BonesPro 4.64 dual quaternion released, other 3d-io plugins updated

3d-io has just released a new set of software updates, which include a new version of its skinning and mesh deformation plugin. New features in BonesPro include:

(Since last reported)

• Added support for dual quaternion skin blending – allows for a faster rigging setup with preserved object volumes in all 3 transformation modes
• Quaternion Skin painting tools
• Improved handling of MetaBone objects in Max 2015
• Minor UI performance improvements
• Settings of the selected bones can now be copied to other bones by shift-clicking on them
• Influence visualization now shows influences when more than one bone are selected at the same time

Plus bug fixes. You can watch a sample video featuring dual quaternion blending on YouTube.
More information on BonesPro’s website.

3d-io has also updated some of its other plugins for 3DS Max and Maya. Below is the list of changes.

Flatiron

• Fixed issue where editable poly objects were in some cases unwrapped incorrectly and resulted in unusable uv maps.
• Added support for user defined per-object property: ‘FlatironScale’. This can be used to make selected objects relatively larger or smaller than the others on a shared UV map.
• Improved licensing system to better detect error messages from intermediate devices (firewall, router, etc.)

For more information visit www.texturebaking.com.

UnwrellaMax

• Fixed issue where editable poly objects were in some cases unwrapped incorrectly and resulted in unusable uv maps.a
• Improved licensing system to better detect error messages from intermediate devices (firewall, router, etc.)

For more information visit www.unwrella.com.

UnwrellaMaya

• Improved licensing system to better detect error messages from intermediate devices (firewall, router, etc.)

For more information visit www.unwrella.com.

UV-Packer

• Improved licensing system to better detect error messages from intermediate devices (firewall, router, etc.)

For more information please visit www.uv-packer.com.

Spotmask

• Improved licensing system to better detect error messages from intermediate devices (firewall, router, etc.)

For more information visit www.spotmask.com.