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Autodesk® Maya Entertainment Creation Suites Premium 2011

Release Notes

These Release Notes document last minute updates to the Autodesk Maya Entertainment Creation Suite Premium 2011. Contents

What’s New Supported Operating Systems Hardware Minimum Requirements Installing the Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Premium

Uninstalling the Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Premium

Known Issues and Limitations

Autodesk Maya

Autodesk Softimage

Autodesk MotionBuilder

Autodesk Mudbox

Autodesk Maya ECS Premium 2011

Release Notes September 29th, 2010

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What’s New The following describes the new features and enhancements in the Autodesk® Entertainment Creation Suite Premium 2011. The Release Note information for each of the products in this Suite – Maya, Softimage, MotionBuilder and Mudbox – is included immediately after. Autodesk Installation and Licensing

This release supports the standard Autodesk Installation and Licensing scheme to align Suites with other Autodesk software products and to improve user experience.

Autodesk Softimage 2011

This introduction of Autodesk Softimage 2011 Advantage Pack in this suite lets you use particle simulation from Maya to Softimage through ICE.

Autodesk Turtle 2011

The Maya Entertainment Creation Suite 2011 Premium includes Autodesk Turtle, a sophisticated rendering and baking plug‐in for Autodesk Maya. Use Turtle to create lighting and content for next‐generation game development.

Turtle lets you: Create stunning global illumination for game levels Bake illumination into texture maps, vertex maps, or point clouds. Bake occlusion and normal maps from detailed models to low‐polygon

models. For more information about Turtle, visit http://www.illuminatelabs.com/products/turtle.

For Turtle documentation and tutorials, visit http://www.illuminatelabs.com/support/documentation/

Animation Layers Enhancement

The layer management scheme has been updated to enable FBX compatibility and the exchange of animation layer data between Maya and MotionBuilder.

Support of Autodesk FBX

All products shipping in the Autodesk® Entertainment Creation Suite 2011 integrate the same version of FBX.

http://www.illuminatelabs.com/products/turtle

http://www.illuminatelabs.com/support/documentation/



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Configurable Keyboard and Navigation Mechanisms

Mudbox 2011 and MotionBuilder 2011 provide the ability to customize their keyboard layout and navigation mechanisms.

IPv6 Support

This release supports the Internet Protocol version 6 (the successor of IPv4). IPv6 supports the use of a 128‐bit address whereas IPv4 only supports a 32‐bit address.

Windows 7 Support

This release is supported on Microsoft Windows 7 Professional on 64‐bit operating systems.

Supported Operating Systems The 32‐bit version of the Autodesk® Entertainment Creation Suite Premium 2011 software is supported by the following operating systems:

Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Service Pack 3

The 64‐bit version of the Autodesk® Entertainment Creation Suite Premium 2011 software is supported by the following operating systems:

Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional Microsoft Windows Vista Business Service Pack 1 Microsoft Windows XP x64 Edition Service Pack 2

Hardware Minimum Requirements Note: The system requirements below are for users running several of the following products on the same system: Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2011 software Autodesk® Maya® 2011 software Autodesk® MotionBuilder® 2011 software Autodesk® Mudbox™ 2011 software Autodesk® Softimage® 2011 software Note: The system requirements for individual products may differ from those in this document.

At a minimum, the Autodesk® Entertainment Creation Suite Premium 2011 software requires a system with the following hardware:



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Minimum processor o Intel® Core™ two Quad 64‐bit processor o Dual‐Core Intel® Xeon® 64‐bit processor o Dual‐Core AMD Opteron™ 64‐bit processor

Recommended processor o Intel® Core™ i7 64‐bit processor o Dual Quad‐Core Intel® Xeon® 64‐bit processor o Quad‐Core AMD Opteron™ 64‐bit processor

2 GB RAM minimum, 4 GB RAM recommended for the 32‐bit version 4 GB RAM minimum, 8 GB RAM recommended for the 64‐bit version 8 GB free hard drive space is required to install all commercial applications on the same

system o The Education Suite for Entertainment Creation will require a minimum of 10 GB

free disk space 512 MB hardware‐accelerated OpenGL® 2.0 (and higher) professional graphics cards with

recommended driver from Autodesk hardware certification pages. Three‐button mouse with mouse driver software.

DirectX 9.0c application programming interface or higher Three‐button mouse with mouse driver software or certified Wacom® tablet DVD‐ROM drive Ethernet adapter or wireless internet card 1280 x 1024 screen resolution

Installing the Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Premium Load your DVD or navigate to the folder where you downloaded the Autodesk® Entertainment Creation Suite Premium 2011 executable file and double‐click on the file.

Note: During the Suite 2011 installation process, you are requested to enter the software serial number and product key. Make sure you have the suite serial number and product key handy.

