What's new in the Viewer API 1.8?

[bloopity]

I received your newsletter about your latest API release, but there were no details. Where can I find that info?

Thanks!

[bartv (Bart)]

Yeah sorry about that. We’ll have a proper change log here on the forum soon. For a quick overview:

Features:

• Adds animation reverse support
• Adds End Camera animation
• Adds startAR
• Adds ui_loading url option to hide all progress bar and event to follow loading progress

Find all events in the Viewer API Reference:

Viewer API - Functions

New examples:

• Custom Loading Bars
• Material fade in/fade out
• Highlighting a material

You’ll find all interactive examples + code here

Viewer API - Examples

[bartv (Bart)]

And here’s the full change log:

Viewer API Changelog

9 July 2020 - Version 1.8.0 This version adds several new functions and events related to animations, and adds events related to download progress. You can now also trigger AR mode programmatically, and center the camera on only visible nodes. Check it out here! New New API Methods startAR() - Opens the AR popup / AR mode (Enterprise AR) setCameraLookAtEndAnimationCallback() - Sets a callback for the end of a camera animation. Consumed when used. focusOnVisibleGeometries() - Re-centers th…