v0.6.0

2021-01-20

• add comprehensive, export friendly Group tool set
  • group objects by parenting to empties
  • tools include Group CTRL + G , Ungroup, Groupify, Add and Remove Objects/Groups from Group, Select SHIFT + dbl-LMBand Duplicate Group
  • support auto-select, recursive-select and group-empty hiding - all enabled by default - and more
  • Outliner shortcuts 1, 2,3, 4 to Toggle Group Mode, Expand and Collapse, and Toggle Children
• add Add Thread tool
  • in edit mesh context menu
• add CursorSpin tool
  • in the Extrude Alt + E menu
  • CursorSpin basically just fixes Blender's native Spin operator
    • for Blender's native op is still stuck in a world where the Cursor had no rotation,
    • and so there is no convenient way to set the spin axis
    • while the spin center is properly initiated from the cursor location, the axis isn't
    • the only way to use Blender's spin op is using the Spin tool, which does it properly
    • CursorSpin does the same, but is also directly available from the Extrude menu, so there's no need to the Spin tool
• add SelectWireObjects tool
  • select wire objects, such as ones commonly used for booleans
  • ALT Hide them
  • CTRL include Empties too
• Align tool
  • support aligning active between 2 selected object
  • support groups
  • support "Affect Only Parents" transform option
• SmartVert tool
  • support vert bevel for single vert selections
• SmartEdge tool
  • add Knife Project capability
    • if the selection is separated from the rest of the mesh, run knife project
    • useful to quickly knife project duplicated edge or face selections
  • Offset Edges (Korean Bevel)
    • properly remove sharps, when the Bevel tool is chosen
• Material Picker tool
  • expose workspace names in addon prefs to filter which workspaces the tool's button should appear on
  • add Material Picker to Object Context menu
  • optionally assign material too, using ALT
• CleanUp tool
  • add option to find/select non-planar faces
• SelectedToCursor tool
  • support "Affect Only Parents" transform option
  • properly support group auto-selections
    • if the active object is a group empty, ignore all other selected objects
    • this means you can easily move a group to the cursor or the cursor to a group, without having to disable auto-select
• CursorToSelected tool
  • properly support group auto-selections
• Focus tool
  • fix invert mode being initiated via ALT modifier key
• SurfaceSlide tool
  • fix issues with booleans, by stripping all mods from the surface reference object
• Customize tool
  • Overlays
    • disable show_fade_inactive edit mode overlay
  • Keymap
    • ensure CTRL + B bevel keymap uses OFFSET
    • change SHIFT + CTRL + B vert bevel keymap to edge percent bevel instead
      • you can easily do vert bevels using SmartVert, or regular bevels switched to vert via V in the modal
      • switching mode using M in the modal is cumbersome however, hence the extra keymap
    • force bevel keymap profile of 0.6
    • this is helpful when alternating between Smart Edge Offset Edges, which forces a profile of 1
    • deactivate mesh.fill ALT + F keymap
      • this means ALT + F can be used from edit mesh mode to center the view on the mouse, just like in object mode
• Shading pie
  • add ColorizeObjectsFromGroups tool
    • recursively assign random colors to each group in the selection
    • ALT use existing group empty colors, instead of new random colors, to unify group objects colors
    • CTRL only colorize the active group
• Transform pie
  • add "Affect Only Group Origin" option
    • this enables "Affect Only Parents", and disables Group Auto-Select at the same time, allowing for convenient "Group Origin" changes
• Modes pie
  • fix several gpencil ("Surface Draw mode") issues due to 2.83+ API changes
• Tools Pie
  • fix issue when not in Object or EDIT_MESH modes
  • fix issue when drawing tool name, if the pie's tools are customized
• M3 theme
  • tone down outliner selection color

