Feature Matrix

Category	Feature	Description
General	Desktop application	Support for Windows 10, Linux Ubuntu 20.04 and MacOS 10.14 or later.
	Versioning	User is informed, when a new version is available.
	Customization	Adapt custom Gestaltor persistent settings in the preferences.
	Adaptive windowing system	Change window layout and visible widgets.
	Drag & drop or double clicking	Drag & drop glTF files into Gestaltor from the filesystem or open them by just double clicking them.
	Store glTF or glb	Any glTF can be stored in glTF or glb as the delivery option.
	Sample asset included	The visual editor comes with a sample scene including punctual lights.
	Sophisticated input system	Input is possible via keyboard, mouse and tablet.
	Recent file list	Gestaltor is managing the recent file list of opened glTF.
	Support of latest glTF extensions	KHR_draco_mesh_compression
		KHR_lights_punctual
		KHR_materials_clearcoat
		KHR_materials_emissive_strength
		KHR_materials_ior
		KHR_materials_iridescence
		KHR_materials_sheen
		KHR_materials_specular
		KHR_materials_transmission
		KHR_materials_unlit
		KHR_materials_variants
		KHR_materials_volume
		KHR_mesh_quantization
		KHR_texture_basisu
		KHR_texture_transform
		KHR_xmp_json_ld
		KHR_materials_pbrSpecularGlossiness (Archived)
		KHR_animation_pointer (Draft)
		KHR_audio (Draft)
	3D Commerce certified	Official 3D Commerce certification by the Khronos Group.
	Export To USDZ	Export the current glTF file to USDZ.
Viewing	Choose desired background for rendering	Background color can be changed or the used environment.
	Choose desired background blurriness	Background environment map can be visualized with a defined blurriness value.
	Custom image based lighting	Turn on and off image based lighting. Add own environment for lighting plus tweak intensity and front face.
	Custom exposure value	Specified exposure value is applied in a postprocessing step.
	ACES tone mapping	Different ACES Filmic Tone Mapping algorithms can be applied in a postprocessing step.
	100% glTF features	All glTF 2.0 features are used and unknown glTF properties are not lost.
	Viewport user interaction	Orbit rotating, panning, zooming and flight mode camera. Orthographic and perspective view.
	Viewport grid and origin axes	A viewport grid and origin axes help to estimate distances and support spatial orientation.
	Orientation Gizmo	An orientation gizmo that allows the positioning of the viewport along the principale axes for precise editing.
	Create renderings from the command line	A command line interface that allows rendering glTFs. Supported file formats: PNG and JPEG. Specify a scene, glTF camera or custom camera, resolution, background color and IBL map. Render one or multiple animation(s) in full length or for a specific number of frames at any frame rate.
	Viewport resolution presets	Set the viewport to the aspect ratios of various smartphones and tablets.
	Display Bounding Boxes in the Viewport	Display the bounding box of meshes in the viewport.
	Display Joints in the Viewport	Display the joints of a skin in the viewport.
	Skinning and Morphing	Support for complex assets consisting of a high number of morph targets/joints/weights including texcoord and color morph target attributes.
Inspecting	Viewport picking	Highlight and select the glTF primitive by viewport picking. Selected object is highlighted by outlines.
	All glTF properties exposed	All glTF properties are visuall exposed 1:1 in the inspector.
	Node information with decorations icons	Preview in the hierachy widget, which glTF objctes like a camera or light are attached to the node.
	Show and hide nodes and meshes	Hide and unhide glTF elements global or local to better inspect your glTF.
	Shaded/wireframe mode for meshes and primitives	Inspect the structure of meshes to understand their complexity by showing them in wireframe mode.
	Material debug views	Inspect individual contributions of material properties to better understand the overall efffect (e.g. Clearcoat, iridescence thickness).
	Turn on/off rendering of extensions	Turn off extensions to get a visual preview for renderers without support for the respective extension.
	Create screenshots from your rendering	Create screenshot from current view, which can be stored either as a PNG or JPEG.
	Turn on/off skinning and morphing	Skinning and morphing can be switched on/off.
Editing	Edit using the GUI or the rendering viewport	Edit directly in the GUI or switch to the dedicated editor mode of the viewport.
	Undo and redo	Undo and/or redo your latest changes inside glTF.
	Typical copy, paste, add and remove functionality	Gestaltor provides typcial functions known from other DCC tools.
	Import images/textures	Import png, jpg, ktx2, tga, and bmp images to enhance the scene with new materials and required textures.
	Import scenes	Import 3ds, dxf, obj, ply, fbx, stl and x3d files.
