Whats New in Version 7
Version 7 expands greatly on Ornatrix 3dsmax V6 in nearly all aspects: the GUI, performance, hair display, optimization, and of course features. Here are some of the highlights for the new features:
Edit Guides
– Change Tracking
– Create Brush
– Delete Brush
– Draw strands
– Edit Guides amount value applies to strand deletions and creations
– Edit Guides can be applied directly onto a surface mesh

Surface Comb
– Triangulation mode

Hair from Guides
– Strand groups can be used as hair parts
– Guide proximity mode in Hair from Guides on by default, barycentric interpolation on by default

Arnold Render
– Strand channel export

Clump
– Clump hair editing tool uses hair selection overlay for displaying selected clump hairs
– Improved sub-clumping

Frizz
– Preserve Length option

Animation Cache
– Start and End recording options

Ground
– Added “Ground closest end” parameter
– Noise modifier : Quickly animate basic procedural hair movement, or just add randomness to hair shape
– Smooth Surface modifier : Use OpenSubDiv to dynamically subdivide base mesh
– Transfer Normals modifier : Copy normals of base surface onto hair
– Reduced storage requirements for hair surface dependencies, allows faster work with polygonal base meshes and smaller memory usage
– Strand group patterns : Use a pattern to filter operators for a range of strand groups when needed, instead of a single strand – group
– Strand group blending : Blend between strand groups in various operators
– Multiple hair strand groups: a single strand can now belong to multiple strand groups, allowing a greater control over various effects.