v0.5.0

2020-12-26

• add MaterialPicker tool
  • accessed from the Shading/Material workspace
• add SurfaceSlide tool
  • accessed from the Modes pie
• rebuild SmartVert Slide Extend mode
  • support multi target sliding
    • this requires making a distinction between how the selection is made
      • make a manual selection of each vert, then every second vert will be a target for the previous one
      • to use a single target for multiple verts, use box or circle select, followed by selecting the active vert target
  • support snapping (to edges of all edit mode objects) using CTRL
  • support diverged snapping using CTRL + ALT
  • draw proximity and ortho coords
  • dissolve edges if necessary
  • add statusbar info
  • make it more responsive and take mouse direction into account to control the slide
  • improve performance significantly on heavy meshes
  • stop taking mouse inputs when passing through to adjust viewport using MMB
• Mirror tool
  • support mirroring across cursor
• Unmirror tool
  • remove empties created when mirrored across cursor
• Focus tool
  • add inverted local view mode, mapped to CTRL + ALT + F by default
    • focus on the inverted selection
  • ViewSelected mode
    • treat no selection in edit mode like no selection in object mode: focus on everything
• ClippingToggle tool
  • add fading HUD
  • use 0.01 as the default value for MEDIUM (same as Blender default)
• Customize tool
  • deactivate transform.translate SHIFT + T (texture space) keymap
• Cursor/Origin pie menu
  • add SelectedToCursor tool
    • like all custom tools in the Cursor/Origin pie, supports aligning location and rotation or only either one
  • add OriginToCursor tool
    • like all custom tools in the Cursor/Origin pie, supports aligning location and rotation or only either one
  • CursorToOrigin tool
    • support resetting only location ALT or only rotation CTRL to world origin
  • by default disable Cursor to Grid and Snap to Grid
    • can be re-enabled prefs
  • CursorToSelected, CursorToOrigin
    • optinally toggle cursor axes drawing, can be disabled in prefs
    • optionally set/reset cursor transform preset, can be disabled in prefs
  • move CursorToSelected down to the left, and CursorToOrigin to the top left instead
  • fix edge alignment issue in CursorToSelected and OriginToActive
• Views pie - Custom Views
  • toggle object or cursor axes, can be disabled in prefs
• Modes Pie
  • support syncing tools, can be disabled in prefs
• Save pie
  • LoadMostRecent, LoadPrevious, LoadNextm Save and SaveIncremental tools
    • add statusbar output
• Shading Pie
  • add 'in front' object display option when in wireframe shading
• Tools Pie
  • add fading HUD

v0.4.1

2020-10-18

• Tools Pie
  • fix BoxCutter tool not appearing for some people
  • add HardOps menu in edit mode
• Align
  • fix Align tool's ALT + A shortcut not working, due to Blender's (De)Select All shortcut taking precedence
    • discard 3D View Generic keymap, add Object and Pose mode keymap items instead
  • fix bone alignment, take Armature matrix into account

