Viewer Release Notes

Version 3

For Viewer Version 3 and beyond we moved to Github Release Notes, you can check them out here.

Version 2.12 (30/11/23) - Mastodon

This targets of this release were general API, camera and performance improvements.

Camera:

• improved camera speed and usability on mobile

• added panning with two fingers instead of three on mobile

• implemented new turntable controls

Post-Processing:

• line geometry and the ground plane shadow do not create ambient occlusion anymore

Performance:

• improved shader re-usage

• improved bounding box creation

• improved environment map loading when applied directly to materials

• improved file size for gltf conversion

• memory performance improvement for textures and geometries

General

• added cancelCustomization function to cancel a current customization

• added customizeResult function to only receive the response body of the customization

• improved access to parameter values

• customize function now allows additional parameters

• added loadCachedOutputs function to load already cached outputs

• made busy spinner inverted to its background color

• busy spinner is now enabled while the scene is not shown

• implemented events for output updates OUTPUT_UPDATED

• improved updateCallback resolutions

• bugfixes:

  • fixed issue where hidden characters in Tag3D elements caused issues in AR

  • fixed background alpha not being applied correctly

Version 2.11 (13/10/23) - Led Zeppelin

This target of this release was the finalization of the post-processing effects and additionally some performance improvements.

Post-Processing

• Breaking Change: From this release on, the post-processing effect SSAO is enabled by default for all models. You can either disable it via the platform or via the API as shown in this example.

• Post-Processing allows the usage of various effects as can be seen in the help desk documentation of it. These effects include:

  • Bloom

  • Chromatic Aberration

  • Depth of Field

  • Dot Screen

  • God Rays (API only)

  • Grid

  • HBAO (Ambient Occlusion)

  • Hue Saturation

  • Noise

  • Outline (API only)

  • Pixelation

  • SSAO (Ambient Occlusion)

  • Scanline

  • Selective Bloom (API only)

  • Sepia

  • Tilt Shift

  • Vignette

• It is also possible to create custom effects.

Performance

• new caching functionality that can especially improve the performance in slower networks and can limit data usage

• the caching of downloaded data was improved and can now be manually adjusted

• added option waitForViewportUpdate to enable waiting for viewport update

• shader and texture compilation changes

• three.js texture caching in consecutive calls

General

• added a new function to request multiple exports at once

Version 2.10 (19/09/23) - Kyuss

This target of this release was the improvement of the viewer in various areas. Additionally, a WIP of the post-processing feature was added.

HTML Elements

• general performance improvements when HTML elements are enabled in the scene

• visibility improvements when HTML elements are hidden by geometry

Attribute Visualization

• general performance improvements with attribute visualization

• usability improvements for object selection

• general fixes regarding material application

Interactions

• improvement of interactions when using transformations

• grouping of nodes for interactions via id

• improvement of event data for interactions

• bug fix in multi-selection when clicking outside of the visible scene

Error Handling

• passing of server errors to the user

• exporting of error types and type guards

Gem Stone Rendering

• general performance improvements for gem stone rendering

• improved application of gem material shader

• fixed gem material shader issues on iOS

Multiple Viewports - Multiple Sessions

• improved busy mode when using excludeViewports

• HTML element for multiple viewports improvement

General

• creation of session with guid and jwtToken instead of ticket

• spinner and logo adjustments depending on absolute device size

• jwtToken with varying permissions can be replaced on runtime

• events to estimate the progress of tasks

• restrictions on allowed parameter inputs

• improved camera movement functions

• scene cleanup after unexpected exit

• bugfixes:

  • ground plane shadows setting was not imported with viewer settings

  • duplicate geometry during update calls

  • html tags were not removed during update calls

  • transformations were not evaluated after loading cached geometry

  • export request with specific parameter values

  • environment map intensity was not consistently applied

  • touch event issues on specific devices

Version 2.9 (25/05/23) - Jimmy Eat World

This target of this release was to improve the usability of the viewer on various ends and provide new tools to improve the general usability. Additionally, we exposed new settings for environments.

