Changelog

Stay up to date with Cloth Weaver's functionality by reading our changelog. We'll regularly update this page as soon as new features are finished and rolled-out.

2024

Version 5.0

24/02/01 v5.0

  • Support for Blender 4.0
  • 4 new Clothing Templates: Suit Jacket, Suit Coat, Dress Pants, Dress Shirt
  • Basic includes ALL textures and 9 templates

2023

Version 4.96 | 4.97

23/04/13 v4.97

  • Support for Blender 3.4+. Clothing Templates were not importing in newer versions of Blender

4.96

  • Removed the need for license keys on in-app-update

2022

Version 4.915 | 4.92 | 4.93 | 4.94

4.95

  • Body Suit Template and Procedural Coth Shader

4.94

  • Fixed bug: Align clothing to Guides was not working

4.93

  • Character/Rig picker, merged rig panel with Sew Panel

4.92

  • Straighten UVs for advanced unwrapping
  • 'Use Pins' button on main menu (use pinning for cloth sim)

4.915

  • Fixed a bug that tore clothing (mirror mod issue)
  • New buttons in Edit Mode: Re-Calc Normals and Flip Normals

2021

Version 4.9 | 4.91

4.91

  • Separated Cloth Settings into 3 categories:

1 Physical Propterties - mass, bending, stretch, etc.

2 Sewing - 2D -> 3D - sewing force and shrinking

3 Simulation - Sim Speed, Collision distance, etc.

  • Delete Custom Physics Presets
  • Cloth Settings and changes are automatically applied when upon the Cloth Weaver Panel play/stop buttons

4.9

  • Toggle Gravity
  • 2 New Templates: Socks & Tent
  • Renamed "Design" panel to "Weaver" and switched UI layout

2020 October - December 2021

Version 4.88 - 4.883 | 4.89

4.89

  • Save your own Physics Presets

4.88 - 4.883

  • Reorganized Cloth Weaver Directories into one location: Blender's system addons file path.
  • Now saves errors to a log file in Cloth Weaver's system folders
  • Fixed error saving user custom clothing templates

2020 September - October

Version 4.85 | 4.87

4.87

  • Fixed an import & sew error with the pocket template
  • Upgraded the following templates: Bra, Pants, Panties

4.85

  • Now compatible with Blender 2.9
  • The "attach clothing" button has now been changed to "sew".
  • The "sew" button has now been changed to "stitch". "Stitch" is now used only for removing the seams/gaps between sections.
  • More Physics Functions: Easily apply changes to the current selected model with the ability to reset to the default

2020 January - September

Version 4.75 | 4.76 - 4.762 | 4.8

4.8

  • Re-Calc: Improves cloth sim & speeds up designing

4.76 - 4.762

  • Fixed In-APP-Updates and bugs

4.75

  • Custom user Templates! Save & Load your own clothing! Also, categories are now available for the templates. Note: only available for the Blender 2.8 version of Cloth Weaver

2019 November - December

Version 4.65 | 4.7

  • 4.7 – New Robe Template. Optimize view button: increase viewport performance; reduce subdiv on viewport simulation
  • 4.65 – Hide/Show Tips button: Display extra tool info.

2019 January - November

Version 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.51 | 4.52 | 4.53 | 4.6 | 4.62

  • 4.62 – New Pocket Template: attach pockets to your clothes! New download info panel to display updated changes.
  • 4.6 – Updated materials for EEVEE Render Engine. New button to Auto Attach & Put on clothing (only Blender 2.8). Fixed bug with convert triangles (not all faces converted)
  • 4.53 – Button to auto-convert quads to triangles for cloth sim
  • 4.52 – Now compatible with Blender 2.8
  • 4.51 – Removed the need for license key registration on startup. Keys are still required for "in-app" updates.
  • 4.5 – New 'Clothing Guides' to assist and speed up alignment of templates to characters. Patched error with license keys (did not auto de-activate upon closing when switching to 'online mode').
  • 4.4 – New Templates: Unbuttoned Shirt, Sun Glasses, Eye Glasses, Carpet Square. Re-arranged panels and UI. Dissolved Mini-Market

2018 December - January 2019

Version 4.32 | 4.33

  • 4.33 – Offline Mode (use without an internet connection)
  • 4.32 – Restored license server connection to those in mainland China...

2018 October - December

Version 4.3 | 4.31

  • 4.31 – New Templates: Gym Bag & Pillow. Organized template icons by category
  • 4.3 – Removed the manual "odd|even procedure" that was used for designing custom clothes. We now have an intuitive system in place that streamlines user workflow!

2018 June - October

Version 4.0 | 4.01 | 4.1 | 4.16 | 4.2

  • 4.2 – 3D option for templates, Poly Add (for custom design)
  • Templates: Boxers, Gym Shorts, One piece Swimsuit

 

  • 4.16 – Automatic Updates (Download right in Blender)
  • 4.1 – Clean Up feature & Pineapple Pattern 
  • 4.01 – License Migration: Move an install to other machines  
  • 4.0 – Birth of ClothWeaver.com | Introduced the Mini-Market
  • Backup/Restore: Store and delete multiple backups
  • Bug fixes: System files were not being created
  • Materials: Grunge slider
  • Patterns: Leaf and stripes
  • Templates: Collar Shirt
  • UI: Refreshed the user interface, less scrolling required 

2018 January - June

Version 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2

  • 3.2 – Add collision to character, MBL scaling, Pants preset, custom user presets, create backside of clothing from front
  • 3.1 – Update Notifier & more cloth physics controls
  • 3.0 – Template Gallery & translucency slider in fabric material

2017 December - 2018 January​

Version 2.2 | 2.3

  • 2.3 – Reflect along Z-Axis & bug fix with sewing
  • 2.2 – Ability to change sewing force, restart simulation, assign even & odd groups

2017 November - December

Version 2.0 | 2.1

  • 2.1 – Introduced toolbar in edit mode: faster assembly & creation of edges to be sewn

 

  • 2.0 – Introduced Patterns, materials, bump maps & attaching to rig feature
  • Bump: Cotton Fiber Cloth/Polyester
  • PBR Patterns: Circle & Plaid
  • Templates: Bikini (top/bottom), Dress Long, T-Shirt, Towel, Underwear

2017 September - November

Version 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2

  • 1.2 – Bug fixes1.1 – Reset UV feature
  • 1.0 – Core sewing features, recover previous & templates: dress & short-shorts
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