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UI/UX ¶
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Work item dots are now visible on the TOP Network tile outside of TOPs.
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Work item dots now paginate on TOP tiles.
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New ability to promote TOP network cook controls to any node.
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New enhanced Task Graph Table display options.
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New right-click context menu for individual work items from the Task Graph Table.
Scalability and performance ¶
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Sweeping improvements to many nodes like the FFmpeg, CSV, and USD TOPs.
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PDG now has better scalability, lower farm usage, and is easier to use.
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TOPs and the PDG Data Layer are now 30% faster and use 75% less memory with large sets of work items.
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New comprehensive performance monitoring including detail timings of PDG node callbacks evaluated during the TOP cook.
Caching ¶
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Improved automatic caching. For example, work items in PDG nodes that support caching now always affect the cache state of downstream work items.
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New custom cache file validation with registered custom cache handlers.
Frame ranges ¶
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Range Extend TOP now supports shifting the frame range both before and after extending the range.
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ROP Fetch TOP now has a mode that prevents PDG from overriding the frame range on its target ROP node.
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Input frame ranges for the Partition by Frame TOP can now include negative frames.
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New Range Generate TOP can create work items for a specified frame range.
PDG services ¶
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New PDG services framework for faster and more efficient task execution.
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New PDG services support for all ROP Fetch-based nodes.
Schedulers ¶
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In Process Scheduler TOP enhancements like the ability to run in-process work items on the main thread.
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New simplified path mapping between file systems for the HQueue Scheduler TOP and Local Scheduler TOP.
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Enhanced interfacing with the Deadline Scheduler TOP.
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Redesigned Message Queue (MQ) server and relay for the Deadline Scheduler TOP.
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Deadline Scheduler TOP now supports work item export environment attributes, various MQ types (like local, farm, and connect), and GPU affinity settings for OpenCL and Redshift nodes.
Processors ¶
Partitioners ¶
Multiple partitioner enhancements. For example, like control over attribute merging.
Geometry handling ¶
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Improved geometry importing.
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Geometry Import TOP can now merge upstream geometry.
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Geometry Import TOP now supports adhoc groups when specifying a group to import as a work item.
Image manipulation ¶
Complete overhaul of the ImageMagick TOP like improved UI/UX, batching support, support for all ImageMagick operations, and better control over the construction of the ImageMagick command line.
Email ¶
Redesigned Send Email TOP that now supports SSL, TLS, and authentication.
Expressions ¶
New expression functions for accessing attributes and input files. For example, pdginputsize(tag), pdgoutputsize(tag), pdgattribvals(name), pdginputvals(tag, localize), and pdgoutputvals(tag, localize).