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3DToLD Release 1.6.0 - The new name of Convert To LDraw - Hageta - 2025-11-16
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About the Update:
I decided to change the name to make it shorter, more in line with other LDraw tool and to get rid of the ambiguity about the space between the words.Until the next update the name of the repo will remain the same, but it will be changed shortly before the next release.
A lot of work has been put into this release. My personal highlight is the new 3mf loader wich allows loading of colored 3mf files. There are also some bug fixes that improve stp compatability and possibly other formats.
Features:
- new custom 3mf parser #10
- supports color/material data
- reads some metadata (name/title, author/designer, license)
- supports color/material data
- a subpart can be split grouped by colours(+outlines) #16
- also added button to delete a subpart
- also added button to delete a subpart
- selectable unit used for conversion #48
- removed "Use LDraw Scale" check
- removed "Use LDraw Scale" check
Improvements/Changes:
- renamed to 3DToLD
- renamed main Python package to ThreeDToLD since leading 3 was not possible
- renamed main Python package to ThreeDToLD since leading 3 was not possible
- added loading screen that is shown during long operations #41
- outline deletion + info #33
- outline dialog now has a delete button
- left info label in subpart tab displays outline count
- right info label in subpart tab now displays triangle count
- outline dialog now has a delete button
- more verbose exception handling #51
- show an exception dialog if a exception occurs during loading
- show an exception dialog if a exception occurs during loading
- more buttons in edit part section #49
- button to map colours off all subparts
- button to map colours off all subparts
- updated LDraw colour definitions to the 2025-09 parts update
- removed filetypes that used gmsh from fileselection
- gmsh support was removed in version 4.7.0 of trimesh
- there is an open issue to bring back gmsh support #58
- gmsh support was removed in version 4.7.0 of trimesh
Bug Fixes:
- could not load models with multimaterial property #55
- colour fixes get applied before any transformations #59
- get scale factor before any transformations #57
Full Changelog: https://github.com/Nexusnui/Convert-To-LDraw/compare/v1.5.2...v1.6.0