New Commands

The following commands are added to this version of SoftImage:

• CreateUserMotion - Creates a user motion property. User motions are used to control motion vectors on vertices of an object's geometry.
• EditICECompoundPPGLogic - Edits the ICE compound PPG Logic with a modal text editor.
• EditICECompoundProperties - Modifies the properties of an ICE Compound, such as the version number, the description, the Category or Task (and therefore its location), the construction mode, etc.
• GetICECompoundPortProperties - Returns an ICE compound port's properties.
• GetICECompoundProperties - Returns an ICE compound's properties.
• SpinEdgeBackward - Reorients the selected edges between the adjacent polygons.
• SpinEdgeForward - Reorients the selected edges between the adjacent polygons
• SelectAllComponentLoops - Extends an existing component selection to include component loops.
• GrowSelectedLoops - Grows loops from the selected components.
• ShrinkSelectedLoops - Shrinks selected component loops.
• SelectPolygonOutline - Selects boundary edges on selected polygons.
• SelectAllConnectedComponents - Selects an island from selected components.
• ApplyThickness - Applies thickness to a polygon mesh surface.
• CapHole - Cap a hole on a polygon mesh.
• ApplySliceBetweenTwoVertices - Apply a slice from one vertex to another.

New Classes (Object Model, C++)

The following classes are added to this version of SDK:

• Annotation - The Annotation object is a specialized X3DObject used for inserting text annotation in a scene.
• MemoCamera - The MemoCamera class represents a memo camera control in a view.
• MemoCameraCollection - A collection of MemoCamera objects.

New Methods (C++)

The following C++ methods are introduced in Softimage 2012 Subscription Advantage Pack SDK:

• CValue::operator > - The new 'greater than' operators in the C++ CValue class.
• CValue::operator < - The new 'smaller than' operators in the C++ CValue class.
• CValue::operator >= - The new 'greater than / equal' operators in the C++ CValue class.
• CValue::operator <= - The new 'smaller than / equal' operators in the C++ CValue class.
• Envelope.SetDeformerWeights2 - Sets the envelope weights for a given deformer without normalizing the weights.
• View.GetMemoCameras - Returns an array of MemoCamera objects for a view.
• HardwareShaderContext.GetDirtyParameters - Returns the parameters from the render tree which values have changed since the last shader evaluation.

New Methods (Object Model)

The following method is added to the SDK:

• View.MemoCameras - Returns a collection of MemoCamera objects for a view.

New Types

The following three types are introduced in Softimage 2012 Subscription Advantage Pack for the first time:

• siAnnotationImportance - Sets the importance of an annotation message.
• siHWShaderForceAttributeUpdate - Boolean attribute used by hardware shaders to force a call to the GetAttributeList callback when a shader parameter is updated or a shader port is connected or disconnected in the render tree.
• siHWShaderDirtyParameterUpdate - Boolean attribute used by hardware shaders to get the latest parameter updates from the render tree.