voxel-builder

• New power saver mode (enabled by default in mobile devices)
• Major CSS updates, new Roboto font
• Linux compatibility checks
• Update floor plane to support linux and windows
• Fix pixel-eyedropper tool in chromium for linux

This version is a breath of fresh air after the SPS fallout

• Add tool indicator, display the name of the selected tool
• Add import voxels and bakes from json file
• Add voxel measurement tools
• No more duplicate voxels (they are automatically removed with no performance penalty)
• Clean up and improve voxel transforms
• Update PT to support three r165 framebuffers
• Voxel colors are used for the point-cloud
• Fix PT crashes on 0.0 inputs

• Update babylonjs 7.10.0
• Add merge-selected to export tab
• Add render source to PT (render baked meshes from export tab)
• Add max-samples to PT (8-8192, 4096 default)
• Firefox optimization (fix save file, css styles, palette right-click)
• Fix workplanes undetected picking
• Fix attachableMeshes error in export tab
• Fix baked meshes visible in model tab under certain conditions
• Remove deprecated ini format to save resources

• Update babylonjs 7.13.1
• Update three r166
• Fix all convertToUnIndexedMesh related issues introduced by update
• Fix firefox scrollbars (broken by new firefox update)

• Update three-mesh-bvh 0.7.6
• Update three r167
• Update babylonjs 7.17.0
• Prevent frame camera on quickload voxels (holds the camera for further changes)
• Remove showSaveFilePicker, this experimental technology is not ready for production
  • Fix save file functionality in electron and mobile
  • Fix save format from .txt to .json in mobile

• Faster startup time (avg. 2s to 0.5s - x1.5 faster)
• Change default PT material to lambert
• Remove color grading from FX mode
• Snapshot frames the camera
• Automatic camera framing (allow to work with a small group of voxels)
• Shortcut 'F' can be used to frame camera during voxel transformation
• New project generates 1 voxel
• Default ice color is used to generate new voxels (instead of selected color)
• Darker color theme, larger hover menu, axis view and color picker
• Improve hover code, we can use this to float multiple elements
• Improve and manage all the in-screen buttons
• Measure volume tool show XYZ position on single click
• Add 'new scene' option for terrain generator
• Reduce the chance of random holes on the terrain surface
• Allow double-click for color palette in desktop
• Add voxel by X,Y,Z direct coordinate input as string
• The websockets client has been rewritten (auto disconnect after 10 retries)
• New 'ws-connect.py' script, to connect with machine learning models
• Fix a bug when the startup project is heavy and the UI doesn't wait for it
• Fix a bug where you can't select the first voxel at 0,0,0

• Update babylonjs 7.22.3
  • The update was rolled back (breaking bug: no mouseover on Z axis)
• New detachable floating panels!
• Improve websockets client and server
• Standalone node.js server (electron alternative)
• Fix camera-related visual artifacts (fov 0.1 issue)
• Add three.js WorkerPool library

• Update three.js r168
• New camera frame tools (frame to color group or selected voxels)
• Improve snapshots (prevent accidental touch)
• Voxel transformation preserves the floor plane when xforming all voxels
• The space key works like the alt key to avoid conflict

• New directory structure
• Speed up the build time of github pages
• Update the update.py script

• Add keyboard shortcuts (see about menu)
• Delete key can delete voxels during transforms
• Fix the debug layer, make it useful!
• Prepare for ES6

• Move 280 events from index.html to main.js
• Load main.js as module
• Encapsulate the babylon.js engine (prepare for webgpu)
• Functions to classes from bottom to top!
• Window is no longer used to transfer modules
• Terrain generator uses height-gradient when 'New Scene' unchecked
• Fix pointerdown conflict with the main scene when workplanes are active

• Generator moved to modules
• Voxelizer moved to modules
• Less complex user-interface (no more hide-and-seek ui)
• Merge cameras for less confusion
• New three.js sandbox tab

• Remove fullscreen engine-based loading screen
• Remove unnecessary camera framing behaviors
• Viewaxis-box frame voxel selection on transforms
• Fix PT not taking screenshot
• Fix bakery not respect the first voxel at 0,0,0
• Fix a few hundred milliseconds of startup lag 4.3.4
  • BABYLON.HDRCubeTexture locks the main thread
• Animate the three.js camera framing behavior similar to babylon.js

• Update three-mesh-bvh 0.7.7
• Manage memory to free up space
• Merge sandbox and pathtracer
• Path tracing was left to three-gpu-pathtracer

• Improve CEL shader
• Free resources
  • Remove texture presets (they are heavy on startup)
  • Remove import texture (per-face texturing is Moiré heaven)
  • Texture menu merged with material menu
• Remove all the range sliders (it doesn't work well in recent chromium updates)
• Rolled back the batchedmesh raycasting for further investigation

• Update babylon.js 7.25.0
• Improve bakery workflow
• New batch unbake
• Fix face-normal picking accuracy https://github.com/nimadez/voxel-builder/issues/35
• Fix localstorage exceeded the quota https://github.com/nimadez/voxel-builder/issues/34
  • Remove quicksave from export tab
  • Define max undo history (20)
• Fix slow voxelization https://github.com/nimadez/voxel-builder/issues/33
• Fix BABYLON.Quaternion.RotationAxis bug introduced in 7.20.0+ 4.3.5

Installation

1- Download and extract voxel-builder.zip
2- Run "update.bat" to finish installation

• Run "update.bat" to update Voxel Builder to the latest version
• Voxel Builder runs offline on desktop (except HDRI samples and extras)

To switch from offline to online, edit "main.js" file:

loadFile('index.html') ==> loadURL('https://nimadez.github.io/voxel-builder')

Installation

1- Download and extract voxel-builder.zip
2- Run "update.bat" to finish installation

• Run "update.bat" to update VB to the latest nightly version
• Voxel Builder runs offline on desktop (except HDRI samples and external apps)

To switch from offline to online, edit "index.js" file:

loadFile('index.html') ==> loadURL('https://nimadez.github.io/voxel-builder')

Bundled Electron: v26.3.0-win32-x64

Installation

1- Download and extract voxel-builder.zip
2- Run "update.bat" to finish installation

• Run "update.bat" to update to the latest version
• Voxel Builder runs offline on desktop (except HDRI samples and Asset Viewer)

To switch from offline to online, edit "main.js" file:

loadFile('index.html') ==> loadURL('https://nimadez.github.io/voxel-builder')

Bundled Electron: v26.3.0-win32-x64