Capture 2018 revision history
The first release of Capture Nexum was version 24.0.6, the 28th of March 2018.
Version 24.1.3, released the 7th July 2018
- Rendering Engine
- Stability improvements for Metal on macOS.
- Rendering Engine
- General performance improvements.
Version 24.1.2, released the 29th June 2018
- DWG Export
- Rotations of objects only slightly tilted off the Y axis exported incorrectly.
- Rendering Engine
- Ambient lighting rendered incorrectly with ambient occlusion enabled.
- Rendering Engine
- Aperture arrangements of multi aperture fixtures rendered upside down.
Version 24.1.1, released the 27th June 2018
- Materials
- The ability to apply materials to all surfaces of library forms as well as trusses has been added.
- Rendering Engine
- Visualization of LED panels, materials on all object types and omnidirectional lighting fixtures has been added.
- 3DS Import
- Materials are now fully imported and objects are split by them.
- Library Tab
- Column texts overflow, improving readability of product codes among other things.
- Plot Symbols
- Power location bolt symbol is drawn for all fixture types, not just moving heads and yokes.
- Trusses
- Non-generic trusses that have been edited in previous Capture versions are no longer updated to newer library versions to avoid ruining designs.
- Connectivity
- Art-Net, CITP and sACN IP configuration settings are retained even if the IP address configured was temporarily unavailable.
- LightWright Export
- Fixture location information is now exported as LightWright position information.
- Rendering Engine
- Plot views could crash if a fixture did not have a symbol.
- Rendering Engine
- Measurement lines and arrows did not appear on plots.
- Rendering Engine
- Symbols could not be selected in wireframe views.
- Rendering Engine
- Shadows did not follow objects moved with motion fixtures.
- Rendering Engine
- Grid origo highlight were not visible on macOS.
- Rendering Engine
- Fill lighting did not work on macOS.
- Texture Generator
- When cloning a material, texture generators were not included.
- Fixture Data Import
- CSV files with quoted fields containing quote marks did not impomrt correctly.
Version 24.0.14, released the 8th June 2018
- sACN Universes
- A new configuration property to set the maximum number of sACN universes has been added.
- Editing Crashes
- Switching Design tab categories or closing dialogs while editing numeric or text properties could cause a crash on macOS.
- Rendering Engine
- Plot view inset content could disappear fully or partially.
- Rendering Engine
- Saving or rendering an image or movie from a view could produce all black results.
- Fixture Replace
- Replacing fixtures with accessories with fixtures that could not hold the same accessories did not remove them.
- Filter Editor
- The editing pane of filters in the Design tab did not sort layers by colour as expected.
Version 24.0.13, released the 1st June 2018
- Rendering Engine
- Video projectors and media in materials, including emissive materials. Selected camera and smoke box struts. Live information for motion fixtures.
- Student Edition
- Restrictions on maximum number of DMX universes lifted.
- Rendering Engine
- Rendering movies and still images on Windows could fail due to video card timeouts.
Version 24.0.12, released the 21st May 2018
- Rendering Engine
- Important stability improvements to the new rendering engine for macOS.
Version 24.0.11, released the 15th May 2018
- Focus Sheets
- Exporting focus sheets with the legacy rendering would lead to a crash.
- Universe View
- The universe view would not scale on high DPI monitors.
- View Scroll
- Several views would not appear unless scrolled first on macOS.
- List Sorting
- Renaming an item in a sorted multi-column list would not cause it to resort on macOS.
Version 24.0.10, released the 4th May 2018
- MA-Net
- The MA-Net configuration option was incorrectly available in presentations and could cause a crash if used.
- DWG Export
- Objects imported with a scale would export in the wrong scale.
- Report Print
- Tables over a certain size could cause unnecessary page breaks when printing.
- Navigator Cube
- The navigator cube was overdrawn or appeared transparent in some view types.
Version 24.0.9, released the 23rd April 2018
- Console Patch
- Drag and dropping console patch fixtures into the design on macOS could lead to a crash.
- Plot Views
- Adding plot views in the Student Edition was not possible and could lead to a crash.
- Installation
- The license key file and library installer did not function on some earlier versions of macOS.
- DWG Export
- The orientation of blocks was incorrect for a few specific types of orientation.
- Laser Shadows
- Laser always went through all objects and never cast shadows.
- Laser Beams
- The variation setting of smoke boxes did not apply to laser beams.
- Wide Apertures
- The apertures of very wide strip lights could render black with spill lighting enabled.
- Dual Frost
- On some fixtures with a frost mechanism implemented using two wheels it was not possible to disengage frost.
Version 24.0.8, released the 5th April 2018
- Fixture Update
- Capture could crash when updating fixtures if there was any problem with the library installation.
- Mac Crashes
- Capture could crash macOS during editing of project contents.
- Cylinders
- The normals of the outer hull of the cylinder shape generated incorrectly for conical shapes.
- Annotation Connectors
- Connectors of annotations could render on top of both the symbol and annotation.
- Startup
- When started by double clicking on a project file rather than through the start menu, all translation support, generation of presentation files and Hog 3/4 connectivity would be lost.
- New Rendering Engine
- Several fixes in the new rendering engine.
Version 24.0.7, released the 30th March 2018
- Selection Crashes
- Capture would crash when selecting a camera.
- Student Edition
- The built-in shape objects were missing from the Student Edition library.
- Truss Updates
- All non-generic trusses would update every time a project was opened.
- Rendering Engine
- Several fixes to issues in the new rendering engine.
For older versions of Capture, see the Capture Nexum revision history.