TORONTO – Cast Software has released the full, market-ready version of wysiwyg R31, the new and significantly updated edition of its lighting design and previsualization suite. R31 is available for download now from the members area of the website.
More details from Cast Software (www.cast-soft.com):
The following is a comprehensive list of the new features to be found in R31 and their benefits to the wysiwyg professional:
New Material System in Shaded Views will allow material properties to be applied on a per-element level to any object in the file, adding more realism to real-time visualizations, meaning more screenshots and fewer renderings, therefore saving hours of time. New material properties include: Specular Level, Specular Gloss, Specular Color Source and Light Reflection, delivering ‘really virtually real’ images to enhance the creative process.
Enhanced beam visualization, offering a greater dynamic range for the user’s beams and delivering more accuracy in relative intensities between different fixtures, for those who have an eye for detail. Beams will no longer saturate to white when overlapping in large numbers.
Texturing Enhancements, including the ability to color tint and brighten textures, images and videos, allowing users to put final touches on textured objects without the need to switch back and forth between wysiwyg and additional image editing software, making the user more productive.
New Design Mode Fanning Tools: Intensity Fanning, Iris Fanning, Zoom Fanning and Color Fanning, all of which greatly speed up the creation of new looks in Design mode and are especially useful for users working under pressure.
Support for AutoCAD 2013 enables files saved in this software to be directly imported into wysiwyg.
New CAD tools including Intersection Snap and Trim & Extend functionality for lines, which cuts down on drawing time and reduces the need to switch back and forth between wysiwyg and third party CAD software.
New Dimension styles including new arrow styles and the ability to define customized default dimension object properties. These defaults can then be set in User Options and called up whenever needed to save time.
Enhancements to Focus Objects including new Focus Arcs and Focus Lines, providing a fast way of creating looks and fanning lights.
New Import Floorplan Wizard that supports larger image sizes, image rotation and selection of insertion points, making it easier and faster to work in wysiwyg by delivering new functionality and offering more flexibility when using imported floorplans.
New insert options in the Library Browser include Inserting Truss Vertically and Inserting Fixtures on Floor, both wrist and time-savers that reduce the number of mouse clicks needed to insert truss and fixtures directly on the floor.
Addition of many new keyboard shortcuts for common operations.
Expanded library with New Fixtures, New Truss, and New Objects, allowing the user to use the latest equipment in designing and to see exactly what the user will get as an end result.
To demonstrate the power of R31’s Material System and its ability to display highlights such as glossiness in real time, wysiwyg user Julien Ferreiro has reproduced a video in R31 which was originally created on a previous release of wysiwyg.The video can be seen here: http://youtu.be/cFiwyxqTid0