	Import PBR materials	Import PBR images to a glTF 2.0 material. The tool is converting the stored PBR information by analyzing the file names.
	Visualization of lights and cameras	Lights and cameras are visualized in the viewport for improved editing of hidden objects.
	Generate camera from current view	Generate and use a glTF camera from your current view.
	Change Animation target	Existing animations can be used with different nodes or none at all.
	Generate mesh tangents	Mesh tangents can be generated.
	Generate index buffers	An index buffer can be generated by identifying similar vertices.
	Change a node transform’s storage mode	Store a node’s transform as TRS components or as a matrix.
	Store all compatible node transforms as matrix or TRS	Store all compatible node transforms as TRS components or as a matrix.
	Remove all instances of a specific extension	Remove all instances of an extension in the whole glTF via the menu bar.
	Generate thickness map	Generate a KHR_materials_volume thickness map for a primitive.
	Delete mesh primitives	Remove specific primitives from a glTF mesh.
	Viewport translate, rotate and scale in local space	Toggle between local and global space for viewport transform controls.
	Apply KHR_texture_transform to all textures	A KHR_texture_transform can be applied to multiple textures for convenience.
	Edit rotations using euler angles	Inspector allows to toggle between quaternion and Euler representation of rotation.
	Generate basic Animation	Generate animations like movements or rotations.
	Generate basic Meshes	Generate meshes like spheres, cubes, planes, discs and tori.
	Modify textures by integrating external tools	Edit textures with your preferred tool and inspect modifications directly in the viewport.
	Convert specular-glossiness to metallic-roughness	Convert specular-glossiness material properties (archived extension) to metallic-roughness properties.
	Edit glTF asset properties	Edit field for copyright in glTF asset properties.
	Edit morph target weights	Edit morph target weights of meshes manually.
	Create empty Scene	Start with an empty scene and import or create all relevant assets.
	Copy and paste color values in Inspector	Allows to copy/paste color values in Inspector in multiple formats.
	Generate texture coordinates	User can generate/replace texture coordinate attributes.
	Import JSON LD files	Import JSON LD files as xmp packets.
Optimizing	Remove Attributes of a Primitive	Attributes of a Primitive like Normals, Tangents, Color, and TexCoord can be deleted.
	Reduce the number of triangles and vertices.	The number of vertices can be reduced by merging vertices by distance. By using a Quadric-based mesh simplification, the number of triangles can be reduced with minimal decline in quality.
	Compress mesh and its primitives	Compress the primitives using the Draco compression. Quality can be adapted in the preferences menu. Changes are visible in the viewport.
	Change image size and image type	Convert between PNG, JPG and KTX2 or resize the images to optimize file size vs. quality.
	Change image storage format	Image data can be stored inside the glTF, in one binary buffer or in separate image files.
	Change KTX2 compression and supercompression scheme	Convert between different KTX2 compression and supercompression schemes that are supported by the glTF specification.
	Optimize animations	Optimize file size of animated assets by automatically detecting and removing redundant keyframes.
	Store minified glTF file	Reduce the file size of glTFs by storing an optimized JSON file.
	Automatic glTF clean up	Removes automatically unused glTF objects.
	Automatically compress or uncompress all meshes.	Each mesh can be either stored compressed or uncompressed individually. For convenience, this can be done for all meshes in the scene at once.
	Automatically set storage format of images and accessors	Images and binary data can be stored either inside the glTF or in an external file. This feature allows to easily set the storage type.
	glTF data statistics	Gather glTF file size during your optimization steps.
	Automatically delete unused texcoord attributes	Unused texture coordinates are detected and removed.
	Automatically reduce polygon count of the primitives	Cluster vertices and/or decimate mesh.
	Automatically remove sparse accessors	Sparse accessors are converted to non sparse accessors and removed.
	Automatically remove empty nodes	Empty nodes are removed automatically.
	Automatically remove all names	Remove names to reduce file size or obfuscate the asset.
	Automatically convert specular-glossiness to metallic-roughness	Convert all specular-glossiness material properties (archived extension) to metallic-roughness properties.
	Save statistics as CSV	Save the statistic widget data as CSV file.
	Delete all animations	Clear the asset from all animations.
	Display extents of geometry	The mesh inspector displays extents and min / max values of its primitives combined.
	Split primitives into several meshes	Split primitives of a mesh to each become their own separate mesh.
	Apply Transform	Apply the node transform (rotation, translation, scale) to the geometry data of a mesh.
Composing	Merging multiple glTF	Merge partially one or more glTF into one glTF.
	glTF creation	Create new glTF elements like nodes in the scene.
	New visual arrangement	Transform glTF nodes with their meshes, camers and lights within the viewport.