May 7, 2025

Features:

3D Models

Compare 3D Models: Users can now compare two 3D models directly in the browser. Select a file, then Ctrl-click a second file to compare. Additions are shown in green, and removals in red.

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Swap Configuration from Editor: Users can now see the currently active configuration and switch configurations directly from the Model Editor under File > Configurations.

Options (Early Preview): You can now customize the loading of an assembly to filter optional sub-assemblies using tags. Add options tags to parts or subassemblies to indicate they optional, and then load a parent assembly with a collection of tags to control which optional parts are displayed. Note: This feature is under development—stay tuned for more capabilities in future updates.

Parts

Translucent Non-Serviceable Parts: End users can now toggle non-serviceable parts to appear semi-transparent, making it easier to view serviceable components in complex assemblies.

Multi-Lingual Pages (Partial Support): Pages now support multiple languages for headings and text blocks. To localize content, switch to the desired language and paste in the translation. Note: Support currently excludes lists and warning messages. Deleting an element will remove it from all language versions.

Improved BOM Generation: Enhanced support for generating BOMs from Parts Lists, including monolithic files containing all parts and individual files per part.

BOM highlight color now uses he Viewport highlight color from the theme settings.

Added a message to notify users when no homepage has been set.

Desktop

Tessellation Precision Update: Tessellation precision settings have been expanded to allow greater control between low and high precision. The default is now Medium.

Platform

Standard users no longer see workspaces they do not have access to.

Updated highlight colors for improved consistency across themes and better visual clarity.

Temporarily removed the Profile tab in My Profile as we migrate to an improved authentication platform.

Removed optional fields from onboarding.

Bug Fixes:

3D Models

Fixed an issue where SolidWorks .smg files incorrectly indicated that child assemblies were missing.

Fixed a performance issue that caused slower rendering of data where each face had a custom color applied. The remedy is to reprocess those CAD files.

Parts

Fixed an issue where part thumbnails did not reliably update when switching between parts in the Parts tab.

Fixed an intermittent issue where part homepages would appear empty.

Fixed missing column headers in some generated BOMs.

Fixed layout issues when viewing the Parts tab.

Fixed an issue where text would not update when changing languages in the Parts tab.

Desktop

Improved detection and exclusion of duplicate files for more reliable behavior.

Platform

Removed outdated messaging on Organization Users tab.

April 15, 2025

Features:

Parts

Auto-Generated BOM for STEP File: Added the ability to generate a BOM for a STEP file from a simple Master Parts List.

Added setting to modify the header text highlight color in themes.

Improved search results in the BOM.

Improved Regex tools.

3D Models

Measurements: It is now possible to measure distance, center distance, and angle between surfaces or edges, and the radius of a surface or edge. Measurements are not saved and will be lost once the browser tab is closed or refreshed.

Cutting Planes: Added the ability to apply a cutting plane to geometry and translate it to reveal underlying parts and subassemblies. Cutting Planes are not saved and will be lost once the browser tab is closed or refreshed.

Model Tree Naming: The model tree now shows both Reference Name and Instance Name when they differ, with both names displayed separately in the side panel. This also applies to Illustrations.

Removed support for DXF file format.

Some parts in the model tree would incorrectly display a ‘remove’ button despite those parts not being removable.

Desktop

Configuration Metadata : If a configuration has metadata different from the base, it will now be displayed correctly. This fix also helps mapping service Information for parts linked to Model Configurations.

Bug Fixes:

3D Models

Fixed an error that occurred when undoing ‘Reset Changes’.

Parts

Some assemblies would fail to display an SBOM if is was generated from a Parts List.

Fixed an issue where very long numbers were displaying in scientific notation when importing spreadsheets.

Fixed an issue where a page would not update after adding a new part link without a refresh.

Fixed an error that occurred when trying to add the same part link twice on the same page.

In some cases, SBOM nodes would not be shown if they did not contain sellable children, but this caused cases where a user would not see a node that they were looking for. Now all SBOM nodes are shown, and we ask manufacturers to remove nodes from the SBOM if they do not wish their customers to see them.

The text in Parts for non-sellable/serviceable parts has been changed from “Not for sale” to “Not Sold Separately", as these parts are part of the initial product purchase.

Desktop

Fixed crash that occurred when processing certain parts with edge materials.

March 18, 2025

New Features/Enhancements:

Parts

Non-discoverable parts: Added a new ‘non-discoverable’ field to SBOM and Master Parts List imports, allowing parts to be hidden from search results.

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Bidirectional SBOM imports: SBOM imports are now bidirectional, meaning that child service parts can be added and removed from parent assemblies during import.

Illustrations

Organization-level activation: Illustrations are now activated at the organization level instead of per-seat subscriptions. Contact

sales@zea.live⁠

for activation.

Removed the limited Editor (Trial) role.

View interpolation: Added a view interpolation option to toggle between incremental and non-incremental illustrations.

Incremental is for story-driven illustrations where each view builds on the previous one.

Non-incremental is for technical illustrations where views are independent, such as wiring diagrams.

Added a settings option in the File menu for view interpolation and publishing preferences.

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Desktop

Files no longer deleted: Files deleted from local storage are no longer removed from Zea when syncing. Instead, missing files are flagged with a red ‘Not found’ label.

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Hidden parts are now processed and remain hidden rather than being skipped.

The internal SDK used to process CAD data has been migrated to the Datakit SDK.

