Katana 6.5v1 Release Notes

Contents

Release Date

01 November 2023

Previous Releases

What's New in Katana 6.5

These release notes describe changes from Katana 6.0v3 to 6.5v1.

For a high-level overview of important changes in the Katana 6.5 line, please see the accompanying What's New in Katana 6.5 document.

New Features

OpenVDB in Hydra

Attributes Tab

Scene Explorer

USD Native

Performance

Feature Enhancements

3Delight

Hydra Viewer

Hydra Viewer: USD Scene Delegate

Katana <> Nuke

Performance

Rendering

Scene Explorer

UI

UI Improvements

USD

USD Export using UsdMaterialBake

USD Native

USD Nodes and Engines

UsdLux

Bug Fixes

Catalog

GafferThree

Hydra Viewer

Miscellaneous

Network Materials

NetworkMaterialEdit

NodeGraph

OpScript

Parameters

Performance

Python

Scene Explorer

UI

UI Improvements

USD

USD Import

USD Native

USD Nodes and Engines

Known Issues

Catalog

Hydra Viewer

Live Groups

Materials

Parameter Expressions

Performance

Python

Rendering

UI

USD

Windows

Miscellaneous

System Requirements

Officially Supported Operating Systems

Hardware Requirements

Minimum Recommended
CPUDual-core processor
Storage2.5+ GB available for installation
System RAM1+ GB available
Graphics RAM1+ GB available2+ GB available
Display800 x 6001920 x 1080
OpenGLOpenGL 4.5+ (see note below)
NOTE: AMD-based graphics cards are currently not supported.

Tested Workstation Hardware

The configurations listed below are those that Foundry have tested with Katana. Due to the constantly changing nature and wide variety of computer hardware available in the market, Foundry is unable to officially certify hardware. The list below can be used as a recommendation and does not guarantee that it meets your particular needs.

Please download and install the latest graphics driver from the NVIDIA website.

If you encounter any issues, please contact Customer Support directly through the Support Portal at the following address: https://support.foundry.com.