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Release v0.70.1
Just a quick bugfix to speed up data migration during upgrade to v0.70.0. See release notes for that version for everything else!
posted on 29 Jun 2024
Release v0.70.0
This releases brings BIG changes to the upload process. Firstly, file upload progress is shown as it happens, so you can see what’s going on; then, the extraction of zip files happens in the background, so you can carry on using Manyfold while it happens. Models are created straight away, without the need for a full scan, so the “scan after upload” button has gone away. And finally, perhaps our single most popular feature request - you can now upload individual files as new models! So, no need to zip up a single STL any more.
posted on 29 Jun 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W25
Back on the development train after the last few weeks of disruption, last week was all about security. We had the results of the security audit, as I mentioned last time, and there were a bunch of issues to fix, which took up the early part of the week. Then on Thursday I pushed those changes out in release v0.69.0.
posted on 24 Jun 2024
Release v0.69.0
We had a security audit recently, thanks to NLNet / NGI Zero and Radically Open Security. This release fixes a load of security issues that were found in the audit, many of which fix other bugs at the same time.
posted on 20 Jun 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W22-24
This time I’m going to wrap up 3 weeks into one note, because a lot of life stuff happened, not really leaving much time for Manyfold.
posted on 17 Jun 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W21
Week 21, and it was time to bite off the next big bit of work. Improvements to uploading are the most popular requested features at the moment, and in order to do that, I wanted to make some underlying improvements to the way the files are managed. One big driver for this is that I wanted to be able to support cloud storage (like Amazon S3), so that if you’re running a shared instance, you don’t need a real attached disk, and can easily expand storage as required.
posted on 17 Jun 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W20
The week started with some loose ends around accessibility, and a collection of small bugfixes and contributions.
posted on 17 Jun 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W19
For reasons that will become clear, I’ve fallen behind on my weeknotes. But, I want to get back in the saddle, so here we go. Catchup time. First up, week 19.
posted on 17 Jun 2024
Release v0.68.0
A small release this week, while we do some more big changes behind the scenes for a future release. Main thing is an improvement to the automatic grouping of files in models, so that they get arranged in a more sensible way. There’s more to improve here, but this should make things a bit more useful!
posted on 29 May 2024
Release v0.67.0
This release introduces optional, anonymous, as-private-as-possible usage tracking, purely so that we can answer the question “how many people are using Manyfold?”. There is a detailed breakdown of exactly what data is collected and how we use it in the admin manual, but in summary, we collect only the application version you’re running, and we can’t access or save it, other than getting aggregated statistics.
posted on 17 May 2024
Release v0.66.2
Small hotfix to stop invalid filenames being created during 3MF export.
posted on 13 May 2024
Release v0.66.1
Just a quick bugfix for v0.66!
posted on 13 May 2024
Release v0.66.0
On the surface, this release is mostly about more accessibility - keyboard controls for rotating 3d models, correctly-tagged languages, and colour contrast. But in order to do that, behind the scenes the 3d renderer has had a massive rewrite, and I hope you’ll find it a lot faster and smoother to use!
posted on 12 May 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W18
In last week’s note, I discussed the accessibility audit we’d just done; well, the rest of the week was spent fixing all the problems raised. Well, almost all.
posted on 07 May 2024
Release v0.65.0
This release is all about improving accessibility after a recent audit. No new features as such, but if you’re a screen reader or keyboard user you should find the site much easier to use. We now have skip links for large content blocks, proper tab ordering, better labels for links and buttons, and much more. We now use shape as well as colour to differentiate problem severity icons, which should help users with reduced colour vision.
posted on 03 May 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W17
Well, that didn’t take long. Three weeks in and I forgot to write the weeknote. Still, only a day late.
posted on 30 Apr 2024
Release v0.64.0
This release brings a range of accessibility, security and performance improvements, such as being able to select your language manually as well as automatically, and lots of other behind-the-scenes improvements and bugfixes.
posted on 25 Apr 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W16
Last week in Manyfold development saw a bit more rabbithole spelunking again, and once again not quite the focus I was after.
