Release Notes for
                            Helix Blender Add-on

                              2023.1 Release

Introduction

    The Helix Blender Add-on enables artists and designers to work with Helix 
    Digital Asset Management (DAM) without the need to leave Blender. Helix DAM 
    users can seamlessly version control all their .blend files directly from 
    Blender including navigating DAM projects and collections, reviewing 
    comments on each file version, and downloading/uploading .blend files.

    The add-on requires a connection to a Helix Core Server, active Helix DAM
    license(s), and an existing installation of Helix Sync.

    Perforce numbers releases YYYY.R/CCCCCC. For example, 2012.1/40716.
    YYYY is the year; R is the release of that year; CCCCCC is the
    bug fix change level. Each bug fix in these release notes is
    marked by its change number. Any build includes (1) all bug fixes
    of all previous releases and (2) all bug fixes of the current
    release up to the bug fix change level.

    Send all feedback to support@perforce.com.

Minimum Requirements

    Blender 2.93 LTS to 3.2.2
    Helix Core Server 2019.1 or later
    Helix DAM
    Helix Sync 2023.4.0 or later

Supported Platforms

    Windows (x64)
        Windows 10
        Windows 11
    macOS (x86_64)
        13.2 (Ventura)

Documentation

   See the documentation for installation and usage instructions: 
   https://help.perforce.com/helix-core/helix-dam/current/user/Content/HelixDAM-User/integrating-with-Blender.html

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Bug fixes in 2023.1.1

   #2561573 (Job #119637)
   	Update plugin to be compatible with Helix Sync 2024.1.  

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New functionality in 2023.1

    #2534480 (Job #118269)
        Setting previews of .blend files, which can be visible in DAM web app 
        on submitting the files from Blender plugin.

    #2534480 (Job #118472)
        Added a progress bar at the bottom of the plugin window that shows 
        "rendering is in progress" message when a file is saved in Blender.

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Bugs fixed in 2022.2.1

    #2408727 (Job #114487)
        Fixed the issue where loading a DAM asset in Blender failed to prompt
        the user to save their unsaved work on Windows machines. 
    
    #2409622 (Job #114494)
        Fixed a rarely occurring issue which caused the add-on window to freeze
        post launch.

    #2410723 (Job #114536)
        Fixed the issue where removing the add-on threw a 'Permission denied' 
        error.