Gaffer 1.6.6.0

[murraystevenson]

Features

• RenderMan :
  • Added support for RenderMan 27.0, in addition to the existing support for RenderMan 26.3.
  • Added support for RenderMan XPU (27.0 only).

Improvements

• SceneInspector :
  • Added Interpretation row for primitive variables, with values of "Point", "Vector", "Normal" or "UV".
  • Added editing capabilities to the Local Transform properties.
• LightEditor : Added Transform section, with columns displaying the light's transform.
• RenderPassEditor :
  • Added "Favourites" section. Columns from any other section can be marked for display in this section by right-clicking on their header and selecting "Favourite" from the menu. Columns can be reordered within the Favourites section by dragging their header.
  • Any standard or renderer-specific option can be added as a favourite by clicking on the + column header and choosing it from the menu, or any option can be added via drag & drop from the SceneInspector.
  • A default set of favourite columns can be configured by registering metadata containing a list of option names in a startup file. Gaffer.Metadata.registerValue( GafferSceneUI.RenderPassEditor.Settings, "favouriteColumns", "userDefault", IECore.StringVectorData( [ "option:render:cameraInclusions", "option:render:matteInclusions" ] ) )
• ImageToTensor : Added tensorElementType plug to choose between Float, Float16 and BFloat16.
• TensorToImage : Added conversion from Float16 and BFloat16 tensor elements in addition to the existing Float support.
• RenderManOptions : Added XPU device configuration options.
• gaffer dispatch : Removed restrictions that prevented nodes such as Switch and ContextVariables from being dispatched.
• Spreadsheet : Improved visual feedback when reordering columns via drag & drop.

Fixes

• SceneInspector : Fixed sporadic incomplete updates, particularly when an interactive render was running.
• Render, InteractiveRender, StandardOptions : Fixed bugs allowing Cycles and 3Delight to appear as available renderers even when hidden from the UI or not configured.
• Options, Attributes : Fixed missing presets.
• CyclesShader : Fixed unstable ordering of parameter presets. These are now sorted alphabetically.

API

• GridContainer : Added nextRow() context manager, to simplify the process of arranging child widgets in rows.
• SceneInspector : Added draggedAttributes(), draggedOptions() and draggedParameters() static methods.

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This discussion was created from the release Gaffer 1.6.6.0.