French news' List updated! :)
http://moiscript.weebly.com/v4-quoi-de-neuf.html

Very nice picture again!!

Hi Michael,
I have adjusted the grip frames size in the Moi.ini file and much better visibility.
Many thanks
Barry

I increased EditFrameGripPixelSize to 32. Much easier to find the frame handles on my widescreen monitor - Thanks!

Ed Ferguson

IS there any improvements on the Blend command?
Thank you

Hi Roger,

> IS there any improvements on the Blend command?

There are no changes to the Blend command in this beta release.

- Michael

Hi Marco,

re: MF2018.STEP file that gets stuck loading at 36% - I've got that fixed up now for the next v4 beta. There was a Solids++ function that could be slow to process certain kinds of trim boundaries. I've rewritten it with an improved version that does not get bogged down anymore.

Thanks for reporting the bug and sending the file for me to test with!

- Michael

You're welcome Michael!
Good to know that you have fixed that issue :)
Thanks.

Great loading speedup Michael. Massive speed benefits on my DualXeons also.
I got 3x,4x, and even 5x on some STEP models.

Kudos

Cool now also imports the colors of the objects, very well, great.

@Lewis,
> Great loading speedup Michael. Massive speed benefits on my DualXeons also.
> I got 3x,4x, and even 5x on some STEP models.

Sounds fantastic Lewis, thanks for testing it!


@pafurijaz - yes that Raspberry Pi board that you wrote about previously here:
http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=8936.27
should be working ok now.


- Michael

Greetings Michael thanks for the great update.
Pardon my ignorance, Please tell me how to use the the numbers followed by (ms) that appear in the upper left of each viewport.
Thanks. Cheers!!

<< by (ms) that appear in the upper left of each viewport

I believe it's just info for the moment of display's speed between each use of function ! ;)

Hi phlatt5th,

> Pardon my ignorance, Please tell me how to use the the numbers followed
> by (ms) that appear in the upper left of each viewport.

That's the number of milliseconds it took to draw the last viewport screen image.

It's used to compare the results of performance work to get a numeric measure of whether things are faster or slower instead of just going by feel.

It won't be on for too much longer, just until some last display performance work in v4 is done.

- Michael

@ Pilou and Michael. Thank you for the clarification.
Cheers.

16Mb STEP file loaded into 3.0 took ~15 minutes to load. Same file in 4.0 beta took ~1.5 minutes. STEP file import, edit and conversion makes up the bulk of my work with MoI, so this is a really welcomed improvement!

That's great Branden, thanks for testing it!

- Michael

Hi Michael.

Problem. Draw a curve of several arcs, connect, divide. Some arcs remained crooked.
Is it possible to solve this problem.
The file is attached.

Vladimir.

Hi Vladimir,

re:
> Problem. Draw a curve of several arcs, connect, divide. Some arcs remained crooked.

I'm sorry I'm not understanding what the problem is - I thought maybe you meant some operation was causing your curves to become crooked? But in your file it looks like they are starting out crooked to begin with?

- Michael

Hello,

I notice a small oddity with the interface loading collapsed completely in the latest beta. When double clicking a STEP file from the file manager in Windows all of the menus are collapsed and the window size is something other than maximized. This happens for all STEP files. 3DM files do not exhibit this behavior when opened via the file manager. Loading STEP files through the MoI Open dialog works as expected.