mGear 3.7.8

NEW HOTFIX 3.7.9 AVAILABLE >>> https://github.com/mgear-dev/mgear_dist/releases/tag/3.7.9

IMPORTANT NOTE: MacOS Catalina has heightened security restrictions on apps and plugins. Run this command in the Terminal, which removes the “quarantine” flag from when it gets downloaded:

sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /PATH/TO/THE/MGEAR/SOLVERS/DIRECTORY/

3.7.8

New Features

• CFXbits: Xgen IGS boost: New tool to create curve based grooming with xgen interactive grooming splines [cfxbits#1]
• mGear solvers: New matrixConstraint node [mgear_solvers#5]
• mGear_core: Add support for drag n drop of mGear filetypes, .sgt [mgear_core#79]
• mGear_core: Deformer weight IO module [mgear_core#75]
• mgear_dist: Drag and Drop easy installer [mgear_dist#56]
• Shifter: Configurable naming template. [shifter#83]
• Shifter: Joint orientation options. [shifter#73]
• Shifter: Plebes (a tool for rigging character generator characters with mGear). [shifter#96]
• Shifter_EPIC_components: New set of componets specially design for Unreal engine and Games in general.

Enhancements

• mGear_core: General update to add CFXbits required functions [mgear_core#63]
• mGear_core: Skinning mismatch vertex warning should include the name of the object [mgear_core#63]
• Shifter: Add support for #_blade in chain coponents. [shifter#107]
• Shifter: Attributes naming using component short name(instance Name) not component type name. [shifter#95]
• Shifter: IO return shifter rig object for NXT tools integration. [shifter#94]
• simpleRig: Improve automatic hierarchy creation [simpleRig#8]

Bug Fix

• Anim Picker: Create picker improvements [anim_picker#21]
• Anim Picker: Duplicate behavior creates instances [anim_picker#24]
• Anim Picker: Duplicating pickers, spacing issue [anim_picker#22]
• Anim Picker: Fail gracefully when space switch controls are not found [anim_picker#33]
• Anim Picker: save overlay offset when change windows size [anim_picker#19]
• Anim Picker: UI buttons hidden in OSX [anim_picker#34]
• Animbits: Channel Master: Channel Master: Sync with Graph editor. [animbits#54]
• Animbits: Channel Master: sync selected channels in the graph editor. [animbits#55]
• mGear solvers: added in the clamp values for the squash and stretch node [mgear_solvers#6]
• mGear_core: anim_utils: improve IK FK match pole vector calculation [mgear_core#65]
• mGear_core: Attribute module new functions: Make it work with control custom names [mgear_core#62]
• mGear_core: Mirro/flip pose not working with custom names [mgear_core#71]
• mGear_core: Mirror/flip pose fail [mgear_core#70]
• mGear_core: QApplication instance dont have widgetAt method on Maya 2020 [mgear_core#66]
• mGear_core: shifter_classic_components repeatedly added to sys.path [mgear_core#69]
• mGear_core: Stripe pipes from skinCluster names [mgear_core#64]
• mgear_dist: Incorrect grammar in UI [mgear_dist#26]
• mgear_dist: update menus to str command [mgear_dist#53]
• Rigbits: Add attr ctrl tweaks [rigbits#60]
• Rigbits: Add control and tweaks module controls need to create "isCtrl" control tag [rigbits#50]
• Rigbits: Facial rigger is compatible with Shifter's game tools [rigbits#37]
• Rigbits: Mirror controls required target shape to exist [rigbits#56]
• Rigbits: RBF manager mirror with custom names [rigbits#63]
• Shifter: Game tools fix connection issue with new matrix constraint node. [shifter#108]
• Shifter: Game tools is not disconnecting all the connections between rig and model. [shifter#68]
• Shifter: Guide component scale inconsistency at creation time. [shifter#97]
• Shifter: replaces backslashes with forward slashes for Mac OS. [shifter#101]
• Shifter: Set by default Force uniform scaling to ON. [shifter#79]
• Shifter_classic_components: Change on Shifter leg_2jnt_tangent component settings UI [shifter_classic_components#81]
• Shifter_classic_components: Control_01 component space switching with mgear viewport menu [shifter_classic_components#82]
• Shifter_classic_components: Fix for issue "Menu: Ctrl+Shift results in broken shelf items" [shifter_classic_components#87]

WARNING

• mgear_dist: dropping support for Maya 2017 and older [mgear_dist#60]