Added in version 2.0.0

2008-04-15

• Simulated phong shading (with blinn-phong specular highlights)
• Environment-mapped materials
• Normal-mapped materials
• Z-depth filter for large outdoor scenes
• Fog filter
• Straight-to-bitmap rendering for fast scaled views
• Surface caching for fast rendered lights
• Composite material for on-the-fly layering
• Package refactor for easier learning of basic classes

Added in version 1.9.4

2008-02-24

• AnimatedBitmapMaterial for processor-saving animations
• Extrusions classes for creating many different shapes on the fly
• BitmapFileMaterial for external loading of a material’s texture
• Autoloading textures in collada and 3ds importers
• Support for multiple meshes and materials on 3ds importer
• 2d rotation on Sprite2d and Sprite2DDir
• Google sketchup importer (.kmz files
• AS3 exporter for .md2 animated meshes

Added in version 1.9.3

2008-01-29

• Scaling, translating and rotating a texture inside it’s render plane with TransformBitmapMaterial
• Texture projection with TransformBitmapMaterial
• Cached texture layers on a mesh with BitmapMaterialContainer.
• Removed statics for faster Matrix3D, Number3D and Quaternion calculations.

Added in version 1.9.2

2007-12-18

• Memory optimisations to minimise garbage collection.
• blendMode property on all 3d objects for use with ownCanvas
• Optimised corrective z-sorting
• Optimised outline drawing on mesh objects.

Added in version 1.9.1

2007-11-20

• interactive property on MovieMaterial for mouse events on textures
• filters property on all 3d objects for use with ownCanvas
• ownCanvas property on all 3d objects for rendering inside a z-sorted sprite
• SkyBox panel order modified to standard qvtr format
• asXML method on Mesh for returning xml representation of data
• back property on Face for back material
• maxU minU and maxV minV getters on Face
• findVertNomals and getVertexNormal methods on Mesh
• Static MouseEvent3D string types on MouseEvent3D object

Added in version 1.8

2007-09-25

• Stats panel for debugging framerate, memory usage, triangle clipping etc.
• Quaternion manipulation methods.
• Animation playback support
• Smooth animation playback on meshes
• Render loop optimisations
• movePivot method for all 3d objects
• asAS3Class method added to Mesh

Added in version 1.7

2007-07-25

• TargetCamera class for camera object fixated on a single point
• MouseOver and MouseOut events on 3d objects
• useHandCursor on 3d objects
• add/remove event methods on 3d objects
• scenePosition and sceneTransform on 3d objects
• Improved Cast methods

Added in version 1.6

2007-07-16

• moveTo method on 3d objects
• screen method on Camera3D for transforming individual vertices
• New scene and mesh packages
• New mesh inheritance for improved element management
• Object3dLoader class for improved load management

Added in version 1.5

2007-06-14

• AlphaBitmapMaterial class for semi-transparent materials
• RegularPolygon class for flat circular objects
• ctrl key and shift key support on mouse events
• scale property on 3d object
• Cast class for resolving object types
• static Renderer class for default renderers

Added in version 1.4

2007-05-30

• Convex blockers for occlusion culling
• MovieMaterial class for animated textures
• Torus primitive class
• Sprite2D and Sprite2DDir classes for spherical billboard objects
• Init class for dynamically casting properties in the init object
• LODObject class for displaying multiple meshes defined at various levels of detail

Added in version 1.3

2007-05-10

• View3D class for defining a view independent of a scene
• Color class for casting color strings
• SkyBox6 for skybox creation with a single image
• Mouse events added on 3d objects
• Ase loader
• test package for creating test environment

Added in version 1.2

2007-05-03

• Light3D for lit scenes
• ColorShadingMaterial for shaded colored materials
• WhiteShadingBitmapMaterial for shaded bitmap material
• Skybox primitive

Added in version 1.1

2007-04-15

• new QuadrantRenderer for corrective z-sorting and intersecting objects
• AnotherRivalFilter and QuadrantRiddleFilter used in z-sorting
• RectangleClipping for culling triangles outside a viewport
• Wire primitives
• Wire materials

Branched from Papervision - version 1.0

2007-03-25

• Perspective correction on BitmapMaterial
• Implemented traverser/producer/consumer framework
• draw package for abstract DrawPrimitive classes holding render data
• render package for separate render classes holding render methods