DiamCalc
What is new in the DiamCalc 2.2.0

New features

  1. Export of the generated movie into AVI format using the codec selected by user. This command is available in the movie menu on the toolbar, or in the main menu (Options > Animation > Movie > Export to AVI);
  2. Non-spatial animation in movies. The movie may be generated by changing diamond parameters (crown and pavilion angles). This feature is available through the path type menu on the toolbar, or through the main menu (Options > Animation > Figure > Reverse Crown vs. Pavilion, Direct Crown vs. Pavilion, Crown variation, Pavilion variation, OctoNus-MSU Crown vs. Pavilion);
  3. The "Movie recording options" dialog box provides a possibility to set the step of animation figure parameters change when applicable;
  4. Added "Reset diamond to table-up position at movie start" option to the "Movie recording options" dialog box. It allows to preserve the current diamond orientation and to start the spatial animation from the chosen position or from the "table-up" position;
  5. Added "Draw diamond wire-frame profile in the corner" option to the "Movie recording options" dialog box. It allows to lay the diamond wire-frame profile on the movie frames during recording to illustrate how the diamond parameters (crown and pavilion) change;
  6. In the ray-tracing mode the spatial animation takes into consideration options for objects rotation (rays, diamond or both);
  7. Added the possibility to load JPEG images as background (Options > Background color > Picture > Set picture);
  8. The background picture is now placed in the center after load by default. The background is easier to move now to match the current diamond model (Options > Background color > Picture > Adjust position);
  9. The estimation of cut quality may be interrupted (Cut quality tab > Start/Stop estimation button);
  10. Added 6 informative parameters for the brilliant cut describing details of the crown and pavilion angles. They are useful when dealing with diamonds that have deviations from ideal round girdle shape (Angles details tab);
  11. Added the possibility to view and save graphical illustration of the map of current light sources to the file (Options > Advanced > Lighting map);
  12. Added brain picture options to the Head and eyes configuration dialog (Options > Advanced > Lighting configuration > Observer > Head and eyes);
  13. Added import of 3D models obtained with the PACOR-Oxygen diamond scanner (Cut > Import cut > From PACOR data file);
  14. Added import of text files containing cut parameters. For the format of these files see SampleImport.txt file (Cut > Import cut > From TXT file with parameters);
  15. Added help describing some aspects of cut quality estimation (Help > Help Topics, or click on "Explain brilliance" label on the Cut quality tab).

Bugs fixed

  1. If the selected background color differed from black, then adjusting the position of the background picture caused corruption of the solid background;
  2. When saving an image of the current model with the background picture set in a high resolution, the background picture was not zoomed accordingly;
  3. Setting of the standard light or changing the observer parameters corrupted the "Distance between eyes" parameter set by the user.

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