FLAM3H v1.6.50 indie

From H19.x to H20.5.x only.

• This is a Limited Commercial Houdini Indie license release.

• New: ~5% faster (All iterators, FF(finalxform) and parametrics variations parameters data are now pre-computed).
• New: A new way of query parametric parameters values made the tool more responsive and a bit more interactive while editing.
• New: New viewport xforms handles VIZ implementation. It is now many times faster.
• New: Viewport xforms handles VIZ now turn dashed when an iterator(or FF) POST affine is activated.
• New: Viewport xforms handles VIZ now allow each iterator to be viz in SOLO mode (only display the selected iterator's viewport handle).
• New: Viewport xforms handles VIZ now allow the FF to be viz in SOLO mode (only display the FF viewport handle).
• New: Added the viewport' preferences tab option: wire width to control the curve thickness of the viewport xforms handles VIZ.
• New: When an iterator(or FF) POST affine is activated, an extra knot in the viewport handle VIZ is created to represent its post affine' pivot/offset.
• New: Viewport xforms handles VIZ will be visible up to a density value of 5M(millions) max and they will be hidden beyond that.
• New: When entering the viewport handles VIZ mode, FLAM3H will now store all viewport wire widths data and restore everything upon exiting the mode assuming no other FLAM3H node in the scene has the mode ON.
• New: Added the ability to copy/paste sections of an affine between PRE and POST affine and vice versa, for example only the X and Y or only the O or only the Rot value.
• Fix: The viewport xforms handle knot geometry had an overlapping primitive. it is now fixed.
• Fix: FLAM3H now handle some of the checks to a new one-off cvex node instead of querying the incoming FLAM3H point cloud.
• Fix: If more than 20 iterators are created while Xaos is active(current limit with Xaos), FLAM3H now won't generate any points.
• Fix: Loading a hip file with a FLAM3H node from a fresh houdini session was causing a python's AttributeError when attempting to reset to the default Sierpinski triangle. It is now fixed.
• Fix: Fixed viewport TAG not being able to read and display some data.
• Fix: Re-built viewport TAG using pre-stored data. It is now many times faster.
• Fix: Fixed FF variations: "BLOB" and "SUPERSHAPE" having their arguments in the wrong order inside: "flameff.h" file.
• Small fixes/improvements as part of an ongoing polishing pass.
• Updated HDA documentation.

This release is mostly all about the new viewport xforms handles VIZ implementation, here the updated documentation for reference.

FLAM3H v1.6.10 indie

H20.x and H19.x only

• This is a Limited Commercial Houdini Indie license release.

The viewport xforms handles VIZ need to be redone but after a very long time of development and unit test (years) it is now considered in good shape ;D

• New: Global tab -> Density menu action button icon can now set also lower tier presets: 300k, 200k, 100k points.
• Fix: Compiled "cvex_TheFractalFlameAlgorithm.vex" file size is now ~14kb smaller.
• Fix: Fixed a very, very small difference in the MODULUS variation between FLAM3H and the official one.
• Fix: It can be slightly faster, depend on how the processed Flame is constructed.
• Small fixes/improvements as part of an ongoing polishing pass.
• Updated HDA documentation.

FLAM3H v1.6.09 indie

H20.x and H19.x only

• This is a Limited Commercial Houdini Indie license release.

• New: New SYS tab "viewport handles VIZ" icon.
• Fix: Improved a little the Global tab.
• Fix: When entering the Sensor viz mode, the viewport handles viz icon will now switch to a disabled empty star.

FLAM3H v1.6.06 indie

H20.x and H19.x only

• This is a Limited Commercial Houdini Indie license release.

• New: Added viewport handles VIZ icons to the SYS Utils' tab; Much more handy!
• Updated HDA documentation.

FLAM3H v1.6.05 indie

H20.x and H19.x only

• This is a Limited Commercial Houdini Indie license release.

• Fix: Some xforms handles compiled cvex files size are now smaller(~40% smaller).
• Fix: The xforms handles geo transformations are a bit faster.
• Updated HDA documentation.

FLAM3H v1.6.02 indie

H20.x and H19.x only

• This is a Limited Commercial Houdini Indie license release.

• Fix: iterators viewport xforms handles geo transformations is now many, many times faster.

FLAM3H v1.6.01 indie

H20.x and H19.x only

• This is a Limited Commercial Houdini Indie license release.

• Fix: viewport xforms handles knots now have a scale independent from each other allowing for a better scale computation during shear/stretching.

FLAM3H v1.6.00 indie

H20.x and H19.x only

• This is a Limited Commercial Houdini Indie license release.

• New: Added the ability to preview the xforms handles in the viewport. You can toggle it ON or OFF in the preferences options under: general tab. These handles are not editable and serve only a VIZ purpose. They will be helpful to better grasp how the affine values (PRE and POST affine) are acting over each iterator/FF of the fractal Flame. They are meant to be a VIZ of manipulators as found in other fractal flame editors out there. (it is a work in progress)
• Small fixes/improvements as part of an ongoing polishing pass.
• Updated HDA documentation.

Some of those small fixes/improvements include:

• Fix: When an iterator Xaos string is invalid, the FLAM3H compile block node warning message was reporting the wrong iterator number. It is now fixed.
• Fix: When a negative value was left inside an iterator Xaos string, the FLAM3H compile block node warning message was reporting the wrong iterator number. It is now fixed.
• Fix: When there are ZERO iterators, the FLAM3H compile block node warning message will now properly state: ZERO iterator and not the iterator number 1 warning message like before.
• Fix: Corrected some python definition doc-strings. - (an ongoing effort).
• Fix: Improved and updated some parameter's tooltips.

FLAM3H v1.5.98 indie

H20.x and H19.x only

• This is a Limited Commercial Houdini Indie license release.

• Small fixes/improvements as part of an ongoing polishing pass.
• Updated HDA documentation.

FLAM3H v1.5.97 indie

H20.x and H19.x only

• This is a Limited Commercial Houdini Indie license release.

• Fix: Updated shader opacity parameter callback function name.
• Small fixes/improvements as part of an ongoing polishing pass.