{"id":2594,"date":"2024-12-08T11:19:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T10:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spareparts365.com\/release-notes-spareparts365-24-3\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T14:41:49","slug":"release-24-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spareparts365.com\/en\/release-24-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Release Notes: SpareParts365 24.3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row conditional_render=&#8221;%5B%7B%22value_role%22%3A%22administrator%22%7D%5D&#8221; el_class=&#8221;m-t&#8221; css_params=&#8221;{&#8220;css_padding_top_md&#8220;:&#8220;100px&#8220;,&#8220;css_padding_top_xs&#8220;:&#8220;100px&#8220;}&#8221; custom_css_response=&#8221;@media(max-width:767px){.vc_custom_1774006725991{padding-top:100px!important;}}@media(max-width:575px){.vc_custom_1774006725991{padding-top:100px!important;}}&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;fadeInLeft&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1774006725991{padding-top: 150px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-xl-offset-1 vc_col-xl-10&#8243; conditional_render=&#8221;%5B%7B%22value_role%22%3A%22administrator%22%7D%5D&#8221; css_params=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;text-klein&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Release 24.3<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Features for catalog users&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; font_family=&#8221;Noto Sans Regular&#8221; css_params=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;\u201cBreadcrumb\u201d in the catalog selection&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css_params=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; css_params=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;aufzaehlung-orange&#8221;]In a multi-level catalog selection, the navigation path is displayed as a \u2018breadcrumb\u2019, just as it is within a catalog.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Hide empty start groups&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css_params=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; css_params=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;aufzaehlung-orange&#8221;]Start groups that do not contain any catalogs are hidden. 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Otherwise, they will be ignored and listed in the log under \u2018Jobs\u2019.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Data formats for 3D files \u2013 Beta&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css_params=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; css_params=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;aufzaehlung-orange&#8221;]In addition to the \u201civ3d\u201d (FinalMesh) data format currently supported, the standard <strong>\u201cGraphics Language Transmission Format\u201d (glTF\/glb) will also be supported<\/strong> in future. 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