posted on 22 Apr 2024
Release v0.63.0
posted on 21 Apr 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W15
I haven’t talked much about Manyfold’s development so far other than just pushing out code, and so I thought I’d start giving weeknotes a try. Prior warning though, I’m terrible at habits like this, so this may be sporadic, or disappear into nothing. I’ll start with trying to do a weeknote each Monday about the previous week’s progress.
posted on 15 Apr 2024
Release v0.62.0
The features in this little release weren’t on the roadmap; think of this as more of a weekend bonus! Images in a model are now shown in a carousel at the top of the page, with the individual 3d files further down. Also, the bulk editor doesn’t include images any more (because they didn’t have anything to edit).
posted on 14 Apr 2024
Release v0.61.0
This release brings the ability for your users to recover their forgotten passwords, and stay logged in between browser sessions. The speed of the mesh analysis jobs has also roughly doubled, which makes detecting those holes a bit less expensive.
posted on 12 Apr 2024
Release v0.60.0
In this release, Manyfold takes a step inside your files to make sure they’re printable! During scan, we look at the mesh structure of OBJ and STL files and make sure they don’t have any holes. If they do, we’ll raise a Problem so you can investigate further.
posted on 09 Apr 2024
Release v0.59.1
posted on 28 Mar 2024
Release v0.59.0
🌟 This is a BIG one; Manyfold is going multi-user! 🌟
posted on 25 Mar 2024
Release v0.58.0
In this release, two new translations! We have a complete French translation thanks to @clepoittevin and @Andreaj42, and mostly-complete Polish thanks to @XioR112! There are also some improvements to some untranslated German text from @ZwiebelTVDE.
posted on 18 Mar 2024
Release v0.57.2
posted on 05 Mar 2024
Release v0.57.1
posted on 22 Feb 2024
Release v0.57.0
posted on 20 Feb 2024
Release v0.56.1
Small bugfix release to fix a problem where new instances wouldn’t start up.
posted on 05 Feb 2024
Release v0.56.0
This release is all about better management of collection problems! Last release introduced the ability to change the severity of different problems, and completely turn off some categories if you don’t want to know about them.
posted on 02 Feb 2024
Release v0.55.2
posted on 31 Jan 2024
Release v0.55.1
posted on 30 Jan 2024
Release v0.55.0
In this, the first release of many in 2024. we have some new features. You can now set license information for models, and you can choose how important different problems are when displayed - including whether to hide them completely!
posted on 29 Jan 2024
Release v0.54.2
This is the first release with our new docker image name, ghcr.io/manyfold3d/manyfold.
posted on 06 Dec 2023
Release v0.54.1
VanDAM is changing name to Manyfold! In order to continue getting updates, you will need to change your docker configuration to pull from ghcr.io/manyfold3d/manyfold instead, for future versions.
posted on 06 Dec 2023
Release v0.54.0
What’s Changed
posted on 12 Oct 2023
Release v0.53.0
posted on 23 Aug 2023
Release v0.52.1
posted on 21 Aug 2023
Release v0.52.0
posted on 16 Aug 2023
Release v0.51.0
posted on 07 Aug 2023
Release v0.50.0
posted on 17 Jul 2023
Release v0.49.0
posted on 15 Jul 2023
Release v0.48.0
posted on 06 Jul 2023
Release v0.47.1
Second attempt at releasing v0.47.0 (after a quick bugfix in the build), with a few small features to make library management easier.
posted on 02 Jul 2023
Release v0.47.0
posted on 02 Jul 2023
Release v0.46.0
posted on 24 Jun 2023
Release v0.45.0
posted on 20 Jun 2023
Release v0.44.0
What’s Changed
posted on 15 Apr 2023
Release v0.43.0
The big news this release is uploading! You can upload archive files directly through the web interface, and the models within will be extracted and scanned into your library.
posted on 17 Mar 2023
Release v0.42.0
Lots of new stuff! You can now tell VanDAM how you want your files organised on disk. By creator? Collection? Tag? All of the above? Now you can! Even better, VanDAM will attempt to guess information for newly-scanned models based on the template. There are also lots of improvements around tagging, and some new library options like custom icons!
posted on 10 Mar 2023