Palladio v2.0.0

Welcome to the official release of Palladio 2.0.0 - now with support for CityEngine 2023.0!

This release is based on the 2.0.0 Beta 2 with the following changes:

• Added option to disable default triangulation on polygons with holes
• Updated Procedural Runtime (PRT) to 3.0.8905 (corresponds to CityEngine 2023.0)
• Fixed lookup of textures within USDZ assets in RPKs

Please refer to the release notes for a complete set of changes.

Please make sure you install the attached downloads into an exactly matching Houdini version:

• Houdini 18.5.759
• Houdini 19.0.720
• Houdini 19.5.640

Palladio v2.0.0 Beta 2

Welcome to the second Palladio 2.0.0 beta release - now with support for CityEngine 2022.1!

Pre-built Palladio packages are available for Houdini 18.5.759, 19.0.720 and 19.5.534.

Changes:

• Changed indexing of generated meshes: all vertex attributes now have separate indices. This improves mesh connectivity and sharing of points.
• Fixed rule attribute overrides for multiple initial shapes
• Fixed two bugs in the "FileSystem Helper" when reading textures from RPKs (fixes rendering with Mantra)
• Updated Procedural Runtime (PRT) to 2.7.8538 (corresponds to CityEngine 2022.1)

Please refer to the release notes for a complete set of changes.

Palladio v2.0.0 Beta 1

Welcome to the first Palladio v2.0.0 beta release!

New:

• Added support for Houdini 19 and 19.5.
• Rule attribute parameters can directly be modified with their corresponding handles in the parameter editor of the pldAssign node.
• Added seed parameter to change the seed value in the pldAssign node.
• Palladio nodes now have an icon in the Graph Editor.

Changes:

• Updated Procedural Runtime (PRT) to 2.6.8300 (corresponds to CityEngine 2022.0).
• Rule attribute names can now be encoded using Houdini's string encoding.
• Fixed issues with rule package paths containing white spaces.
• Fixed loading of rule packages embedded in HDAs (Houdini Digital Assets).
• Updated and restructured user manual.
• Updated examples.

Development:

• Updated compilers (now using C++ 17).
• Linux version is now compiled with GCC 9.3 by default.
• Updated test framework and build system.
• Cleaned up CMake files.

Removed:

• No longer support Houdini 18.0 and older.

Please make sure you install the attached downloads into an exactly matching Houdini version:

• Houdini 18.5.759
• Houdini 19.0.720
• Houdini 19.5.303

If you run a different Houdini version, we recommend to build the plugin against it. Houdini releases are not officially binary compatible with each other.

Palladio v1.10.0 Dev 0

Welcome to developer preview 0 of Palladio 1.10.0!

This build contains one new feature compared to Palladio 1.9.0: textures from within a RPK can now be read by e.g. Mantra without unpacking to disk. Therefore, large RPKs (>= 100MB) should be quicker to generate.

Disclaimer: this is an intermediate, unstable build from the development branch!

Palladio v1.9.0

Welcome to Palladio v1.9.0!

This release is functionally equivalent to 1.9.0 Beta 2 and includes:

• Update to CityEngine SDK 2.3 (CityEngine 2020.1).
• Support for Houdini 18.5
• Improved error message on assign node (#159).

Please make sure you install the attached downloads into an exactly matching Houdini version:

• Houdini 17.5.683
• Houdini 18.0.532
• Houdini 18.5.408

If you run a different Houdini version, we recommend to build the plugin against it. Houdini releases are not officially binary compatible with each other.

Palladio v1.9.0 Beta 2

Welcome to the second v1.9.0 beta release!

Compared to the first beta, this release includes:

• Some minor documentation updates.
• Update to Houdini 18.5.408.

Palladio v1.9.0 Beta 1

Welcome to the v1.9.0 beta release!

This beta release includes:

• Update to CityEngine SDK 2.3 (CityEngine 2020.1).
• Support for Houdini 18.5
• Improved error message on assign node (#159).

Please make sure you install the attached downloads into an exactly matching Houdini version:

• Houdini 17.5.683
• Houdini 18.0.532
• Houdini 18.5.351
  If you run a different Houdini version, we recommend to build the plugin against it. Houdini releases are not officially binary compatible with each other.

Palladio v1.8.0

Welcome to the final Palladio v1.8.0 release!

This release includes (identical to the Beta release):

• Update default CityEngine SDK to 2.2 (CityEngine 2020.0) (#146).
• Added support for CGA array attributes (#146).
• Added per-node control of log level (#30).
• At startup, print Palladio version on console if default log level is "info" or lower.

Please make sure you install the attached downloads into an exactly matching Houdini version:

• Houdini 17.5.683
• Houdini 18.0.532
• If you run a different Houdini version, we recommend to build the plugin against it. Houdini releases are not officially binary compatible with each other.

Palladio v1.8.0 Beta 1

Welcome to the v1.8.0 beta release!

This beta release includes:

• Update default CityEngine SDK to 2.2 (CityEngine 2020.0) (#146).
• Added support for CGA array attributes (#146).
• Added per-node control of log level (#30).
• At startup, print Palladio version on console if default log level is "info" or lower.

Palladio v1.7.0

Better late than never comes the final release of v1.7.0!

There are no functional changes compared to the beta, but we've updated the Houdini 18.0 builds to the current production build 18.0.460.

Thanks for your patience!