QtDesignStudio-changelog4.5.0

The Qt Design Studio 4.5.0 release contains bug fixes and new features.

The most important changes are listed in this document. For a complete list of changes, see the release reports of Qt Design Studio 4.5.0: https://bugreports.qt.io/projects/QDS/versions/21211

General

* Added new Design Effects as Beta (QDS-11085)
* Added Fly Mode to 3D View (QDS-11698)
* Added tooling for Fresnel in materials (QDS-11696)
* Updated to Qt 6.7 for runtime (QDS-12294)
* Added custom patches for Fresnel support to Qt 6.7 runtime (QDS-12437)
* Updated and improved the workflow from qmlproject to CMake (QDS-10778)
* Added action to enable/disable automatic CMake generation (QDS-12309)
* Added new project structure for compliance with QML compiler (QDS-12496, QDS-12502)
* Added that the cloud-based license checker becomes the default (QDS-12275)
* Added selection of 3d objects from 2d View (QDS-12126)
* Added gradient support for MCU projects (QDS-11521)
* Improved the error massage about invalid ids (QDS-12195)
* Added an id "root" by default to the root QML type in the newly created QML file (QDS-12248)
* Added gradient support for QUL Arc Item (QDS-12690)
* Added QtQuickUltralite.Studio.Components to MCUs 2.7 metadata (QDS-11588)
* Added double data type support in Properties tab (QDS-10439)
* Added FrameAnimation to item ibrary (QDS-12130)
* Added missing qtpdf module to Qt runtime (QDS-12654)

Qt Design Viewer

* Added feedback to the user while creating RCC (QDS-11990)
* Added timeout for big RCC packages (QDS-11991)
* Fixed that 'Share' button doesn't work after removing shared application (QDS-11622)

Documentation

* Added example and documention for Fresnel (QDS-12367)
* Added documentation for model editor (QDS-11240)
* Updated QDS version compatibility with Qt for MCUs SDKs page (QDS-12270)

Figma

* Added support for Gradients (QDS-8491)
* Added support for Design Effects (QDS-12494)
* Added extra functionality to some text output strings (QDS-12806)
* Added Plugin build date to About page (QDS-12246)
* Shortened suffix for merged items (QDS-12118)
* Improved readability of export progress text output (QDS-12281)
* Fixed that export of some remote items caused an error (QDS-11541)
* Fixed that export of an empty project was possible (QDS-12170)
* Added error message on export of an empty project (QDS-12170)

Bridge

* Added support for Shape Gradients (QDS-7392)
* Added importer support for Gradients and Effects (QDS-12434)