2021.2 Release Notes¶
Combine toolbars into one on the right side
Move review/edit mode switch to lower right corner of viewport
Move viewport resolution to lower right corner of viewport
Add section tool
Add material editor window
Movie Capture - Add Sequence support
Support for vMaterials in Material browser
Add Share File option to File menu
Edit menu has too many entries
Improve Auto Exposure with Sun Study for Day/Night Exposures
Modify View simple Render panel to use standard kit widgets
Open to the default camera in USD - no more fit to extents or changing camera
Section Tool UX improvements
Some Dynamic Skies North Orientation Setting Isn’t Working in View
Sun Study Location Tool broken Preset and Longitude
These panels only launch via command
Update Upgrade Library Paths for View and Content
Add more options to the Advanced Menu
Add Timeline UX
Added Top / Left / Right views in View
Animation timeline should be available in view
Asset browser points to ov-content for Vegetation and Marbles
Assets from content library should be made as scene instances
Capture/Restore cameras
Change Iray mode back to Photo
Change prompt from Collaboration to Nucleus
Change to a different resolution by default
Checkpoint Support
Content update panel
Display Options Are Hard To See Such As FPS, Are Covered By the WayPoint, Screenshot and Workspace Icons
Dock the movie maker UI
Document Section tool
Document View Movie maker
Enable File, Import
Expose totalSpp and subFrames settings
Extensions Options Under Advanced in View Disappears After Turning On Extensions
F Stop needs a smaller range
File Picker should remember the last folder session to session
Implement the movie maker in view
In Preview mode, change the resolution scale to 1 from default 0.66 during capturing and restore it when capture finishes
Internal References do not display materials properly
Keep Draft (RT) the same as Create
Layer menu entry needs to be removed from Window
Make the start/end/current time in sync with the sun study window
Material / Sky / Asset should be using S3 not ov-content
Nav tips screen overlay
Need as Assets browser for Trees/Shrubs
Note support for a waypoint
Polish Font sizes
Preview needs 100 samples
Remove the Create menu
Render Resolution Viewport
Render Settings is missing under the Render menu
Replace details panel with the property panel
Review mode should not be Viewport resolution
Section tool from View 2021.1 to also be available in Create
Splash screen carousel
Stage view disappears after cycling Review/Edit mode
Start in Edit mode, Full screen Viewport
Sun Study - Updated Icons / ui
Support S3 URL’s in the Connectors
Turn off Fast Navigation
Update the RTX render panel for View
Update to Omni Client Library 1.13
Use a camera orientation for a NEW stage so we see the sky
UX polish
Quality Fixes:¶
Add missing lines to ux
Black flashes when moving the viewport camera slowly
Camera breaks when clicking on Camera UI and reopening the scene
If View is left idle, upon returning, UI can’t be properly adjusted
Material Mapper Tool is broken
Need to remove the Viewport tab
Review mode still has a panel showing on the right side
Sky turns black with Live Sync enabled when 1 user sets a new sky to the scene
Some colors are wrong in various parts of View
update icons and alignment for ViewportDashboard / Toolbar
View does not close automatically when user has unsupported GPU driver installed and closes the Renderer error message
Viewport display menu does not work
Camera drop down menu does not work if you click the camera name
Cannot apply HDR via the Sky Browser
Cannot Create Camera from View
Cannot import and convert
Cannot shutdown when the startup panel is shown
Ceramic_Tile_18 In Material Browser Shows Red In Thumbnail
Clicking the Movie Icon does not toggle the Movie Capture tool window (on or off)
Create Folder Icon and Field Are Out Of Alignment
Draft mode really isn’t on by default in View
Glass is Broken In Both Create and View
IGES - File, Import does not filter on .IGES or .IGS
Iray does not have a sky shown, it is black
It Takes A Few Saves To Update Thumbnails in Create and in View
Lens and Zoom on the UI Causes Weird Camera Movement When Zoom is at 0.0 and Lens Defaults to 0-300mm in View
Live Sync camera squash
Material Browsers takes a long time to populate the vMaterials and Base families
Movie maker cannot render to a 4K resolution - Nothing happens
Odd message about active layer when loading a file
Remove Content (OLD) menu entry
Re-opening a project USD (external sub layer) hangs Create and View
Rotate Tool does not work in View
Section - Toggle of Light Option does not seem to behave as it used
Sky Browser placing sky/hdri under Environment Prim
Splash screen never really goes away
Stage is missing from the Window menu
Starting up iray version fails
Sun Study is missing the shortcut Ctrl-U
Sun Study Location Changes Don’t Save After Pressing Apply
Sun Study low perf
Sun Study no longer has Ctrl-U shortcut in View
Super Res does not capture with the correct number of samples in Preview/Photo modes
The Night Sky Gets a Little Too Dark? Dynamic Sky Autoexposure Issue
Thumbnails in the Recent pane for sign in no longer appear
Timeline editor does not display when enabled
Title bar text flickers
Tool Tips That Are Missing in View
View chops the file names in the Open dialog and replaces with dots
View incompatible material with Create
View launches in a small resolution that makes affects normal usage
Viewport Ribbon bar gets taller in Edit mode
Water In Material Browser Shows Red In Thumbnail
Waypoints - Do not save/restore properly in View
When going back to PT mode in Fast Navigation (from Draft, RT), weird flash/image
X or Close Button Is Cut Off in Welcome To Omniverse Menu in View
Zoom is broken … scrolls entire application