mtpeak2 Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 When will v17 be available to the rest of the community? Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 5, 2012 Hash Fellow Posted February 5, 2012 I don't think there's a set date yet. I think the public beta arrives when Steffen feels he's done with adding new features and it's just the general torture testing left to do. Short answer... I don't know. Quote
Admin Rodney Posted February 5, 2012 Admin Posted February 5, 2012 As Robert suggests, as long as v17 is in Alpha things are being added that otherwise would have to wait for the next version. Although it may seem counter intuitive, a longer Alpha cycle for v17 is a very good thing! Quote
genocell Posted February 11, 2012 Posted February 11, 2012 I've been out of the loop for a while. What are the new features to be expected in the new release? I'm up for a new subscription and I'm curious. Quote
Admin Rodney Posted February 11, 2012 Admin Posted February 11, 2012 The new addition that is grabbing everyone's attention is the "Spline to Surface" feature that was being called "Retopology" for awhile. What this does is allow you to bring in models and use them as 3D canvases to draw your splines on... and around. Of course it goes beyond simply importing polygonal models and any surface you can put in front of the mouse pointer can be used in a Modeling window or Choreography as an aide to modeling geometry. This speeds up the process of modeling considerably and should lead to a lot of very interesting and optimal workflows for modeling. As a way to picture this in your mind, imagine five spheres roughly in the configuration of Mickey Mouse (one head, two ears, one snout and one nose). Via Spline to Surface every time you place a Control Point it will be applied on the surface of the appropriate sphere under the cursor, and you can adjust that CPs location as you turn the model around. When you are done modeling just delete the underlying geometry/spheres, refine your mesh as necessary and out of a couple of spheres you have built yourself a mouse. This should go a long way in getting us from primitive shapes to highly detailed and complex geometry faster and more efficiently than ever. Knowing your modeling talent, I figure this is going to be the primary feature in v17 you'll be interested in. A significant new addition for new users and those who want to explore A:M deeply is A:M Answers which gives everyone the ability to learn all about the Properties of almost anything in A:M via a simple Right Click of the mouse. While not technically a v17 feature, I would be remiss not to add the new Render Nodes that can be purchased to extend A:M's rendering power. Where this dovetails into v17 is A:M's new command line rendering API which I don't know enough to offer an informed opinion about except to say.... it's good stuff! Quote
jason1025 Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Are we still on alpha 6 or did it go up? Quote
Fuchur Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Are we still on alpha 6 or did it go up? We are up. Please discuss this in the appropiated forum. See you *Fuchur* Quote
jason1025 Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 cant find the link to the new alpha Quote
Fuchur Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 cant find the link to the new alpha See the Alpha-forum for that. The links are pinned. See you *Fuchur* Quote
DJBREIT Posted February 26, 2012 Posted February 26, 2012 cant find the link to the new alpha If you do not see the alpha forum you are probably not a alpha tester. Quote
Heiner Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 Hi there, i am a really old and long time user of AM, but a couple oyears i had to move on to other apps because of my job. Now i have the chance, time and budget again to digg into AM again. Therefore a small question: If i by a yearly licence now, which will cover V16, as far as i can see, will i be alsoi entiteled to get V17 when it is released inside my one year licence period? Best regards Heiner Quote
pixelplucker Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 CD Version you would probably have to upgrade to a new version. Subscription version is for yearly and not version specific. Quote
Fuchur Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 Hi there, i am a really old and long time user of AM, but a couple oyears i had to move on to other apps because of my job. Now i have the chance, time and budget again to digg into AM again. Therefore a small question: If i by a yearly licence now, which will cover V16, as far as i can see, will i be alsoi entiteled to get V17 when it is released inside my one year licence period? Best regards Heiner Exactly as you said. Yearly licence (Web Subscription) is allowed to access v17 when it is released. And v17 is not far away... (public beta already on the way) See you *Fuchur* Quote
John Bigboote Posted March 19, 2012 Posted March 19, 2012 Yeah, you would even get V18 if it comes out! ( I know that is an impossibility... I just wanted to see what V18 looked like in print... wow... V18...) Quote
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