New Features

• expose progress while loading data (example)

• implemented improved error handling (example)

• improved tag hideability (example)

• exposed the version of the viewer as a property

New Settings

• update viewer settings to version 1.4.1

• implemented new setting environmentMapBlurriness (example, available as a setting on the platform)

• implemented new setting environmentMapIntensity (example, available as a setting on the platform)

• implemented new setting environmentMapRotation (example, available as a setting on the platform)

• implemented new setting defaultMaterialColor (example, available as a setting on the platform)

Interactions

• exposed more data for interaction events (example)

• new property to group nodes (example 1, example 2)

General

• Breaking Change: the properties mode, material, standardMaterial, attributeMaterial, materialVariants and effectsMaterial were removed from the PrimitiveData and added to the GeometryData

• improved GLTF converter performance

• separation between primitive and geometry caching

• disallowed instagram browser on iOS for AR viewing as it is not supported there

• bugfixes:

  • task event information was not correct for parallel customizations

  • removed empty nodes from gltf creation

  • added target property for bufferViews in gltf creation

  • restricted event forwarding on mobile devices to not accept click events

  • fixed initial parameter values not working correctly (example)

  • shader adjustements only on initial load

  • default material change for vertex colors

  • AR model generation is now restricted to the viewport that is used

Version 2.8 (20/04/23) - Interpol

The main goal of this release were performance and memory consumption improvements. Improvements were made in various areas such as:

• geometry loading

• geometry processing

• the rendering loop

• interactions

From this release on, a user has to implicitly call updateVersion on any node that was changed, otherwise those changes won’t be visualized in the scene. Previously this was done in some cases for the user which lead to performance issues and inconsistencies. Therefore, if you are having issues after updating to this version, make sure to call updateVersion whenever you add/change/remove data of a node or change one of its properties.

Other Notes:

• restricted the AR scale to 0.001 due to limitations with the USDZ converter

• removed sentry

• added new API function restrictEventListeners

• removed manual context re-creation

• added the restriction parallelGlTFProcessing to restrict how many glTFs can be loaded in parallel

• added setting consoleBranding to minimize the console branding

• bugfixes:

  • removal of normalized attribute scaling

  • removed axios error interceptors

Version 2.7 (23/03/23) - High Vis

• improved color management

• three.js update to 0.148.0

• export of tag types (ITag2D, ITag3D)

• improved error handling on mobile devices

• bugfixes:

  • waiting for initial settings when loading session before viewport

  • transmission can now be combined with opacity

  • bounding box calculation in regards to transformations

Version 2.6 (14/12/22) - Green Day

• adjustable maximum rendering width and height

• traverseData function for TreeNodes

• new environment enum ENVIRONMENT_MAP_EMPTY with properties NONE (black to white gradient) and NULL (no environment map)

• geometry and sdtf sdk updates

• bugfixes:

  • gemstones memory leak

  • gemstones animations

  • shadows on transparent objects

  • transparent objects depth write

Version 2.5 (10/11/22) - Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

• changed default light properties to make it easier to work with them

• enable JWT authorization for sdTF files

• environment maps can now be set per material

• allow the saving of no light scenes

• toggle the rendering of all lights

• bugfixes:

  • environment geometry was not positioned at the bottom of the scene

  • dragging without a drag anchor or drag origin always resetted to the origin

  • html anchors are now hidden when the node or a parent is hidden

  • initial point size after customization

Version 2.4 (7/11/22) - Enter Shikari

• created possibility to create a QR code for AR

• rounding of numeric parameters is now automatic

• documentation improvements

• bugfixes:

  • point size was not assigned correctly

  • orthographic camera projection had an offset

Version 2.3 (17/10/22) - Don Broco

• gem stone rendering

• ground shadows without a ground plane (groundPlaneShadowVisibility, groundPlaneShadowColor)

• reset functionalities (resetParameterValues, resetSettings)

• parallel customization requests (customizeParallel)

• documentation improvements for viewer features

• exposed utility functions (convert3Dto2D, raytraceScene)

