Version 0.6.2

Important Information

Highlights

• Wireframe, Wireframe On Shaded and selection highlighting for lead objects are now supported for none Maya data
• A new SceneIndex allows texture toggling in the viewport
• Normals and tangents on Maya meshes are now passed to Hydra
• Fixed various viewport update issues when using Bifrost-USD and for timeline playback

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Version 0.6.1

Important Information

Highlights

• Picking support for USD native instances and point instancers
• Picking now supports the selected USD Kind
• Complexity refinement is now available in the Hydra render settings
• New API example: FootPrint node
• Basic bounding box display style
• MaterialX stack support for native Maya geometries

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Version 0.6.0

Important Information

Build

• Updated the build docs and script

Highlights

• Fixes for USD instances not drawn or drawn in the wrong place
• General stability & quality improvements

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Version 0.5.0

Important Information

Hydra for Maya has now its own repository under https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-hydra.

Highlights

• New interface for data producers or filters for customizing Hydra data in the viewport: Flow Viewport Toolkit
• Selection highlighting with Hydra for none DAG objects. Current kown limitation: No lead object highlighting
• Update to USD 23.11
• Gerneral stability improvements and bug fixes

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