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Just wondering what the status of a 64bit version of Xpression is; I'm also wondering what the status of FBX support (import) is.

Honestly, both of these would be nice, but I truly hope proper animation curves are a higher priority for the dev team.
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I've heard rumors that Xpression 7 will have 64bit support and rumors that it will be released in early July. Only rumors, but worth hoping.
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Hello all,
XPression version 7.0 should be released in July. It will be 32bit.
FBX import is under development and has a good chance of releasing with 7.1 in the months following the release of 7.0.

In regards to 64bit, what limitations or issues are you (the users) encountering in the XPression software that you believe will be corrected or improved by 64bit?

While 64bit will bring improvements with it, it seems to be becoming a trend in the industry that everyone assume (or desires) that 64bit will fix every challenge that exists in software. I know that other companies have released 64bit version of their software and it has been sometimes underwhelming,

I'd love to know what things our users hope 64bit will improve, so that if the things you want are not going to be effected by 64 bit, that we can make sure we look for other solutions, or even give you solutions that already exist today.

I'd also like to add that while XPression is a 32bit application that it is optimized for the 64bit Windows OS. XPression uses more memory, and uses it better, than a typical 32bit application will.
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We want mostly more memory. We are doing AR and have a lot some very heavy models, highly detailed textures, and sometimes OBJ sequences that often mean we can't have more than one per scene because XPression runs out of memory. We were hoping that access to more than 4GB would solve that. We realize it won't improve graphics performance.
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Do you ever get project failed to save messages?
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Yes, but very rarely. Our most noticeable problem is simply when textures won't load because we're out of memory; sometimes we just see our virtual objects and it seems like parts are just missing.
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Hi Willie,

Enhanced animation curves with tangent handles will be available in 7.1.


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Hi Willie,

Enhanced animation curves with tangent handles will be available in 7.1.

I only just now saw this while looking for information on the FBX import for my colleague who's presenting at IDEA next week. Great, great news! I have to say I am continuously impressed with how responsive your team is to user feedback. I'm sure you guys have lots planed, so I won't bore you with my ideas for other minor enhancements to improve usability, but if you are ever curious, I'm only too happy to share.

Cheers guys, and keep up the stellar work!

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