nXt


This is an early version of nXt for Rhino.

Once you download it you need to:

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Drag the RHP into the Rhino interface.
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Go to the Render pulldown > Current Renderer > Flamingonxt
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From the Flamingo nXt pulldown select Control Panel.

In the WIP 2 (3-16-2009) we have added:

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Moved Depth of Field controls from the DocumentProperties/Flamingo nXt page to the Flamingo control panel, Render tab and hooked up controls.
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Added Ground Plane options to Control Panel Rendering tab
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Added true model instancing.
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If a Rhino block is inserted 3 or more times then instancing is activated.
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Once instanced, any number of copies can be inserted with a very small additional memory usage. For models with a lot of repitiion in the model this can save a huge amount of memory.
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Modified Flamingo to use Rhino runtime render mesh and only create meshes when absolutely necessary. This may improve translation speed at the start of the rendering process.
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Added ability to cancel during meshing procedure.
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Flamingo Document Properties includes options for:
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Use legacy 2.x or 1.x Flamingo materials when rendering (this can slow the rendering down quite a bit)
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Minimum block reference to turn into tool kit instance
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Improved crash protection during meshing
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Optimized legacy material support to use imported material definition as long as name has not been changed
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Restored missing controls from Advenced Tab in the background HDR, Bitmap and color dialogs
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Replace Rhino Object Properties Light page with Flamingo nXt version when Flamingo nXt is the current render plug-in
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Added right click properties option to the Flamingo Control Panel Light tab light browser
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Changing manual sun values now works
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Flamingo NXT Mapping controls Updated
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Added initial plant support. You can import plant files generated with the “C:\Program Files\Flamingo nXt WIP\TreeEditor.exe” or “C:\Program Files\Flamingo nXt WIP\TreeEditor64.exe” program
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Control Panel, Lighting & Background tab now includes a color bleed option
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HDRI properties page now includes a saturation option. This controls the color satuation of the light coming from HDRI files. The default value has been set to .5. 0 will lead to neutral white light coming from the HRDI. A value of 1 will lead to light that is fully colored by the sample point on the HDRI.
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Various bug and crash fixes.
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Inside the advanced tab, refractions option, Custom, HDRI. In the HDRI selection box the controls are all messed up.
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Sun Direction now will update when angle changes.
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Metalic color updates properly
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Exposure adjustments controls now spin smaller increments.
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Updated installer to un-install properly.