Architron 2023 new features

New Tools & Objects

Profile object

• a new animatable object for creating your own profiles.

• can be used for NURBS, polygons and cinema splines.

• the profile shape can be NURBS or cinema splines.

Engraver object

• new animatable object for extruding quad meshes with 1D shape

• can only be used on quads

• the profile shape can be NURBS or cinema splines.

Spline To Nurbs command

• - new command to convert Cinema splines to NURBS object

New Features

• NURBS drawing speed 10-1000 faster depending on selection mode.

• Snapping is being updated to work with Cinema splines and generators.

• Tool responses to SHIFT & CTRL key changed to be identical as in Cinema tools

• Auto UCS - recognizes the plane of 2D objects.

• Cinema 4D 2023  compatible.

Updated Tools & Objects

• Nurbs Curves - Surfaces     -  direct conversion to splines or polygons with C hotkey, depending on the mode of the Nurbs object.

• Point, Rectangle and  Lasso  Select -  separated tools from Edit Nurbs. Overrides Cinema hotkeys when a Nurbs object is selected.

• Drag tool - updated to support hover selection.

• Move-Rotate-Scale tool - updated to support all types geometry (NURBS, polygons, C4D splines)

• Nurbs Clipboard -  accessible also from modify tools. 

Removed - Legacy tools

• Element object - removed 

• Quad UV - removed

• WindDoor tool  - temporarily removed will be replaced by a new version soon