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March 2025 update

Features:

  • New Power Automate plugin: you can now easily enhance automation by integrating your apps, streamlining tasks and creating workflows with low-code solutions with Microsoft Power Automate. Read more here for the setup.
  • Added optional argument defaultValue to the dropdown parameters (SKYPARAM.generateDropdown()) that sets the value based on the options available, replacing the old defaultIndex.
  • Elfsquad plugin: added support for unique references that overrides the default autogeneration of feature reference + id. Read more here.

Improvements:

  • layout.crop() now performs a better crop, converting text/dimensions near edges into sketches and cropping sketches with fillColor into two overlapping sketches.
  • Added UX minor improvements to the recently updated Component Editor.

February 2025 update

Features:

  • New STEP Exporter: you can now easily export your DynaMaker geometries with an editor exclusively dedicated to export it in STEP format. You can read more about it here.

Improvements:

  • Updated look of app dashboard and its UI.
  • Updated Component Editor look together with UX improvements.
  • Performance and precision improvements in SKYCAD functions.

Docs:

January 2025 update

Features:

  • New Google Bucket plugin: you can now easily fetch files (e.g. 3D models as GLB, pictures as PNG, 2D files as DXF, etc) from your Google Bucket (cloud storage) instead of storing them in DynaMaker - ideal for handling large numbers of files. Read more here.

Improvements:

  • Performance and precision improvements in SKYCAD functions.
  • Performance and compression improvements in DynaMaker STEP exporter.

New component editor

We're thrilled to introduce the latest version of the DynaMaker component editor! It features a more modern look, improved testing support and serves as a key step in our efforts to create an outstanding development experience.

Screenshot of the new component editor

December 2024 update

Features:

  • Elfsquad plugin: added reference to dynamic group.

Improvements:

  • JWT plugin: added support for apps with JWT in an iFrame in Safari.

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed bugs related to SKYCAD functions involving curved surfaces.

November 2024 update

Features:

  • Added support for PLUGINS.ELFSQUAD.updateConfigurationValues() that allows updating multiple values at the same time. Read more here.
  • Added content guides as dashed-grey rectangles to layouts added in drawings as visual feedback for better positioning in the drawing editor. Read more here.

Improvements:

  • Performance and precision improvements in SKYCAD functions.
  • Precision improvements in SKYMATH functions.

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed bug related to vertical alignment of text in tables.
  • Fixed bug related to lineThickness not following scaled layouts in drawings.
  • Fixed bug related to mouse interaction.
  • Fixed bug related to Studio.requestImage() in combination with the use of the argument orthographic.

Docs:

October 2024 update

Features:

  • Added generateDataUrl() to STEP-exporter so that manual conversion to base64 through btoa() is not needed anymore, useful for QFS plugin in combination with export of STEP files (read more here)

Improvements:

  • Stricter CSV-parsing: datasets cannot be created if CSV file has multiple columns with same header (error shows up instead).
  • Updated default template save/load (read more here).

September 2024 update

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed bug related to duplicated references when using linked models in the Elfsquad plugin.
  • Fixed bug related to changing textures in application.

Docs:

  • Added new section about how to optimize assets (read more here).
  • Added new subsection about how to use transparent textures (read more here).
  • Updated section about how to save & load configurations (read more here).

August 2024 update

New features:

  • Added support for enforcing two-factor authentication (2FA) in teams. Team owners can require all members of a team to have 2FA enabled to access the team. Read more here.
  • Added support for HDRI maps in the visualization. Read more here.

Improvements:

  • Elfsquad plugin has now better support for linked models.
  • Improvements made in lazy-load of assets to increase performance.
  • Drawing export template updated for better understanding. Tutorial My First Drawing has been updated.

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed bug in SKYCAD.Bounds when using negative numbers.

May 2024 update

New features:

  • Component names in JavaScript debugging: from now on each time you save a component, its name will appear as a comment at the top of the corresponding JavaScript files in your browser's developer tools, simplifying the debugging. No more guessing which component you're dealing with!

Screenshot of browser devtools showing the component name at the top of a JavaScript file