After Autodesk released the fourth hotfix for Maya 2012 in August, Service Pack 1 has now become available for download. As announced at the Siggraph 2011 conference, They've also released the Subscription Advantage Packs for Maya 2012, Max 3ds 2012, Mudbox 2012 and Softimage 2012. The SAP packs are Autodesk's way to add new features to their latest software before going on to release a complete new suite next year. SAP packs are for subscribers only. The new assets included in MAYA 2012 SAP are:
The open source AMD Bullet Physics engine, engineered to handle large-scale, highly realistic dynamic simulations - featuring discrete and continuous 3D collision detection, and enabling the simulation of both soft and rigid bodies in a single system while using a rich set of constraints.
Alembic point caching helps to efficiently manage complex simulated and animated data, with the ability to read and write Alembic open computer graphics interchange format, developed by Sony Pictures Imageworks in cooperation with George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic.
There's also a new Node Editor that helps artists and technical directors to more easily work with and debug complex node network. It features drag-and-drop connections, color coding, and three levels of detail.
The Package for 3ds Max 2012 includes the same new features as Max Design, which is part of the other Suites available from Autodesk. There's a new render pass system but it also includes new ActiveShade support for the iray renderer from NVIDIA. It's also easier now to process your work in After Effects and Photoshop. Also .NET exposure of the 3ds Max SDK (software development kit) helps to extend and customize 3ds Max more effectively.
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