v0.4

2020-10-16

• change addon preferences
  • by default only enable the Modes pie and Focus tool to prevent new users feeling overwhelmed and to emphasize the customizability
• add Tools Pie Menu Q
  • BoxCutter and HardOps support
  • optionally draw Quick Menu and Toolsbar
• Add Snapping Pie
• Viewport Pie
  • add ResetViewport
  • add optional orbit method selection (enable in addon prefs)
  • ViewAxis
    • use ORTHO when ALT aligning to a selection
  • add Custom Views, either in Local or Cursor space
    • optionally set trackball navigation when using custom views
    • optionally set transform preset when switching them on
    • turn off ortho grid when using custom view, as it isn't drawn properly anyway
• Transform Pie
  • use VIEW preset instead of GLOBAL in custom views
  • add correct face attributes settings
• Shading Pie
  • prevent accidentally switching to solid shading, when attempting to smooth in Material mode
  • prevent accidentally clearing custom normals when toggling cavity
  • add stats toggle (2.90 only)
  • add curve properties
  • add RotateStudioLight
    • rotate studiolight by 180 degrees
    • optionally rotate visible light sources too ALT
  • ToggleObjectAxes - draw cursor axes (in addtion to object axes)
• Align Pie
  • Align - support aligning in cursor space CTRL
  • Center - support centering in cursor space CTRL
• Cursor and Origin Pie
  • OriginToActive
    • support edit mode alignment to Verts/Edges/Faces
    • support multi Vert/Edge/Face selections
      • the location is averaged, the rotation taken from the active
    • support only setting location ALT or rotation CTRL
    • DECALmachine support:
      • automatically change origins of projected/sliced decals and update decal backup matrices
    • MESHmachine support:
      • automatically change origins of stashed objects and update stash object matrices
  • CursorToSelected
    • use median weighted center instead of bounds center when aligning to face
      • because Blender's bounds center can produce locations not in the plane of the face
    • represent edit mode selection state in button label
    • support only setting location ALT or rotation CTRL
• Save Pie
  • LoadMostRecent - ensure most recent file path still exists
  • MatcapSwitch - add option to force single color mode
  • fix rare unicode related exception when writing to the recent_files list/file
  • fbx export - use FBX_SCALE_ALL
• Workspace Pie
  • SwitchWorkspace - also sync shading and overlays to non-alt workspaces, if ALT is pressed
• add MACHIN3tools panel
  • add SmartDrive tool
    • easily drive one object's location/rotation with the location/rotation of another
  • add Unity Export (Preparation) tool
    • for now
      • support mesh objects
      • support armatures
      • support meshes parented to other meshes or bones
      • support bevel, mirror and displace mods
    • prepare objects to achieve 0 rotation imports
    • swivel y and z scale props
    • add optional triangulation
    • already integrated in DECALmachine 2.0's Atlas Export
• Focus tool
  • Local View mode
    • add Focus Level HUD
    • also allow going up a level if selected objects == visible objects
      • so no need to deselect in that case
  • View Selected mode
    • if nothing is selected, focus on all visible objects
• Align tool
  • support aligning to active bone
    • optionally parent to the bone
    • optionally align object Z to bone Y
    • optionally roll when aligning to Bone
  • prevent odd undo issue when calling the tool first thing in Blender's startup scene
• Cleanup tool
  • add removal of redundant verts and/or edges (replaces previous 2-edged vert removal)
• SmartEdge tool
  • add bridge capability and expose bridge props to Redo panel
  • add "Korean Bevel" capability CTRL + 2
    • create "fake" bevel shading via support edges
    • uses offset edges or bevel, depending on topological conditions
• Customize tool
  • update for 2.90
  • add statusbar changes for 2.90+
  • add extremely verbose terminal output for every change that is done (shading, overly, keymaps, etc)
  • enable use_uv_select_sync for startup file customization
• fix Quadsphere exception in edit mode
• fix PurgeOrphans tool not unregistering

