Occurences of “XSI” outside of the interface, such as in file names, the SDK, and environment variables, have not been changed. For example, the QWERTY interaction model is now the Maya interaction model.
In other cases, names that included “XSI” were retained to avoid confusion with SOFTIMAGE|3D, for example, XSI skeletons versus SI|3D skeletons.For example, the SOFTIMAGE|XSI interaction model is now the Softimage interaction model. Some feature names that included “XSI” or “SOFTIMAGE|XSI” have been changed to refer to “Softimage” instead.SOFTIMAGE®|XSI® is dead! Long live Autodesk® Softimage®!Īs part of the name change, several features have been renamed in the user interface:
įor a more detailed list of the changes I copy and paste benytone’s comments from cgsociety forum: Scene Compatibility with Version 7.0: Scenes saved in Softimage 7.5 will load into Softimage 7.0.įor more information about Autodesk Softimage 7.5, visit. Multithreaded Syflex Cloth Simulator: The production-proven cloth simulator in Softimage is now multithreaded, enabling artists to use the cores on their machine to iterate faster.
These enhancements help users create high-fidelity images faster than ever before. Highlights include improvements to binary space partitioning for faster render times, multiple final gathering refinement passes and new motion-based displacement. Mental ray 3.7+: Version 3.7+ of the mental ray renderer is now integrated into Softimage 7.5. Softimage 7.5 also provides UV editing tools that help artists quickly create and edit UV maps. This technology works well on complex organic models, which would be difficult to unwrap manually. UV Unfolding Technology: Softimage now features UV unfolding technology that enables artists to unwrap polygon models with just a few clicks. Key New Features in Autodesk Softimage 7.5 The first official Autodesk Softimage version is here and its 7.5.