What's new in 4​.0​.9

Limited release: This a limited release of XR. It does not contain all of the features and tools that are described in this documentation.

New features

We have added these new features in the AVEVA XR 4.0.9 release.

New Scenegraph scene content customization functionalities

The Scenegraph node has been provisioned with new powerful content customization functionalities, such as color, opacity, and visibility management. These functionalities, and previously existing functionalities, are now available in both a stateful and in a stateless mode.

The new functions make it possible to achieve effects such as x-ray view (reduce opacity of most of the scene objects) and visual queries (selective object coloring).

RVM mesh aggregation

A new aggregate RVM import option is now available with already existing skip and detach options. The new aggregate option makes it possible to have a whole set of RVM geometries export as a single mesh.

Graphic Context resolution management

We have updated the Aspect Ratio menu to make it possible to assign and persist a specific resolution and aspect ratio to each graphic context.

The list of available aspect ratios now includes most major target devices, such as iPhones, iPads, and Android devices. It's also possible to create custom resolutions. These added functionalities make it easier to design for device-targeted user interfaces.

Improved UX for XR Studio

The XR Studio user interface has been reviewed and improved to be more understandable by user through:

• Added helper text

• Added tooltips

• Added empty editor management

• Improved dialog messages and button texts

New nodes

These nodes are new in this release.

• GroupMaterial (All platforms)

• GroupMesh (All platforms)

• Viewport (Windows only)

Deprecated and Discontinued

Deprecated features

Functionality is marked as deprecated when a specific function or feature is still supported in the current release, but might be removed in a future release. We advise that you phase these features out of your projects and begin to use alternative features.

• setfield and setlocal attributes in Command node and statements.

• Legacy 2D nodes - These legacy nodes are kept because they appear inside some old module scripts.

• Camera cave fields - Cave visualization management should be now done through the newly introduced Viewport node.

Discontinued features

These features are no longer supported and no longer appear in XR software.

• None

Security updates

• Implemented Spectre Mitigations on various DLLs

• Updated Newtonsoft.Json to 13.0.1

• Added ControlFlowGuard to unmanaged libraries

Project templates

Design Review template

For details on new and changed features in the Design Review template, see What's New in Project Templates 4.0.9.