v0.3.15

2020-06-08

• add Filebrowser Toggle tool
  • keymaped to i, 2 and 3keys by default
    • toggle sorting alpha numerically or by time
    • toggle display type vertical list or thumbnail
    • toggle visibility of hidden files (linux users only?)
• Quadsphere object
  • smooth by default it
• Customize tool
  • add outliner customization
  • startup file customization
    • hide toolbar
    • set view matrix
  • shading customization
    • set new studiolight_background blur and alpha settings to 1
    • disable eevee volumetrics
    • enable eevee AO and SSR
  • fix 2.82+ viewport prefs issue, due to removal of multi_sample prefs
• Shading pie
  • refactor, making it more contextually aware
  • add world space lighting toggle for solid shading in studio mode
  • for armatures set bone axes and armature display type, not object axis and object display type
  • ultra eevee preset
    • setup a volume node when switching to this, if none is connected to the world
  • add cycles settings when in rendered shading
  • expose new bg strength and blur props
  • expose volumetric shadow props
  • add auto smooth presets
  • indicate if toggles are enabled
  • move object related settings into their own box
  • separate overlay and solid shading related settings
  • add tooltips everywhere
• Save pie
  • add Purge Orphans tool, which optionally purges 5 times in sequence (ALT key), and without a confirmation dialog
  • automatically set export operator's use_selection prop, based on current selection
• Align pie
  • add AlignObjectToVert tool
• Cursor pie
  • add OriginToActive tool
• Modes pie
  • UV Editor
    • remember pre-uv_sync-toggle selection and restore it when switching back
    • when disabling uv_sync_selection, sync edit mesh mode to to uv select mode (EDGE to EDGE, VERT or FACE to VERT)
      • the idea being, there is little reason being in face mode when turning off selection sync:
        • faces - being present only once in uv space - can just as well be transformed with sync enabled
        • the most likely scenario is, you'd want to edit vertices or edges, because unlike faces, they are present multiple times in uv space
  • fix edge mode icon
• Workspace pie
  • sync all(most?) shading and overlay properties to .alt workspaces
• Transform pie
  • use NORMAL orientation for Individual and Active presets, when in EDIT_ARMATURE mode
• fix keymap drawing issue in prefs
• fix rare Focus tool exception

v0.3.14

2019-12-22

• Align pie
  • add View mode
  • add Center tool
  • add Straighten tool
• UV Align pie add view mode
• Save pie - LoadPrevious and LoadNext tools
  • add alternative "don't load ui" mode
• raise blender version to 2.81 due to the 'affect only' Transform pie options

v0.3.13

2019-12-11

• add Transform pie
  • pivots, orientations and 'affect only'
• add UV Align pie menu
• Shading pie
  • add Eevee presets
  • add ToggleObjectAxes tool
  • fix grid toggle in non-side-view ortho views
• Align pie
  • add AlignObjectToEdge tool
• Save pie
  • AppendMaterial tool
    • avoid duplicate material appending in object's material stack, re-use existing material slot indices
  • LoadNext and LoadPrevious tools - warn if current file is unsaved
• Cursor pie
  • add CursorToSelected tool (cursor rotation support)
• Workspace pie
  • maintain viewport location, rotation and distance when changing workspaces
  • support switching to alternative workspaces
    • maintain shading when switching to and from alternative workspace
• Modes pie
  • UV Editor - create UV channel if none is present, when entering UV editing
  • fix potential performance issue (on Windows only?) with Modes pie due to addon checks
• add Open tool
  • in Blender's filebrowser, open current folder in system's file browser when O is pressed
• Focus tool
  • add ViewSelected mode, mapped to F by default
• Mirror + Unmirror tools
  • support grease pencil objects
• Mirror tool
  • fix drawing bisect_z and flip_z in operator properties
• MeshCut tool
  • in SEAM mode, mark edges as 'MESHCUT' (in addition to marking them seams as before)
  • remove straight 2-edged verts for SEAM(SHIFT) cuts
• CleanUp tool
  • remove ALL straight edged verts based on the angle threshold, not just the outside verts
• Customize tool
  • clean out startup scene

v0.3.12

2019-06-27

• MeshCut
  • redo internals and improve performance
• Save pie
  • reverse material order, when using Populate to bring in materials list from another blend
• Modes pie
  • support opening blends from linked objects in subprocess
• Customize
  • update full screen keymapping, due to API changes
  • update loop and ring selection keymappings, due to API changes
• fix issue when removing old version and installing new one in the same Blender session
• fix broken Views and Collections pie's due to API changes

