Moonlight|3D Features

Moonlight|3D has these features:

Upcoming features in version 0.2.0

  • simple keyframe animation using linear interpolation
  • rendering of animations
  • unified delete tool
  • optimized mesh data structures
  • new colour selection dialog
  • improved property editors
  • slightly improved 3D camera symbol

New features in version 0.1.5

  • Object coordinate systems
  • Object instancing
  • OpenEXR support based on exrforjava

New features in version 0.1.4

  • Ogre XML mesh import/export
  • Wavefront OBJ import/export
  • spot and spherical light sources
  • unified transformation and extrusion tools
  • Catmull-Clark-Subdivision and Triangulation tools
  • native Linux x86_64 version
  • improved Win32 support

New features in version 0.1.3

  • switch to Qt Jambi as UI toolkit
  • object transformation gizmos
  • many other UI improvements
  • syntax highlighting in script editor and GLSL editor
  • improved support for Sunflow including global illumination and caustics

New features in version 0.1.2

  • support for GLSL editing and realtime preview
  • support for texturing and automatically generated UV maps
  • support for Sunflow global illumination renderer
  • support for history truncation
  • persistent scene element cache
  • improved property editor
  • support for lasso type selection in all selection tools
  • UI-less batch mode to execute python scripts
  • additional mesh tools
  • loading of additional plugins from arbitrary locations

New features in version 0.1.1

  • more mesh editing functionality
  • initial support for yafray
  • support for OpenEXR and PNG image files
  • toolchest making access to commonly used tools faster
  • operator graph editor
  • reworked plugin system

New features in version 0.1.0

  • plugin-based architecture
  • all user actions on the 3D scene remain editable
  • complete support for automation through python scripts
  • completely configurable user interface layout
  • basic mesh editing functionality

Planned features for future releases

There features are planned for future versions of Moonlight|3D. This list is only intended to give a brief overview of the work that is planned. It is not set in stone.

Planned features for version 0.2

  • animation support
  • support for importing from and exporting to other file formats
  • UV mapping editor

Planned features for version 0.1.4

No additional features planned for this release. Features will be added as they get implemented.

Planned features with no fixed milestone

  • snap to grid and snap to vertex in transformation tool
  • better marking of current selection
  • advanced material framework
  • vertex and face normals
  • scripted operator graph nodes