Website Change Log

[james]

5 June 2018

Features

• We now support embedded textures in glTF

Fixes

• Empty animations were created in some cases
• Some emails were being incorrectly marked as spam (let us know if you see anything weird with emails!)
• Roughness and Metalness textures were being ignored in the editor
• An issue with TAA when autospin is enabled
• Various UI/UX issues

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[james]

28 June 2018

Features

• The Sketchfab Store is out of beta!
  Get 10% off thru July 4th with the coupon code SKETCHFAB10

Improvements

• Wireframe supersample behavior
• UV order was sometimes inconsistent after re-upload

Fixes

• Purchase date on Purchases page was incorrect
• Various PayPal checkout related fixes
• Various UI/UX issues
• An issue with certain Alpha textures
• Textures were not properly removed when deleted in the texture manager
• UV Checker in the Inspector broke after the first time viewing it

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[james]

17 July 2018

Improvements

• Refraction on transparent backgrounds

Fixes

• Change password form was not working
• The viewer was not working in Internet Explorer
• Some emails were not being delivered

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[james]

18 July 2018

Features

• Clear Coat rendering is now open to all users

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[james]

24 July 2018

Improvements

• Theater Mode is now full width
• Refraction is now active on opaque parts of transparent materials
• Performance improvement for very small (i.e. 0) scale geometries, useful for Timeframe animations

Fixes

• An issue mentioning other users in model page comments
• Unused UVs were missing in glTF export

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[james]

5 September 2018

Improvements

• Browser navigation back to the newsfeed should now keep your position in the feed

Fixes

• Deleting private models was not adding to private model credits as expected (Bug)
• The “Follow” button was sometimes available on users you already follow
• Various PayPal subscription issues

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[james]

9 October 2018

Fixes

• Some rendering issues on iOS and Android devices
• UVs were sometimes incorrect in the 2D view of the Inspector
• Some rendering issues related to normals and reflections

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[james]

29 October 2018

Features

• A new version of the SketchUp Exporter
• A new version of the Blender Plugin

Improvements

• Security updates
• Store sellers may now always download their own models (important for making sure your Additional Files behave as expected)
• Animated models are now paused when the model embed is stopped (this saves CPU)
• We now properly handle nGons (polygons larger than tris or quads) with concave edges, such as extruded text

Fixes

• An issue with Store models could cause the “Additional Files” archive to be removed when changing the model’s price while in Draft mode
• Textures were not correctly optimized after re-upload
• Logging in was always redirecting to your profile settings instead of where you left off
• Model duplication failed for models with Sounds
• Some models failed to load on iOS
• Various UI/UX issues
• Various PayPal related fixes and improvements

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[james]

4 December 2018

Features

Improvements

• You can now toggle single-sided rendering in the model Inspector

• There is now cursor position feedback between the 3D and 2D viewports in the model Inspector

 

Fixes

• An issue with model duplication related to Ground Shadow / Baked AO [bug report]
• Various issues with the “Add to collection” popup [bug report]
• Various minor UI/UX issues, particularly on the model page
• Bloom was set to 0 intensity by default

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[james]

17 December 2018

Features

• Viewer API version 1.4.0
• A new page about 3D Advertising

Improvements

• Blender plugin version 1.0.2 (this should fix a few issues)
• We now limit texture uploads to a maximum size of 8192x8192 pixels. This was already the rendering limit, but now it will be enforced on upload.
• Model management is now open by default to help you quickly adjust model properties.

Fixes

• Various UI/UX issues

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[james]

2 January 2019

Fixes

• Store earnings calculation was sometimes incorrect (to the cents place)
• Model view counts were sometimes not updated correctly
• Various UI issues

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[james]

10 January 2019

Features

• You can now view Bones and Bone Weights for animated/rigged models in the Model Inspector

Pro Tip: You can use the keyboard numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 to toggle though different Inspector modes, even when the Inspector interface is not open. 5 also allows you to overlay the wireframe on other modes.

(Model: “Irval the Wyvern” by Malbers Animations)

Fixes

• Various UI issues on the model page
• Camera limit yaw was showing NaN as the angle

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[james]

16 January 2019

Improvements

• Sounds can now be added to animated models running at speeds other than 1.0x, although there may be unexpected results when trying to synchronize a sound with an animation

Fixes

• Refraction could show some “ghosting”, especially when combined with depth of field
• SSR effects were not being super sampled in thumbnail generation
• [Viewer API] Annotations created with the Viewer API were not visible on models that did not have at least one regular annotation

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[james]

18 January 2019

Improvements

• In Anisotropy texture maps, “Neutral blue” pixels (RGB values of [127,127,255]) will disable the effect, which means you can mask parts of a material that should not have anisotropic reflections
• The hover UV feature of the Inspector now works on animated models
• General improvements to the Animation (bones) view of the Inspector

Fixes

• [Data API] Upload POST requests that included the options object were broken

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[james]

23 January 2019

Fixes

• Like buttons were broken
• The top navigation UI was incorrect in some cases
• Deleted models sometimes appeared in the newsfeed
• Code snippets in the API documentation could not be copy-pasted
• Deleted models could not be removed from a Store cart
• There was an incorrect error message in the 3D Settings editor when attempting to upload a texture that is too big

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[james]

29 January 2019

Fixes

• Refunded orders on your purchases page were not displayed as being refunded
• It was not possible to remove disabled models from collections

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[james]

30 January 2019

Improvements

• Updates to the Sales page UI
• You can now use the F key to toggle fullscreen on model pages

Fixes

• Theater Mode was not working correctly

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[james]

7 February 2019

Improvements

• UI and performance improvements, particularly on Store search

Fixes

• Setting an animation to “Seamless Loop” was not working

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[james]

12 February 2019

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Features

• Implemented “Smart” Model URLs
• Added support for the .vox (voxel, MagicaVoxel) format, both static and animated

Fixes

• Texture processing issues related to CMYK images or images with incorrect extensions
• Animation issues related to FBX keyframes
• It was not possible to access 3D Settings for disabled models

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[james]

19 February 2019

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Fixes

• The “Add to collection” popup was not showing all collections properly in the “All collections” list (bug)
• ‘View all’ link for tag galleries was broken
• Various issues during signup and login, including issues related to logging in with Twitter

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