Important: You will need the serial number to activate your beta software. Install and activate your products by following the on‐screen installation instructions.

Note for Autodesk Backburner 2011 Users: Maya Entertainment Creation Suite Premium 2011 includes Autodesk Backburner 2011. Note that Backburner 2011 cannot be run on a machine with older versions of Backburner. It also cannot be used with releases of 3ds Max prior to 2011.



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Uninstalling the Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Premium

Windows XP

1. Open the Add/Remove Programs dialog in Start > Settings > Control Panel. 2. Select the program to remove 3. Click on the Remove button. 4. Click Yes to confirm the Uninstall.

Windows Vista and Windows 7

1. Open Start > Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features. 2. Select the program to remove: 3. Click Uninstall.

Known Issues and Limitations

Network licensing: Suites licenses that are installed on the network can only be checked out by one system

at a time (refer to the Network Licensing section in the Autodesk Suites Installation and Licensing Guide. You can view the PDF here. )

For another user to run any of the products on another machine using the same Suite license, all products must be closed on the first system.

Cascading issue with Softimage ECS, ESEC and Maya ECSP suites Unable to activate Maya 2011 ESCP if Maya 2011 has already been installed. The

workaround is to activate Maya 2011 ESCP with a product that is not already installed. The Turtle installer will not set up the Turtle shelf when the plug‐in is loaded the first time.

Users must run a command in the Maya Script Editor. The command is: loadNewShelf shelf_TURTLE.mel.

http://www.autodesk.com/us/entertainmentcreationsuites/Autodesk_Suites_Installation_and_Licensing_Guide_2011.pdf

Autodesk Maya 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack Release Notes

This document describes known limitations, issues and fixes in Autodesk Maya 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack. It is strongly recommended that you read this document before you install this release. For reference, you should save this document to your hard drive or print a copy.

Contents

Additional Resources .................................................................................................................................... 1

What’s New ................................................................................................................................................... 1

What’s Fixed? ................................................................................................................................................ 4

Feature Limitations and Notes ...................................................................................................................... 6

Additional Resources

For complete instructions about uninstalling and installing Maya 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack, see: http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/maya2011installationlicensingguide.pdf.

For hardware qualifications, see: www.autodesk.com/maya‐hardware.

To report issues with this release, see: www.autodesk.com/maya‐support.

For more resources, see: www.autodesk.com/maya‐learningpath.

What’s New

This section describes new features in this release.

Craft Animation

The following camera rigs and vehicles from Craft animation are now available with Maya:

• Craft SoftMotionCam • Craft ObserverCam • Craft MultiStateCam • Craft HumanizerCam • LookAtCam • ObserverFree • 4WheelerFree • AirplaneFree

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http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/maya2011installationlicensingguide.pdf

http://www.autodesk.com/maya-hardware

http://www.autodesk.com/maya-support

http://www.autodesk.com/maya-learningpath

Allegorithmic Substances

These textures from Allegorithmic are now available:

• Aircraft_Metal • Asphalt_02 • Bamboo_Fence • Barbwire • BrickWall_03 & BrickWall_05 • Bronze_Copper • Brushed_Aluminum • Cardboard • Ceramic_01 & Ceramic_03 • Checker • Concrete_02, Concrete_03, Concrete_04, Concrete_06, Concrete_08 & Concrete_09 • Concrete_Pavement • Corrugated_Metal • Damaged_Marble • Diamond_Plate • Dry_Ground_01 & Dry_Ground_02 • Eye • Fencing • Galvanized • Granit_01 • Grass_01 • Gravel • Grey_Sand • kevlar_carbon_fiber • Lawn • Light_Wood • Marble_Wall_01 • Meteor • Modern_Concrete_02 • Moss_Rock • Old_Painted_Planks • Painted_Metal_01 • Painted_Wood_01 • Pavement_01, Pavement_02, Pavement_06 & Pavement_07 • Pavement_Path • Pebble_Grass • Poured_Concrete • Prehistoric_Cave • Road_01 & Road_02 • Road_Tarmac_01 • Rock_02

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• Rock_Pavement_01 • RockWall_01 • Roof_Ceramic • Rough_Ground • Rusty_Metal_Floor • Sand_01 • Scratched_Concrete • Slate_Tiles • Small_Stones • Steel_Sheet • Stone_Tiles_02 & Stone_Tiles_03 • Stones_01 • Turned_Leather • Varnished_Wood • Volcano_Rock • Wood_Chipboard • Wood_Planks_01 & Wood_Planks_02 • Woven_Leather • Woven_Metal

Mocap samples

This release includes 70 new motion capture sample files. You can find the new files by selecting the Mocap Example tab in the Visor. The Visor is in the General Editors in the Window menu.

