What's New in Nendo 1.5

Many of the changes we made to Nendo were done under the hood to make Nendo work better on today's machines and operating systems. Here's a summary of what's changed:

Improved Platform Compatibility

• Support for Windows 2000/XP
• Support for modern graphics cards (OpenGL 1.1 and above)
• Support for longer file pathnames

More Stuff

• New sample models
• Over 50 new seamless textures
• Lots of new tutorial scripts

Installation

• Highly-compressed installer for faster downloads
• Streamlined installation process
• License scheme allows evaluation of all features except save/export

Functionality

• Enhanced native (.ndo) file format
• Choose texture size for each object in scene
• Updated TIFF and PNG image handling
• Improved memory management
• Smaller, faster executable

Assistance

• HTML Help, accessible via the Help menu and F1
• Updated hot key descriptions
• Improved mouse documentation
• Enhanced script (.nds) format
• Additional tutorial scripts

User Interface

• Refined icons and window appearance
• Changed background color for better contrast
• Paint toolbar hidden during paint camera moves
• Popup confirmation when tutorial script recording is terminated
• Script rewind button resets to beginning - doesn't automatically start playing
• Cancel option provided for 'New,' 'Open' and 'How To' commands so you can always save your work
• Hot key to toggle display of ground plane
• Hot key to toggle display of global axes
• Del or Backspace deletes selected object(s)

Desktop Integration

• Drag and drop Nendo (.ndo) files into the modeling window
• Nendo icon displays in ALT-TAB selector
• Nendo (.ndo) files display on the desktop with the nendo icon
• Start Menu shortcuts to documentation, release notes, and web site

Improved Export

• Improved .obj export