v2.0.0

Added

• Added Component base class with standardized widget attribute and update() method.
• Added BoundComponent class for components bound to object attributes with automatic value synchronization.
• Added new components: BooleanToggle, ColorPicker, NumberEdit, Container, Tabform.

Changed

• Complete restructuring of compas_viewer UI architecture to implement component-based system.
• Replaced dialogs with integrated components: CameraSettingsDialog → CameraSetting, ObjectSettingDialog → ObjectSetting.
• Enhanced existing components: Updated Slider, TextEdit, Button to use new component-based system.
• Moved UI elements to dedicated components/ folder.
• Refactored MenuBar, ToolBar, SideDock, MainWindow, StatusBar, ViewPort to use new component system.
• Updated UI class to use new component architecture.
• All UI components now inherit from Base class for consistent structure.
• Improved data binding with automatic attribute synchronization.

Removed

• Removed deprecated components: ColorComboBox, ComboBox, DoubleEdit, LineEdit, LabelWidget.
• Removed CameraSettingsDialog and ObjectSettingDialog (replaced with integrated components).

v1.6.1

Added

Changed

• Fixed the bug of missing geometry shader in released package.

Removed

v1.6.0

Added

• Added ability to add and remove objects in real-time after viewer starts running.
• Added option to drag and drop serialized JSON files of scene and geometries.
• Added shortcut Del to remove selected objects in scene.
• Added OffscreenBufferContext for better maintainability on instance rendering pipeline.

Changed

• Made linewidth working again through GeometryShader.
• Fixed a bug of viewer crashing with empty scene.

Removed

v1.5.1

Added

Changed

• Fixed a bug with updating color in object setting form.

Removed

v1.5.0

Added

• Added back BufferObject and BufferGeometry to create geometry from low-level buffer data.

Changed

• Fixed kwargs error when assigning vertexcolor.
• Fixed a bug of mis-matching colors and positions length for GeometryObject buffer data.

Removed

v1.4.0

Added

• Added BufferManager to handle buffer data for all the scene objects.
• Added make_texture_buffer in gl.py for matrix and settings array.

Changed

• Greatly improved performance for scenes with large number of objects.
• All scene objects are rendered once in a combined buffer through single draw call.
• Updated shaders to version OpenGL 330 Core Profile.
• Implemented matrix and settings array as texture buffer instead of uniforms to improve performance.
• Blending of transparent objects is handled in a second draw on top of the opaque objects.

Removed

• Removed all low-level buffer related functions from SceneObjects, which is now handled together by BufferManager.
• Removed redundant Shaders: grid_shader, instance_shader, surface_shader and arrow_shader.
• Removed paint_instance from Renderer as it handled by a shader flag.

v1.3.2

Added

Changed

Removed

v1.3.1

Added

Changed

Removed

v1.3.0

Added

• Added TextEdit to handle name change.
• Added DefaultLayout to handle gerneral layout setting to minimal.
• Added ColorDialog to manage color dialog.
• Added SettingLayout to manage complex layout with config input.
• Added robot.py example.
• Added ortho option to view.
• Added vertical_align and horizontal_align options to Tag.

Changed

• Fixed GroupObject pointcolor not found error with impliment exclude_type_list.
• Fixed Tag inconsistent height issue.
• Dynamically adjust camera pan delta based on distacne.

Removed

v1.2.4

Added

• Added list to accepted types for Scene.add.
• Added list[float] to accepted types for Camera.position and Camera.target.
• Added unit to Viewer and Config.
• Added bounding_box and _update_bounding_box to BufferObject.

Changed

• Fixed opacity bug with BufferObject.
• Updated SceneForm to avoid completely reload when scene objects not changed.

Removed