Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 15.00 - May 7, 2018
- Fixed some minor bugs
- Updated translators for improved accuracy
- Updated SubD-NURBS for improved accuracy
- Support for 3ds Max 2019
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 13.00 - June 13, 2016
- Fixed some memory corruption issues related to string handling.
- General stability improvements.
- Removed restrictions on using the SubD Mesh to Nurbs converter while in demo mode.
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 12.00 - July 27, 2015
- Removed many of the messages we would spawn when detecting import issues, per request from users.
- Huge translator overhaul. Synched with our popular Modo Cad Loaders plugin.
- Fixed some issues with Pwr_Swung.
- Fixed a few problems with the SolidWorks importer. Note that we are still awaiting support for SolidWork's new api so we do not fully support a few of their latest versions.
- Our core libraries were updated to the latest versions, which means general bug fixes.
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 10.00 - May 21, 2013
- Fixed some deployment issues with our UI files.
- Fixed some crashes and permissions issues with translations, specifically related to logging.
- Added better feedback for translation failures.
- Updated our SubDToNurbs core technology as well as introduced new conversion types.
- Added support for converting creased edges for SubDToNurbs.
- Made minor Core library changes.
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 9.20 - Sep 30, 2012
- Fixed some deployment issues for non-English language settings installations.
- Fixed some crashes on import and general instability with out objects.
- Fixed some import setting options, including Y-up.
- Added 2013 compatible UI files for our toolstrip.
- Made minor Core library changes.
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 9.10 - May 29, 2012
- Fixed some deployment issues for non-English language settings installations.
- Enabled the Network License Manager for use in the 9.X plugins.
- Made minor Core library changes.
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 9.00 - May 1, 2012
- Removed the credit system from Power SubDNurbs (ReMod). Now, a license will include unlimited use.
- Changed the Power SubDNurbs modfier name from ReMod to Pwr_SubDNurbs.
- Made major changes to the Core conversion libraries as well as the UI to Power SubDNurbs.
- Made some improvements with object display using the Nitrous display system. Direct3D might still be the more stable system to use but Nitrous has improved.
- Improved the Pwr UVW Unwrap to be more stable.
- General core library improvements with a newer, updated modelling kernel.
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 8.41 - April 16, 2012
- Fixed some crash/hang causing issues with Assemblies. Fixed Assembly render and convert to mesh.
- Fixed an issue related to Material Id switching that was causing a crash.
- Fixed some issues in ReMod (SubDToNURBS) with instability in the 2011 and 2010 Max versions.
- Fixed general mesh issues where we would get a visible seam in the viewport/render mesh.
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 8.4 - January 25, 2012
- Correct a normals issue that was apparent in blends both in the viewport and on renders.
- Released the Power Scan To Nurbs products as a tool (Pwr_ScanNrb in nPower Tools 1)
- Core library updates to improve Solid Modeling as well as the Power SubD To Nurbs product.
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 8.3 - October 11, 2011
- Correct the view dependent tessellation for animating objects in motion (and maintaining high quality tessellation)
- Fixed JT import for Power Translators Universal
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 8.2 - September, 2011
- Fixed Network License Manager to work with new license system
- Fixed several import issues (mostly with STEP import)
- Some Power NURBS fixes
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 8.1 - August 30, 2011
- General Step Import Improvements was the main focus.
- Fixed issues with Layers, specifically with Rhino. This actually applies to all imports though.
- Fixed Transformation issues with the Universal Translator.
- New implementation of handling n-sided patches (Corner Blend tool) and corner fillets. Creates a much smoother and accurate blend.
- General Kernel improvements for importing, and construction
- Pwr_NURBS (Navigator) will now work on imported Body Objects
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 8.0 - May, 2011
- Support for 3ds Max 2012
- Support for importing Catia v6.0 models (Power Translators Universal)
- Fixed many bugs in many tools
- General improvements to kernel (Upgrade to SOLIDS++ 6.0)
- Improved error tolerance of importer when "Orient Surfaces" option is enabled
- Fixed an issue where some sphere surfaces (primarily in IGES imports) wouldn't tessellate correctly.
- Fixed some memory corruption and threading bugs.
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 7.1 - Sep 27, 2010
- Fixed crash when applying modifiers Convert to Editable Mesh/Poly
- Fixed crash when rendering assemblies
- Fixed crash when opening files from older plugin versions
- Improved conversion to Editable Mesh/Poly
- Improved Rhino(.3dm) import to handle instancing
- General improvements to kernel
Usage Notes:
- Our solution to fix many of these crashes has unfortunate effects on the Symmetry Modifier. If a user tries to use this modifier on our objects, the outcome will result in a crash. It has to do with the way we implement surface normals on the mesh we provide to Max when applying the modifier. To avoid this, we suggest converting to Editable Poly before applying the modifier.
