Ocean versions

Ocean 2014

Release 11 (2.8.10)

Windows® Vista/7/8 64-bit installer : Ocean 2014 R11 Installer

Release date : 09/12/2015

Bug fixes

• Fixed compatibility with Ocean 2015 installed together

Release 10 (2.8.9)

Windows® Vista/7/8 64-bit installer : Ocean 2014 R10 Installer

Release date : 01/07/2015

Bug fixes

• Fixed Display parameters not restored upon OCRAW file load
• Fixed aspect ratio error when loading some SketchUp cameras
• Better handling of hidden objects in SketchUp files
• Fixed an error in coated diffuse material (looked too dark)

Release 9 (2.8.8)

Windows® Vista/7/8 64-bit installer : Ocean 2014 R9 Installer

Release date : 22/05/2015

Bug fixes

• Fixed a math error in Beckmann distribution
• Fixed a bug with number input (rejects thousand separators)
• Allowed more characters in save scene dialog suffixes
• Fixed a bug : network server freezing the client
• Added command line option for parse friendly output & flushing
• Added support for parallel cams in Sketchup
• Fixed an error in Coated Diffuse Material causing high material brightness (a bug subsists and was fixed in R10)
• Fixed an error when overriding layer material when a geometry is split between multiple layers
• Fixed camera import from SketchUp with Advanced Camera Tool
• JPEG images now saved with high quality

Release 8 (2.8.6)

Windows® Vista/7/8 64-bit installer : Ocean 2014 R8 Installer

Release date : 16/03/2015

Bug fixes

• Fixed a corrupt uv transform bug
• Fixed a bug : render settings GUI not updated at scene load
• Fixed a bug causing the image pan mouse cursor to be locked when right clicking during a pan

Release 7 (2.8.5)

Windows® Vista/7/8 64-bit installer : Ocean 2014 R7 Installer

Release date : 16/02/2015

Features

• Added Import layer setup

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed : first IPv6 connection to network server fails
• Fixed a Rhino export problem with some Rhino installations
• Rhino python writes instances to the mesh ocbin file instead of main file
• Fixed disabled object tool buttons

Release 5 (2.8.3)

Windows® Vista/7/8 64-bit installer : Ocean 2014 R5 Installer

Release date : 13/01/2015

3D Modeller Support

Added support for SketchUp 2014 and 2015 files

Bug fixes

• Fixed a crash when closing a tab during postprocessing
• Optimized file reading
• Fixed bugs in LinkedMaterial and RoughTransparentMaterial
• Fixed a bug causing no colored medium absorption in some cases

Release 4 (2.8.0)

Windows® Vista/7/8 64-bit installer : Ocean 2014 R4 Installer

Release date : 06/11/2014

Interface Features

• Added drag&drop of materials in the layer tree

New simulation features

• Added a new instrument type : Material irradiance instrument
• Materials can now be defined per-instance in Ocean Scene Format
• Support for per-instance UV translation in Ocean Scene Format
• Added a convenience energy sensor
• Support for older 1995 IES

3D Modeller support

• Complex layer hierarchy supported (geometry belonging to several layers through its group ancestors)
• Support for international characters in Rhino exporter fixed

Miscellaneous changes

• Bug fixes concerning:
  • Blackbody & Cauchy spectrum (wrong gain in some cases)
  • Velvet material (bright dots appearing)
  • Preetham skylight environment (slightly wrong sky luminances)
  • Inaccurate pipeting
• Duplicate target materials removed in material irrad instrument
• Layers not removed when a scene is closed
• Various optimizations & bugfixes

Release 3 (2.6.0)

Windows® Vista/7/8 64-bit installer : Ocean 2014 R3 Installer

Release date : 15/07/2014

Interface Features

• Support for scene layers : per-layer geometry hiding and material override
• RAW files can now be loaded during simulation
• Display parameters are saved in RAW files
• Energy measurements added to Photometry toolbox

New simulation features

• Added a new instrument type : Material irradiance instrument
• Materials can now be defined per-instance in Ocean Scene Format
• Support for per-instance UV translation in Ocean Scene Format
• Added a convenience energy sensor

3D Modeller support

• Layer support for SketchUp, Rhinoceros 5.0 and 3ds Max 2015
• Compatibility with SketchUp 2014
• Support for textures in Rhinoceros
• New 3ds Max 2015 exporter (beta)

