What's New in 3D Canvas 6.5

bulletEnhanced Boolean Operations (3D Canvas Pro only)

Boolean operations now produce fewer faces and points.

 
bulletRenderer Improvements

The 3D Canvas renderer now displays multi-layered translucency and transparency.

 
bulletImproved Divide Operation

The Divide operation has a new option to allow for horizontal and vertical divisions.

 
bulletEnhanced Crease Operation

The Crease operation now creases faces that have collinear edges and concave facets.

 
bulletNew Repair Geometry Operation (3D Canvas Pro only)

The new Repair Geometry operation corrects problems with model geometry such as collinear edges and concave facets.

 
bulletAuto-Creasing

3D Canvas now automatically re-creases after many operations in order to correct creasing problems introduced by geometry changes.

 
bulletEnhanced MD2 Export (3D Canvas Plus/Pro only)

The MD2 export can now export hierarchies as well as individual objects.

 
bulletNew Consolidate Operation (3D Canvas Pro only)

The new Consolidate operation automatically merges faces where the resulting merged faces are planar and convex.

 
bulletMicrosoft Train Simulator Wizard Enhanced (3D Canvas Plus/Pro only)

The Train Simulator Wizard now supports the export of custom levels of detail. It also supports the export of unconsolidated sub-objects for the creation of signals.

 
bulletNew Merge Triangles Operation (3D Canvas Pro only)

Automatically merges triangles where the resulting faces are planar and convex.

 
bulletNew Create Unique Names Plug-in (3D Canvas Pro only)

This new plug-in creates unique names for each group and object in the hierarchy selected.

 
bulletEnhanced Extrude Operation

The Extrude operation can now extrude based on the average face direction.

 
bulletNew De-triangulate Operation (3D Canvas Pro only)

Automatically converts triangle faces to quadrilateral (four-sided) faces.

 
bulletImproved Solidify Operation (3D Canvas Plus/Pro only)

The Solidify operation now uses a more sophisticated approach to solidifying objects.

 
bulletOperation Material Improvements

All operations now retain material information.

 
bulletImproved Face Highlighting

Faces selected while in wireframe mode are now more visible.

 
bulletAutomatic Point Handle Resizing

The handles for selected points are now resized based on the viewing position.

 
bulletAutomatic Recovery of Selection after Undo

Object, Face, Edge and Point selections are now recovered after an undo.

 
bulletReduced Memory Usage

Memory usage is reduced for scenes with large numbers of layers.

 
bulletPlug-ins Enhanced (3D Canvas Pro only)

Plug-ins can now be applied to selected groups and hierarchies.

 
bulletNew Scripting methods (3D Canvas Pro only)


The CanvasApplication class now includes six new methods: GetSnapToMode, GetSnapToObjectInterval, GetSnapToPointInterval, GetCanvasMode, GetCanvasModeTime and GetTrainSimulatorUtilsPath.

The CanvasGroup's ExportToTrainSimulator method now supports non-consolidated sub-objects.

The CanvasObject class now includes three new methods: Reduce, Optimize and DeleteFace.

The CanvasScene class now includes three new methods: GetSelectionType, GetCameraGroup, GetActiveFaceObjectIndex. It also supports multiple active groups and objects.

 
bulletScene Script Now Supported (3D Canvas Pro only)

Each scene can now have its own script. This can be used as a controlling script for all scene components rather than having a script for each individual group and/or object.

 
bulletThird Party Operations (3D Canvas Pro only)

Third party developers and users can now create operations for 3D Canvas Pro.

 
bulletChamfer Operation Enhanced (3D Canvas Plus/Pro only)

The Chamfer operation has a new parameter so that you can easily change the chamfer amount.

 
bulletNew Ctrl-Key and Function Key Shortcuts

All Tools, Rendering Modes and Highlight Modes can now be selected via Ctrl-Key combinations or Function keys.