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Changes !MerlinEd V 1.0 to V 1.01
Following bugs removed:
- crashed on copy path import and multicopy
- incorrect loading of 3D scenes when a light was in the scene
- create menu didn't work
- program quitted without warning when using "New scene" after
interrupting quitting
- sweep with polygons works now and also the minimum radius
- draw import doesn't crash anymore
Better handling implemented:
- copying of objects now up to 30 times faster
- hourglass implemented in most functions which can take longer
- input focus set back to main window after using some tools
Changes !MerlinEd V 1.01 to V 1.02
Following bugs removed:
- crashed on copy path import when no object was selected
- due to a compilation error draw import didn't work
Better handling implemented:
- new !Gordian makes backup of the protection file "Prefs17" in it's directory.
If you update from an older version you have to uninstall with the old !Gordian
and install it with the new !Gordian application.
Changes !MerlinEd V 1.02 to V 1.03
Following bugs removed:
- normals have not been recalculated in functions TNPSD, Turn poly to view and Turn poly
- in mirror and copy the list window was not updated
- direction of polygons now correct in thickening
- direction of polygons now correct in sweep when using polygons
- problem removed with SparkFS. It deletes empty directories.
Better handling implemented:
- when copying the object is moved only in the visible plane and not in 3D
- faster and improved DXF import ( 39% faster on a 1.4 MB file)
- camera position can be taken from the 3D view viceversa and also be reseted
- attributs can be set now from the toolbox. It inverts the current state.
P - phong / H - hide / D - double sided / S - scale texture
Changes !MerlinEd V 1.03 to V 1.04
Following bugs removed:
- crashed in function "Connect points" if no points had been selected.
- crashed when creating polygons after "New scene" if function "Create polygons" had been used before.
- polygons have not been sorted for display when copying Camera view to 3D view.
- zoom maximum set to 5000% so that it doesn't crash
- crashed when selecting the first point of a polygon with adjust
- redraw not correct in modes like 1280 x 480
Better handling implemented:
- !Gordian installer supports now new filecore with 512+ MB partitions
- faster redraw when selecting and deselecting of objects
- handling of materials improved:
New button "Set" in the material manager window.
Update - changes the selected material in the material list
Set - changes the selected material in the material list
and sets all selected objects to that material
eg. if you have selected a group all group members will be set to that material
New - creates a new material in the material list and sets all selected objects to it.
In older versions "Update" is equal to "Set" in the new version.
- function "Poly to Line" improved
Changes !MerlinEd V 1.04 to V 1.05 [29/1/96]
Following bugs removed:
- bug removed in display routine which didn't work correctly when redraw was only
one pixel high
Better handling implemented:
- better display of planes in gouraud shade mode
- displays now concave polygons correctly
(this may give incorrect display for fonts imported from Draw)
- in the material editor colours and colourmaps are now dithered in 256 colour modes
Changes !MerlinEd V 1.05 to V 1.06 [21/3/96]
Following bugs removed:
- some concave polygons vanished in hidden line display mode
- when double clicking on a file without !MerlinEd in memeory the scene name was wrong
- crashed when a polygon was created with more than two polygons on a straight.
- in 3D view the selection of points was not correct
- in sweep the first polygon wern't connected to the last polygons
- in sweep the open button works now when using polygons
Better handling implemented:
- Merlin uses now grid function what makes the raytracing 5 to 25 times faster.
It first initialises the grid which can take some minutes before it starts tracing.
The grid needs 15% more RAM.
- when loading a file when already one is in memory you have the choice to merge it
or to clear the scene first.
- lines have now rounded edges in the tracer as at the ends of the cylinders there
are now spheres.
- improved DXF import; supports now bit value 64
- new window for positioning the trace camera
Changes !MerlinEd V 1.06 to V 1.07 [10/5/96]
Following bugs removed:
- got into an endless loop when copying draw import with fonts
- imported draw fonts look now correct (but in the tracer they sometimes don't have
the correct direction and must be turned manually in the editor)
- after mode change now correct size and position of windows
- creation of directional lights did not work in top view
- bug when creating polygons with only one or two points
- crashed when using function "New scene" while creating polygons
- when moving an object centering of the windows didn't work correctly (object was deselected internally)
Better handling implemented:
- much faster and better TNPSD function (turn neighbour polygon same direction)
- mesh can now be isometric
- copy protection removed from the editor, but is still in the tracer.
- autoscroll implemented for the windows when moving an object or camera and scaling
and creating of objects
Changes !MerlinEd V 1.07 to V 1.08 [1/9/96]
Following bugs removed:
- crashed when loading some DXF files
Better handling implemented:
- 10% faster DXF import
- new types in DXF supported (INSERT, BLOCKS, CIRCLE, Extrusion)
- shows hourglass when redraw takes longer