What's New in 3DCrafter 9.1
 | New View Options Each scene view now provides quick access to common view options via auto-expanding option buttons. Immediate previews of the options are applied to the scene via hover-over previews. |
| View Options Saved Options for a particular view are now saved to allow swapping back and forth between view modes without losing view position, orientation, grid mode, or view mode. |
| Auto-Aligning Edit Control The Edit Control can now be aligned to the current selection, to reduce the amount of mouse movement required to complete common tasks. |
| Enhanced Selection Box The selection box that outlines shapes, now includes a color-coded direction indicator to show what direction each of the Edit Control functions will affect. |
| In-View
Quick Access Operation Buttons Quick access to operations can now be displayed in-view. |
| Improved World and Component
Coordinate Modes These modes now take into consideration the current viewpoint to simplify the use of the Edit Control. |
| Context Sensitive Navigation
When a shape is selected, rotation will be around the selected shape. If a shape is selected, zooming (including mouse-wheel zooming) will be directed towards the selection. |
| Compact Controls The Navigation and Edit controls can now be displayed in a more compact form, to provide more viewable space. |
| Redesigned Group/Pivot Point Indicator The Group/Pivot Point indicator has been redesigned to be more visible and now displays x, y and z to give a better indication of direction. |
| New Link Child Groups Option A new option is available to link the movement of child groups to their parents. |
What's New in 3DCrafter 9
| New Auto-UnWrap Plug-in
(3DCrafter Pro Feature) This new plug-in uses Iso-charts to automatically unfold a shape to create a texture suitable for painting. |
| New UV Editor (3DCrafter Pro
Feature) UV Editing becomes faster and easier with the new 3DCrafter UV Editor. This new plug-in handles manual unwrapping, mapping to existing textures as well as texture remapping. |
| Faster View Arrangement Selection View arrangements can now be chosen directly from the main toolbar to permit rapid switching between view arrangements. |
| Working View Arrangements Saved View arrangement details are saved/restored when changing view arrangements. |
| Model Specific View Arrangements View arrangement details, including divider locations, view mode, grid style and camera positions are now saved with each model. |
| Faster UV Operations (3DCrafter
Plus/Pro Feature) The performance of the UV related operations has been improved to support more complex models. |
| UV Operation Context Menus
(3DCrafter Plus/Pro Feature) Context menus have been added for the UV related operations. |
| Improved Coordinate Selection for
UV Operations (3DCrafter Plus/Pro Feature) The coordinate selection features for the UnWrap, UV Map and UV Remap have been enhanced to permit easier selection of multiple coordinates. All of the standard 3DCrafter face, edge and point selection features are now supported for UV points. |
| Improved UV Operation Coordinate
Manipulation (3DCrafter Plus/Pro Feature) The UnWrap, UV Map and UV Remap operations have been enhanced to support coordinate shifting and scaling using the edit control. |
| Wrap Mode and Wrap Orientation available in UV
Operations (3DCrafter Plus/Pro
Feature) The UVMap and UnWrap operations now allow the wrap mode, and the wrap orientation to be changed without leaving the operation. |
| Resizable UV Operation Windows
(3DCrafter Plus/Pro Feature) The UnWrap, UV Map and UV Remap operation windows can now be resized. |
| Support for Unwrapping to larger
textures (3DCrafter Plus/Pro Feature) The UnWrap operation now unwraps to textures up to 2048 x 2048, regardless of Windows Desktop resolution. |
| Enhanced Select Edge Loop Function The Select Edge Loop function has been upgraded to select edge arcs as well as entire loops. |
| Support for Edge Creasing The Crease operation has been upgraded to support creasing of edges. |
| New Optimize Operation Tolerances The Optimize Operation now supports the entry of tolerances for point, normal and texture coordinate optimization. It also now optimizes using point, normal and texture coordinate blending. |
| Enhanced Material Operation The Material operation now supports application of Cylindrical and Spherical wraps to face selections. |
| Enhanced "Select by Material"
Function The "Select my Material" function has been enhanced to permit adding to selections. |