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Adobe Dimension 4.0 is now available!

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
July 26, 2024
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Hello everyone! Adobe Dimension 4.0 is now available for download from Creative Cloud!

Adobe Dimension 4.0 is being updated to incorporate some of the same underlying code components as Adobe Substance 3D Stager, particularly in areas like rendering, lighting, and material handling. This update puts Dimension on a more modern and maintainable codebase, ensuring the application is more stable and secure for users. Consequently, users will see some changes in the software – most notably in rendering capabilities and material workflow, as well as minor functionality and quality improvements throughout the application.

Here is an FAQ with more details on the changes:

https://helpx.adobe.com/dimension/whats-new.html

The Adobe Dimension and Substance 3D Stager comparison FAQ page has also been updated:
https://www.substance3d.com/dimension-stager-faq/

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forresth32732180

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This update removed key features that my design team uses daily and has halted our workflow. We are downgrading to the previous version but I am wondering if we will ever get these features back? We had 100s of models that were mapped for Dimension and this new update has removed all the UV maps. It also removed all of the layers with hidden 3D objects in them that we would turn on or off depending on the customers preference. Any advice would be helpful. Are these features that are found in Substance 3D now?

JMathews

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Community Manager

@forresth32732180 If you can please email me directly - jmathews@adobe.com

Our intention was to preserve all of your data and it's unexpected that UVs or visibility would be affected. This may be a bug we can resolve quickly but we will need more details and ideally some test files.

Happy to jump onto a video call and talk through the experience. I am the product manager for the Dimension team and can work directly with the engineers to get the issue prioritized.

Adobe Principal Product Manager, 3D & Immersive

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Yasir777

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One word, Robust update

I just installed the beta 4.0 what a great experience, I'm so amazed with all the material included, I have been on the prerelease version for a couple of weeks and wondered about the materials, will they stay once beta is over. Next step for Adobe is to add few changes to Adobe Illustrator to be able to put out .obj objects in order to use with this great update to Dn. For an example if I want to creat a wrinkled plastic bag, the best tool in the Mesh tool in Illustrator but you can Not export an obj from illustrator that has a mesh applied to it. BTW, Dn 4.0 has a link to 12 tutorials.

jane-e

Community Expert

Next step for Adobe is to add few changes to Adobe Illustrator to be able to put out .obj objects in order to use with this great update to Dn.
By @Yasir777

Great idea, Yasir, but the Illustrator team won't see it in the Dimension forum. You can make a feature request to the Illustrator developers here:

https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests

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Yasir777

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I started a dialogue with Adobe Illustrator tech support about 19 months ago regarding this issue. It’s puzzling that you can create an object with the Mesh tool, like a plastic bread bag with added wrinkles, but can’t export it as an OBJ file for finishing in Adobe Dimension. Given the recent improvements in Dimension, this limitation is even more frustrating. Interestingly, Photoshop version 22.2, the last version with full 3-D tools, allows this functionality, so I keep an old copy handy. I’ll be addressing this issue again with Adobe, especially now that Dimension is loaded with so many new features.

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