EXR compression

Maya now supports these OpenEXR compression methods: RLE, PIZ, ZIP, PXR24. You can select among these in the Render Settings: Common tab, File Output section.

Modeling

New updates and additions to the Maya marking menus now make selections to popular modeling tools faster and easier. Improvements to the Detach Component command now make it easier to detach selected edges.

Dynamics

Maya now includes a number of preset effects called Effects Assets. Building on the Maya Asset framework and simulation toolsets, Effects Assets present the most relevant attributes for an effect, making it easy to customize for your scene. Effect assets are available in the Visor window.

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Send to Softimage

ICE Flow for Maya plug‐in is a one‐click workflow solution that imports Softimage ICE effects directly into Maya. ICE Flow for Maya lets you take advantage of the ICE (Interactive Creative Environment) to create effects for your Maya scenes.

What’s Fixed?

The following list contains bug numbers and corresponding descriptions for issues fixed in this release.

Note: This release contains the fixes from the hotfix(es) that preceded it.

Bug Number Description

172420 Color Chooser forgets RGB/HSV setting256814 OSX: Channel box labels are not displayed correctly298922 Hi res. cache blend fluid batch render is very slow for advanced frames307342 Attach existing fluid cache doesn't hook up channels properly 319246 All error messages do not appear via Python.335168 IconTextButton ‐commandRepeatable doesn't work337045

cpsToolbox shelf is squeezed (width/height constraint in shelfLayout command)

339016 All window redraw on hotbox and marking menu use339248 New file browser does not show drive name342433 ambientDiffusion + autoresize has pulsing render347299 Autosave: Prompt before save should show up only one instance of warning348669 Need marking menu updates for new tools and options in 2011 349676 Batch rendering cached fluid is slow for advanced frames 350487 Maya crashes when navigating through menus (Mac 64). 350512 Bad self shadowing with auto resize fluid for internal light 350611 Sequencer XML Export not compatible with Autodesk Smoke 351488 mi8029: film offset can cause render artifacts351769 Remove environment variable for enabling active stereo on vista wnd win 7351823 CER on Mac 32 hangs forever with beach ball352066 UI MEL scripts ref to non‐existent attributes that simply fail in 2010 crash 2011

352445 Hide zero columns is broken again in component editor 353062 Initial state and append to cache problems with rigidity and rotation 353250 64 bit Mac vector render plugin not built for 64bit Mac 353405 Sequencer : incorrect shot node names when importing XML file 353529 Sequencer : wrong duration for movie files in XML files exported from Maya353533 Playblast is hardcoded to 24 fps353740 Change the default settings for trax colors353902 Package into assets (containers) broken for Maya 2011 353968 Renderview contrast / exposure in wrong color space354350 "Hidden Geometries Cast Shadows" in renderPass node AE in JP Maya354392 Wacom in Maya not working under FC12

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354506 Sequencer : Blast sequence doesn't have resolution control 354507 Sequencer : need to expose the off screen rendering option 354683 Text creation broken for Italic and Bold fonts on Mac354774 Joint ‐ orientation ‐ doesn't match previous versions of Maya 354884 Lost ‐ add option box to menuItem in the middle of a menu 354954 Mesh reduction crashes Maya354966 FBIK giving error messages whenever effectors are being manipulated354995 Inserting a menuItem after the last one in a menu crashes Maya 355105 Render Settings : data entered in Version Label field is lost when reopen scene355454 Need interop between python and MQtUtil methods355468 Sequencer : audio node should use the name of the audio file, like in Trax.355599 Maya crashes on calling confirmDialog command355614 Display layers not updating properly in OSX355726 Info dialog shows "Maya 2010" for 2011 icon355735 Duplicating airField increases the scene file size by a lot 355937 Problems when reassigning a resizable Fluid cache355941 Maya crashes when editing interactive bind355956 Render view overrides all other windows on OSX356039 EDL Export is given relative paths by default356134 Sequencer XML export is missing timebase element for time code definition356140 Sequencer XML export doesn't use %20 to denote space characters 356180 timeControl ‐showKeys fails to find channel box356251 Dragging a shelf icon to another shelf deletes the content of the destination356253 Changing light type in floating Attribute Editor crashes Maya 356256 ikBlend causes flip of IK bones in 2011 using anything but XYZ orientation356272 The interface stops refreshing or updating356275 Sequencer : Error when splitting a shot356289 mia_material no longer respects refraction limit356477 PIT file isn't removed after uninstalling Maya356500 Scale modifiers on timeline, really hard to see in Qt356542 Viewport renderer plugins do not work356557 mia material ao colorbleed stop FG bounces356570 Sequencer : incorrect camera names when importing XML file 356638 Playblast Sequence Resolution Width/Height should be inversed in UI356850 Playblast file rule for movie files is incorrect356934 Color picker (eyedropper) doesn't pick the right color on Windows 356994 Sequencer : Wrong time code exported in EDL if Start Frame is not set to 0357022 Sequencer : Missing time code reading on EDL import357023 CER crash when pressing Shift + G hotkey (Mac / Linux only) 357073 Unwanted blurred reflection with mental ray357107 Can't save playblast files to a path with "." characters in the name 357300 Step forward button slower to respond than 2010, has to click twice 357418 CER crash when loading TGA files with Unicode characters 357461 Maya auto saves files even though it is not enabled