Miscellaneous changes

• Added support for nested blocks from Rhinoceros
• Simulation statistics saved in OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods)
• Data headers saved in OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods)
• Various bug fixes

Release 2 (2.4.0)

Windows® Vista/7/8 64-bit installer : Ocean 2014 R2 Installer

Release date : 19/03/2014

Interface Features

• New display toolbox for controlling result preview options
• Added a new table result preview mode
• Multiple results can be kept open in multiple tabs
• New Ocean RAW format for analyzing and post-processing results later
• Imports multiple cameras from SketchUp
• Added support for writing OpenDocument Spreadsheet (.ods) and CSV files
• Added zoom and panning to image previews
• Added a photometry toolbox for measuring radiometric quantities
• Added EXR, OCRAW, ODS and CSV to command line output formats
• GUI can be started with server/client options in command line
• Allowed wildcard output file name in command line

New simulation features

• Added user definable wavelength range for IR and UV (Advanced License)
• scale and offset parameters for texture images can now be set for each R,G,B channel
• Added quantity radiometric quantity calculations in instruments
• Light-map instrument now autoscales to geometry UV bounds instead of unit square
• Added a new environment : CIE standard skies types 1 to 15
• Made total reflections take into account circular polarization
• Implemented a new irradiance perspective view instrument
• Implemented a new irradiance orthographic view instrument
• Added an option(enabled by default) to compute mesh collisions with double precision
• Added a Schlicks scale to angle variable spectrum
• Added sensor types : CIE XYZ, custom, spectral box

Miscellaneous changes

• Improved speed of convergence for all modes
• Improved light source sampling for colored sources
• Instrument buffer now switches automatically to double precision mode
• Various bug fixes

Release 1 (2.0.5)

Windows® Vista/7/8 64-bit installer : Ocean 2014 R1 Installer

Release date : 17/12/2013

Changes

• Performance improvements
• Small issues fixed
• Added an "Import All" menu option
• Changed Planar IES Emitter orientation parameters
• New configurable scene saving system
• Saving scenes with relative file links

Beta 3 (2.0.2)

Windows® Vista/7/8 64-bit installer : Ocean 2014 beta3 Installer

Release date : 26/11/2013

Changes

• Added IES planar emitter
• Added IES spherical emitter
• Added photometry settings for emitting materials
• First support for Autodesk® Maya®
• Added a zenith orientation setting for the Skylight Environment
• Saving a large scene now displays a progress dialog

Beta 2 (2.0.1)

Windows® Vista/7/8 64-bit installer : Ocean 2014 beta2 Installer

Release date : 05/11/2013

Changes

• Fixed the "Cancel" button in node editing
• Improved editing of many object parameters in GUI
• Fixed bugs and improved active environment/instrument list boxes behavior
• Added a cone geometry (also able to model cylinders)
• Added an autofocus check option instead of negative focus values
• Added a light source normalization setting in material definition
• Added a disc environment
• Fixed an issue with mirror-transformed emitting objects (emitting side was flipped)

Ocean 2014

Beta 1 (2.0.0)

Windows® Vista/7/8 64-bit installer : Ocean 2014 beta1 Installer

Release date : 10/10/2013

Ocean 2013

Revision 4 (1.4.4)

Windows® Vista/7/8 64-bit installer : Ocean 2013 R4 Installer

Release date : 04/09/2013

Changes

• Allows overwriting a material with a material alias
• Bug fixes

Release 3 (1.4.3)

Windows® Vista/7/8 64-bit installer : Ocean 1.4.3 Installer

Release date : 18/07/2013

Changes

• Added a "diameterfactor" parameter to SkylightShader
• Some improvements in the graphical user interface (recent files)
• Added support for material names with spaces
• Rhino plugin : Fixed an issue with spaces and special characters in material names
• Fixed a potential bug causing the render to crash in some (rare) cases
• Fixed issues with the Evaluation version of Rhinoceros®
• Added the support for parallel projection in Rhino (experimental)
• Fine tuning of the Metropolis algorithm

Release 2 (1.4.2)

Windows® Vista/7/8 64-bit installer : Ocean 1.4.2 Installer

Release date : 26/06/2013

Changes

• Bugs fixed
• Rhino exporter plug-in added

Release 1 (1.4.0)

Windows® Vista/7/8 64-bit installer : Ocean 1.4.0 Installer

Release date : 29/05/2013

First released version