac
Fixed inverted 1-bit gray image maps in the map editing dialog
Fixed a case where the shader selection channel was missing shaders in layered renderings
Fixed mesh reshape shift+arrow key 10x movement
Added support for loading movie files as image maps and backdrops and re-enabled an alert for loading sequences of image files
Added menu entries as preference shortcuts for showing textures and tridents and for new window zooming
Changed the image texture default diffuse color to 85% gray and direct/indirect reflectivity to 100% scaling
Changed the rendering tool modifier keys, all of which may be combined
– Command key: brings up the rendering dialog if held when the mouse button is released
– Option key: drags are centered around the initial point
– Shift key: drags are constrained to a square
Added a “Render UV Area” button to the UV Edit dialog that will open the rendering dialog with the grid area selected:
– If you haven’t rotated the view it should fit and align to the grid, otherwise it will encompass the grid
– Hold the shift key while clicking the button to clip to the view extents if desired when the grid extends beyond the view
Cleaned up various bits of UI
– Details info tab crowded and clipped buttons at the bottom
– Jiggle object property labels
– Time controls and labels in shaders and various dialogs
– Transform tab path popup and label overlap
Temporarily disabling aggressive multicore optimization while gathering Metal geometry for meshes:

Beta build 152

Fixed curve and line colors that are too close to the background color in flat and shaded modes for both Metal and OpenGL
Fixed the color coded display of subdivision cages
Fixed snapshot scan line feedback when zoomed on a retina display
Fixed the ability to enter “inf” for infinite values
Fixed a potential hang and added more progress when saving small suspension models at large rendering sizes
Fixed the resource palette position upon launch while collapsed
Changed the indeterminate progress dialog indicator – hopefully it’s better than before
Changed the progress indicator bar color to a dark gray
Changed the deformation and jiggle dialog labeling to specifically use XYZ object local coordinates
Now showing the XYZ indicators for object local coordinates with more selected tool types (such as deformation)
Better stacked palette behavior when switching between selected objects and when changing tabs
Added a button to the rendering preferences that reveals the rendering log file in the Finder
Added an alert when launched on a machine that doesn’t support the required Metal features
Changed the installer to allow more control over the install location and to check for hardware support

Beta build 151

Fixed the crash when starting UV Edit while in mesh reshape mode
Fixed a crash invoking the UV Edit conform operation on large mesh selections
– The conform algorithm is horribly inefficient, so you probably don’t want to run it on large selections
– Added progress and a cancel button so you can get out of a tight spot
Fixed a crash involving boolean objects while loading a model
Fixed a crash when setting soft shadows on a global light
Fixed write errors when saving files in DropBox folders (and maybe when hosted by other sharing services or on servers)
Switched back to no command key modifier on alert button hotkeys (but left open the door for a user preference)
Added missing file icons to the application package (but a desktop refresh will probably be needed to fix generic icons)
Added progress when a pre-save step is needed just before saving a file
Enabled progress when loading files opened via the Finder
Updated the slide tool cursor
Fixed a suspension restart bug (and potential memory corruption) demonstrated most easily by loading the suspension queue with multiple files at one time
Fixed the wrong scaling and offsets for Metal snapshots on Macs with a Retina display
Fixed animation frame saves for OpenGL and Metal renderings
Fixed the Metal renderer so it will properly update the display of meshes with embedded animation
Fixed thick line display in OpenGL
Added thick line display to Metal
Enabled setting fractional sizes for mesh reshape visuals in Metal
Enabled alert hotkeys with or without the command key held
Fixed Metal renderer line display on Nvidia GPUs
Fixed a hang when editing lathe object defining curves
Fixed a crash tabbing out of object properties texture size
Updated our FBX support to the most recent SDK release and enabled FBX imports for Apple M1 machines
Performance improvements for model file loading and linked map preloading
Changed the interaction time delay in mesh reshape scale and move tools from 300 ms to 150 ms
Changed the application backdrop color to a dark gray

