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bool parameter, asFnAttribute, was added to GetAttr(), GetXform() and GetArguments(), defaulting to False,
which returns PyFnAttribute objects if set to True, and PyScenegraphAttr otherwise.
• BUG ID 43352 - The Render plug-in API has been renamed to FnRender for consistency with other Katana plug-in
APIs.
Miscellaneous
• Katana has been upgraded to use Python 2.7.3 and Qt 4.8.5, matching the VFX Platform CY2014 specification.
• Proxy caches are now considered animated by default. Static proxy caches can be defined by setting the
proxies.static IntAttribute to 1.
• Curve widths, and curve knots if they exist, are now loaded into the correct attributes. Curve attributes degree and
closed are now placed under the geometry group.
• The internal Katana documentation has been replaced with Sphinx-powered, searchable docs that are now opened
in an external web browser. As part of this work, the Help tab has been deprecated, and the Example Projects tab
has been added.
• A number nodes that were undocumented and unavailable in Katana's UI have been deprecated in Katana 2.0v1:
AsmbCmpt_ PostProcess, BlockerCreate, F3D_In, GenericGeo, HDF_In, IncomingTest, NetworkAttributeScript,
NetworkAttributeScriptInput, NetworkAttributeScriptNode, NetworkMaterialEdit, ProceduralSetup, Resolve,
ScenegraphLocationModifierDefine, ScenegraphLocationModifierResolve, ShadowRenderAssign, TextureResolve,
and TxasnMappingInfoApply.
• The VelocityApply node type has been modified to add the following two parameters:
• velocityAttribute - The name of the attribute representing the velocity information to be used by the node. If
the parameter is not set, the following attributes are checked:
•geometry.point.V
•geometry.point.v
•geometry.arbitrary.v
• velocityUnits - Units to be used to interpret the values stored in the velocity attribute, with the following
options:
•units / second
•units / frame
• The way that Sky Dome items are implemented in classic Gaffer has changed. Instead of an arnoldSurfaceShader
of type skydome_light on the item’s Material node, materials on Sky Domes are now resolved internally in Gaffer.
• The RendererProceduralArgs node in create mode now has namespace support, similar to the namespace support
already in the Material node.
• BUG ID 37514 - The adjustScreenWindowWhen parameter has been added to RenderSettings nodes to control
when the adjustScreenWindow parameter is evaluated. By default, the adjustScreenWindow parameter is now
evaluated in a deferred manner by a separate AdjustScreenWindowResolve Op as an implicit resolver. This
allows the renderSettings.adjustScreenWindow attribute that is stored on the /root location to be modified
later in downstream nodes before it takes effect. You can set adjustScreenWindowWhen to immediately to
have the adjustScreenWindow parameter take effect immediately.
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