News

• The Ayam FreeBSD Port has been updated to version 1.8.

• The CVS-Head now contains a new object type Script. Script objects contain a Tcl script that may be used to create complex new objects, modify the children of the Script object or do other things. With the help of a Script object, deformations and constraints may be implemented easily. Examples are in the works and will follow shortly.

• The online documentation has been updated.

• Torbjörn Turpeinen updated the RPM package of Ayam to version 1.8. Thanks Torbjörn!

• The list of frequently asked questions has been updated.

• Ayam 1.8 has been released.

• With the recent addition of the Birail2 object type (this works like the normal birails with a second cross section curve at the end of the rails) the Ayam C/C++ source code is now over 100.000 lines big. Let us celebrate this milestone with a glass of good Bordeaux.

• There is now hotfix #2 for Ayam 1.7 available for download. This script fixes the following bugs:
  • SF977750 (empty ayamrc created when toolbox is closed)
  • SF974216 (splitting of NURBS curves does not set undo operation name)
  • SF928055 (Select Renderer: 3Delight shader parsing broken)
  • double clicks in file requesters lead to havoc on Win32 (not recorded as bug on SourceForge).
  • SF1021320 (matrix ui elements do not work)
  • SF1008840 (create NURBS tools do not set scene changed state)
  • SF986519 (Numeric keypad bindings to zoom views broken)
  All users of Ayam 1.7 on all platforms should download the script and add it to their "Scripts" preference setting.

• The CVS-Head now contains a new object type Birail1 (GIF, 7K), that builds a surface by sweeping a cross-section (profile) along two so called rail curves.

• The Download section now contains updated versions of the aysdr shader parsing plugin for Mac OS X and Linux.

• The Tutorial #1 has been updated.

• The OpenCSG based aycsg CSG preview plugin now also handles complex CSG hierarchies (GIF, 98K).

• There is now hotfix #1 for Ayam 1.7 available for download. This script fixes the following bugs:
  • SF977750 (empty ayamrc created when toolbox is closed)
  • SF974216 (splitting of NURBS curves does not set undo operation name)
  • SF928055 (Select Renderer: 3Delight shader parsing broken)
  • double clicks in file requesters lead to havoc on Win32 (not recorded as bug on SourceForge).
  All users of Ayam 1.7 on all platforms should download the script and add it to their "Scripts" preference setting.

• The list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) has been updated.

• The Text object now handles Unicode characters (PNG, 27K).

• Torbjörn Turpeinen created a RPM package of Ayam 1.7 for Linux. Note that this package does not contain all plugins and is linked with Aqsis/libslxargs (in contrast to the official binary which is linked with BMRT/libslcargs). Thanks Torbjörn!

• The text object now handles complete strings and can create bevels (JPG, 130K).

• Breaking News: Today the OpenCSG based CSG preview plugin rendered the first image (PNG, 20K). Simple CSG trees already work, the normalization of complex trees is probably still buggy. You are welcome to get the CVS-Head and help testing.

• New in the CVS-Head is now a text object (GIF, 90K) that extracts the Bezier curves from a TTF (true type) font description file and feeds them into the extrusion mechanism to create NURBS patches (TTF parsing contributed by Frank Pagels).
• There is also ongoing work regarding a CSG preview plugin using OpenGL and OpenCSG.

• Ayam 1.7 is now available. This release adds (among many other things) support for Gordon surfaces, primitive variables, Wavefront OBJ export, mirroring of objects, shader parsing plugins on Win32 and Mac OS X and fixes many bugs. Get it from the download page. See also the complete list of changes.

• Ayam 1.7 pre is now available for a public beta test. Please test it and send me your comments and bug-reports.

• Exciting news from the Mac OS X front: Today, Ayam correctly parsed a shader using the 3Delight V2.0.0 supplied library, which means that the upcoming Ayam 1.7 will have full integration with 3Delight on Mac OS X as on the other platforms.
• OBJ compatibility testing continued: you may now also try a triangulated version of the Extrude Ayam model exported to Wavefront OBJ for your tests. This should be readable by far more other programs than the NURBS version.

• You are welcome to try out this exported Wavefront OBJ file with your modelling software. Please tell me whether it can read the NURBS patches contained in the file. Software tested by me so far: NuGraf (ok), Rhino3.0 (no), formZ (ok), trueSpace6.6 (no), to test: Maya, Amapi Pro, 3DStudio, Lightwave, Cinema4D, Softimage, Animation Master etc. pp.

• New in the CVS-Head is now a Wavefront OBJ export facility, supporting NURBS and PolyMesh objects.
• Ayam is now in the port system of FreeBSD.

• If you experience crashes with Ayam 1.6 when using undo/redo a lot, download and install this little script (add it to your main preference setting "Scripts").

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