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357466 MQtUtil::toQString broken357681 Problem with "lock asset unpublished" ... locking too much 357755 Trax/Sequencer : text color doesn't contrast with Clip background 358055 nParticle into fluid emission is not happening on certain frames 358064 PaintFX canvas ‐ wrap doesn't work358139 Hotbox crash358521 Reference parenting doesn't stay saved when you re‐open file 358532 Switching between Dope Sheet and Graph Editor crashes Maya 358542 mental ray incorrectly renders fluid speed358620 Alpha/Depth overrides for cameras in Render Settings not available 358725 OGS viewport does not handle newer GL drivers358825 CER crash when drag and drop in the Hypergraph on Mac OSX 64 bit 358843 UI no longer refreshing when using wacom tablet358964 Mesh > Separate crashes Maya with R6025 run‐time error 359040 Hotbox will not drop down after calling renderview from hotbox 359614 Update FBX to 2011.3359678 Hair collision is off by one frame from animation359933 GLFunctionTable.cpp doesn't recognize OpenGL versions properly 360030 Issue with pop‐up menu from within a layoutDialog form 360248 libfbxassetscore2.so exposes 3rd party boost c++ symbols that conflict with inh360997 Maya 2011 color picker defaults to RGB (previous versions of Maya were HSV)360999 CER crash when dropping wood texture on Blinn shader 361381 Empty ramps when reading 2010 particle file into 2011 361618 Replayblast doesn't work in AVI and IFF formats362007 Batch bake, delete edge then duplicate. Vertex color is broken 362451 mental ray IBL does not properly emit light from an HDR Image/slows down

renders 363430 Maya 2011 hotfix 3 on Centos 5.5 breaks the right mouse button pop‐up menu363762 Detach components works on edges now363945 Tweak mode does not work well with undo

Feature Limitations and Notes

The following section describes limitations and other notes about this release.


367210 Composite license error with Maya 2011 SAP357561 Mac 64 bit : Minimized windows don't appear in dock and don't stay minimized356339 File browser doesn't update if the window is open357076 Sequencer : File path still points to old location when relocating media files361522 Problem with too many wrinkles in 2011315016 MFnDependencyNode::hasAttribute() with non‐existent attribute name 361361 Bend restitution has no effect when using simple bend solver 367742 Composite Advantage Pack is missing documentation on Linux

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Maya Composite license error on Mac OS X

Maya Composite uses a Maya 2011 license to run. If you want to continue to use Composite with Maya 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack, do not uninstall Maya 2011.

Send to Softimage Notes

• In addition to the attributes listed in the in Cached attributes section of the Maya 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack What’s New, the following attributes are also cached: birthTime, lifespanPP, rotationPP, and mass.

• Rectangles (in Softimage) and Sprites (in Maya) particle render types are not supported. • When AgeLimit (in Softimage) is cached, the nParticle Lifespan mode is set to lifespanPP.

Minimized windows don’t appear in dock and don’t stay minimized

To correct this behavior, add the following environment variable: MAYA_SET_PARENT_HINT.

File browser doesn’t update if the window is open

To correct this behavior, type the drive letter into the file name field.

Sequencer : File path still points to old location when relocating media files

To correct, do one of the following:

• Put the Mac network paths in the file rules for movie and sound.

Or

• Use the dirmap command to specify a cross‐platform mapping of the network path.

nClothSequencer : problem with too many wrinkles

To correct, set the bend angle Dropoff to 0.

MFnDependencyNode::hasAttribute() with non‐exist attribute name error

Problem:

1. Create a polyCube and select it 2. Execute following python script to query "abc" attribute existence:

import maya.OpenMaya as OpenMaya list = OpenMaya.MSelectionList() OpenMaya.MGlobal_getActiveSelectionList( list ) node = OpenMaya.MObject() list.getDependNode( 0, node )

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dgFn = OpenMaya.MFnDependencyNode( node ) print dgFn.hasAttribute("abc")

The following error message appears:

# Error: (kFailure): Unexpected Internal Failure # Traceback (most recent call last): # File "<maya console>", line 9, in <module> # RuntimeError: (kFailure): Unexpected Internal Failure #

Workaround: catch the exception

hasAttr = dgFn.hasAttribute("abc") except RuntimeError: hasAttr = False.

