V14.05

released 6/01/2025

V14.05

Hair Tube Builder:

• New Feature: Middle Profile Curves - you will now insert a middle profile curve, allowing for even more complex shapes.

• New Feature: Library - A library with categories is now added allowing exporting/importing strands to be reused in another scene.

• New Feature: Ability to use Paint FX to draw tubes with presets selection.

• New Feature: To better select the hair tubes for UV editing/viewing, Geo and Curve Mode Toggle is now added. The previous Geometry lock/unlock option is removed.

• New Feature: Ability to adjust multiple strands at once.

• New Feature: “Toggle CV Labels” button is now added to the Strand Editor. When CV labels are toggled, you may now select on these labels and set crease CVs or UV seams directly without having to go into component mode.

• New Feature: Retaining UV’s while the strand is set to Stripe or Grid mode. The UV ‘shell’ will be retained when you adjust shapes (ie, subdivision changes).

  • *UV preservation will only be accurate if your UV is ‘vertical’ and ‘rectangular’. Rotation, or component adjustment of UVs will not be compatible.

• New Feature: Scene scale multiplier. Allows you to set a multiplier that will be applied to the scale of strands upon creation.

• Adjustment: Use Given Normal integer field boxes are now float boxes, allowing finer controls.

• Adjustment: Option for pasting “only creases” is removed. Pasting shapes will now also paste crease settings.

• Fixed: UVs will now properly copy over to other strands (When set to Stripe or Grid)

• Fixed: Presets will now properly apply when there are multiple strands selected.

• Improvement: Aim curves will now be automatically selected when toggled, with the pivot set to their roots

• Improvement: Improved the ability to undo using Sculpt Tool when the Strand Editor is open.

• Improvement: Set pivot to root of aim curve on strand creation.

Curve Tool Kit:

• Improvement: Mirrored curves will now be selected.

Curve Color Tool:

• New Feature: ability to add Root Markers on selected curves.

• Fixed: Random width value should be now properly set to all selected curves.

Curve Sculpt Tool:

• Fixed: An error where sculpting does not work if a node is parented to a camera.

Curve Clump/XGen Guide Snap:

• Improvement: curves can now be clumped/snapped to more complicated shapes such as coiling curves.

Interactive Tool:

• Adjustment: Curve Extend - Multiplier reduced to 4 digits to allow finer extension of curves for small scenes.

XGen PTex Tool:

• Fixed: Ptex maps should now show all custom .ptx in the dropdown menu.