 | Enhanced Boolean Operations (3D Canvas Pro only)
Boolean operations now produce fewer faces and points.
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 | Renderer Improvements
The 3D Canvas renderer now displays multi-layered translucency and
transparency.
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 | Improved Divide Operation
The Divide operation has a new option to allow for horizontal and
vertical divisions.
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 | Enhanced Crease Operation
The Crease operation now creases faces that have collinear edges and
concave facets.
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 | New Repair Geometry Operation (3D Canvas Pro
only)
The new Repair Geometry operation corrects problems with model geometry
such as collinear edges and concave facets.
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 | Auto-Creasing
3D Canvas now automatically re-creases after many operations in order
to correct creasing problems introduced by geometry changes.
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 | Enhanced MD2 Export (3D Canvas Plus/Pro only)
The MD2 export can now export hierarchies as well as individual objects.
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 | New Consolidate Operation (3D Canvas Pro only)
The new Consolidate operation automatically merges faces where the
resulting merged faces are planar and convex.
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 | Microsoft 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.
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 | New Merge Triangles Operation (3D Canvas Pro
only)
Automatically merges triangles where the resulting faces are planar and
convex.
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 | New 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.
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 | Enhanced Extrude Operation
The Extrude operation can now extrude based on the average face
direction.
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 | New De-triangulate Operation (3D Canvas Pro
only)
Automatically converts triangle faces to quadrilateral (four-sided)
faces.
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 | Improved Solidify Operation (3D Canvas Plus/Pro
only)
The Solidify operation now uses a more sophisticated approach to
solidifying objects.
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 | Operation Material Improvements
All operations now retain material information.
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 | Improved Face Highlighting
Faces selected while in wireframe mode are now more visible.
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 | Automatic Point Handle Resizing
The handles for selected points are now resized based on the viewing position.
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 | Automatic Recovery of Selection after Undo
Object, Face, Edge and Point selections are now recovered after an undo.
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 | Reduced Memory Usage
Memory usage is reduced for scenes with large numbers of layers.
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 | Plug-ins Enhanced (3D Canvas Pro only)
Plug-ins can now be applied to selected groups and hierarchies.
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 | New 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.
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 | Scene 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.
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 | Third Party Operations (3D Canvas
Pro only)
Third party developers and users can now create operations for 3D Canvas
Pro.
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 | Chamfer Operation Enhanced (3D Canvas Plus/Pro
only)
The Chamfer operation has a new parameter so that you can easily change
the chamfer amount.
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 | New Ctrl-Key and Function Key Shortcuts
All Tools, Rendering Modes and Highlight Modes can now be selected via
Ctrl-Key combinations or Function keys.
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