Serlio 2.3.0

This minor release adds support for Rule Packages (RPK) created with CityEngine 2023.1.

Please see the user manual for installation instructions.

Please find more information about the new CGA language features in CityEngine 2023.1 here!

Serlio 2.2.0

Welcome to another Serlio release (finally) :-)

This minor release adds support for Rule Packages (RPK) created with CityEngine 2023.0.

Please see the user manual for installation instructions.

Please find more information about the new CGA language features in CityEngine 2023.0 here!

Serlio 2.1.0

This minor release adds support for Rule Packages (RPK) created with CityEngine 2022.0.

The internal update to PRT 2.6.8300 fixes a problem when reading png textures on Linux and we are now able to publish the Linux builds as well!

Please find more information about the new CGA language features in CityEngine 2022.0 here!

Serlio 2.0.0

This release includes many improvements to the UX and support for Maya 2022/2020.

Key Features:

• Improved initial generation time for complex rules
• Added a button to reset attributes back to their default value
• Added a problem inspector for resolving issues with rule files
• Added support for dynamic enums and attributes
• Added a new Help section with links to external resources

A new example Street Segment Scene has been added to demonstrate the main features of Serlio in a compact scene. Starting from various input shapes (street shapes and building/floor footprints), multiple different Rule Packages are applied to create models ranging from abstract building volumes to realistic facades and street-level scenes. The Favela example has been updated to work with the new version.

For the full list of changes, please refer to the release notes.

Serlio 1.1.0

It has been a while, but we finally have another Serlio release! Thanks for your patience!

The main new feature in this release is support for Arnold materials. You can now choose to either create Stingray materials for the Maya viewport or Arnold materials which work out of the box when you do an Arnold render.

Please note that this release is unfortunately not compatible with previous releases as we switched to official Autodesk Plugin IDs. You will still be able to open old scenes but the old Serlio nodes will not work anymore.

The Favela example has been updated with Arnold materials and the new Plugin IDs.

Additionally, Serlio now correctly computes default values of rule attributes based on initial shape geometry.

For the full changelog, please refer to doc/changelog.md.

Serlio 1.0.1

Welcome to the first maintenance release of Serlio!

Changes since 1.0.0:

• Merged support for creating MSI installers via CMake.
• Fixed wrong build type of codec library in MSI installers.
• Improved error handling when loading the plugin (check codec library).
• Do not install unnecessary PRT codecs for Serlio.
• Improved error handling (prevent crash) if a specified Rule Package (RPK) is not readable.

Serlio 1.0.0

Welcome to Serlio 1.0.0!

Please refer to the installation instructions to get started!

Changes since 1.0.0 Beta:

• Optimized the encoding of PRT geometry with many meshes (e.g. results in a speedup of about 5x for the "Parthenon" CityEngine example).
• Do not change Maya selection after user touches the attribute sliders.
• Do not pass Maya's automatically created color child attributes to PRT.

Serlio 1.0.0 Beta 1

We are getting near to Serlio v1.0:

• Based on CityEngine 2019.0
• Added attribute sorting in the Maya node editor like in CityEngine.
• Fixed saving of string rule attributes in Maya scene.
• Fixed connectivity of generated meshes and normal orientation.
• Fixed handling of rule attribute annotations (enum, range).
• Fixed tex-coords handling in case some meshes do not have any.
• Performance optimizations.
• Rebranding to "Serlio" in UI.
• Publication of source code on github.

Serlio 0.5.0

Early test candidate...