Beta build 147

Fixed a timing dependent crash when saving a suspension from the rendering dialog
Fixed the display and processing of function keys and other “non-letter” hotkey tokens in the menus (let me know if you find any still not working, or if you have a better term for “non-letter”)
Changes to custom hotkeys should now show up right away in the menus
Added a missing slide tool cursor for mesh reshape
Fixed the loading of older versions of window layouts and rendering settings in model files
Fixed the lighting palette “Delete selected light” operation
Fixed the initial click placement of camera and spotlight orientation
Fixed Metal flat and hidden line to match the smooth shading appearance when diffuse reflectance is low
Fixed a crashing bug in the Obj importer involving long paths and missing texture files
Fixed the default gamma setting for imported file formats such as Obj (was resetting to 1.0)
Fixed OpenGL faces going dark during mesh reshape when the “shade hidden line” preference is disabled
Fixed OpenGL spotty quad face highlighting during mesh reshape
Changed the alert hotkeys to require the command key (so now using command-‘D’ for “Don’t Save” instead of just ‘D’)
Fixed pasting of long strings into text fields
Fixed a minor but persistent memory leak
Fixed a couple of crash-on-quit bugs
Fixed a crash involving the new boolean support when loading a file
Fixed a crash involving lathe objects and skin geometry
Fixed the align to path dialog
Added loading progress for linked image maps when a file is opened (really seems to help with Ivan’s large model files)
Added a size check in the rendering dialog for a limit of 16384 pixels in width or height
Animation preview via the project window is working
Rendering log files are being written if enabled
Updated helper apps (license management, etc)

Previous fixes, updates and improvements in 8.2.3:

This update simply fixes the helper application inside of Design 3D CX that communicates with the Strata software licensing server, which will reinstate your ability to activate, deactivate and do the monthly license checks. [NOTE: as of this writing, Design 3D CX x64 for Intel and M1 chip Macs is in late beta, making this release moot]

Previous fixes, updates and improvements in 8.2.2:

Fix for missing textures and possible crash when exporting to VRML
Fix for issue with communication between HDRLS and D3D LiveRay
Fix for crash when importing an STL file from Cobalt
Made saving to a folder optional for some file types
Changed inStudioVR to Spaces VR in the Publish to VR dialog
Fix for default Collada tiling setting when no tiling parameters are found. We now default Collada to repeat
Fixes for broken UI in the Save/Export dialog in High Sierra 10.13
Fix for dark selection marquee in High Sierra 10.13.
Fixes for flashing black rectangles on startup and reshape enter/exit in High Sierra
Fixed Thickness handling of UVs on polygon meshes
Fixed the issue with the Texture dialog Apply button not updating the LiveRay rendering in the modeling window
Fix to allow the multi-pane modeling window presets to recognize the Preferences “Initial display” setting
Fixed issue where Air and Gravity widgets showing through to the Desktop in Sierra and High Sierra
Fix for U3D file import crash

Previous fixes, updates and improvements in 8.2.1:

Fix for File menu grayed out issue
Fix to avoid crashing when suspending renderings
Fix for crash when opening model files
Fix for flip faces issue when flipping a face with holes. Fixes Thickness on polymesh with holes issue
Fix for crash when mesh has a UV channel but it’s empty
Several fixes for crashes when drawing faces with holes but missing valid UVs
Fix for properly iterating face with hole vertices in certain cases. This fixes a UV Edit selection issue
Fix for exporting material subsets to Collada
Fix for Fillet crash with boolean object having extra vertices
Some UV corruption fixes when burning or entering UV Edit
Fix for face selections not displaying on back faces when Backface Culling is on
Fix for topology errors when loading old models with faces that have multiple holes
Fixed polygon mesh with hole misbehaving when dissolving edge connecting hole area to perimeter
Fix convert issues with UVs
Fix for copy/deleting UVs issue
Fix for Connect/Split edge distorting UVs
Fix for crash when doing meld
Fix for Burn UV crash

Previous fixes, updates and improvements in 8.2:

Base features to support VR
Improved support for holes in a polygon mesh
Fixed poly editor dissolving of vertices crash/hang
Fixes for some different dissolve crash situations
Fixed poly editor copy hang
Fixes for drawing polymesh faces with multiple holes
Fixed a number of Collada export issues
- Fix for map tiling issue
- Fix for combining compound shader that includes stencils/masks
- Fixed the Collada exporter to stop exporting with garbage pixels on the edges of the Collada maps
- Add support for exporting specular color and glow(emission) maps
- Other Collada fixes
Fix for subdividing models with an empty UV Channel
Fixed some “missing map key” alert issue with poly meshes

