Connecter v.5.x changelog
release: 5.0.0.12927
date: January 23rd, 2023

New Features

  • Added: Grasshopper support for .ghuser assets with improved UX - the assets won’t get moved when you drag & drop them;
  • Added: .ghuser file format as part of the Scripts asset type;
  • Added: Improved support of Substance materials with the implementation of the latest Substance SDK.
release: 5.0.0.12926
date: December 1st, 2022

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed: 3ds Max integration 2.80.59 & 2.80.60 addresses recently reported bugs outlined here;
  • Fixed: Minor UX and UI issues.
release: 5.0.0.12925
date: November 17th, 2022

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed: Adding non-shared custom properties resulted in a crash in specific scenarios.
release: 5.0.0.12924
date: November 16th, 2022
Changelog with previous updates on Connecter 4.x can be found here

New Features

  • Generating custom previews for 3ds Max assets in Connecter: Guide | ▶️;
  • “Show differences” new feature in Compare images tool: Guide | ▶️;

Other Improvements

  • 3ds Max integration: Completely refactored Add / Update workflows with new Python-based UI: ▶️;
  • Redesigned interface and improved workflows for managing Workspaces: Guide;
  • Media Player improvements: Now, videos can be zoomed in and out and played full size: ▶️;
  • Interactive Preview Player is now with a much bigger viewport: 1200 x 900px;
  • New Tag's breadcrumb: The fully-interactive breadcrumb allows quickly selecting and deselecting individual tags, selecting subtags and more visual interaction for toggling the “Show all” and “Show combined” tag modes: ▶️;
  • All contextual commands available on multi-selections are now also available on stacks;
  • Drag and Drop: Users can now use drag & drop interaction with stacks;
  • Quick preview of an asset preview gallery in the assets view with Shift + mouse scroll interaction: ▶️;
  • Quick preview on videos and audio files: With a click and hold of the middle mouse button, users can preview videos and audio assets directly within the assets view: ▶️;
  • Version Control: 
  • Operations on multi-selection of versions (Review) and variants (Review, Remove);
  • Update asset content to any version, not just the latest;
  • Now multiple previews can be added to versions;
  • Version Control commands were added in the Tags and Folders context menus to allow operations to be executed with a single click on all assets within the selected folder or tags; 
  • Added section for the new CUSTOM PROPERTIES feature: Guide;
  • The CUSTOM PROPERTIES section is now ASSET PROPERTIES with quick access to Tags and Custom previews: 🖼️;
  • Improved Description interactions: simply type in the description and press the Control and Enter keyboard keys or click elsewhere to confirm the changes: 🖼️;
  • Text area with inline formatting: style any part of the text differently from the rest of the text - bold, italicise, link, and more: Guide | ▶️;
  • “Roughness” parameter was added to the HDR interactive preview: ▶️;
  • “Light intensity” parameter was added to the interactive preview viewer: ▶️;
  • Added: support of *.3mf file format for interactive previewing, showing embedded previews and reading the file’s metadata (Details panel): ▶️;
  • Zip operations are now available on multi-selections of zip archives.
  • Updated Settings menu: “Connecter preferences”, “Asset types”, and the new “Custom properties” feature are now separated into three brand new interfaces for easier access and clearer view: ▶️;
  • New asset types were added: Audio, BIM, CAD, and Scripts global asset types are now available. The users can now switch off asset types they no longer need to see in Connecter: ▶️
  • More extensions were added in the asset type groups:
  • AI, EPS and SVG to the Image asset type;
  • 3mf, Abc and vrscene to the 3d assets type;
  • mdl to the Materials asset type; 
  • UI improvements on the Web Catalogs dialogue in Connecter: 🖼️
  • Added a quick link to the "Process Monitor";
  • It now shows the elapsed time for each asset event in the RECENT list;
  • It now shows the total elapsed time for the 50 most recent asset syncs; 
  • When a particular filter has multiple values available, the user can choose values directly from the filter’s dropdown, and it’s no longer needed first to select (and activate) the filter itself;
  • Showing the tag's full path in the Tags secondary filter;
  • Enable tags to filter in the tags selection context.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed: an issue with LXO small scenes visualisation;
  • Fixed: crash when tagging assets from the tagging tool (Shift + T) from users without permissions;
  • Fixed: light position in full-size PBR viewer when opened from the Previews Panel;
  • Fixed in the Version Control: adding Gif as a version preview was wrongly converted to jpg;
  • Fixed in the Auto-Assign tool: an issue where the asset has a name 001.max and the preview has the same name 001.jpg.