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Release: Particle Tools, v0.3

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Release Type: Production

Version: 0.3

Release Notes

ParticleTools only works in 32-bit mode.

New Colliders:
- Added "Collider: Kineme3D Object" patch — collides against the surface of a Kineme3D mesh
- Added "Collider: Quad" patch — collides against a single quad; easier to use than the "Collider: Triangle Structure" patch
New Renderers:
- Added "Render: Structure" patch — outputs a structure suitable for GLTools
- Added "Render: Kineme3D Objects" patch — renders a Kineme3D Object at every particle
- Added "Render: Textured" patch — simple renderer which adds support for a single texture
- Added "Render: VBO" patch — renders points, lines, triangles, or quads
New Objects:
- Added "Object: Boid" patch — implements the Craig W. Reynolds boid algorithm
- Added "Object: Gravitate" patch — implements particle-to-particle inverse-square gravitation
Added "Backface Culling" option for all colliders
Some performance optimizations
Fixed compatibility with PerformanceInspector
Fixed "Motion: Shear" setting when using "Render: Standard"
Fixed ports to allow publishing and use with "Input Splitter" and "(De)Multiplexer" as a Virtual Port
Fixed crash related to updating Settings panels while the composition is stopped
Fixed crash related to removing a live object from the Scene or an Emitter
Fixed crash related to removing a live object from an Emitter of Emitters
Fixed rendering of collision meshes when using "Render: Standard"
Improved force rendering — more forces now honor the Color property
Renamed most patches to be more intuitive and to take up less space in the composition editor

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Release: Value Historian, v20090114

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Release Type: Beta

Version: 20090114

Release Notes

Warning: These patches are now part of DataTools. Use that plugin instead.

This update fixes playback, which previously gave slightly erroneous output for a given input time.

Also applied a few other small optimizations, so it should be a bit snappier (probably not noticeable though).

By cwright at 2009-01-14 20:25
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Kineme3D

$50.00

Kineme3D uses standard OpenGL VBO-assisted rendering. Inside QC, Kineme3D objects will obey Fog, Lighting, 3D Transformations, Trackballs, and even GLSL shaders.

See the Vimeo Kineme3D Collection for some examples.

Or, for free, you can use Vuo. Vuo is a complete visual programming environment for Mac, similar to Quartz Composer. With Vuo you can load and manipulate 3D meshes, just like Kineme3D enables you to do with Quartz Composer. And, unlike Quartz Composer, Vuo is actively developed.

Credits

@gtoledo3: structure explode.qtz sample composition and cubeball.obj model
@franz - Corbu.3ds model
@usefuldesign.au: logo
Ryan Mohler - "Nemo" model for PointCache.qtz

Known Issues

OS 10.8 introduced changes to the OpenGL calls made in QC's Mesh and Sprite patches. In OS 10.8 and later, a Sprite or Mesh Renderer patch rendered in the same scene and directly before a Kineme3D Object may corrupt the Kineme3D object's triangle buffer.

Workarounds:

If possible, modify the rendering order such that 3D Object Renderer is before the Sprite patch, or not immediately following it.
Use 3D Plane Generator and 3D Object Renderer in lieu of a Sprite patch.

Unsupported on OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) and above

Please download the trial and make sure it meets your needs before purchasing. Due to bugs in Apple's Quartz Composer framework, we cannot guarantee that Kineme plugins will work properly on Mac OS 10.8 and above.