Previous fixes, updates and improvements in 8.1.2:

Optimizations for passing large linked image maps to the rendering engine
Fixed a lightdome mapping performance issue
Background resources gamma settings changed to 1.0 so that they work correctly with the lightdome and gamma rendering setup
The SE limited functionality version can now save models and renderings

Previous fixes, updates and improvements in 8.1.1:

Fix for rare file corruption when saving model under low memory conditions
Much better handling of image buffers in low memory. You will now get an “out of memory” alert where previously the program was silent
Several memory and performance optimizations when saving images
Fix for saving layered animation and suspension renderings as PSD 16-bit
Made changes in mipmap handling to reduce memory usage
Fix for bad shadow interpolation of flat shaded faces that have shading normals
Fix for banding and bad color artifacts with the Aura and DOF effects
Fix for a saving crash in the polygon mesh code
Fixed a crash when saving as Quicktime
Fixed a crash that was happening on rare occasions after a rendering finished
Fixed a crash when loading Collada files containing bad geometry
Fixed a rare issue where a file can not be opened because of bad global light direction values. The bad direction values will be reset to represent an “overhead” global light
Update to support new software licensing back-end system

Previous fixes, updates and improvements in 8.1:

Winter 2015-16 Release Foundational Support:
- Embree raycasting engine support – up to 800% speed increase
- Stage Model feature support – stage your model in a professional environment in as few as 2 clicks
- Note: For buyers prior to November 15, 2015, the Winter 2015-16 Release features require either a subscription or purchase of the upgrade
New, more visible marquee selection indicator
Improved displacement support for subdivision surfaces
Fixed some memory handling issues
Fixed Stereo Camera rendering
Fix for Render dialog Detail settings retention issue
Fix for texture animating even though “All Time” was selected
Fixed a moving a light crasher
Fixed the lackluster Shape thumbnail preview renderings
Added gamma adjusted thresholding to the raytracer
Added multithreaded image thresholding and gamma optimization to antialaising
Fixed several crashing situations
Fixed a performance problem involving animated texture channels
Added an optimization to more quickly load PSD layered images
Added some optimization to the texture dialog and texture channel map thumbnails
Change made to the rendering presets to work better with the new renderer changes
Stencil/opacity textures again supported in the GL drawn modeling views
Added SE Mode (limited functionality) when product not licensed
Fixed some lighting widget update issues
Fixed for the Global light key commands not working
Fix for the Shape previews not rendering

Previous fixes, updates and improvements in 8.0.2:

Fixes and improvements to the Magic Wand Face tool.
Changed the Magic Wand Face default setting to something more useful.
Added four new model templates (accessed through the “New Project” dialog)
Fix for texture and resource preview rendering mismatch
Boolean engine updated
- The Boolean update provides a more robust engine and handles some cases that previously caused crashes
Fixed a group and ungroup performance issue
Changes to help eliminate a lengthy pause in some models when generating shape resource previews
Project Window optimizations to help with larger data sets
Modeling view optimizations
Better low memory handling
Fixed a memory leak

Previous fixes, updates and improvements in 8.0.1:

Fix for Collada .zae files not loading
Improved Collada’s find missing image mechanism
Fixed issue with loading U3D files
Fix for UV edge lines not drawing in vertex mode when you have an active polygon edit session
Fix for bezier curve/region selected points highlighting
Optimizations to make pasting images into the image map dialog faster
Fix for a Project Window crasher
Fix an memory consumption bug that could result in blank frames when saving huge .psd multilayer images
Fix to reduce memory consumption for multilayer suspended renderings
Reduced memory consumption while giving layered rendering feedback
Stop applying light overflow handling to float images
Enabling the composite layer if nothing is selected in the render to layer dialog
Fix for XMM crash on export
Disable drawers from moving the parent window when opened
Enabled closing drawers by double-clicking the upper title area
Fix for resuming OpenGL suspended renderings
Only enable menu/hotkey commands when they apply to the active window
License Manager – Fix for activations not working because of a permissions issue