• enabled clipping planes

Version 2.2 (01/09/22) - Cleopatrick

• performance improvements

• cloning of animations

• new default camera setup

• interaction opacity options

• improved error messages

• documentation of feature packages

• exposed new event properties for interaction events

Version 2.1 (03/08/22) - Biffy Clyro

• performance improvement of material loading

• configurable attribute visualization materials

• viewport settings access

• default camera setup

Version 2.0 (27/07/22) - Arctic Monkeys

• refactoring of API

Version 1.15.7 - Once Upon a Time in America

• implemented animation pivot option

Version 1.15.6 - The Other Guys

• bugfix: animated spinner on iOS

• implemented loading of data via geometry SDK

Version 1.15.5 - Oliver Twist

• multi select

• spinner positioning

Version 1.15.4 - Olympus Has Fallen

• improved applySettings functionality

Version 1.15.3 - Ocean's Thirteen

• update to new sdtf package

Version 1.15.2 - Ocean's Twelve

• removed direct links

Version 1.15.1 - Ocean's Eleven

• update geometry sdk version

Version 1.15.0 - Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

• busy spinner

• animated logo

Version 1.14.16 - Night and the City

• different three.js extension

Version 1.14.15 - Near Dark

• three.js update

Version 1.14.14 - Nights Of Cabiria

• bugfixes: SelectOnUpManager

Version 1.14.13 - Notorious

• implemented SelectOnUpManager

Version 1.14.12 - Nightmare Alley

• changed default background logo color

• added value support for applySettings

• implemented displacement mapping

Version 1.14.11 - A Night at the Opera

• bugfix: event listeners

Version 1.14.10 - The Nanny

• bugfix: light scene reassignment

• materialDataCollection removal

• added MaterialVariantsData to exports

Version 1.14.9 - Nashville

• material accessibility

Version 1.14.8 - National Treasure: Book of Secrets

• bugfix: error handling

Version 1.14.7 - National Treasure

• bugfix: intersectionEngine viewer exclusion

Version 1.14.6 - Napoleon

• bugfix: scene tracing with multiple viewers

Version 1.14.5 - Nosferatu: a Symphony of Terror

• bugfix: session cancellation

• bugfix: GLTFConverter visibility check

• exposed calculateZoomTo

Version 1.14.4 - Night of the Living Dead

• bugfix: blur events

• renamed blur events to busy events

Version 1.14.3 - A Nightmare on Elm Street

• bugfix: animation reset

• utils/mime-type readme

• busy mode events

Version 1.14.2 - Night at the Museum

• bugfix: loading of non-binary glTF

• bugfix: s-parameters as string

• changed default color

• disable AO on Chrome / MacOS

• separate mime-type package

• output messages as warnings

Version 1.14.1 - No Country For Old Men

• bugfix: light assignment

Version 1.14.0 - The Naked Gun

• new gltf material extensions

• gltf animations

• gltf performance improvements

• group property for exports

Version 1.13.10 - Madagascar 2

• bugfix: box clamping

Version 1.13.9 - Madagascar

• bugfix: deselectOnEmpty re-implementation

Version 1.13.8 - Matrix Resurrections

• possibility for no effectMaterial

Version 1.13.7 - Matrix Revolutions

• bugfix: material assignment

• bugfix: scene settings import

Version 1.13.6 - Matrix Reloaded

• deselectOnEmpty option for SelectManager

Version 1.13.5 - Matrix

• bugfix: material assignment

Version 1.13.4 - Mad Max: Fury Road

• bugfix: AR centering moved to gltf converter

• strict versioning for viewer settings

• AR in-app scaling on per default

Version 1.13.3 - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

• removed autoScaling

• ar centering

Version 1.13.2 - Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

• bugfix: dataURI pass through

Version 1.13.1 - Mad Max

• improved AR capabilities

• bugfix: environment artefacts

• bugfix: export request parameter values

Version 1.13.0 - Memento

• improved AR capabilities

• gltf converter fixes

• bugfix for texture loading

• bugfix: html anchor data

Version 1.12.5 - La La Land

• bugfix: old viewer light settings

• bearer token refresh functionality

• retry only for JWT_VALIDATION_ERROR

Version 1.12.4 - LA Confidential

• deploy comments in npm package

• data exposing

• test adaptions

Version 1.12.3 - The Lion King

• doc updates

Version 1.12.2 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

• bugfix: surface display

• bugfix: old default light scene reconstruction

• removed reflect-metadata requirement

• displaying output and export errors

• branding options

• canvas error messaging

• HTMLElementAnchorData structure update

• improved SVG support

• metalness / roughness 3d tag defaults

• maxWaitTime for exports

• viewer status updates

• error logging

Version 1.12.1 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

• bugfixes

Version 1.12.0 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• new rendering settings

