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LightWave 3D® 8…

LightWave 3D 8 is crammed with hundreds of new features and improvements, both big and small, and it will have the speed, power, and stability users need for getting work done quickly and easily. This major upgrade includes enhancements in dynamics, character animation, modeling workflow, animation workflow, texturing tools, and more.
LightWave 3D® 8 Feature Highlights

LAYOUT
More powerful and flexible character animation setup, controls, tools and workflow.

New Bone Editing Tools

  • Enter Bone Edit Mode
  • Exit Bone Edit Mode
  • Joint Move
  • Tip Move
  • Bone Split
  • Bone Fuse
  • Bone Connect
  • Bone Twist
  • Align Pitch
  • Delete Bone
  • Unparent Bone
  • Bones On
  • Bones Off
  • Record Piv Rot
  • Remove RPR
  • Remove Pivot Pos
  • Delete Hierarchy
  • Copy Hierarchy
  • Mirror Hierarchy
  • Rename Hierarchy
  • Scale Hierarchy
  • Export Hierarchy
  • Import Hierarchy
  • Faster IK, FK
  • New Morph Mixer
  • JointMorph Plus

Dynamics

  • Rigid Body Dynamics
  • Improved Soft Body Dynamics
  • Improved Cloth Dynamics
  • Bone Dynamics
  • Improved Particle System Tools

Workflow

  • New Scene Editor with integrated Spreadsheet and Dope Sheet
  • Dope Track
  • Node-based Expression Editor
  • Envelope Contextual Menus
  • Move TCB
  • MultiMirror
  • Multi-selection of Texture Editor Layers

The Ever-Popular "And More!"

  • Animatable UV coordinates
  • Rendering Enhancements

MODELER

New Selection Modes

  • Select Loop
  • Select Poly
  • Select Outline
  • Select Ring
  • Invert Connected

New Layer Tools

  • Clone2 Layer
  • Insert Layer
  • Delete Layer
  • Object Collapser

New Modeling Tools

  • New Create Tab Tools
    - Star Sphere
  • New Modify Tab Tools
    - Translate Plus
    - Move Plus
    - Segment Scale
    - Point Normal Move
  • New Multiply Tab Tools Cut
    - Divide
    - Make Pole
    - Extender Plus
    - SuperShift
  • New Construct Tab Tools
    - Bridge Tool
  • New Detail Tab Tools
    - Edge Tools
    - Fix Poles
    - Fix 3-5
  • New Setup Tab Tools
    - Rotate Skelegons
  • New Utilities Tab Tools
    - Create JointMorph
  

OTHER ENHANCEMENTS

  • Inline Help System
  • Enhanced OpenGL
  • Speed and Workflow Optimizations
  • Incremental Saving and Autosaving
  • New File Formats
  • Integration Tools
  • Improvements to LScript scripting language and to the API

Watch out for more updates and information as it becomes available. Please note: details subject to change without notice.


 

 


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