Chaos Vantage v1.6.0 released

[s.balabanov]

Hello everyone!

We have released a new update - v1.6.0. Here are some of the highlights:

• Added support for Cosmos materials, including Triplanar mapping
• Added support for importing additional file formats:
  • FBX, OBJ, 3DS, PLY, STL, TER, DAE, GLTF
• Added batch rendering UI:
  • The Snapshot and Sequence dialogs are now united in a single Render dialog.
  • Render jobs can be started as before, but they can also be added to a queue.
• Added animation frame range setting to the render dialog
• Added remaining render time estimation
• Added default non-zero values for transform snapping
• Added new "Import" item to the menu - similar to what we do with drag-and-drop
• Optimized GPU memory usage: Light Cache is now several times smaller
• Optimized GPU memory usage: unused textures are unloaded from the GPU

You can find the full change log here:
https://docs.chaosgroup.com/x/DgihAw

You can download the update from here:
https://download.chaosgroup.com/?platform=47&product=63

You can see some of the new features in use here:

Best regards.
The Chaos Vantage team

[s.balabanov]

Hello everyone!
We released a new version 1.6.1 with fixes and improvements:

• Fixed live link animation started with Vantage UI rendering the same frame over and over
• Fixed excessive shared GPU memory usage with certain large .OBJ scenes
• Fixed HDR rotation not importing with vrscene generated from Revit
• Fixed default up direction (now Y) for OBJ and 3DS files
• Fixed UI issues when switching between Still and Sequence in the render dialog
• Improved rendering: Results now better match the VRayUVWRandomizer in V-Ray for Cinema4D
• Improved UX: Place tool now locks object orientation while Shift is pressed
• Improved UX: Load sample HDR file when opening non-vrscene files

For the full change log click here:
https://docs.chaosgroup.com/x/DgihAw

You can download the update from here:
https://download.chaosgroup.com/?platform=47&product=63

Best regards.
The Chaos Vantage team

[s.balabanov]

Hello everyone!
We released a new update 1.6.2 with the following fixes and improvements:

• Added support for the "auto" color space transfer function of VRayBitmap (V-Ray 5 update 2)
• Fixed occasional line artifacts in interactive mode when using multiple GPUs
• Fixed duplicate objects showing up in object list (with scenes from Maya)
• Fixed issue with select-all undo in the objects list
• Fixed crash when out of GPU memory and the scene has a rectangle light with a texture
• Fixed issues in camera import script for 3ds Max
• Fixed live link failing to start in specific circumstances (when "Save strings in legacy non-scene files using UTF8" is enabled in 3ds Max)
• Fixed error when saving changes to the default configuration (defaults.vantage file)
• Improved loading of .vantage files - if the root vrscene is not found with its absolute path it's searched for in the folder containing the .vantage file

For the full change log click here:
https://docs.chaosgroup.com/x/DgihAw

You can download the update from here:
https://download.chaosgroup.com/?platform=47&product=63

Best regards.
The Chaos Vantage team