Bend restitution has no effect when using simple bend solver

Bend restitution is not supported for the simple bend model.

Maya Composite Subscription Advantage Pack is missing documentation on Linux

Access Maya Composite documentation at www.autodesk.com/maya‐docs, in the Maya Composite Documentation section.

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and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.

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Autodesk® Softimage® 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack

Fixed List The “Fixed List” below refers to issues which have been fixed since the release of Autodesk Softimage 2011 SP1

Animation UDEV00258030 Save Key should preserve slope on existing keys UDEV00258085 Save key with tolerance isn't working properly UDEV00257802 crash in Key Panel when MMB repeating command on empty selection Crosswalk UDEV00257510 FBX Add geom cache support at import/export UDEV00258141 FBX Import - Add time control option UDEV00257376 FBX Add curve support at import/export UDEV00257911 FBX - Shape Animation is not imported UDEV00258446 Custom pset animation isn't carried out in fbx. UDEV00258339 FBX Export options are disregarded when exporting to ASCII format. UDEV00258186 ICEFlow|FBX Import - Export Nurbs in Maya then re import in Softimage and you'll get a null. UDEV00258168 FBX Export geometry cache file from max to Softimage doesn't work UDEV00258223 Text curve doesn't work properly using crosswalk fbx export and RE- Importing crosswalk FBX Import UDEV00258185 FBX geometry GroupToCache cmd, we should be able to pass the group by its name rather then by its index UDEV00257951 FBX - Linux - Crash importing using Hard Edges UDEV00257726 FBX - Crash importing Shape Animation UDEV00257023 Leaks exporting to FBX Data Management UDEV00258144 ICE Cache | caching multiple objects doesn't work UDEV00258356 FBX export from Soft to Crosswalk fbx Import Soft with fill timeline and frame rate is not concistent UDEV00257582 CacheManager Change read cache browser default filter to *.* UDEV00258013 FBX Export geometry cache file from max to softimage doesn't work UDEV00258435 Saved scene using 2011 shaders is corrupt UDEV00258880 Overrides are lost upon exit then reload UDEV00258597 FBXImportCacheFile_Execute errors UDEV00258590 Crash when disconnecting from workgroup containing custom shaders UDEV00258682 Persistence Problem using Texture Layers UDEV00258232 FBX | Softimage hangs indefinitely when trying to export object with SSS compound as FBX UDEV00258775 ref models | override isn't overriding the materials anymore Face Robot UDEV00257944 FR - Crosswalk - Crash trying to export a Ploted XSI shape head with LipSync in FBX Modeling UDEV00258236 Nurbs geometry cache doesn't work UDEV00258574 Old move point tool not working anymore (raycast raster bug) UDEV00258850 WE | Freeze & Crash when freezing the operator stack with WE opened

