Bricksmith Changelog

What's new in Bricksmith 3.0

Apr 8, 2014
  • New Features:
  • LSynth integration with real-time, drag-and-drop constraint editing for creating flexible hoses, chains, bands, etc.
  • Curved parts are drawn with smooth shading
  • Can change spin center to center of selection
  • “Walk-Through” camera mode lets you view your model from the inside.
  • Search feature to select all parts of a particular color or name
  • Translucent parts correctly show the model behind them. (The interiors of translucent parts may not be rendered correctly.)
  • Performance improvements for rendering models with large numbers of parts.
  • “Insert Related” command automatically inserts selected parts that match the selection, e.g. drawers for a cupboard, tires for a wheel, window glass for a window frame.
  • Split Step command
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixed modifier shortcuts for mouse tools not working after invoking a contextual menu on 10.8+

New in Bricksmith 2.6.1 (Nov 12, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • Automatic application update checking and installation
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixed texture search path
  • Fixed issues with drag handles inside textures
  • Fixed object selection inside textures

New in Bricksmith 2.6 (Oct 31, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • Supports planar textures (LDraw TEXMAP language extension)
  • Select multiple parts by dragging a rectangle around them
  • Part Browser improvements:
  • Source-list UI
  • Part Browser search scope buttons for choosing all parts or selected category
  • Improved text-matching algorithm for search
  • Recognizes and searches !KEYWORDS in parts
  • Identify and categorize alias parts, and exclude them from searches
  • New option for turntable-style model spinning (in which the model can't be rolled on its side)
  • Substantial improvements to the handling of neighboring file references
  • Referenced neighbor files can be opened and edited; changes seen in parent document
  • Submodels in neighboring files will be drawn correctly
  • New duplicated parts are inserted into last step instead of current one
  • Document autosave
  • Option-wheel (or just wheel) to zoom
  • Command-Shift-C for color palette
  • Removed nonstandard Officiality setting for models
  • Speed improvements for models with many submodel references
  • Speed improvements while hovering mouse over model
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixed crash on 10.7+ when closing windows or viewports
  • Step display won't change the view rotation unless the step specifies it
  • Pan-dragging is not affected by perspective distortion
  • Zooming gesture locked in when view is orthographic; no interspersed rotations are permitted (prevents view from changing to perspective)
  • Allow leading whitespace in any line
  • Fixed primitives failing to be drawn in new submodels
  • Fixed certain hang situations
  • Avoid accessing Address Book to avoid scare dialog on 10.8
  • General Notes:
  • Now requires Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) at minimum.

New in Bricksmith 2.5.1 (Nov 3, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • Show 3D coordinates while hovering mouse
  • Show All command
  • Auto zooms to fit when opening a file
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixed hang when deleting parts by dragging them out of the window
  • Fixed parsing problems when opening files which do not terminate with 0 FILE
  • Disallow the insertion of circular submodel references
  • Fixed bug in which newly-opened document windows did not automatically become the main window
  • Fixed unexpected viewing angle reset when inserting parts during step display mode
  • Undo works when the Part Browser and Rotate panels are open

New in Bricksmith 2.5 (Apr 28, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • Multi-threaded file parser (10.6 64-bit only)
  • Inlined primitives drawn with faster optimized structures
  • Direct primitive vertex interaction
  • Cursor-centric zooming
  • Supports 3DConnexion mice for part orientation
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixed situation in which all viewports could disappear
  • Fixed preserving perspective/orthographic view between launches
  • Magnification trackpad gesture is smoother

New in Bricksmith 2.4 (Jun 14, 2010)

  • New Features
  • Drawing speed improvements of up to 1200%
  • 64-bit native on Mac OS X 10.6
  • Viewports fill their entire frame
  • Supports displaying direct RGB LDraw syntax
  • Supports displaying legacy blended colors from the original LDRAW
  • Saved files formatted in traditional LDraw text style instead of fixed-width columns
  • Bugs Fixed
  • Fixed part selection failures for certain indirectly-referenced objects
  • Eliminated several extra redraws

New in Bricksmith 2.3.1 (Dec 13, 2009)

  • Empty steps no longer prevent files from being opened.
  • Split and Close tooltips appear.
  • Split and Close buttons always work.

New in Bricksmith 2.1 (Jan 21, 2009)

  • New Features:
  • Supports step rotations
  • Streamlined Step Display UI
  • Moved file outline on to the main window
  • Improved line appearance
  • Toolbar buttons for Part Browser, Inspector, and Colors
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fixed MLCad/LDraw spec compatibility issue which caused files containing multiple submodels to not render correctly in MLCad. (All model names are now internally forced to end in .ldr; old files will be automatically fixed as they are opened.)
  • LDraw/ldconfig.ldr is now read; previously Bricksmith would only refer to an internal copy
  • Renaming a submodel also renames all references to it
  • Duplicating models adds a "copy X" suffix

New in Bricksmith 2.0 (Jul 24, 2008)

  • Mouse-based part movement
  • Drag-and-drop from the Part Browser
  • Global color list is read from ldconfig.ldr
  • Anti-aliased drawing (much prettier)
  • Lines are drawn with a complimentary color to the main part
  • Hotkeys for viewing angles
  • Simplified some keyboard shortcuts
  • Added help pages for secret key shortcuts and unofficial parts
  • Eliminated drawing problems resulting in unilluminated polygons (ex. flowers.dat)
  • Fixed split-view state restoration under Leopard