This now provides support for additional file formats, including smg, smgGeom, vda and qif.

Bug Fixes:

Parts

Fixed a layout issue where the search bar was hidden when scrolling in a BOM.

Illustrations

Fixed a theming issue where published illustrations did not apply themes.

Fixed an issue where parts would rotate 360 degrees when animating between views.

Fixed a minor issue where the loading spinner in version history was incorrectly scaled.

Fixed a bug where illustrations with multiple copies of the same model could become corrupt and display the Path Mapper upon loading.

Improved edge rendering over part surfaces. Previously, edges could have small gaps along their length.

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3D Models

Fixed an issue where the 3D viewport appeared empty until the camera was moved.

Desktop

Fixed a login/logout issue preventing users from switching accounts in Zea Sync.

February 10, 2025

Bug Fixes:

Parts

Fixed layout bug when an assembly BOM loaded causing an empty gap in the page until a resize occurred.

Illustrations

Fixed regression causing rectangular selection to not work in illustrations.

Fixed bug causing hidden objects to not unhide when activating views after re-loading the scene.

January 24, 2025

New Features/Enhancements:

Zea Parts

Custom Pages: Design custom catalog pages with text, images, links, and CSS styling via the theme editor.

Automatically Generated Part Pages: Part-specific pages with interactive 3D models, BOMs, and attachments are generated automatically when syncing parts via Zea Sync.

Improved Catalog Navigation: Easily find parts through a dedicated search page, links in custom pages, or by navigating BOMs.

Where Used: "Where used" links on part pages are auto-generated for parts synced via SBOM spreadsheets.

Bug Fixes:

Platform

Improved overall stability and performance.

Improved layout and navigation

Security was tightened around access to some parts of the platform.

December 20, 2024

Notes:

The Zea Platform API was experiencing heavy traffic from some unknown sources causing outages. To block portentially unwanted access to the API, we changed a single endpoint. This change was intended to break scheduled processing that was running on machines that needed maintenance. The solution is to update those machines with the latest version of Zea Sync.

New Features/Enhancements:

Zea Parts

Attachments Display: Attachments are temporarily disabled untill the next release.

Desktop

Scheduled Processing: Scheduled processing is temporarily disabled.

Breaking Change: A minor bug breaking change was made to the API to force users to upgrade older versions of Zea Sync.

November 24, 2024

New Features/Enhancements:

Zea Parts

Improved SBOM Flexibility: You can now sync SBOMs with custom structures, including Kits, without having to follow the CAD hierarchy.

Kit Display: SBOMs for Kits now display the kit parts automatically.

Desktop

Windows Shortcuts: Zea Sync now scans local folders with shortcuts to other folders on Windows.

Networked Paths: Syncing from networked paths (e.g., //other-pc/shared-folders/folder) has also been added.

Illustrations

Enhanced Viewer Interactions: Viewers can now select parts in the Illustrations Editor to view metadata and temporarily transform, hide, or show parts. Changes revert after refreshing the browser. Published illustrations maintain the previous functionality where parts cannot be selected.

Real-Time Collaboration (Beta) Removed: This feature has been removed to better focus on future improvements.

Bug Fixes:

Parts

Peformance and Freedback: Improved performance and feedback when syncing spreadsheets in older workspaces.

Illustrations

Group pivot: Enable picking the Group pivot in the TreeView. Previously this was only possible in the viewport and often the preferred pivot is not directly visible.

Admin Editors: Enable Admin users to edit illustrations, even if they don't have 'editor' right.

Framing on a Group: The Viewport can now be framed on a selected Group.

Group Edits: fixed bug causing incorrect translation after moving an item within a kinematic group.

3D Models

Reference Resolution: Fixed bug where assemblies would not be able to load sub-parts or assemblies if the relative path started with a “../”

July 24, 2024

New Features/Enhancements:

Desktop

Junction Support: Zea Sync can now scan local folders with directory junctions on Windows, allowing it to pick up files from linked directories.

Platform

Enhanced Deletion Process: Users must delete all Organizations before deleting their account. Likewise, users must delete all Workspaces and cancel all subscriptions before deleting an Organization.

June 27, 2024

New Features/Enhancements:

Zea Parts

Streamlined Public/Private Field Workflow: Public fields in Zea Sync are now displayed in the catalog, while private fields are not. The extra step of choosing visible fields in the Zea Parts settings is removed.

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Changing quantity to 0 now removes an item from the shopping cart.

Release Notes

May 7, 2025

Features:

3D Models

Parts

Desktop

Platform

Bug Fixes:

3D Models

Parts

Desktop

Platform

April 15, 2025

Features:

Parts

3D Models

Desktop

Bug Fixes:

3D Models

Parts

Desktop

March 18, 2025

New Features/Enhancements:

Parts

Illustrations

Desktop

Bug Fixes:

Parts

Illustrations

3D Models

Desktop

February 10, 2025

Bug Fixes:

Parts

Illustrations

January 24, 2025

New Features/Enhancements:

Zea Parts

Bug Fixes:

Platform

December 20, 2024

Notes:

New Features/Enhancements:

Zea Parts

Desktop

November 24, 2024

New Features/Enhancements:

Zea Parts

Desktop

Illustrations

Bug Fixes:

Parts

Illustrations

3D Models

July 24, 2024

New Features/Enhancements:

Desktop

Platform

June 27, 2024

New Features/Enhancements:

Zea Parts