New release v2.4.4

September 3, 2024

Updates

UI/UX Improvements

  • Updated Messaging: Improved notifications when tools are unavailable.
  • Scene Management: New buttons to show or hide all objects in the scene tree for easier navigation.
  • Object Creation: Automatically apply “Fit to View” after creating new objects.
  • Move Object Tool: Added radio buttons that can be temporarily switched using Shift, Ctrl, or Alt keys; now includes a Uniform Scale mode.
  • Move to Zero Tool: Now moves the center of the bounding box to zero.
  • Bounding Box Dimensions: Display dimensions directly in the 3D scene.
  • Dialog Minimization: Support for minimizing all dialogs for a cleaner workspace.
  • Precision Controls: Added ability to set values precisely using mouse drag.
  • General Improvements: Various stability and UI/UX enhancements.

Inspection/Healing Improvements

  • Accelerated Mesh Rebuild: Faster rebuilds with lower memory consumption; new Precision option for even quicker results.
  • Hole Detection Notification: Alerts when the loaded model contains holes.
  • Measure Distance Tool: Added checkboxes for various modes to enhance flexibility.

Mesh Features

  • Show Mesh Vertices: Option to display mesh vertices and support for transparent point rendering.
  • Enhanced Brush Tool: Improved patched mesh quality near holes.
  • Texture Support Expansion: More tools now support textures, including Merge, Segment Mesh, To Components, Extrude, Subdivide, and Geodesic Path.
  • Surface Distance Tool: Improved bands rendering for better visualization.
  • Separate Components Tool: Now keeps the 100 largest mesh components and consolidates smaller components into an additional mesh object.
  • Force Components Tool: Improved support for non-packed meshes.
  • Redesigned Decimate Dialog: Simplified and more intuitive interface.
  • New Tool: Introduced “Select Short Edges” for precise edge selection.
  • Optimized Offset Tool: Faster performance with reduced memory usage; new Precision option for enhanced efficiency.
  • Improved Section Tool: Better filling for smoother sections.

Voxel Enhancements

  • Redesigned Set Active Box Tool: Now includes undo support for greater flexibility.
  • Inactive Voxels Indicator: Clearly indicates inactive voxels in voxel slices.
  • Voxel Count in Scene Tree: Now displays the number of active voxels.
  • Apply Transform Tool: Now supports voxel objects for more versatile transformations.
  • Enhanced Voxel Handling: Skips inactive voxels in non-Dual Marching Cubes mode for better efficiency.

Point Cloud Improvements

  • Redesigned Make Normals Tool: Now supports Lidar scans with any camera location for greater accuracy.
  • Fusion Tool Enhancement: Can now create point normals internally.
  • Improved Clone Tool: Now copies colors along with points.

Save/Load Enhancements

  • 3Shape .DCM Files: Now opens with textures on all platforms.
  • .E57 File Support: Loads files with spherical coordinates of points and preserves Lidar scan origins.
  • Expanded .STEP File Support: Now supports more variants for broader compatibility.
  • .VDB File Support: Restored ability to open and save .VDB files.

Targets

  • Ubuntu 24 Support: This release is now available for Ubuntu 24 Linux Operating System.

Experimental Features

  • Experimental Mode: Many existing features, including operations with Lines, Distance Maps, Sub-voxel mesh correction, and Voxel derivative, are now available under Experimental mode.

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