v0.3.11

2019-05-20

• add QuadSphere object
• Views pie
  • add custom Perspective/Ortho Toggle
    • toggles viewport between Perspective or Orthographic
      • if preferences.inputs.use_auto_perspective is enabled, it will be turned of when going into ortho
      • it will be re-enabled when going into perspective again
      • this ensures the viewport doesn't go into perspective automatically, when rotating out of front, side or top view ortho views, unless you've been in perspective mode before
• Modes pie
  • add "pseudo-mode" SurfaceDraw
  • select an object, press the Pencil button in the modes pie
  • this creates a gpencil object and parents it to the active, and sets it up for surface drawing
  • if there is already a GPencil child on the active, create a new 'SurfaceLayer' instead
  • with SHIFT pressed, the Line shape is selected
  • perfect for DECAlmachine's GPanel tool, but generally useful to quickly draw on surfaces
• SmartEdge
  • add toggle sharp mode, keymapped to shift + 2
• Shading pie
  • add show_edge_seams toggle
  • ToggleGrid
    • add support ortho front, top, right, etc. views
  • add alternative modes for Smooth and Flat Toggles
    • ALT Smooth sets sharp edges based on auto smooth angle
    • ALT Flat removes all sharps, seams, bevel weights and creases
    • both can be run from object and edit mode and always affect the entire mesh
• Customize
  • set overlay.wireframe_threshold to 0.99 instead of the default 1
    • otherwise obj.show_all_edges has no effect
    • useful for hiding the internal edges on MEShmachine's plug handles
  • disable preference auto-save
  • fix error due to Blender API change
• fix MeshCut issue due to recent depsgraph changes
• tweak theme

v0.3.10

2019-04-12

• redo ClippingToggle tool
  • allow custom min, med and max values
• Customize tool
  • remap mesh.merge default keymap from Alt + M to M to make room for HardOps's material menu in edit mode
  • deactivate VIEW3D_MT_edit_mesh_select_mode keymapping in the MESH keymap
• Focus tool
  • fix issue when leaving local view and there's no history
• Collections pie
  • add visibility toggles
• Save pie - Append Material
  • if DM is present, don't apply materials to decals
  • fix issue when empties or other unsupported objects are among the selection
  • fix UI list issue due to API change
• Modes pie
  • update GroupPro main menu idname

v0.3.9

2019-03-26

• add MeshCut tool
  • knife intersect at object level
  • optionally flatten target's modifier stack
  • optionally mark seams
• Save pie: Append Materials Menu
  • avoid appending material, if it's already in the scene, except when shift is pressed
  • so now the menu can be used to apply the listed materials (repeatedly), without creating duplicates
• AlignEditMesh
  • support redo last
• Customize
  • disable screen.animation_play kmi's (Alt + A)
  • disable view3d.object_mode_pie_or_toggle kmi
• fix registration error due to strict enforcement of idnames in blender b24a255ca678
• fix issue with runtime Apply tool registration

v0.3.8

2019-03-13

• Focus
  • rewrite, use new local_view API tools
• Align
  • add Origin and Cursor align modes
• fix registration issue due to recent API change

v0.3.7

2019-03-08

• add Collections pie
  • mapped to shift + C
  • add to, remove from, move to and create new and purge empty collections
  • select a collection's objects and with SHIFT select all a collection's objects
  • with ALT subtract a collection's objects from selection, with SHIFT + ALT do the same for all objects of a collection
  • with CTRL disable viewport selection of a collection's objects(but not the collection itself)
  • GroupPro, BatchOps and DECALmachine integration
• add ApplyTransformations tool (specials menu)
  • apply Scale and/or Rotation of selected objects, while keeping Child transformations and Bevel width values intact
• add SelectCenterObjects tool (specials menu)
  • first of potentially more selection tools
  • selects objects if their bounding box crosses both sides of the chosen axis
• Views and Cams pie
  • make Orthographic/Perspective button and lens prop context sensitive: adjust camera if view is aligned with one
• Shading pie
  • Colorize Objects based on Collection membership
  • add wireframe_color_type selection
• Customize
  • map F key to focus on active in outliner
  • disable SHIFT + X object mode delete keymap item
  • fix keymap + use_save_prompt issues due to API changes
• Align pie
  • fix CursorToOrigin issues due to API changes
• Modes pie
  • remember pass_through and show_edit_mesh_wire states when leaving edit mode
  • re-enable xray shading accordingly the next time entering edit mode
  • support loading external blends of linked instance collections in subprocess
• Focus
  • for local view, use frame_selected=False
• Save pie
  • add incremental save path to recent files list
• SmartVert
  • add execute() to allow for redoing/tool properties to work

