Changelog

Below is a log of the notable changes in each Cyclops version, including bugfixes, new features, etc.

v1.4.0 28 November, 2025

• Fixed permissions requirement during GPU compatibility check.
• Fixed Grasshopper display geometry not updating with plane preview size.
• Fixed Get Clean Mesh component where changes affected upstream instances.
• Replaced sky component analysis with existing daylight factor analysis.

v1.3.0 18 September, 2025

• Added ground plane reflectance to daylight and radiation analyses, specified through the sky series and sky instance.

v1.2.0 2 July, 2025

• Added option to change luminous efficacy model when creating weather object from EPW file.
• Added option to change luminance distribution model when creating sky instance and sky series.
• Added option to change sky type when running daylight factor analysis.
• Added traditional CIE overcast sky to daylight factor and sky component analyses.
• Added sampling settings object to unify ray-tracing settings.
• Exposed Russian roulette parameters in sampling settings object.
• Added analysis quality presets for sampling settings.
• Added handling of obsolete components.
• Added aliases for easier component search on Grasshopper canvas.
• Updated Get Clean Mesh component to account for extrusions.
• Fixed rounding error when calculating sunlight hours with sub hourly timesteps.

v1.1.3 7 May, 2025

• Fixed EPW weather file parsing by adding further data validation and making fields optional.

v1.1.2 7 April, 2025

• Fixed terms acceptance popup appearing multiple times.

v1.1.1 25 March, 2025

• Fixed GPU context occasionally resetting.

v1.1.0 24 March, 2025

• Fixed category order.
• Fixed missing documentation URL.

v1.0.0 10 March, 2025

• Released Cyclops plugin.