iToo Software releases RailClone 6
The latest version of RailClone Pro makes it easier than ever to create complex parametric models for architecture, VFX, and games.
Cádiz (Spain). May 25, 2023. iToo Software has announced the release of RailClone 6, the latest version of its parametric modelling and layout tool for 3ds Max, packed with new features and improvements to enhance the user experience when creating new styles.
RailClone’s procedural approach to modelling and scene layout has made it a favourite tool among archviz, games, and VFX artists. For version 6, iToo Software listened to feedback and added significant improvements to the style creation workflow.
The node-based editor is now much more user-friendly. In previous versions the style editor would close when selecting another object. In RailClone 6 the style editor remains available so users can continue to edit the graph while interacting with the rest of the scene. There are also many more style editor improvements to make work easier, including new ways to import scene objects, tools to make graphs easier to read, simplified techniques to create macros, new randomisation options, and much more.
Converting an existing model to RailClone is now much easier thanks to the new RC Slice modifier. It allows the user to cut a model into the parts used in a typical RailClone style using a single easy-to-understand interface. Instead of generating lots of individual small parts, users can add a single sliced object to multiple segment nodes for a more intuitive and easy-to-update workflow.
Once a user has spent time creating a style, it’s important that it’s easy to reuse. RailClone 6 enhances the library management system, allowing users to quickly add new objects to a library by right-clicking in the browser and selecting the new Import RailClone Objects from Scene option, The new workflow can batch import objects, generate material libraries and thumbnails, and collect all the assets in one folder. Users can even password protect their styles so they can share them with confidence.
There are plenty more improvements, including new Seed options for the Random nodes,marker improvements, the ability to specify material ids for capped geometry, improved deformation, support for strings in Constant and Numeric nodes, a new Value List node that allows you to pick from an array a values using a numeric index, support for rotated and scaled items in groups, AND/OR options in the Conditional operator, a new Tag node for adding user defined properties, support of RailClone Color in Corona Renderer (v9 or above), plus new Arithmetic attributes.
In addition to these new features, RailClone 6 also includes the first phase of an initiative to overhaul the built-in libraries. Five collections are updated with new geometry, textures and shaders that meet the high-quality standards of the industry.
For a detailed overview, visit the RailClone 6 page on the iToo Software website. A full changelog of all the features, fixes and improvements can be found in the documentation.
This release marks the start of a busy year of development for the iToo team. With updates to Forest Pack planned for release later in the year, several new The3dGarden collections, changes to licensing, plus the continued overhaul of the built in RailClone library.
Availability:
RailClone 6 is available to download now for users with an active maintenance plan. RailClone 6 Lite is also now available which includes all of the new features mentioned above.
About iToo Software:
Founded in 1999 in Cádiz, southern Spain, iToosoft is a 3D software developing company, and creators of Forest Pack and RailClone, top-ranked plugins for Autodesk 3ds Max with a wide range of applications in Archviz, VFX and games.
About RailClone
RailClone is the artist-friendly parametric modelling and spline-cloning plugin for 3ds Max that’s fast, efficient, and easy to learn. RailClone is unlike any other tool on the market. Objects are created simply by assembling and repeating existing geometry using an easy-to-define set of rules. If you can model in Max, you can create procedural objects with RailClone.
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