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- Changes !MerlinEd V 1.0 to V 1.01
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- Following bugs removed:
- - crashed on copy path import and multicopy
- - incorrect loading of 3D scenes when a light was in the scene
- - create menu didn't work
- - program quitted without warning when using "New scene" after
- interrupting quitting
- - sweep with polygons works now and also the minimum radius
- - draw import doesn't crash anymore
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- Better handling implemented:
- - copying of objects now up to 30 times faster
- - hourglass implemented in most functions which can take longer
- - input focus set back to main window after using some tools
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- Changes !MerlinEd V 1.01 to V 1.02
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- Following bugs removed:
- - crashed on copy path import when no object was selected
- - due to a compilation error draw import didn't work
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- Better handling implemented:
- - new !Gordian makes backup of the protection file "Prefs17" in it's directory.
- If you update from an older version you have to uninstall with the old !Gordian
- and install it with the new !Gordian application.
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- Changes !MerlinEd V 1.02 to V 1.03
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- Following bugs removed:
- - normals have not been recalculated in functions TNPSD, Turn poly to view and Turn poly
- - in mirror and copy the list window was not updated
- - direction of polygons now correct in thickening
- - direction of polygons now correct in sweep when using polygons
- - problem removed with SparkFS. It deletes empty directories.
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- Better handling implemented:
- - when copying the object is moved only in the visible plane and not in 3D
- - faster and improved DXF import ( 39% faster on a 1.4 MB file)
- - camera position can be taken from the 3D view viceversa and also be reseted
- - attributs can be set now from the toolbox. It inverts the current state.
- P - phong / H - hide / D - double sided / S - scale texture
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- Changes !MerlinEd V 1.03 to V 1.04
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- Following bugs removed:
- - crashed in function "Connect points" if no points had been selected.
- - crashed when creating polygons after "New scene" if function "Create polygons" had been used before.
- - polygons have not been sorted for display when copying Camera view to 3D view.
- - zoom maximum set to 5000% so that it doesn't crash
- - crashed when selecting the first point of a polygon with adjust
- - redraw not correct in modes like 1280 x 480
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- Better handling implemented:
- - !Gordian installer supports now new filecore with 512+ MB partitions
- - faster redraw when selecting and deselecting of objects
- - handling of materials improved:
- New button "Set" in the material manager window.
- Update - changes the selected material in the material list
- Set - changes the selected material in the material list
- and sets all selected objects to that material
- eg. if you have selected a group all group members will be set to that material
- New - creates a new material in the material list and sets all selected objects to it.
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- In older versions "Update" is equal to "Set" in the new version.
- - function "Poly to Line" improved
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- Changes !MerlinEd V 1.04 to V 1.05 [29/1/96]
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- Following bugs removed:
- - bug removed in display routine which didn't work correctly when redraw was only
- one pixel high
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- Better handling implemented:
- - better display of planes in gouraud shade mode
- - displays now concave polygons correctly
- (this may give incorrect display for fonts imported from Draw)
- - in the material editor colours and colourmaps are now dithered in 256 colour modes
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- Changes !MerlinEd V 1.05 to V 1.06 [21/3/96]
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- Following bugs removed:
- - some concave polygons vanished in hidden line display mode
- - when double clicking on a file without !MerlinEd in memeory the scene name was wrong
- - crashed when a polygon was created with more than two polygons on a straight.
- - in 3D view the selection of points was not correct
- - in sweep the first polygon wern't connected to the last polygons
- - in sweep the open button works now when using polygons
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- Better handling implemented:
- - Merlin uses now grid function what makes the raytracing 5 to 25 times faster.
- It first initialises the grid which can take some minutes before it starts tracing.
- The grid needs 15% more RAM.
- - when loading a file when already one is in memory you have the choice to merge it
- or to clear the scene first.
- - lines have now rounded edges in the tracer as at the ends of the cylinders there
- are now spheres.
- - improved DXF import; supports now bit value 64
- - new window for positioning the trace camera
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- Changes !MerlinEd V 1.06 to V 1.07 [10/5/96]
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- Following bugs removed:
- - got into an endless loop when copying draw import with fonts
- - imported draw fonts look now correct (but in the tracer they sometimes don't have
- the correct direction and must be turned manually in the editor)
- - after mode change now correct size and position of windows
- - creation of directional lights did not work in top view
- - bug when creating polygons with only one or two points
- - crashed when using function "New scene" while creating polygons
- - when moving an object centering of the windows didn't work correctly (object was deselected internally)
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- Better handling implemented:
- - much faster and better TNPSD function (turn neighbour polygon same direction)
- - mesh can now be isometric
- - copy protection removed from the editor, but is still in the tracer.
- - autoscroll implemented for the windows when moving an object or camera and scaling
- and creating of objects
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- Changes !MerlinEd V 1.07 to V 1.08 [1/9/96]
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- Following bugs removed:
- - crashed when loading some DXF files
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- Better handling implemented:
- - 10% faster DXF import
- - new types in DXF supported (INSERT, BLOCKS, CIRCLE, Extrusion)
- - shows hourglass when redraw takes longer