v0.3.6

2019-02-14

• add UnMirror
  • removes last mirror mod in the stack of the selected objects, works on mirrored Group Prop collections as well
• add Object Specials menu
  • includes only UnMirror for now
• Shading pie
  • support object coloring
  • add Colorize from Active
  • add Colorize from Materials
• Align pie
  • fix issue due to Blender API change
  • add CursorToOrigin op
    • unlike view3d.snap_cursor_to_center(), CursorToOrigin also resets the cursor rotation
• Modes pie
  • improve Group Pro integration
• Focus
  • add alternative Local View mode, performs better in heavy scenes
• Mirror
  • support mirroring Group Pro collections, incl. with Decals
• Align
  • support dropping empties to the floor
• Customize
  • fix mirror keymap issue with selection tool
  • fix issue with HEADER position due to API change

v0.3.5a

2019-01-23

• Modes pie
  • fix issue in pose and edit armature modes

v0.3.5

2019-01-22

• Shading pie
  • fix template icon scaling issue due to recent change in template_icon_view()
• Modes pie
  • add GroupPro pie button, if it's installed
  • add mode switch buttons for TEXTURE_PAINT, WEIGHT_PAINT, VERTEX_PAINT and SCULPT for MESH objects
  • add support for CURVE, FONT, SURFACE, META, LATTICE object types
  • add GPENCIL support
  • move Occlude/PassThrough button to the bottom left
  • fix issue where cavity was enabled when leaving edit mode, even if it was turned off before entering edit mode
• Save pie
  • fix issue when appending ALL materials
• Smart Vert
  • rebuild Slide Extend
• Mirror
  • add support for decals
  • support single object mirroring and expose bisect and flip settings in that case
  • support mirroring Decals
• Customize
  • update preference customization according to latest API and layout changes
  • overlay: set vertex_opacity = 1
• tweak theme

v0.3.4

2018-12-26

• Savepie - Append Materials
  • add Populate tool to fetch material names from source blend file
  • add AddSeparator tool
  • automatically add a material name, that is typed in manually, once return key is pressed
  • fix error in Append menu, when appendmats collection is empty
• adapt to API changes:
  • fix context.user_preferences errors
  • fix overlay.show_backface_culling errors
  • fix cursor keymap error
• update theme

v0.3.3

2018-12-02

• allow material appending in edit mode with edit mesh selection
• update Customize
  • Matcaps and Default Shading
    • disable setting shading type to SOLID to avoid crash since Blender 1b870bce85d
  • Keymaps
    • set 3D View set_cursor kmi's orientation property to GEOM
• SmartFace
  • fix distance sorting error
• Shadingpie
  • reset xray_alpha to 0.5 wen leaving edit mode
• Preferences - Modes pie
  • disable Rotate Around Selection by default

v0.3.2

2018-11-28

• Shading pie:
  • add Curvature toggle
  • allow eevee gtao factor dragging beyond 1
• tweak theme
• fix 2.7x keymap preset loading on MacOS
• fix edit mesh wire toggle and occlude/pass through toggle not updating when leaving edit mode with x ray enabled

v0.3.1b

2018-11-26

• fix world path issue on Windows

v0.3.1a

2018-11-26

• fix matcap path issue on Windows

v0.3.1

2018-11-26

• add cavity toggle to modes pie
• allow flexible addon folder naming

v0.3

2018-11-25

• initial 2.80 release