Author: James Allen
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Model: Aquilegia (by James Allen)
Model: Acer rubrum red maple (by James Allen)
Model: Acer rubrum (by James Allen)
ngPlant 0.9.13 Released!
Major new features and improvements:
- added support for .NGA file format. .NGA file contain all information about model (model parameters and textures). So .NGA files simplify plant models exchange – just export model via File->Export to->ngPlant archive .NGA menu. To import .NGA files use File->Import from->ngPlant archive .NGA menu.
- now ngplant,ngpshot and ngpview tools search model textures in textures directory (relative to model file) before searching in registered texture paths
- added support for scaling model during export to OBJ and COLLADA files
- added Author, Author URL, License, License URL and Plant description URL metadata support to .NGP file format.
- fixed unresolved symbol(s) error in pywrapper
- removed build-in “.OBJ” export module, “.OBJ” export plug-in should be used instead now
Download link: ngPlant 0.9.13
Model: Rose
ngPlant 0.9.12 Released!
Major new features and improvements:
- now it is possible to have multiple first-level branches distributed across circle or square area
- added current branch group highlighting by holding Alt key pressed
- Open Recent action support added
- .OBJ export plugin improvements (Vianney Tran):
- added workaround for Maya .obj importer bug
- added group statements generation
- implemented export to directory (similar to COLLADA export plugin)
- fixed problem with incorrect hide/show command handling in presence of dummy branches
Download link: ngPlant 0.9.12
ngPlant 0.9.11 Released!
Major new features and improvements:
- added Start RevAngle parameter to branching algorithm
- added Origin offset X and Origin offset Y parameters to Quad stem model
- added Apply scaling parameter to Wings stem model
- added support for dummy branches
- added export/import support to spline edit dialog
- added Min. Offset <= Max. Offset constraint in Branching parameters panel (Cory Cohen)
- added confirmation dialog to New, Open and Quit commands (Cory Cohen)
- added optional command line argument to ngplant – .ngp file name to be opened (Cory Cohen)
- improved automatic branch group name generation
- added generation of default .obj/.mtl/.dae file name(s) to OBJ and COLLADA export plugins
- fixed 3d-view refresh problem on Ubuntu (Cory Cohen)
- MacOS X 10.7 support restored
- P3DStemModelQuad::FillCloneVAttrBuffer(I) fix (always use scale factor 1.0 for clone data)
- fixed (possible) crash on MacOS X 10.8 during texture loading
- fixed handling of textures and branch group names with spaces in .ngp file format
Download link: ngPlant 0.9.11.
ngPlant 0.9.10 Released!
Major new features and improvements:
- added COLLADA export plugin
- NumPad emulation implemented. If enabled it allows to use “Ctrl”+<digit> on PC or “Command”+<digit> on Mac instead of NumPad keys
- ‘+’ and ‘-‘ keys now zoom in/out 3d view
- ‘Alt’ key can be used instead of middle mouse button to move and rotate 3d-view
- HLI API extended to provide information on “cloneable” branch groups (C++,Python,Lua)
- texture names with spaces are properly handled now
ngPlant 0.9.9 Released!
Major new features and improvements:
- “disable randomness” feature allows to disable (temporarily) model variations
- now it is possible to set minimum and maximum number of branches in branching algorithm parameters
- default cross-section resolution for tube stem model can be set in preferences dialog for each branch level
- tangent-space calculation can be disabled during .obj file import
- official binaries for Mac OS X