- #AUTODESK MAYA 2015 IMPORTING IMAGE PLANE GENERATOR#
- #AUTODESK MAYA 2015 IMPORTING IMAGE PLANE UPDATE#
Geometry is created procedurally at render time rather than loaded in memory, enabling artists to manipulate otherwise very dense scenes, and may be previewed in Viewport 2.0.
#AUTODESK MAYA 2015 IMPORTING IMAGE PLANE GENERATOR#
The Disney-developed XGen Arbitrary Primitive Generator is a versatile instancing system designed to create fur, feathers and foliage. In addition to Bifrost, Maya 2015 includes two simulation technologies that were originally made available to subscribers as part of the Maya 2014 Extension release. The XGen Arbitrary Primitive Generator for creating fur, feathers and foliage You can see more (non-embeddable) videos of Naiad on Autodesk’s AREA site. However, from our conversations with Autodesk, we suspect that this is a technology that you can expect to see develop rapidly in future versions of the software. One thing to note is that Bifrost is intended as a next-generation alternative to Maya’s existing simulation tools, and does not interact with the Nucleus simulation framework. The most headline-grabbing of the new tools is Bifrost, a completely new fluid simulation system based on the core technology behind Exotic Matter’s Naiad, which Autodesk acquired in 2012.Īlthough structurally a standalone technology, Bifrost is fully integrated with the Maya viewport, and Autodesk says that simulation performance within Maya should be as good, if not better, than the original Naiad.Īs well as meshing a simulation, there is now the option to render the voxel data directly in mental ray and a more streamlined, artist-friendly interface than the original Naiad. One recurring theme in Maya 2015 is that of making tasks that would previously have been the sole preserve of technical directors accessible to more generalist artists. Tools to make TD tasks accessible to generalists Maya 2015’s new simulation tools: Bifrost, XGen and Bullet.
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“ like the type of leap we’ve only seen once, maybe twice before.” “There are substantial, relevant and exciting enhancements across all of Maya,” commented Clinton Downs, CG lead at Method Studios, and a Maya user since the original 1997 beta.
#AUTODESK MAYA 2015 IMPORTING IMAGE PLANE UPDATE#
Autodesk has announced Maya 2015, a substantial update to the 3D modelling, animation and FX package that adds artist-friendly new simulation tools, a completely new skinning system, and boosts core performance.