Release Status v 1.1
New:
- rendering for animation is implemented
- plug-in and installer are localized for Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish languages
- Import and copy-and-paste are now supported
- Rhino History is supported correctly
- Light objects are now supported in rigid sets
- Help is now shipped in .CHM format. LDDHelp command added
Improved:
- "!_" prefixes added to toolbar's commands
- About dialog reworked. "Check for updates" link added
- Animation and spinner-buttons now work more stable
Fixed:
- occasional crash after right-click on a constraint name fixed
- incorrect constraint value displayed in RhinoAssembly Manager fixed
- Disabled/Enabled check-box is now correctly supported in animation
- now rigid set is not deleted after deleting of one of its objects
Changed:
- plug-in's name changed from Assembly to RhinoAssembly
New:
- Automatic update option is implemented
- Objects can be grouped into a rigid set now
- Multiple driving dimensions can be animated simultaneously
- Planar angle (an angle dimension with specified axis) can be created now
- "Flip side" button for constraints is added
- Arrow-buttons for a quick modification of a driving dimension parameter are added
- Check-box allowing to disable a particular constraint is added
- Indicator showing a status of constraints and dimensions is added
- Dialog for license key entering is added
Improved:
- New version of LGS3D solver with improved performance and more natural behaviour is used now
- Rhino-style control panel is now used for Constraint Properties dialog
- Multiple selection is supported in Assembly Manager for constraints animation and deletion
Fixed:
- Fixed loading of .3dm files modified by Rhinoceros without Assembly plug-in installed
Changed:
- Plug-in now appears as "Assembly" in the list of installed Rhino plug-ins
- Names of plug-in commands changed and now have "LDD" prefix
- Changed semantics of angle dimension for planar surfaces: angle is now measured
between a directed object and the plane itself (not its normal vector as in v0.2)
- "Current" button in the Constraint Properties dialog is replaced with an icon. "Auto" button
for frames is removed
Driving Dimensions 0.2 for Rhinoceros (August 2009)
New:
- Animation functionality is completely reworked: frames are precomputed in background, bounds for
animation parameter are stored in .3dm file, playing and navigation trough the animation frames
is now done via traditional player-like interface with a slider. Also, it is now possible to pan,
rotate and zoom the model while it is being animated.
- Default value for a new dimension is precomputed upon its creation
- Constraints related to an object are highlighted in Driving Dimensions Manager when the object is selected
- The plug-in is now shipped with an installer
Improved:
- Driving Dimensions Manager now works faster when constraints number is huge
- Driving Dimensions Manager is now dockable
- User is immediately informed about unsupported types of constraint's arguments upon its creation
- Icons for constraints added into Driving Dimensions Manager
- Command line prompts are now more informative
Fixed:
- Crash upon animation fixed
- Highlighting of constraints' arguments isn't lost after switching from Driving Dimensions Manager
to the Rhino's working area
- Hidden objects aren't unhid after animating the model
- Instability while creating constraints with cylindrical surfaces is fixed
Driving Dimensions 0.1 for Rhinoceros (June 2009)
This is the first public beta-release of Driving Dimensions v. 0.1 plug-in for Rhinoceros v. 4.0 (SR5b) on Windows.
New:
- Supported geometry: rigid canonic surfaces and curves (also included in a polysurface), single points
- Constraints: Fixation, Concentricity, Coincidence, Parallelism, Perpendicularity, Tangency
- Dimensions: Distance, Angle
- Driving Dimensions toolbar
- Driving Dimensions Manager window
- Apply Constraints command
- Animation (via Driving Dimensions Manager context menu)
- Highlighting of dimensions' arguments
- Undo/Redo
- Saving constraints and dimensions in Rhino .3dm file
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