Rendering UDEV00257234 RTShaderWizard - Upon generating code an extra Floating RenderTree open when RenderTree is docked UDEV00257393 Right-Click -> Select Members on partition(s) is not available if a partition is selected. UDEV00257431 Shaders: Add documentation to the Shader Definition Wizard UDEV00258221 Crash in Material Manager while in Favorite tab and creating a new library UDEV00258235 HW sprite rendering does not produce correct alpha channel UDEV00258729 Connections missing in Render Tree UDEV00258608 RTS: Softimage cannot find custom realtime shader dlls if you change the workgroup location UDEV00258844 RTS viewport display not updated properly when switching display modes and then back to realtime UDEV00257616 Raytraced Soft Shadows is not working for the Infinite light UDEV00258973 Glitch with Raytraced Soft Shadows on directional lights UDEV00259036 Adjustments Output Pass Shader not working anymore UDEV00259049 Problem with rasterizer and ICE strands UDEV00258127 Rendering | Pass Camera showing environment groups UDEV00258139 Crash after Editing Framebuffer format UDEV00258178 Crash when rendering specific scene SDK/Scripting UDEV00258494 SDK | Plugin Manager | SPDL>Shader entry should align to other menu items for consistency UDEV00254230 RTS: C++ realtime shader performance improvement UDEV00258662 SDK: Increment XSISDK_VERSION value UDEV00247615 SDK Python: Add Python modules support for plugins UDEV00258607 SDK API: ShaderParameter::GetDefinition() does not work on material ports. UDEV00258043 Script Editor | Python language not available in contextual menu UDEV00258491 Crash when calling X3DObject.AddNurbsCurveList2 with the Closed arg set to true instead of array(true) UDEV00233852 SDK API: Application.FindObjects UDEV00254695 SDK ICE: reviewing some warnings, on xsi_iceattributedataarray UDEV00258929 SDK API: Add CStatus::CommandCancelled UDEV00259009 SDK | VBScript compilation errors with Python PPG logic UDEV00259054 SDK Python: siutils.__file__ + __path__ cause import problem with pywin Simulation UDEV00247782 ICE | Cannot Set Data on Material Parameters UDEV00249236 ICE | Vector to 4x4 Matrix Node does not accept array data UDEV00256394 ICE-Core | Crash when using Arrays values on DivideByScalar node 'Valid' port in ICE UDEV00257723 ICE | Naming ICE driven object the same as its model causes lost ICE connection on load UDEV00257725 ICE | Crash when deleting compound UDEV00258004 ICE | Blend color node does not Clamp the alpha value UDEV00258053 ICE Envelope weights precision UDEV00258082 ICE | move ICETree to animation marker then freeze mesh causes Softimage to crash UDEV00258309 ICE | SceneReferenceNode updates correctly, but get data nodes show errors UDEV00258440 ICE | Dual Quaternion Deformation should not use Model.Group as default UDEV00258248 Multi-phase Ice Node Fails to Execute UDEV00258091 Exposed FCurve profiles on imported ICE compounds depend on frame rate UDEV00258239 SavePreset task failed if storage name > 31 chars UDEV00258654 ICE | "Deg To Rad" and "Rad To Deg" nodes wrong maths UDEV00258455 Crash with Color Map Lookup Node UDEV00258808 copy/paste compound can make SI crash ( ICE kinematics) UDEV00259014 Wrong result when Plotting objects driven from Transform Objects by Particles Viewing/Interaction UDEV00258181 Normals are always computed when viewport is in Mixed Mode UDEV00258574 Old move point tool not working anymore (raycast raster bug) UDEV00257474 Get Data drop down always on Main monitor UDEV00258072 Regression - Selecting memo cam does not switch the viewport name UDEV00258700 View Cube doesn't reset correctly when doing a new scene UDEV00258136 UI | Optional Panels when hidden still think they are visible Tools UDEV00258551 Craft Animation Studios does not detect versions past 2011 RTM for installation

Autodesk® Softimage® 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack

Known Problems and Limitations (KPL) The Known Problems and Limitations (KPL) refers to issues which have been raised during the Beta cycle and are considered important enough for the Softimage user base to be made aware of. If a Bug doesn't show up in this list, it doesn't mean it is of lesser importance or not being looked at. Therefore suggestions, workarounds, general workflow issues and older bugs found in previous versions are not in this list

Animation

UDEV00258763 Renaming bones doesn't update Symmetry Mapping Template UDEV00258776 FCurve Editor jumps on playback when zoomed in and if looping is enabled UDEV00258778 SI can crash while setting a zero key on an animation layer under very specific conditions UDEV00258848 Animation Clip loses connection when using templates if another clip is deleted (scene specific) Data management

UDEV00258657 Cache Manager won't write to locations that have a "." in the filepath UDEV00258733 Cannot load model when it is using setdata to global environment's simtimectrl UDEV00259106 FBX import does not recognize takes Rendering

UDEV00258725 After a manual abort of a 3rd party renderer, RenderPass LogMessages are not shown. UDEV00258806 Toon Ink lens shader not available from Camera's lens shaders only preset manager UDEV00258807 Passes from merged scene are not immediately visible in top level menu pass list until pass change SDK

UDEV00256883 python : custom command claims to have an invalid pointer when using older python version UDEV00257901 Importing wxPython can crash Softimage when linking to a workgroup from an open XSI session UDEV00258625 python might not show up after first install until running runonce.bat UDEV00258676 SDK ICE: Issues with MultiPhase Element Generator Supporting Singleton Context Output Port UDEV00258724 OnEndFrame event always returns CStatus::OK UDEV00258789 Command with Collection argument returns error with an empty collection returned by FindChildren() Simulation

UDEV00256819 ICE - Problems reading/writing Texture_Projection_Def property parameters`52adc2 UDEV00258711 ICE can't find geometry that a cached point locator belongs to, remove the cached attribute! UDEV00258920 ICE kine - Invalid data using UV to Location UDEV00258932 Ice Multi-Phase Node fails to pull array Data UDEV00259132 nCloth deformation with particles from Softimage to Maya and the nCloth deformation will be wrong. work around: create a different solver using the command assign nSolver on the nParticle as created. Tools

UDEV00258646 Obsolete XSICab "Yes/No" to send buttons are reversed UI

UDEV00258689 Viewcube Pref Menu opens on wrong screen (dual screen linux) UDEV00258696 Navigating with "S" key in a schematic view aborts pick-sessions Composite and MatchMover

Linux Only To install Autodesk Composite and Autodesk MatchMover, you must manually install the respective rpms and follow the directions given. Linux Only To run Autodesk Composite and Autodesk MatchMover, you must launch them from a Softimage sourced shell so that the license can be properly obtained.

