custom_templates_addon/CHANGELOG.md

v1.5.0

New Features

• New option: File > New > Start from... (opt-in from preferences)
  Select any .blend file to use as template. Optionally, you save the template in your list, on the fly.
• Splash Screen now supports 5+ templates with a submenu

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• Minor UI update Now use a single checkbox for switching templates in Splash Screen menu.

v1.4.0

New Feature

• Add workspace from your Custom Templates Usually, while adding a new workspace, you can choose between the workspaces of the 5 default blender templates. Now you can also add workspaces from your Custom Templates! Right-click one of your workspaces and look for the Add from Custom Templates menu.
• Minor preferences UI update

Legacy update

• Update Splash Screen UI for legacy to match Blender <=3.6

v1.3.1

• Fix file path selector
  Always use absolute path when selecting, even when a .blend file is loaded.

v1.3.0

New Features

• Add templates from folder
  Automatically add the .blend files from a given folder and auto-name them with the clean file name.
  (with optional recursion depth parameter, default 1)
• Clear current templates (with safety confirm)
  Easily remove all the current templates from the add-on preferences menu.
• Auto-naming from the path (when adding from folder, or selecting the path before setting the name)
• Added current number of templates in the add-on preferences
• Update File > Default menu with new functions:
  1. Clear current templates
  2. Add from folder functions

v1.2.6

• Fix preferences persistence issues on restart
• Used poll function to disable operators instead of hiding them

v1.2.5

• Fix override splash preference persistence when updating from splash by marking preferences as dirty, after altering the value.

v1.2.3 - 1.2.4

• Fix Splash Screen issue after disabling the add-on
• Remove some INFO messages
• Fix index access problems in a couple of situations
• Update classes id prefix (shorter and removing build warnings for menus naming)
• Minor UI updates

v1.2.2

Add files permission in manifest (for import/export)

v1.2.1

Minor code refactor

v1.2.0

• Implement Splash Screen 'New File' list override:
  1. Add new preference for Splash Screen Override
  2. Add little menu for switching between Blender's default and Custom Templates list right from the splash screen. The add-on will only show your first 5 templates (while File > New always shows all your templates) If you have no custom templates, the default Blender's one will be used.

v1.1.0

• Implement Import/Export functionality (to and from json file)
• Re-organized source code, and reduce size where possibile This update does not impact on previous functionalities

v1.0.2

Swich from zip to blender -c extension built for building the .zip file (now without useless /addon folder in the zip).
This update does not impact on functionalities

v1.0.1

Update preferences identifier from __name__ to __package__ as documented here
This update does not impact on functionalities

v1.0.0

This is the first official version of the extension.

Current features:

• Add-on preferences with the list of custom templates (each with display name & path)
• The list of Custom Templates is added to the File > New menu
• The add-on functions are added to the File > Defaults menu, which are:
  1. Manage Templates (simple link to the Custom Templates add-on preferences)
  2. Select new custom template (open a popup requesting name and path and add it to the preferences
  3. Use current file as template (open a popup requesting name, and using the path of the current .blend file and add it to the preferences. Note: This function is only visible when a saved .blend file is currently loaded)