What's new in Eyeshot 1.3

Meshes

• Improved Normal Averaging calculation
• EdgeStyleMode to calculate sharp or free edges
• RichMesh class now supports Materials (Ambient, Diffuse, Specular, Shininess and Texture)
• TwoPassRendering flag to render transparent models
• MakeFace() function to fill closed regions
• MergeWith() function to merge two existing Meshes, a Mesh and a Quad or Triangle
• Extrude and Revolve functions
• MakeBox(), MakeCone(), MakeCylinder(), MakeSphere() and MakeArrow() functions
• Weld() function to remove duplicated vertices
• Now use .NET generics to reduce memory footprint

Triangulation

• The Delaunay and EarClipping algorithm are now available

Import/Export

• ImportOBJ now read the full material characterization and can automatically calculate model sharp edges
• ReadBinarySTL and ReadBinarySTLSmooth now can skip zero-area triangles
• Added the DWG support to the latest AutoCAD version
• Improved support for geometric trim loops in IGES files
• MasterCAM IGES files are now supported

Standard entities

• All the entities can be Extrude and Revolved generating a Mesh object
• Joint entity uses a new subdivision algorithm to reduce the memory footprint
• Bar entity is subdivided using the slices parameter
• Added the Text entity
• Added the EntityData property for custom data management
• Added the Thickness property to change wireframe entity thickness

Nurbs entities

• Added the Curvature function to Curve class
• Trim loops are now subdivided in Outer and Inners
• Planar trimmed surfaces are now triangulated by EarClipping
• Inspection tools now work on surfaces
• Added the RichSurface class

Blocks

• Added the Viewport.Blocks array to hold Block definitions
• Added the Insert entity to insert Block instances

Transformations

• Transformation class now support multiple transformation chaining
• Added the Reset function to reset the transformation matrix

Selection

• The selection modes byPick/byBox are now faster
• The selection box is now more precise

Labels

• All label types now support custom font/color/fill/alignment
• All labels now can display vertical text
• LeaderAndText now support both vertical and horizontal leader
• Added the OutlinedText label

Performance

• Eyeshot now easily supports models with 50.000 to 100.000 entities
• Improved FPS rate with both wireraframe and shaded modes
• Reduced startup time

Miscellaneous

• Added the MakeLoop method to ViewportProfessional
• Utility class now features many famous CG algorithms
• Fixed the floating number conversion issue on locales different from U.S. one
• Licensing code embedded directly into Eyeshot DLL (no need for DeployLX.Licensing.v3.dll anymore)
• Added the SaveCurrentView() and RestoreView() methods to restore the previous view
• Improved accuracy, 2D and 3D vertices are now defined as double
• 100% Windows Vista support for both 32-bit an 64-bit versions
• Removed the 'Requires Admin Privileges' issue under Windows Vista limited user
• Added RenderToBitmap()/ RenderToFile() functions to generate scene captures of any scale and with transparent background
• Added the EdgeColorMode property to switch between uniform or by entity color