Version 1.11.12 - Kick-Ass 2

• bugfix: environment map rotation

Version 1.11.11 - Kingdom of Heaven

• bugfix: multiple transformations

• bugfix: alpha color updates

• persistent updates integration

Version 1.11.10 - Kung Fu Panda 3

• bugfix: default color / material

Version 1.11.9 - Kung Fu Panda 2

• added new event types

Version 1.11.8 - Kung Fu Panda

• attribute visualization updates

Version 1.11.7 - Knives Out

• output update functionality

Version 1.11.6 - Knocked Up

• bugfix: performance improvements

• bugfix: envMap rotation

• bugfix: animations

• bugfix: http-client

• improved closing and error behavior

• improved data loading

• data loading and gltf matrix fixes

Version 1.11.5 - Kong: Skull Island

Version 1.11.4 - The King’s Speech

Version 1.11.3 - The Killing

• updated viewer settings

• gltf download improvements

Version 1.11.2 - Kick-Ass

• implemented proper error handling and messaging

Version 1.11.1 - King Kong

• sentry error logging improvements

Version 1.11.0 - The Karate Kid

• sdk version update and parameter initial values

Version 1.10.15 - John Wick

• bugfix: file-upload

• mobile tests

Version 1.10.14 - Justice League

• attribute visualization adaptions

• optional flag to not load outputs

Version 1.10.13 - Juno

• session management

• new exports

Version 1.10.12 - Jumper

• deployment script adaptions

• internal versioning adjustments

Version 1.10.11 - Jumanji

• update for deployment process

Version 1.10.10 - Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

• update for deployment process

Version 1.10.9 - Jack the Giant Slayer

• bugfix: default camera assignment

Version 1.10.8 - Jack Reacher

• bugfix: default camera assignment

Version 1.10.7 - Jackass: The Movie

• tests

Version 1.10.6 - The Jungle Book

• bugfix: starting camera

Version 1.10.5 - Jerry Maguire

• image caching in backend

• http-client adaptions

Version 1.10.4 - Jaws

• attribute visualization tests

• layer coloring

Version 1.10.3 - Jackie Brown

-bugfix: import error

Version 1.10.2 - Jason Bourne

• bugfix: camera settings application

• error handling improvements

Version 1.10.1 - Joker

• bugfix: output content updates

• refactoring of default light scenes

Version 1.10.0 - Jurassic Park

• sdk2 implementation

• test adaptions

• error responses

Version 1.9.0 - I am Legend

• attribute visualization feature

• cdn adaptions

Version 1.8.14 - The Hunger Games - The Mockingjay - Part1

• bugfix: tag2d removal

• material preset gltf extension

• string sanitization

Version 1.8.13 - The Hunger Games - Catching Fire

• initial parameters

• vertex colors for 4-byte aligned vertex color data

Version 1.8.12 - The Hunger Games

• tag3D AR improvements

• deployment adaptions

Version 1.8.11 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

• bugfix: material assignment

• version iframe page

• outputloader improvements

Version 1.8.10 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1

• bugfix: settings loading

Version 1.8.9 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

• interface improvements

Version 1.8.8 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

• removal of unused events

• adapted event system

• new tests

Version 1.8.7 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

• bugfix: groundplane and grid

• bugfix: mobile events

Version 1.8.6 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

• interfaces improvements

Version 1.8.5 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

• bugfix: material loader

• bugfix: alphaMap

• bugfix: ar material assignment and color attributes

• bugfix: transparency assignment

• gltf loader improvements

• AR fixes

Version 1.8.4 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

• type improvements

Version 1.8.3 - Home Alone

• updated examples

• node added to output

Version 1.8.2 - Heat

• typo

Version 1.8.1 - Happiness

• typo

Version 1.8.0 - Halloween

• CDN restructuring

• attribute visualization fixes

• tests

Version 1.7.1 - Gladiator

• bugfix: glossy specular material

• bugfix: duplicate camera at startup

• expanded outputs to contain data

• examples and tests

Version 1.7.0 - Ghostbusters

• implementation of interactions

• interaction tests

Version 1.6.7 - The Fugitive

• bugfix: initial settings loading

• new tests

Version 1.6.6 - Frankenstein

• bugfix: empty settings

• viewer visibility adjustments

• differences in scene tree traversal

• data / event restructuring

