MatterCAD 2.2026.3

What’s New

  • All-New Direct3D Rendering Engine
    • Dramatically faster and smoother 3D viewport powered by Direct3D 11
    • Correct transparency with dual depth peeling — see through overlapping objects accurately
    • Hardware-accelerated bed shadows and FXAA anti-aliasing for crisp, clean visuals
    • Screenshot of a design with one object set to 50% transparency, showing objects behind it
  • Object Transparency
    • Set any object in your scene to be transparent to see what’s inside or behind it
    • Show rotating a scene with multiple transparent objects and bed shadows
  • Lock & Hide Objects
    • Lock objects to prevent accidental selection or editing
    • Hide objects to reduce visual clutter while you work on specific parts
    • Quickly restore everything with Unhide All and Unlock All
    • Show locking an object (clicking lock icon), then trying to select it, then using Unlock All

Improvements

  • Boolean Operations
    • Multi-subtract operations are significantly more reliable
  • File Handling
    • Projects now save as 3MF by default, preserving colors, materials, and design history
    • Enhanced drag-and-drop for files and folders directly into the 3D view
  • Workflow
    • Save As and Move dialogs remember your last folder — no more drilling back from the root
    • Expression fields now support pi, tau, e, and count
  • Reliability
    • Fixed startup and recursive load crashes
    • Improved library tree view updates

You can view the full release notes Here.