Mari 6.0v3 Release Notes

Feature Enhancements
Bug Fixes
Known Issues
System Requirements

11 March 2024

Mari 6.0v2 Release Notes

Feature Enhancements

USD

Mari now respects the orientation attributes of USD geometries, and generate normals in correct directions accordingly.

Bug Fixes

Performance

ID 551850 - When connecting nodes to an Output node in the root Node Graph, Mari would unexpectedly crash.

ID 541689 - Resizing a patch with a Multi-Channel Bake Point selected, when multiple object versions are loaded into Mari and where one object has more patches than the other, would cause Mari to freeze indefinitely when removing the version with more patches.

ID 561454 - Images were prevented from being applied as a Paint Through Tool source image when dragged from the Shelf to the Canvas.

ID 561144 - Images were also prevented from being applied to new Tiled nodes when dragged from the Shelf to the Node Graph.

Node Graph

ID 560954 - When creating a new project, the Viewer node would be created in Top-to-Bottom mode rather than Left-to-Right mode.

ID 537462 - When working in the NodeGraph, moving a node and placing the pointer in the same place as where it started would cause subsequently moved nodes to jump to the origin. This would happen when quickly clicking through nodes or being far from the origin in the NodeGraph.

USD

ID 545905 - When loading certain USD files, where the "Corners Only" option for "Face Varying Linear Interpolation" and the "Smooth" option for "Triangle Subdivision Rule" were not present, Mari would not respect the subdivision settings.

ID 541230 - USD subdivision schemes were not correctly observed when the option "Use Source" was turned on. The new behaviour is as follows:

Known Issues

Performance

ID 500649 - Due to a known issue with OCIO, Mari crashes when using a non-C locale on Linux. By launching Mari with the numeric format set to a locale that uses full-stops for decimal points, such as English, this issue can be circumvented.
To achieve this, run the following command in the terminal, amending the path to your Mari installation:

LC\_NUMERIC=en\_EN.UTF-8 /path/to/installation/mari

ID 471286 - Mari crashes when a project is created or opened while using Nvidia GPU driver version 461.92, 462.31 and 462.59.

Painting Engine

ID 366737 - Importing .abr Photoshop brushes returns an error if the brush in larger than 2500*2500 pixels.

UI

ID 483855 - When Mari is launched with Administrator Privileges, you are unable to Drag and Drop items from Windows Explorer into Mari.

Roller Brush

ID 524361 - Using the Roller Brush in conjunction with the Jittering Brush system set to Jitter per Tip, will create a gradient effect instead of using different colors for each tip that has been rolled.

System Requirements

Mari increases its level of performance with newer, more advanced hardware configurations. However, Mari is tested and capable of operating on many older, prior-generation systems. For this reason we are listing below-minimum requirements, which are recommended, and on which tests have been performed. Your particular needs may vary from that of other users.

Officially Supported Operating Systems

Windows 10 64-bit
Linux 64-bit operating system (CentOS/RHEL 7)

Linux Desktop Managers

Mari is officially tested on GNOME and MATE. While it generally performs well on other desktop managers like KDE, most of our bug fixes will target those specified above. Some desktop managers like XFCE have not been tested with Mari and therefore will not be supported.

Minimum Hardware Requirements

Quad-core processor
10+GB disk space available for caching and temporary files
At least 4GB RAM
Display with 1680 x 1050 pixel resolution
An NVIDIA or AMD* graphics card with the latest drivers
1GB of graphics memory
OpenGL 3.2* or higher

*Displacement preview is currently only available on the cards and drivers that support OpenGL 4.0 or newer.

Recommended System Requirements

2.5+Ghz Quad-core processor
250+GB disk space available for caching and temporary files. SSD is preferable.
16GB RAM with additional virtual memory*
Display with 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution
An NVIDIA or AMD* graphics card with the latest drivers
2+GB of graphics memory
OpenGL 4.4 or higher support

*The use of virtual memory improves stability and helps prevent data loss on large projects.

'Recommended' does not guarantee that it meets your particular needs.

Tested Hardware

The configurations listed below are those that Foundry have tested with Mari. 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 or AMD websites, and ensure that you are using 8.982.1 drivers or higher for AMD cards.

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

HP	HP XW6600 HP Z600 HP Z620 HP Z640 HP Z8 G4 Workstation

Tested GPU Hardware

Vendor	Tested GPUs
AMD Prosumer Graphics Cards	Radeon Pro 560 Radeon Pro 5500M
NVIDIA Prosumer Graphics Cards	NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1080 Ti NVIDIA Geforce RTX A2000 NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3080 NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3090
NVIDIA Enterprise Graphics Cards	NVIDIA Quadro P2000 NVIDIA Quadro P4000 NVIDIA Quadro P5000 NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000