Metasequoia 4.7 (Ver4.7.5a) (18th Dec, 2020)

Metasequoia Ver 4.7.5a has been released. This update includes some bug fixes.

Metasequoia 4.7 (Ver4.7.5) (13th Oct, 2020)

Metasequoia Ver 4.7.5 has been released. This update provisionally supports macOS Big Sur (confirmed in beta version), and includes some improvements.

Metasequoia 4.7 (Ver4.7.4d) (6th Jul, 2020)

Metasequoia Ver 4.7.4d has been released. This update includes a bug fix about Direct3D display. It is available for Windows only.

Metasequoia 4.7 (Ver4.7.4c) (6th Jul, 2020)

Metasequoia Ver 4.7.4c has been released. This update includes some bug fixes. It is available for both Windows and macOS.

Metasequoia 4.7 (Ver4.7.4b) (18th May, 2020)

Metasequoia Ver 4.7.4b has been released. This update resolves the Direct3D 11 display delay. It is available for Windows only.

Metasequoia 4.7 (Ver4.7.4a) (7th May, 2020)

Metasequoia Ver 4.7.4a has been released. This version includes these two changes.

• [Apply bind poses] option has been add in FBX importer.
• Fixed the bug that Direct3D 11 display causes an error when [Change the colors of lines in selected faces] is on.

This update is for Windows only.

Metasequoia 4.7 (Ver4.7.4) (28th Apr, 2020)

Metasequoia Ver 4.7.4 has been released. The main updates are as follows.

• Update FBX SDK (Corresponding to security issues)
• PBR shaders support in FBX importer
• Add a bone template for Unreal Engine 4
• Other minor updates and bug fixes

Please see the defail in Release Note

In addition, support for Windows 7/8 has been reduced in this version, and Direct3D 11 display is not available if D3DCompiler_47.dll is installed on Windows. If you can't display it, please install it using the following method.

• Windows 7: Please apply all updates in Windows Update, or apply KB4019990 manually.
• Windows 8: Please upgrade to Windows 8.1 or 10.

Metasequoia 4.7 (Ver4.7.3) (31th Jan, 2020)

Metasequoia Ver 4.7.3 has been released.

Download the new version from Download page.

Metasequoia 4.7 (Ver4.7.2b) (15th Jan, 2020)

Metasequoia Ver 4.7.2b for masOS has been released. The following problems have been resolved or improved.

• The GUI is changed by the macOS's appearance (Light or Dark).
• An installation is complex because of the secutiry warning in macOS Catalina (10.15).
• An extension is not automatically changed when a file is saved in macOS Catalina (10.15).
• Lists and Paint Panel are not updated after operations.
• An application freezes when an object whose name contains non-English characters.
• A part of shortcut keys is not available when the help is docked.

This update is applied to macOS only.

Metasequoia 4.7 (Ver4.7.2a) (10th Dec, 2019)

Metasequoia Ver 4.7.2a for masOS has been released. It fixes buf for importing and exporting .fbx files. This update is applied to macOS only.

Metasequoia 4.7 (Ver4.7.2) (4th Dec, 2019)

Metasequoia Ver 4.7.2 has been released. It contains some improvements and bug fixes.

Download the new version from Download page.

Metasequoia 4.7 (Ver4.7.1) (24th Oct, 2019)

Metasequoia Ver 4.7.1 has been released. It contains some improvements and bug fixes.

TIPS are updated - Introduction of Metasequoia 4's useful features(7) (1st Aug, 2019)

An article to introduce useful features of Metasequoia 4 has been published.
Please check TIPS for Metasequoia.

Metasequoia 4.7 (Ver4.7.0a) for macOS (22nd May, 2019)

Metasequoia Ver 4.7.0a has been released.

This update is a bug fix for macOS edition.
There was a problem with display on 3d views. This bug has been fixed.

But, if you use multi monitors on macOS, depending on the type of monitor, the display may be disturbed or numeric input field of operation handle is not displayed.
If the display of the view is disturbed, please check the [Prevent a bloken screen for multi monitors] in [Configuration > Preview > OpenGL].

Download the new version from Download page.
*This release is only for macOS version. There is no update for Windows version.

Metasequoia 4.7 (Ver4.7.0) for Windows and macOS (24th Apr, 2019)

Main updates of Ver 4.7.0 are as follows.

Bone command has been improved.

The Bone structure has changed. In the new version, bone editing is done by node operation.
This will help you organize and manage bone settings. And, the compatibility with FBX/PMD is improved.

• Align - You can align the parent and child bones straight, or align along the X / Y / Z axis.
  
• Play Pose Simple Animation - During weight editing by [Paint], you can play back the saved pose to see skin deforming by the bone movement.
  
• [Needle] added - [Needle] has been added to select vertices and apply fine weights. Unlike brushes, you can also paint weights on vertices behind objects.
  
• Weight list - you can list and edit the weights assigned to any vertex.
  

[Bent] and [Shear] has been updated.

Detailed operations such as numerical specification of the bending angle are now possible.

Improved support for glTF format

For glTF import / export, bone and morphing have been supported. And setting items have been added in the Material Property of glTF shader.
These improves data conversion accuracy when import and export glTF files. It also improves the reproducibility of glTF file display on preview display in Metasequoia.

File Import/Export

• The standard file format has been changed from MQO/MQX to MQOZ. Data of two files, MQO and MQX, are merged into MQOZ as one. The file size will be smaller than before.
• File Export for COB(trueSpace), POV(POV-Ray), WRL(VRML 1.0), SUF(DoGA), AMF, JMF(three.js) are abolished.

Please check release note if you want to see detail of updates.
Download the new version from Download page.

And Plug-in SDK is updated to Rev4.70. Please check this page if you are Plug-in developer.