Released on: Target release 2024.03.26

Highlights

• New improved export Rig UI version.
• Default hotkeys changed for bone collections.
• New generate Rig UI from bone collections feature.

New features

• Improvements in the Export feature:
  • Custom properties are now implemented in the export.
  • The exported script is bound to the rig_ui_id property.
  • If the armature is present in the scene it will always be displayed in the panel regardless of being selected.
  • Any changes or improvements made on the armature with the addon will be reflected in the panel without exporting again, unless a new version is released that has more features.
• Added a new row to the Armature extras:
  • Key selected bones/objects you can choose loc/rot/scale/custom props.
  • Call the Baking menu directly from the UI.
• Added a button to the UI extras to call the available workspaces directly from the UI.
• Added support for some of the AnimToolBox ( get this addon, is awesome ) new menus if the addon is installed and enabled.
• Added support for nested bone collections.
• Change-log implemented in the preferences.

UI Improvements

• Renamed the "Custom Properties" panel to "Controls Panel" as t will contain more than just custom properties soon.

UX Improvements

• Hotkey changes and behaviour adjustments for bone collection buttons:
  • LMB now selects the bones in the bone collection acting as a picker by default
  • Shift + LMB now toggles the bone collection visibility if the colection was hidden and adds the bones to the current selection.