Archive notice: This article was originally published on 16 November 2020 and has been translated into English as part of Digital Production’s archive project.
Modo 14
Modo 14.2 completed Foundry’s Modo 14 series. The release cycle introduced USD support, Rig Clay, grease-pencil tools, MeshFusion embossing and a Ghost/XRay viewport.
Foundry also highlighted improvements to modelling, procedural workflows, UV tools and rendering, with substantial performance gains across booleans, selections and rendering. Product director Shane Griffith said feedback from users helped shape more than 60 additions.
Modelling and viewport improvements
Direct-modelling updates included new Mitering Offset and Sharp Corner options for Edge Chamfer, plus a Chamfer Edit tool supporting direct and procedural workflows.
Procedural modelling gained MeshFusion improvements, procedural vertex maps and Keep Vertices for deleted geometry. Rendering and shading adopted OptiX 7 GPU acceleration, Intel Embree support and Cryptomatte masking. Animation and rigging gained faster FK/IK switching for planar IK, Rig Clay and USD import and export.
Foundry reported a refreshed viewport, faster Shader Tree processing, booleans up to 380 times faster, doubled component-selection performance and edge-removal operations up to 100 times faster.
Further information
Foundry documented versions 14.0, 14.1 and 14.2 in the Modo release notes.
Modo 14 Overview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hty8DuCXA08
