JannisX11/blockbench v4.7.0

4.7.0 - The Reference Image Update

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Overview

• Reference Images!
• Sub keybindings!
• Preview for Bedrock Attachables
• Fixed flickering in GIF recorder
• Graph editor keyframe amplify tool
• New export options

Reference Images

• Added reference image system, replacing backgrounds
• Reference images can be mirrored and rotated
• You can change the opacity of reference images, or hide them
• You can choose the layer of your reference to show it behind or in front of the viewport, or floating above the UI
• They can be saved in your project, which requires you to save your model as a .bbmodel project file. Or, they can be saved globally in Blockbench.
• Multiple reference images can be added at the same time (#1157)
• Reference images work in the 3D and 2D editor (#1552)
• Use Clear Mode on blueprints to hide the background

Model Export Features (glTF, GLB, FBX, Collada)

• Added export settings API
• Added glTF export options
  • glTF encoding (ASCII glTF, Binary GLB)
  • Export bones as skinned armature
  • Embed textures
  • Scale
  • Export animations
• Textures and UV maps on glTF models are no longer flipped vertically (#1743)
• Added FBX export options
  • Scale
  • Export animations
  • The binary exporter is almost working, but not quite. If any FBX experts read this and may be able to help with this, hit me up!

Key Features

• Added preview mode for Minecraft Bedrock attachable models on the player
• Added keyframe amplify tool in the graph editor!
• Proportional editing for meshes
• Sub-keybindings!
  • Assign separate keys to increase or decrease a value such as brush size
  • Assign keys to go to a specific option (like specific Selection Mode, specific Transform Space etc.)

Editing

• Added function to connect mesh faces in UV editor
• Added UV vertex merging function
• Smaller increments for HSV sliders (#1406)
• Changed Box UV origin when resizing Z axis (#1794)
• Improve edge/vertex extrusion direction in side views
• Allow float sizes in modded entity format (keep in mind Box UV)
• Loop cuts can now cut through a ring of triangles

UI

• Display the top 5 Splash Art Contest submissions as a slideshow on the start sceren!
• Restructured and improved UV menu
• Improved numeric inputs
• Update preview size when resizing window with background rendering off
• Improve search bar mobile input
• Allow math expressions in numeric inputs
• Added Alt keybinding label to the color picker
• Improved link and text sharing UI
• Improved keybinding labels for international layouts
• Replaced "Don't Show Again" button in dialogs with a checkbox
• Renamed Face Normal to Face Orientation
• Added Round Value feature to numeric sliders in context menu
• Added setting for always showing splash art

Animation

• Animations from different files are now allowed to have the same name (#1437)
• Added ability to reorder animation controllers in animation list
• Mark newly added animations as unsaved
• Changed default timeline zoom level
• Improve timeline timecode displays: E. g. snapping 50 no longer displays as 0.52, 1.04 etc.
• Added support for Molang query is_first_person
• Added preview.texture_frame variable to preview animated textures

Texturing and UV

• Added mesh UV rotation handle
• Option to configure 2D mirror painting center
• Option to lock color palette
• Added slider to switch selected palette color
• Added Preview toggle in texture edit dialogs
• Added support for animated textures on meshes (#1634)
• "Reset Zoom" on UV editor now also resets position
• Renamed 16x MC skin resolution to "default"
• Added error message for textures that exceed the maximum resolution
• Hide box UV toggle in texture generator if no cubes exist
• Applying texture to box UV cube in UV editor now applies to all sides
• Allow scrolling while dragging UV and copy-paste tool overlay
• Better graphics table support for paint tools (solves #1286)
• Added subtle pixel grid to default empty texture
• Minor improvements to the mesh template generator

Other Features and Improvements

• New Language: Vietnamese
• Added first time save codec selector
• Option to reset settings to default (on right-click)
• Added validation for missing binding on Bedrock attachable models
• Omit locators and null objects from screenshots
• Plugins on desktop now only download on restart when a new version is available
• Implemented top-facing item frame display reference
• Added improved feedback for malformed JSON errors when importing files
• Improved prism editor autocomplete:
  • Disable autocomplete popping up on navigation
  • Don't autocomplete if word is already completed
• Improved mesh selection update performance
• Removed Pedro Pascal

System Requirements

• Dropped support for Windows 7 and Windows 8 / 8.1 for the Windows app. The browser app will continue to work on these systems for the forseeable future. More info

API changes

• Added API to add toolbars to panels
• Refactored panel toolbar setup
• Added message box checkboxes
• Added EventSystem super class
• Implemented "once" listener type (#1656)
• Introduced enum property type
• Added dialog inline_select form element
• Added conditions for toolbars
• Change plugin download and install methods to make more sense
• Added bedrock animation compile event hooks
• Allow tab editing in prism editors with class capture_tab_key
• Added NumSlider field to invert scroll direction

Fixes

• Fixed flickering in recorded GIFs
• Fixed issue with unset particle lifetimes (#1770)
• Fixed bezier handles not syncing on uniform scale keyframes
• Fixed resize line dragging with pen (#623)
• Fixed painting grid not updating after creating template
• Fixed #1766 UV faces rotate individually
• Removed native tooltip on icon mode bar selects
• Fixed status bar overflow
• Fixed #1795 Center View on Selection in UV is based on texture rather than UV resolution
• Fixed dissolving edges creating inverted faces
• Fixed plugin documentation link
• Fixed #1786 Cannot unselect texture if list is full
• Fixed menu bar menus not closing when clicking again (#1803, thanks @MrKinau)
• Fixed issues with height of some panels when in sidebar
• Fixed #1804 Centering view on empty project corrupts view
• Fixed issues with particle texture import and preview in web app
• Fixed inflate not working correctly in Bedrock Block format
• Fixed alignment of panting grid on bent quads
• Fixed issue with creating mesh faces between disconnected vertices
• Fixed #1797 Append Box UV elements to template increases size
• Fixed textures getting stuck in non-existant frame after removing animation frames
• Fixed #1805 issue when running edits while painting
• Fixed #1809 edge selection not working sometimes
• Fixed Reset Layout not working with new panel system
• Fixed bedrock scale keyframe export formatting
• Improved memory cleanup when closing projects
• Fixed UV dragging not reacting to changes in pressed modifier keys while dragging
• Fixed issues with undoing mesh UV mirroring and deleting meshes
• Fixed normals inverting when deleting vertices
• Fixed UV position sliders not correctly displaying coordinates of selected vertices
• Fixed Sketchfab token not getting saved in some cases