• improved material loading

• preparation for interactions

Version 1.6.5 - Fight Club

• separation between session init and output loading

Version 1.6.3 - The Fifth Element

• bugfix: closing sessions/viewers before they are open

Version 1.6.2 - Fargo

• bugfix: v3 settings conversion

Version 1.6.1 - Fahrenheit 9/11

• doc improvements

Version 1.6.0 - The Fellowship of the Ring

• doc improvements

• deployment scripts

Version 1.5.* was used for internal deployment changes

Version 1.4.10 - El Dorado

• bugfix: AR on iPad > 13.0

• deployment process

Version 1.4.9 - Eagle Eye

• bugfix: gltf conversion for AR

• api doc

Version 1.4.8 - Eat Pray Love

• Sentry improvements

Version 1.4.7 - Easy A

• Sentry improvements

Version 1.4.6 - Elephant

• AR improvements

• Sentry improvements

Version 1.4.5 - 8 Mile

• bugfix: gltf conversion

• CDN adaptions

Version 1.4.4 - Edward Scissorhands

• bugfix: applySettings

Version 1.4.3 - Elf

• bugfix: AR on some iOS devices

• bugfix: applySettings

• bugfix: stopped event propagation

• attribute visualization in AR

• AR animations

• recreated 'none' environment (SS-3563)

Version 1.4.2 - Edge of Tomorrow

• bugfix: doc

Version 1.4.1 - E.T.

• bugfix: always display viewer versions

• bugfix: AO makes grid re-appear

• bugfix: environment change, scene update

• bugfix: clear color, gamma correction

• bugfix: sentry error catching

• custom visibility for objects (SS-2513)

• zoomTo with paths (SS-2951)

• refactored node path naming

• implemented animations (SS-2508)

Version 1.4.0 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

• attribute visualization feature (SS-2519)

• separation of StandardViewer and AttributeViewer

Version 1.3.1 - Die Hard

• patching of tooltip SS-3438

Version 1.3.0 - Dirty Dancing

• bugfix: setting to depth to true, for firefox

• bugfix: transparency, implementation of manual renderOrder (SS-2360)

• bugfix: environment map started with upper case (SS-3501)

• bugfix: wrong content-type for file upload (SS-3504)

• bugfix: storing of output if version stays the same (SS-1423)

• improved anti-aliasing on lines (SS-805)

• adjusted light bias (SS-938)

• implemented ambient occlusion intensity setting (SS-564)

• adapted logic for BB computation for gltfV1 (SS-3451)

• logic for automatic node assignment and parameter update (SS-931)

• evaluation of texture unit count (SS-1127)

Version 1.2.4 - City Of God

• bugfix: rendering on resizing

• bugfix: storing of new session properties on new backend

Version 1.2.3 - Con Air

• bugfix: camera assignment

Version 1.2.2 - Casino

• implemented and exported all interfaces for the api

• AR api completion (SS-3461, SS-3462)

Version 1.2.1 - Cabaret

deployment error, superseded by 1.2.2

Version 1.2.0 - Casablanca

• adding and removing of lights was moved from Viewer to LightScene

• setter and getters reconstruction compared to update/read-only approach

• merged creation and initialization of Session and Viewer

Version 1.1.1 - Back To The Future 2

• method to add settings, or sections of the settings (SS-3460)

Version 1.1.0 - Back To The Future

• bugfix: zoomTo (SS-3450)

• implementation of settings 3.0

• parameter history feature (SS-2506)

• sentry logging refinements

• glTFv1 transformations (SS-2734)

• math geometry implementations (SS-2960)

• improved performance of BB computation (SS-3177)

• API adaptions, camera options now optional

• simplified camera API

• simplified light API

• capturing of three.js errors (SS-285)

• added new tests

• added color conversion functionality to color parameters (SS-2885)

• adapted API doc (SS-2861)

Version 1.0.5 - Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

• bugfix: GLTFConverter, added mimeType

• bugfix: endless loop when session was closed

• added AR implementation via API

• adapted glTF loading

• added new tests

• glTF loading and versioning is now combined

Version 1.0.4 - Annie Hall

deployment error, superseded by 1.0.5

Version 1.0.3 - Apocalypse Now

• bugfix: default camera position

• bugfix: anchors were not removed on scene update

• AR api implementation

• changed default logging level

• changed examples

Version 1.0.2 - American Beauty

• bugfix: hidden parameters

Version 1.0.1 - Amelie

• bugfix: preset material transparency

• bugfix: multiple sessions at once

Version 1.0.0 - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

• updated browserstack tests

• implemented new sd-dtos

Before Version 1.0.0 -> private development