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Autodesk® MotionBuilder® 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack

for Microsoft® Windows® Platform

Release Notes

These Release Notes document last minute updates to the Autodesk MotionBuilder 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack. Contents

New Features and Enhancements Additional Changes in this Release Resolved Issues Unresolved Issues and Limitations

For current MotionBuilder Subscription customers, the Advantage Pack can be downloaded at: http://www.autodesk.com/subscription.

For an overview of the new features and changes to this release, go to: http://www.autodesk.com/motionbuilder2011‐subadvpack‐documentation.

For updates to the MotionBuilder documentation, go to: http://www.autodesk.com/motionbuilder‐documentation.

For information about the MotionBuilder software, or for any downloads, go to: http://www.autodesk.com/motionbuilder‐support.

Whether you are new to MotionBuilder, somewhat familiar with MotionBuilder, or an advanced MotionBuilder user/software developer, we invite you to consult the following Autodesk web pages:

http://www.autodesk.com/motionbuilder‐learningpath

http://www.the‐area.com

http://www.autodesk.com/fbx

http://www.autodesk.com/developmotionbuilder

For information about the Autodesk Entertainment and Creation Suites, go to: http://www.autodesk.com/entertainmentcreationsuites.

For information about the Autodesk featured software trials, go to: http://www.autodesk.com/freetrials.

http://www.autodesk.com/subscription

http://www.autodesk.com/motionbuilder2011-subadvpack-documentation

http://www.autodesk.com/motionbuilder-documentation

http://www.autodesk.com/motionbuilder-support

http://www.autodesk.com/motionbuilder-learningpath

http://www.the-area.com/

http://www.autodesk.com/fbx

http://www.autodesk.com/developmotionbuilder

http://www.autodesk.com/entertainmentcreationsuites

http://www.autodesk.com/freetrials


2011 Subscription Advantage Pack

Release Notes – September 29th

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New Features and Enhancements

Live Video Input Capabilities Configure a webcam on your system and launch MotionBuilder. The device appears in the Navigator > Videos folder. Click Online and view and record live video directly inside MotionBuilder.

Up‐Vector Settings have been added to the Path Constraint Path constraints now have an option to set an up‐vector. Enable “Follow Path” option in the constraint properties to access these options.

Real‐Time Relation Constraint Filter This filter applies a low‐pass filter that allows filtering of incoming live data.

Audio Link to Take You can now assign an audio file to a particular scene take. This option is located in the Audio Settings.

GPU Skinning GPU skinning is now disabled by default on machines with more tha 2 cores. Use the Ctrl‐Shift D shortcut to enable GPU skinning if required.

Displacement box for use in Relation Constraint with devices This box has been created to eliminate the dependency on display frame rates when using Relation Constraints with Physics.

Input 1 : 3D Velocity (in cm/s)

Input 2 : Reset (Action button to reset original position to 0)

Output : 0 based Position computed from live input velocity

Setting the Initial State of a Checkbox using FBTree The class FBTreeNode has a new boolean attribute: Checked. It is used to change the state of CheckBoxes created with FBTree.

New Python Sample for Merging Animation Layers Merging animation layers is now exposed through both C++ and Python. It is demonstrated in the new Python sample script MergeAnimationLayer.py




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Additional Changes in this Release

Configuration Files Relocation MotionBuilder configuration files are now written in a folder outside the Program File in order to be more compatible with Vista and Windows 7. The new location is: C:\My Documents\MB.

Web‐Based Help You can now consult and search the MotionBuilder 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack web‐based Help at:

http://docs.autodesk.com/MB/MB2011‐SubAdvPack‐Help/ENU/index.html.

You can also consult and search the MotionBuilder 2011 web‐based Help at: http://docs.autodesk.com/MB/MB2011/ENU/index.html.

The MotionBuilder Help is updated regularly. To find out the version number, click the Copyright topic in the MotionBuilder Help Table of Contents and scroll to the bottom of the page. The Copyright page includes the document title, date, version, build version, and the software product version.

Resolved Issues

Save Selections Save Selection no longer discards skinning information.

Sphere Maps Sphere maps are now working correctly.

Frame Selection A defect with frame selection in the Viewer has been resolved.

Keying on Reach Properties A defect where keys were automatically created on Reach properties when keying in body parts mode has been corrected.

Updating Templates Directory A defect where changes to the Templates directory via the Asset Browser could cause MotionBuilder to crash has been corrected.

Changes to the Editing Layout for 1920x1200

http://docs.autodesk.com/MB/MB2011-SubAdvPack-Help/ENU/index.html

http://docs.autodesk.com/MB/MB2011/ENU/index.html




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The Editing layout has been modified to remove a redundant Properties pane.

