Maxwell 5 for formZ Updates

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Maxwell 5 plugins are now available for formZ 8 and formZ 9.

Maxwell 5 Features are outlined here.

Plugin Additions:

    Added toolbar icons for launching the render to Maxwell, exporting to Studio (if installed), exporting to the Network and exporting to the Cloud (under Display Options > Maxwell)
    Added multi-GPU support. You can now control the GPUs that will be used at render time (Extensions > Maxwell Render > System > Selected GPUs or from mxgpuprefs app in Maxwell's installation folder.)
    Added Multilight Grouping of Emitter Lights and Emitter Materials via group names (Lights > Light Type > Parameters > Multilight Group).

If you are an existing customer, download Maxwell for formZ at the customer portal. If you'd like to try it out first first, download a trial copy.

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Version 5.0.2.4 - 09 Mar 2020

Plugin Fixes:

• Worked around issue where Maxwell was unresponsive or crashed upon rendering on some MacOS systems.
• Fixed issue where searching project resource paths could crash in some circumstances.

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Version 5.1.0.0 - 13 May 2020

Plugin Additions:
    • Built with Maxwell 5.1 SDK

Plugin Fixes:
    • Embedded texture swatches created by Renderzone procedural materials for the "Shaded" renderer now also render in Maxwell (formZ 9 only)
    • Roundover Modifier again working

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Version 5.1.1.1 - 16 Jul 2020

Plugin Additions:

• New Substance Painter Material type (Select the Base Color texture and the plugin will automatically locate all other Substance textures.)
• Built with Maxwell 5.1.0.33 SDK

Plugin Fixes:

• Scene Name included in ouput MXS and image filenames, when autonaming is enabled
• Multilight group name saved for Translate Shaded -> Emitter type material