Skip to content

Hew v0.5.0

Choose a tag to compare

View all tags
@github-actions github-actions released this 02 Aug 06:13
· 49 commits to main since this release
v0.5.0
b44dba6

Hew 0.5.0

This is the "full support for component and group editing plus tape measure parity with SketchUp" release

Components and Groups used to each add tool editing support ad-hoc but that meant that some tools wouldn't work and some worked differently than with plain objects. No more!

Full Component and Group Editing

Both Component and Groups now become "plain objects" or "normal geometry" during editing and so all of the tools work with them just as they do with anything else - no more special cases.

Components are essentially special versions of Groups, but where a Group's copy will create a unique copy, a Component's copy will create another instance of itself

Tape Measure Parity

The Tape Measure now works on any plane and support axis locking - very much modeled after how SketchUp handles the same. A small change in scope, but huge for those of us who use the SketchUp Tape Measure more than any other tool!

Tape Measure resize/scale now works to resize Groups or Components without resizing the entire model. You can still resize/scale the entire model with Tape Measure by doing the type measurement change outside of a Group/Component editing session.

Downloads

The download page picks the right build
for your system, or grab a file directly:

Platform x64 / Intel ARM64 / Apple Silicon
macOS — disk image universal .dmg universal .dmg
Windows — installer .exe .exe
Linux — AppImage .AppImage .AppImage
Linux — Debian/Ubuntu .deb .deb
Linux — Fedora/openSUSE .rpm .rpm
Web — self-hosting tarball .tar.gz .tar.gz
  • The macOS disk image is signed and notarized; one universal app
    covers Apple Silicon and Intel.
  • Windows installers are not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may
    warn on first run — choose More info, then Run anyway.
  • On Linux, mark the AppImage executable (chmod +x) before
    first run, or install the .deb/.rpm.
  • Desktop builds update themselves; latest.json and the
    .sig assets serve that built-in updater and are not meant
    for manual download.
  • Or skip installing entirely: Hew runs in the browser at
    app.hew3d.com.
Assets 23
Loading