Align Control Rig Function Align control rig is now working with the HIK 3.6 solver.

Voice Device / Character Face Connection A defect was fixed where there was no automatic creation of a relation constraint when a voice device was attached to a character face. Note that the relation is created but the device will have to be manually connected to the multiply operators which was not the case previously.

HIK Issues The following describes the resolved HIK issues:

HIK no longer loses sync when deleting keys.

HIK no longer loses sync between rigs when you plot all.

HIK no longer loses sync with the story, when the subtrack doesn't include all bodyparts.

HIK character no longer loses sync when put into stance pose in body part mode.

Style Enumeration in FBSpreadCell A defect was fixed where setting FBSpreadCell::Style to kFBCellStyle View was crashing MotionBuilder. It now works as expected.

Improved Performance in Scenes with a Large Number of Models Previously, selecting models via the SDK was slow when a scene had more than 1000 models. In this version the code has been optimized and the new functions FBBeginChangeAllModels() and FBEndChangeAllModels() allow you to control the refresh to reduce system load.

Python Parameter adjustment for the function FBCharacter.GetEffectorModel Fix for missing parameter in Python FBCharacter.GetEffectorModel.

Simulating Pressing an Action Button Using Python in the Properties Window You can now script the action of pressing a button in the Properties Window in MotionBuilder using Python, such as “Solid Look” on a Control Rig.




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ORSDK Samples Files The following ORSDK samples have been fixed:

ortoolcharacter

ortoolcluster

ortoolconstraint

orstretchdeformer

orpositionfromposition

ortoolimportexport

ortoolbatch

ortoolpose

orvideodevice

Python Sample files The following Python samples have been fixed:

FBConstraintManager.py

BlendShape_Editor.py

Keyboardmapper.py

MB_CONFIG_DIR This environment variable can be set to override the default location of the MotionBuilder config files.

Unresolved Issues and Limitations

Recording Live Video Certain camera drivers seem to cause problems while recording. We found removing the driver resolved the issue.

Video recorded with some cameras will be compressed by default despite setting compression to None in MotionBuilder. This could affect playback on 64 bit since Quicktime is not supported.

Video and Audio Sync Video and Audio are not synced with Save Audio to Video option is enabled.




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Path Constraints Path constraints are not supported by FBX. Bake the animation onto the constrained object before importing into other software.




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Autodesk® Mudbox 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack Release Notes

Release Notes

These Release Notes contain links to the latest information regarding the installation and use of Autodesk® Mudbox® 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack software. It is strongly recommended that you read this document before installing the software.

Autodesk Mudbox El Nino Gold RC

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For complete installation and licensing instructions refer to the Installation and Licensing Guide. Access this guide in the Documentation menu of the Mudbox installer or find it here: http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox20115_installguide.

Find new feature information in the "What's New" section of the Mudbox Help at: http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox‐docs‐v2011.5‐whatsnew.

Find Mudbox 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack release notes at: http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox‐release‐notes. Find learning resources for Mudbox at: http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox‐learningpath. Watch videos to learn how to use Mudbox at: http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox‐trainingvideos. Find support resources at: http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox‐support. Find the Mudbox 2011 minimum system requirements at: http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox‐system‐requirements. For the latest list of certified hardware, including graphics cards, to run Mudbox 2011, refer to the Mudbox 2011 certification chart located at: www.autodesk.com/mudbox‐hardware. Find documentation and examples for the Mudbox SDK with your installed version of Mudbox here: \Mudbox2011 Subscription Advantage Pack\SDK\doc or online here: http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox‐docs‐v2011‐sdkguide.

http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox20115_installguide

http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-docs-v2011.5-whatsnew

http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-release-notes

http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-learningpath

http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-trainingvideos

http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-support

http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-system-requirements

http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-hardware

http://www.autodesk.com/mudbox-docs-v2011-sdkguide

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Customer Involvement Program (CIP) The first time you start Mudbox, the Customer Involvement Program dialog appears. If you choose to participate in the Customer Involvement Program, Mudbox will automatically send Autodesk information about system configuration, what features you use most, any problems that you encounter, and other information helpful to the future direction of the product. For further information, see http://www.autodesk.com/cip.

Customer Error Reports (CERs) We are able to improve the stability of Mudbox largely because of the Customer Error Reports (CERs) that end‐users of our products submit. We thank you for taking the time to fill out these reports and ask that you include as much information as possible about what actions you were performing at the time the error occurred. These details raise the value of the report immensely and are very much appreciated by the Autodesk Mudbox Engineering team.

For further information about CERs refer to http://www.autodesk.com/cer.

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