Changelog¶

2.0.0¶

Cut Groove: Cuts a V-shaped groove or gap where other meshes intersect.
Solidify Pro: Solidify meshes with advanced profile control. Supports custom normals.
Offset Surface: Offset the surface of a mesh.
Boolean Extrude: Extrude area of Boolean intersection area in or out.
Boolean Trim: Cut and 'trim' a mesh with single-sided cutter objects.

Surface Project renamed to Project to Surface:
- Added Color debug options for projection and normal masks.
Surface Insert:
- Added "Instances" option to insert mesh panel. You can now:
  - Realize instances and insert using their local transform (if applicable).
  - Realize instances and insert using their parent insert object's transform (if applicable).
  - Keep instances, maintain their relative position to the nearest insert geometry.
- Debug Color for projection and normal masks.
- Surface Boolean is now optional.
- Added "Boolean Caps" menu to help with certain edge cases.
Boolean Pro:
- Has multi-object input like other mesh modifiers.
- New "Non-manifold fallback" solver option.
- Output attributes for boundary edges and slice faces.
Face Weighted Normals:
- Now takes into account corner angle. Triangulated meshes now have better weighting.
Symmetrize:
- Added support for mirroring instances.
- Added option to convert geometry to an instance before mirroring. This works well when using the object as an insert mesh with Surface Insert.

Single file download/install for normalMagic Pro (Asset library is now packaged with the add-on)
Surface Integration. New panel, contains operators for:
- Surface Insert
- Project to Surface
Modifier References. New panel: show/hide, select/deselect, apply/delete objects referenced by modfiers on the active object.
Object Display. New panel to manage object visibility.
Boolean Pro Panel
- "Advanced Boolean" sub-panel contains new operators:
- Modifier Settings now handled by the modifier defaults system.
Modifier Header Bar. Quickly apply modifiers and manage modifier references from the modifier properties panel.
Modifier Defaults. Save default settings for modifiers added via the add-on.
Added Symmetrize and Mark Sharp operators. They are in the modifier header bar by default.
All operators now support more than 6 cutters/inserts at a time.

Surface Project: Complete refactor to better match the options on Surface Insert.
- Introduced "Wrap" Mode.
- Option to turn off normal transfer.
Surface Insert:
- Renamed "Projection Origin" to "Base Height".
- "Base Height" no longer shows when in "Blend to Surface" mode.
- Fixed Cases where cutters would be flipped when generated causing several bugs.
- Refactored height calculation — should be no change to behavior.
- Added Debug for projection direction.
- Cleaned up all attributes created by modifier.
New Modifier: Symmetrize:
- Mirror-like modifier for single axis symmetry.
- Works with custom normals.
- Local/Global/Object space mirroring.
Repair Mirrored Normals:
- Added Mirror Object option.
New Modifier: Change Materials:
- Assign materials or material indices to face selections.
New Modifier: Lock Normals:
- Creates custom normals if none exist.
- Allows converting normals to "Tangent Space" which allows for deformation after setting.
New Manual Tool: Add Custom Normals:
- Tool version of "Lock Normals" for Object and Edit Mesh modes.
Normal Transfer:
- Improving sharp edges appearing when transferring normals on small meshes.
Smooth Normals:
- Fixed broken normals on very small meshes.

Moved "Link Split Mesh" next to the "Split" Button.
Moved "Refresh" button above "Add Asset Library" to encourage use.
"Add Asset Library" now runs the "Refresh" operator to avoid adding the same library twice.
Fixed error when cutter collection is hidden/disabled.
Added "No Change" option to cutter display options.
Fixed cutters moving when using the redo panel. This occurred when parenting was on.
Now allows example file to live in the same folder as the asset library.