New in Version 3 

Version 3 expands greatly on Ornatrix Maya V2 in nearly all aspects: the GUI, performance, hair display, optimization, and of course features. Here are some of the highlights for the new features:

• Edit Guides
  • Change Tracking
  • All brushes are now Maya native tools
  • Create Brush
  • Delete Brush
  • Draw strands as Maya tool
  • Draw strands can extend and modify existing strands
  • Edit Guides amount value applies to strand deletions and creations
  • Way to turn off applied components in Edit Guides Shape
• Surface Comb
  • Triangulation mode
  • Sink editing as Maya tool
  • Surface Comb sinks can be created on a new distribution surface or existing hair, like the case with brushes
• Hair from Guides
  • Strand groups can be used as hair parts
  • Guide proximity mode in Hair from Guides on by default, barycentric interpolation on by default
• Arnold Render
  • Strand channel export
  • Created hair is assigned aiStandardHair shader when Arnold is used
• Clump
  • Clumping tool is now in Maya's shelf
  • Clump hair editing tool uses hair selection overlay for displaying selected clump hairs
• Frizz
  • Preserve Length option
• Animation Cache
  • Start and End recording options
• Ground
  • Added "Ground closest end" parameter
• AI Animator : Train hair movement based on predefined animation using machine learning
• Noise operator : Quickly animate basic procedural hair movement, or just add randomness to hair shape
• Smooth Surface operator : Use OpenSubDiv to dynamically subdivide base mesh
• Reduced storage requirements for hair surface dependencies, allows faster work with polygonal base meshes and smaller memory usage
• Strand group patterns : Use a pattern to filter operators for a range of strand groups when needed, instead of a single strand group
• Strand group blending : Blend between strand groups in various operators
• Multiple hair strand groups: a single strand can now belong to multiple strand groups, allowing a greater control over various effects.
• USD (Universal Scene Description) hair curve export
• Viewport Display
  • Significant speed increases in viewport hair rendering
  • Hair overlay colors show strand groups, channel values, and selection directly on hair with custom saturation

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