Arkio 1.7.0

Arkio

April 24th, 2024

Major updates

Arkio v1.7 - Whats new from Hilmar Gunnarsson on Vimeo

New Arkio features:

Pin geometry to prevent accidental edits
Co-location group for easier gathering and locking in mixed reality
Auto gathering of meeting participants to host from wristband or meeting settings
Up to 2x larger model imports on all devices
Local exports from Rhino/Revit/Sketchup/Unity plugins now directly open Arkio on PC
6 new sample scenes, welcome video and starting scene
Automatically open the import tab when a new resource is loaded
Share mixed reality anchors from the host user to other co-located users
Automatically mute people in a co-location group
Remove mixed reality anchors using the delete tool

Arkio improvements:

Better performance and more details are shown for large imported models
New wristband UI and controllers on Quest and other devices
Right and left hand start with no tool selected
Main menu updated (pin and grouping as main tools)
Simplified import panel for 3D and image placement
Load imports as pinned/movable in the current/new scene
Improved loading of less common GLB/GLTF/OBJ file conversions
Improved download loading bars
Improved boundaryless safety blending
Easier grouping of objects (select by centroid and auto-wrapped)
Improved performance and smoothness while editing/moving shapes
Smoothed the laser for more precise editing on distance
Enhanced teleporter allowing teleporting across larger distances
Improved outlines cages of shapes in complex scenes
Tutorial scenes are now available on all devices
Mixed Reality loading screen on Quest
Clear & restart button in settings to reimport and troubleshoot issues with imported files
Various UI and UX improvements

Plugin improvements:

Skip exporting the green ground geometry if no map or void is active
Revit 2025 support
Export geometry from Revit families to Arkio
Import Arkio files directly inside Revit families
New Revit import option, Arkio solids geometry can now be loaded as named generic families
Fixed Revit plugin UI and issues for large-resolution screens
Fixed Rhino plugin UI and material export issues
2x Faster Sketchup exports
Unity imports can now be pinned or movable
Fixed Unity plugin compatibility issue for Unity 2023