Release notes v0.5.0

Improvements

• Improved moving and snapping logic
• Better guide system
• Editing stability and soft alignment to shapes
• Prop container stability
• File corruption detection
• Improved splitting of shapes
• Array enhancements
• Enhanced menu UI
• Improved UI icons for clarity
• Graphical environment and rendering improvements
• Tablet and Windows 2D interface enhancements
• Simplified controller schemes
• UI bug fixes
• Controller and hand rendering enhancements
• Scaling and dimension improvements

New features

• Import custom 3D models (.obj)
• Import custom 2D images (.png and .jpg)
• Import program area information (.csv)
• Ambient Occlusion and visual style of Arkio on all platforms
• Plane based Sketches in VR and mobile
• Simultaneous modeling in multi-user sessions (experimental)
• Automatic sharing of imported models and images in meetings
• New 3D primitives
• Create shapes automatically split into floors
• Set wall thickness and ceiling height in settings
• Quick selection menu (menu button, shortcuts removed from controller)
• Top-down view of model on mobile
• Toggle tool modes using wristband
• Select between orthogonal and free edit of shape features
• Wristband watch showing actual time and Arkio time (activates sun tool)
• Settings UI for default wall thickness and ceiling height
• Throw object to delete (experimental)
• New props (trees, people and furniture)
• Edit and distort props
• Create shapes, paint and delete in AR mode on mobile (experimental)
• Touch UI buttons to select
• Architectural scale snapping when scaling the world
• Section plane can now be left in the scene while switching to other tools
• Toggle guides and snapping on/off (left joystick down)