Avoyd

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• Avoyd 0.27 - Levels of glTF Optimisation, Soft Shadows, new Minecraft Blocks, Improved VOX Import/Export
  June 25, 2025 by enkisoftware

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  #Voxel, #MagicaVoxel, #Minecraft, #Voxel Editor, #Export to glTF, #Rendering, #3D

  The latest Avoyd Voxel Editor introduces customisable levels of optimisation for glTF export (previously best optimisation was always used), soft shadows in renders with the new Sun Angular Diameter p... Continue reading

  
• Avoyd 0.27 Beta - Soft shadows, glTF optimisation options, new Minecraft blocks
  April 30, 2025 by enkisoftware#Mesh Optimisation, #Export to glTF, #Voxel Render, #Minecraft

  So far in this beta release of Avoyd voxel editor we improved the renderer, glTF exporter and Minecraft importer: New Soft shadows : control the size of the sun to sharpen/soften the shadows in your r... Continue reading

  
• Creating Isometric Voxel Renders of Minecraft Maps, Voxel Models and Heightmaps
  April 09, 2025 by enkisoftware#Voxel, #Minecraft, #Render

  This tutorial covers how to make an isometric voxel render of a Minecraft map in Avoyd, using the arcball camera, tweaking the atmosphere and lighting, tips for using the voxel editor, graphics qualit... Continue reading

  
• Exporting Voxels to Optimised glTF Mesh for Unreal Nanite
  March 22, 2025 by enkisoftware

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  #Voxel, #Unreal, #Mesh Optimisation, #Export

  Avoyd 0.26 added a direct to optimised glTF binary mesh export pipeline . We recorded a short video showing how to get your voxel models into Unreal Engine 5+ with Nanite support as scene geometry, an... Continue reading

  
• Avoyd 0.26 - Mesh Optimisation and Export Voxels to glTF for Games
  March 15, 2025 by enkisoftware

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  #3D, #3d-model, #Blender, #Godot, #Unity, #Unreal Engine, #Voxel, #voxel-editor, #Renderer

  Avoyd Voxel Editor introduces export to optimised glTF and obj : Export to optimised glTF binary mesh .glb is for game developers wanting to load their voxel assets as standard 3D meshes into game eng... Continue reading

  
• Avoyd 0.25 - Import Images, Heightmaps, Minecraft Pale Garden
  December 20, 2024 by enkisoftware

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  #Voxel, #Heightmap, #Minecraft

  We’ve significantly improved Heightmap and Image import . You can now: Import 16bit heightmaps. Apply a separate Colourmap (albedo) texture. Fill the volume underneath the heightmap surface with a s... Continue reading

  
• Avoyd 0.25 Beta - Import Heightmap and Colourmap
  December 11, 2024 by enkisoftware

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  #Heightmap, #Voxel

  The image to voxel importer can now handle separate heightmap and albedo files, and adds an underground filler. Read more and download the beta. Image: Avoyd voxel render of a 16bit heightmap and colo... Continue reading

  
• Avoyd 0.25 Beta - Import 16bit Heightmaps and Minecraft Pale Garden
  November 28, 2024 by enkisoftware#Importer, #Heightmap, #Minecraft Render

  Download Avoyd Voxel Editor Beta New in this release: Import 16bit heightmaps Import Minecraft 1.24.4 Pale Garden biome and new blocks More information on our website Image: Avoyd voxel render of a 16... Continue reading

  
• Optimising Voxel Meshes for Games Using Blender
  November 14, 2024 by enkisoftware

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  #Voxel, #Blender, #Unreal, #Unity, #Godot, #Mesh Optimisation, #Export

  This tutorial explains step by step how to clean up the geometry of voxel models in Blender to prepare them for export to game engines like Unreal, Godot or Unity. [Edit - If you own Avoyd we recommen... Continue reading

  
• Avoyd 0.25 Beta - Materials and Edit tools fixes
  November 01, 2024 by enkisoftware

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  #Voxel Editor

  Beta release 0.25.0.933 of the voxel editor fixes two issues you may have come across using the materials and edit tools : FIXED - Voxel Editor - Materials - Editing a material property with the Pick... Continue reading
• Avoyd 0.25 Beta - Light Emissive Image Import
  October 19, 2024 by enkisoftware

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  Avoyd 0.25 first beta build is out with improvements to the voxel editor: You can now easily import flat images in addition to heightmaps, with the option to make them emit light . This is useful for... Continue reading

  
• Avoyd 0.24 - Neutral User Interface and Edit Tool Cursor Fixes
  September 19, 2024 by enkisoftware

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  The new voxel editor UI changes should help reduce its impact on the visual perception of colours and contrasts in the render or 3D scene. video Both the 0.24 paid full release and the free demo inclu... Continue reading

  
• Avoyd 0.23 - Import Minecraft Biomes with Data and Resource Packs, Materials Sort and Search
  September 06, 2024 by enkisoftware

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  Avoyd 0.23 Voxel Editor & Renderer is out with: Minecraft import biomes with data and resource packs and materials fixes. Materials sort and search with a new table layout. Enlarge image heightmaps du... Continue reading

  
• Avoyd 0.22 - 3D Viewport, Bloom and AgX Tonemapping
  June 01, 2024 by enkisoftware

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  #Avoyd, #Voxel Editor, #Renderer

  This release brings improvements to the voxel editor renderer UI and post processing. 3D Viewport Window Major interface change with the 3D view of the voxel scene and the Renderer output now displaye... Continue reading

  
• Avoyd 0.22 Beta - AgX Tonemapping
  May 17, 2024 by enkisoftware#Avoyd, #Voxel Editor, #Graphics

  Avoyd Voxel Editor beta 0.22.0.881 adds AgX Tonemapping post processing to the renderer. Download Avoyd Beta Our implementation is based on Benjamin Wrensch’s Minimal AgX Implementation for the Ioli... Continue reading

  
• Avoyd 0.22 Beta - 3D Viewport
  May 14, 2024 by enkisoftware

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  Avoyd Voxel Editor Beta build 0.22.0.881 adds a 3D Viewport in the Voxel Editor. The viewport makes it easier to frame renders. Download Avoyd Beta The 3D view of the voxel scene and the Renderer outp... Continue reading

  
• Avoyd 0.22 Beta - Fix Transparent Material Render Colour
  May 10, 2024 by enkisoftware

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  #Avoyd

  Avoyd Voxel Editor Beta build 0.22.0.881 fixes the colour of transparent materials in renders. CHANGED - Voxel Editor - Procgen tools no longer defragment the voxel model automatically after each edit... Continue reading

  
• Avoyd 0.21.1 - Rendering Fixes
  May 04, 2024 by enkisoftware

  This minor voxel editor update fixes transparent materials rendering, an editor anchor issue, and changes wording in the render tool. The render documentation is up to date. Buy/Download Avoyd 0.21.1... Continue reading

  
• Avoyd 0.21 - Voxel GPU Rendering
  April 26, 2024 by enkisoftware#Voxel Editor, #Graphics

  We’ve finally released the long promised GPU accelerated path tracer. You’ll find info and performance measurements in this post: Voxel GPU Rendering in Avoyd 0.21 . In addition we’ve Improved t... Continue reading

  
• Avoyd 0.20.0 - Reference Grids, Shine Sun Here, Auto Render
  December 18, 2023 by enkisoftware

  Full and Demo release Whilst work on the GPU rendering continues we decided to release Avoyd 0.20 Full and Demo , adding features and fixes you requested: Reference grids to the Edit Tool to help with... Continue reading