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 7.0 - May 24, 2010
- New Power Slice tool for Power Translators Pro
- New selective import of assembliy parts (for Power Translators Pro)
- New Tangent flipping tool
- New "grips" UI for manipulating several objects
- Improved UI for Power Translators (import & export)
- Added STL export
- Improvements in export for SAT, IGES, STEP
- General import improvements for SAT, STEP, SolidWorks and Rhino
- Improvements in import for Power Translators Universal file formats. Also fixed broken UG importer
- Added new native file formats to Power Translators Universal (JT, SolidEdge, SolidWorks, Parasoid)
- Many important bug fixes
- Added support for 3ds Max 2011
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 6.3 - April 7, 2010
- Fixed SolidWorks importing for SW 2009 & 2010 models
- Improved importing of SAT & SolidWorks models (especially the fillets and blends)
- Fixed filleting bugs
- Fixed importing some assemblies
- Fixed some Catia import problems
- IGES import improvements for sewing trimmed surfaces in a semi intelligent way
- General import improvements for SAT, STEP, and Rhino
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 6.2 - December , 2009:
- For Power Translators Universal - implemented JT, SolidEdge, SolidWorks, Inventor, Parasolids formats
- Major stability improvements (undo crashes virtually eliminated).
- Fillet tool should no longer lose/corrupt fillet sets.
- Isocurve tool should no longer randomly ignore the user selections.
- Power primitive redraw in sub-object mode sped up.
- Plugins load time during Max load time drastically reduced.
- Sub-object cloning within sketch tool improved (bezier handles should persist).
- Various minor bug fixes.
Usage Notes:
1. As part of our solution to the periodic undo crashes, we now maintain a hidden/frozen layer where place holder nodes accumulate during use of the nPower tools. In general, we have tried to minimize the visibility of this layer to the user. The user should not need to worry about this layer for the most part, as its contents are automatically cleaned if the user saves their progress to a Max file and then loads that file. A dialog may appear to remind the user to save and reload their progress if this layer starts to get crowded. It is recommended that users DO NOT manually delete the contents of this layer, as this may cause the undo system to destabilize. Please let us know if any aspect of this system hinders your work flow or if you continue to encounter undo-related crashes.
2. In general it is recommended that users minimize deletion of objects in Max. Frequent node deletions appear to encourage undo-related crashes. If the need arises to delete a large number of objects, it is recommended to 'save and reload' after the deletion.
3. Due to a recently discovered bug in Max, we recommend against single-axis-rescaling of any object in "Affect Pivot Only" mode. Such objects tend to behave oddly, particularly when used as rails or shapes as input to various shape generators. If such a scaling operation is desired with a sketch object, it is much safer to rescale the sub-object vertices than to rescale the sketch object at the top level.
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 6.1 - October , 2009:
- User Interface simplification (disabling of invalid options) of the most common tools
- UVW Unwrap completion
- Sketch extents bug fix
- Massive improvement in SAT file translation
- Tessellation improvements
- Blending bug fixes
- Many other major and minor bug fixes
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 6.0 - April , 2009:
- Added support for 3ds Max 2010
- Added new UV unwrap tool
- Added support for all 3ds Max modifiers (Path Deform, Patch Deform, SurfDeform, Bend, Affect Region, Displace, FFD (all 5), Noise, Ripple, Skew, Spherify, Squeeze, Stretch, Taper, Twist, Wave) applied directly to our NURBS objects
- Added support for importing SolidWorks 2009 files (Power Translators Pro and Power SolidWorksToMax)
- Added crash protection to prevent most crashing bugs
- Many other major and minor bug fixes
- 2x performance improvement in interactive editing operations
- Improved user interface for curve selection
Power NURBS / Solids / Translators / all plug-ins 5.3 - October 15, 2008:
- Fixed authorization problems with educational versions
- Fixed authorization problems for Power SolidWorksToMax
- Fixed problems with importing SolidWorks 2009 files
- Fixed tessellation bugs
- Several other minor bug fixes
Power NURBS 2.3 / Translators & Solids 4.3 - Feb. 1, 2007:
- Fixed authorization problems causing rendering crashes.
- Fixed offsetting problem with filleted surfaces
- Other minor bug fixes
Power NURBS 2.22 / Translators & Solids 4.22 - Jan. 17, 2007:
- Fixed authorization problem for Power RhinoToMax, Power CatiaToMax, Power UGSToMax.
Power NURBS 2.21 / Translators & Solids 4.21 - Jan. 12, 2007:
- Fixed crashing bug importing certain SolidWorks files. This fix is very important for Power SolidWorksToMax customers.
- Fixed problem with Max 9 handling of nPower_Settings.ini file. It was not correctly finding the file. The result was that rendering could crash, and you would see always "0.0" for all entries in the Render Approximation Settings dialog.
Power NURBS 2.2 / Translators & Solids 4.2 - Jan. 10, 2007:
- Fixed Major Bug with Tessellation running out of memory for larger models during Import, Rendering and Viewport mesh generation. This is a must have fix for Power Translators customers who have had out of memory crashing problems.
Power NURBS 2.11 / Translators & Solids 4.11 - Jan. 2, 2007:
- 64 Bit Release Only. New timed 64 bit version which expires in April. We are still working on new 64 bit licensing.
