Website Change Log

james · July 24, 2018, 4:31pm

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 · September 10, 2018, 6:34pm

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 · October 9, 2018, 2:57pm

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 · October 29, 2018, 8:55pm

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 · December 4, 2018, 5:45pm

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 · December 17, 2018, 9:53pm

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 · January 2, 2019, 3:59pm

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 · January 10, 2019, 7:06pm

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 · January 23, 2019, 4:50pm

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 · January 23, 2019, 5:15pm

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 · January 23, 2019, 5:21pm

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 · January 29, 2019, 7:15pm

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 · January 30, 2019, 10:06pm

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 · February 7, 2019, 5:20pm

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 · February 12, 2019, 10:23pm

12 February 2019

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 · February 19, 2019, 5:42pm

19 February 2019

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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james · February 26, 2019, 4:30pm

26 February 2019

Fixes

“Load more” on model explore pages was causing the whole page to reload
Various UI/UX issues

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james · February 28, 2019, 3:45pm

28 February 2019

Fixes

Some issues related to model duplication
Deleted models sometimes appeared in search results
Issues related to signup, particularly Twitter single sign-on
Search issues on iOS

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james · March 6, 2019, 4:24pm

6 March 2019

Fixes

Various UI/UX/style bugs
Annotations could fail to save for a legitimate reason, but not give a useful error message
It was not possible to view Draft models in the model popup view
An issue causing the keyboard to disappear when using search on iPads
Some links were broken in some notification emails
Re-uploading an “Additional file” did not correctly update the available Store download files
Total revenue on seller Sales pages was incorrect in some cases

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james · May 1, 2019, 7:09pm

1 May 2019

Features

You can now use URL parameters in Playlist embeds (example).

Improvements

OAuth2 login API now has a “Switch User” button during the authentication process so you can log in to your app with a different account if needed
The viewer now displays an error instead of failing to load at all when cookies/scripts necessary to work correctly are blocked

Fixes

Various UI issues
Store search was not working on iOS

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