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What is new in the GemCalc 1.2?
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New features
- The "Emerald" cut has two additional parameters (on the
Advanced 2 tab) that define cutting of the rectangle corners:
"Corner facets" and "Corner facets ratio";
- Added 6 informative parameters for the brilliant cut describing
details of the crown and pavilion angles. They are useful
when dealing with gems that have deviations from ideal round
girdle shape (Angles details tab);
- Added the possibility to view and save to a file graphical
illustration of the map of current light sources (Options
> Advanced > Lighting map);
- Added brain picture options to the Head and eyes configuration
dialog (Options > Advanced > Lighting configuration
> Observer > Head and eyes);
- Added import of text files containing cut parameters.
For the format of these files see SampleImport.txt file
(Cut > Import cut > From TXT file with parameters);
- Export of the generated movie into AVI format using the
codec selected by user. This command is available in the
movie menu on the toolbar, or in the main menu (Options
> Animation > Movie > Export to AVI);
- Non-spatial animation in movies. The movie may be generated
by changing gem parameters (crown and pavilion angles).
This feature is available through the path type menu on
the toolbar, or through the main menu (Options > Animation
> Figure > Reverse Crown vs. Pavilion, Direct Crown
vs. Pavilion, Crown variation, Pavilion variation, OctoNus-MSU
Crown vs. Pavilion);
- The "Movie recording options" dialog box provides a possibility
to set the step of animation figure parameters change when
applicable;
- Added "Reset diamond to table-up position at movie
start" option to the "Movie recording options"
dialog box. It allows to preserve the current diamond orientation
and to start the spatial animation from the chosen position
or from the "table-up" position;
- Added "Draw diamond wire-frame profile in the corner"
option to the "Movie recording options" dialog
box. It allows to lay the diamond wire-frame profile on
the movie frames during recording to illustrate how the
diamond parameters (crown and pavilion) change;
- In the ray-tracing mode the spatial animation takes into
consideration options for objects rotation (rays, gem or
both).
- Added the possibility to load JPEG images as background
(Options > Background color > Picture > Set picture);
- The background picture is now placed in the center after
load by default. The background is easier to move now to
match the current gem model (Options > Background color > Picture > Adjust position);
- Zoom in / zoom out commands may be invoked by rotating
the mouse wheel;
- When the user chooses one of the predefined lightings
the photoreal visualization automatically turns on if it
wasn't activated already;
- The FAQ section is added to the Gem Calculator user manual.
Fixed bugs
- The position of the observer's head is visualized correctly now in the "multiple
rays from eye" mode;
- The "Table diameter" parameter in "Princess" cut works correctly now;
- Consequent Zoom in and Zoom out commands does not change zoom factor now;
- In some cases some facets of the model were not highlighted;
- In some cases some parts of the ray in the ray tracing mode were not displayed
properly;
- When the model had significant displacement from the origin of coordinates
in DXF file, this model was imported incorrectly;
- During import from DXF files the orientation of the model is checked and if
the table is not at the bottom, the whole model is turned
upside-down;
- If the selected background color differed from black, then adjusting the position
of the background picture caused corruption of the solid
background;
- When saving an image of the current model with the background picture set
in a high resolution, the background picture was not zoomed
accordingly;
- Setting of the standard light or changing the observer
parameters corrupted the "Distance between eyes"
parameter set by the user.
Versions history
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