Gaffer 1.3.12.0

[johnhaddon]

Improvements

• SceneReader : Added basic loding of UsdGeomNurbsCurves, converting them to CurvesPrimitives (basis curves).
• Console output : Every line is now prefixed with the message level.
• RenderPasses : Added validation of render pass names entered in the names plug.
• RenderPassEditor :
  • Added support for adding a new render pass to an EditScope by clicking the plus button at the bottom of the editor.
  • Added support for deleting selected render passes by clicking the minus button at the bottom of the editor, or by right-clicking one of the names and selecting 'Delete Selected Render Passes'.

Fixes

• Viewer : Fixed context handling bug in the shader view (Initial Image Viewer computation context doesn't seem to include the script's context #5654).
• PythonCommand : Fixed misleading results for repr( variables ) and str( variables ), which would suggest the dictionary was empty when it was not.
• CompoundObject : Fixed crashes in Python bindings caused by passing None as a key.
• Windows : Fixed "{path} was unexpected at this time." startup error when environment variables such as PATH contain " characters.
• PathListingWidget : Fixed bug which caused the pointer to be stuck displaying the "values" icon after dragging cells with no value.
• SceneAlgo : Fixed computation of history through Expression nodes.
• LightTool : Fixed crash when deleting the node being viewed.
• USD : Fixed loading of Arnold lights previously exported from Gaffer to USD.
• Catalogue : Fixed connection delays on Windows.
• Context : Fixed potential crash when setting a variable with ownership.

Documentation

• Added Render Pass Editor shortcuts to the "Controls and Shortcuts" section.
• Added Render Pass Editor (Arnold) example demonstrating use of the Render Pass Editor, as well as the RenderPasses and RenderPassWedge nodes.

API

• EditScopeAlgo : Added support for creating render passes.
• RenderPasses : Added registerRenderPassNameWidget() and createRenderPassNameWidget() methods for registration and creation of the widget used for editing render pass names.
• RenderPassEditor : Added addRenderPassButtonMenuSignal() to allow customisation of the add render pass button behaviour.
• ConfirmationDialogue : The cancel button may now be omitted by passing cancelLabel = None to the constructor.

Build

• Cortex : Updated to version 10.5.6.2.

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This discussion was created from the release Gaffer 1.3.12.0.