Release notes | Substance 3D Viewer

Viewer Version 0.19.1
(Released Nov 14, 2024)

Added:

3D model to image can now generate different aspect ratio choices.
Support for importing GLTF lights.
Support for exporting FBX lights.
Support for exporting FBX camera animations.
Keyboard shortcuts display in application menus.
Tooltips for long strings when the full length will not fit are now shown on hover.

Fixed:

Fixed a crash when unable to connect the rendering engine to Vulkan on unsupported GPUs. A dialog will now appear notifying the system is incompatible.
Incorrect icon shown in the navigation info bar for 2 button mouse zoom canvas command.
Inconsistent visual appearance of images between snapshot, export image panel, and Send to Photoshop workflows.
Trackpad scrolling missing in the export image panel.
Missing scrollbar in the Generate workspace.
Missing scrollbar in the Feedback panel.
Zoom UI displaying in the incorrect location in the app header bar.
Incorrect display names when importing SBSAR materials.
Incorrect display names when importing cameras from FBX files.
Incorrect transforms when importing cameras from FBX files.
Incorrect transform when importing skinned meshes from FBX files.
Incorrect transform when importing rigged mesh from FBX files.
Incorrect scale transform when loading FBX files.
Error when exporting FBX files as FBX files.
Missing textures when exporting FBX files.
Missing metallic textures when converting GLB to FBX files.
Non-unit length normal vectors error when converting FBX to GLTF files.
Error with image loading when saving and reloading GLB files.
Camera transformation incorrect when exporting as FBX file.
Geometry and texture information lost when converting GLB to FBX files.
Missing localized strings for tessellation settings.
Generate not working for Japanese language prompts.
Strings are clipped in the interface.

Added:

Support for more 3D file formats in Photoshop (3MF, SAT, 3DS, DWF, DWFX, IPT, IAM, EXP, CGR, DAE, DXF, PRT, IGS, IGES, X_B, X_T, PRC, RFA, 3DM, PAR, STL, STP, STEP, U3D, WRL, VRML)
Localized Viewer dialogs and controls in Photoshop to French, German, Japanese
Support for 16-bit Photoshop documents as backgrounds when editing the Smart Object in Viewer
A new tutorial to the Photoshop discover panel
Compatibility checks between plugin and Substance 3D Viewer desktop

Fixed:

Crash when viewing About dialog
Multiple issues with transform and updates between Viewer and Photoshop
Unable to place 3D files with extended characters in file name in Photoshop
Transform is incorrect when editing mulitple smart objects from one Photoshop document
Multiple issues with handling file paths with extended characters
Issue when using a 3D object inside a group or artboard

Fixed:

Changed:

There is an error when saving USD files that breaks mesh visualization. Files are now saved as ASD format when edited.

Changes:

Fixed transformation information showing up incorrectly when opening a 3D file Smart Object in Substance 3D Viewer.

Changes:

Fixed a crash when using the Photoshop (beta) workflow and using the edit contents action multiple times in a row