MegaFiers v2.38 and MegaShapes v1.42 released

We have just updated both MegaFiers and MegaShapes with improvements to the spline system used by both systems. We have added a simple Line Spline helper shape where you can define how many points you want the spline to made from, this is a nice easy starting point for creating new splines instead of trying to straighten out the other shapes. We have also added a beta of a constant speed bezier system for the spline interpolator, as you may have noticed with normal bezier splines you can get regions where where an object moving along the spline will speed up or slow down, this is due to uneven spacing of knots and knot handles of different lengths etc, this is usually not a problem and in most cases not really noticeable or objectionable but there are times when you do want constant speed along the spline for example deforming a mesh a long a spline or building lofts it is nice to have the option to not have the loft or mesh deform on say tight corners. So now each spline has the option to turn on Constant speed and with that there is a Calc Subdivs value per spline which you can increase or decrease to improve the accuracy of the constant speed interpolation, the default value is 10 which works for most cases, if you have very large gaps between knots then you may need to increase this.

We have also added the help pages for the Dynamic hose and the tracked vehicle systems and updated the MegaShape help pages. The simple loft layer in MegaShapes has also had a twist curve added to it.

Changes in MegaShapes

Change in MegaFiers