Website Change Log

james · December 12, 2019, 9:38pm

Week of 9 December 2019

Improvements

If preload=1 in embeds, we no longer load any intermediary texture sizes, which can save a lot of requests and download size for models with lots of textures
If ui_inspector=0 in embeds and wireframe is not explicitly enabled in 3D Settings, we no longer download the wireframe file, saving one request a lot of download size depending on the size of the wireframe :
Other improvements to embed load times, related to fonts and JavaScript bundles
Improved the way upload credit reset dates were displayed
Various security and performance enhancements

Fixes

Issues with VR mode on mobile
Failed item purchases were included in Store invoices
Point clouds were failing to process
Various style / UI issues

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james · January 14, 2020, 4:11pm

Week of 6 January 2020

Happy New Year!!

Features

We have a new page with information and examples of using Sketchfab 3D models in eCommerce platforms

Fixes

Various UI / UX issues, particularly in the model properties popup

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james · January 14, 2020, 4:19pm

Week of 13 January 2020

Improvements

Various improvements and fixes to our glTF processing
Various improvements to Blender processing

Fixes

Embeds viewed in Internet Explorer were not displaying the correct “unsupported browser” error message

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james · February 26, 2020, 8:19pm

Week of 20 January 2020

Features

Viewer API 1.6

Fixes

Various UI issues

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james · February 26, 2020, 8:34pm

Week of 27 January 2020

Improvements

Many security related improvements
Store sale emails now show seller earnings instead of the total price before fees and commission
In the name of progress, we dropped support for a number of old, outdated, unused, or obscure 3D file formats. You can still find the current list here.

Fixes

Various UI issues
A fix to certain cases of glTF transparency processing

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james · February 26, 2020, 8:39pm

Week of 3 February 2020

Features

Viewer API 1.7

Improvements

Improved the quality of certain normal maps on mobile devices

Fixes

Various UI issues, especially related to new button designs across the site
An issue where you could not change a password-protected model to public

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james · February 26, 2020, 8:54pm

Week of 10 February 2020

I promise there is more going on behind the scenes - lots of work on future features as well as performance, security, and modernization tasks

Improvements

Various performance and UI improvements / fixes

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james · February 26, 2020, 8:58pm

Week of 17 February 2020

Fixes

Sounds didn’t work in certain cases in Chrome and Firefox
Various UI issues

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james · March 3, 2020, 3:28pm

Week of 24 February 2020

Fixes

Pinch to zoom/scale in AR mode was broken
Some models could enter an invalid state where they were disabled without a reason

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james · March 11, 2020, 3:54pm

Week of 2 March 2020

Fixes

Closing some popups like “duplicate model” and “clear cart” performed that action instead of canceling it
Upload credit renewal dates were sometimes incorrect

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james · March 13, 2020, 2:49pm

Week of 9 March 2020

Improvements

We’ve removed the “VR Browser” / “VR Launcher” (which allowed you to view a collection of models in VR) because it was impossible to maintain

Fixes

The behavior of publishing downloadable models / upload limits was not working as expected
Sharing to Twitter was not working for some models

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james · March 20, 2020, 5:19pm

Week of 16 March 2020

Features

Tilt Brush by Google now includes native export to Sketchfab

Improvements

Plus members can now be contacted from their profile pages

Fixes

There was an issue processing tangents, leading to bad shading on some models with normal maps

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james · March 31, 2020, 6:31pm

Week of 23 March 2020

Features

We launched USDZ file conversion for all downloadable and store models (when possible)
We launched a brand new model properties editor

Fixes

Setting a disabled model to be downloadable was not correctly re-enabling it

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james · April 15, 2020, 5:01pm

Week of 30 March 2020

Features

We added an ASCII rendering mode as an April Fool’s joke.

Improvements

Collections that contain only private models still appeared publicly as an “empty” collection. Now they will not appear at all except to the owner.

Fixes

Many issues related to Blender 2.8 processing have been resolved.
Some issues related to glTF auto-generation have been resolved.

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james · April 15, 2020, 5:08pm

Week of 6 April 2020

Features

VR Scale is now used to set the scale of models downloaded for AR (USDZ and glTF)

Improvements

The behavior of and relationship between upload credits, publishing, disabled models, and download status should be more reliable
We updated the Download API documentation regarding USDZ downloads

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james · April 17, 2020, 7:51pm

Week of 13 April 2020

Fixes

A model that was set to free download could not be added to the Store
The “Share to Tumblr” button was not working
“Additional file” information for Store models was only being displayed to the model author

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james · April 24, 2020, 6:05pm

Week of 20 April 2020

There is a lot of behind-the-scenes work being done on site performance, model processing, and new features, but not a lot of public-facing changes to mention this week.

Fixes

“Sales this month” in your Store Sales page was sometimes inaccurate
Universal linking (aka deeplinking) from a Sketchfab URL to the mobile app should now work on iOS 13.

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james · May 18, 2020, 7:42pm

Week of 4 May 2020

Fixes

The “original format” for download your own model always read “.ext” instead of the actual extension.
Data API query on /me/search with downloadable filter did not return all your own models.
Many 3D processing issues related to Blender uploads and glTF generation have been fixed
An upload credit was used unexpectedly when making a non-downloadable model private.
Various fixes and updates related to Enterprise AR

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james · May 18, 2020, 7:52pm

Week of 11 May 2020

Features

Sketchfab for Teams

Fixes

In some cases, textures could be lost when re-uploading or reprocessing a model

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james · May 28, 2020, 1:12am

Week of 18 May 2020

Fixes

In some cases, a Store purchase could disappear if the original model was deleted
The maximum number of annotations was 1 less than the number allowed by a paid plan
The 2D texture view of the Model Inspector could move with the model, sometimes moving off screen completely
Re-upload/Reprocessing failed when two of the same texture exist

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