What's New in Makers Empire 3D

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Current Version

Makers Empire 3D 5.1.2 | August 27, 2024

Many Advanced module improvements including autosave and pre-made shapes).
OSX app launcher
Credits page
General bug fixes

Version History

Makers Empire 3D 5.0.9 | March 15, 2024

Description box on Advanced Challenge Course tasks
General bug fixes

Makers Empire 3D 5.0.6 | February 08, 2024

Advanced module translation
Advanced module in Challenge Courses
Elite picks in the Gallery (hand-picked design gallery from Makers Empire staff)
Fix for QR code class login
Download photo fix for OSX

Makers Empire 3D 5.0.3 | December 12, 2023

New Advanced Module design editor for touchscreen devices (Advanced now works on all devices)
New local STL generation on iOS & Android. Students can now generate their own STL files in the app so they don’t have to wait for teachers to download them from the Teacher Dashboard
Added STL file generation to the Advanced module so users can now download designs made using Advanced
Added Spanish translation to current English, Chinese, Ukrainian and Arabic languages for greater accessibility
Improvements to 3D cutting (Boolean) to fix bugs

Makers Empire 3D 5.0.0 | September 10, 2023

New Advanced module design editor suitable for students up to grade 10.
Bug fixes

Makers Empire 3D 4.9.0 | February 23, 2023

Discrepancy between the cut system code on iOS, Mac & Android vs Windows
Bug fixes

Makers Empire 3D 4.8.9 | February 8, 2023

Show locked Challenge Courses to non-paying users
Removed Schoology login
Mcut fail fix on chromebook
Many small translation fixes
Small fixes for challenge courses
Various minor bug fixes

Makers Empire 3D 4.8.7 | November 14, 2022

Boolean fix for cutting with text
Maze fixes for lava
Ukrainian translations
Allow print request if print check internally fails

Makers Empire 3D 4.8.6 | October 11, 2022

Trimmed down translations
Filter gallery designs by language for Ukraine users
Edpass / SAgov login under ‘Other Options’
Memory optimisations
Maze game finish flag detection when avatar has large parts
New video player
Unity upgrade
Bug fixes

Makers Empire 3D 4.8.0-4.8.1 | June 4, 2022

New Adult Verification via Credit Card (required by app stores) & Parent Privacy options
New Makeshop & Print Checker. Ability to buy/order full-colour 3D prints from the app.
New Challenge Course features, including ‘Talk Show’ and new quiz types
New ‘pause class’ button for teachers – teachers can pause the app via the Teacher Dashboard
Drawn Shape mode improvements – better drawing of shapes in Shaper
Notifications – better support for notifications
Users can now link their Makers Empire account to any SSO provider in settings
Bug fixes

Makers Empire 3D 4.6.9-4.7.1 | December 24, 2021

Bug fixes

Makers Empire 3D 4.6.8 | November 14, 2021

Bug fixes

Makers Empire 3D 4.6.7 | November 11, 2021

Bug fixes

Makers Empire 3D 4.6.6 | November 8, 2021

Augmented Reality (AR) – see your Makers Empire designs in the real world! Using a device with a camera, take a live view of your surroundings and then insert your Makers Empire design. See lesson ideas and help article.
Notes – label parts of your design, create stories, write persuasive texts, ask questions, poll your fellow designers, provide feedback to others, show how you’ve met design criteria and more! See lesson ideas and help article.
Lighting – change the lighting colour and lighting direction in your designs
Challenge Courses – choose a course with videos, quizzes, tutorials & challenges
Pro Training – improvements to the Pro Training tutorials in the Training Lab
Crediting – improved crediting of imported designs to the original designer
Removed Character, Doodler, Toy Design and Cogger design modules
Removed video recorder (replaced with Notes feature)
General bug fixes and performance improvements.

Makers Empire 3D 4.6.5 | September 15, 2021

New login screen with ‘More Options’ dropdown
Clever fix on iOS

Makers Empire 3D 4.6.4 | June 17, 2021

New Daily Tasks: earn points by doing these daily tasks!
SSO logins (Google, Microsoft, Apple, Clever, Schoology) go via the device’s web browser rather than the in-app browser now
General bug fixes and stability updates
For Mac: SSO with Clever now available

Makers Empire 3D 4.6.3 | April 22, 2021

New, verifiable parental consent/email address required from non-school users to comment/share.
New Awesome Animals challenge path
Better keyboard controls in Basic Tutorials
Pro Training no longer allows users to continue indefinitely – if teachers want to stop students from running out of time they need to switch a setting in the Makers Empire Teacher Dashboard.
General bug fixes and performance improvement

Makers Empire 3D 4.6.2 | March 2, 2021

Improved onboarding sequence for new users
New 365 Daily Challenge schedule
Pro Tutorial Improvements
General bug fixes and performance improvements

Makers Empire 3D 4.6.1 | January 23, 2021

SOUND! Enjoy a more lively and engaging app experience
Build faster and better with our improved import tool
Help create a positive community by signing the Makers Empire promise
New basic training tutorials including a fun new game – Catch the Rabbit!
Meet Pickles, your new guide to Mission Maker
General bug fixes and performance improvements

See 7 Ways Teachers Can Maker the Most of the New Features in Makers Empire 3D.

Makers Empire 3D 4.5.9 | October 23, 2020

New and improved Pro Training tutorials – race the clock and get the highest score!
New design details screen
General bug fixes and performance improvements.

Makers Empire 3D 4.5.3 | August 8, 2020

New Reporting UI
New ‘Who can comment on my designs’ in settings
Ability to block users from commenting
Customizable challenge path (MVP)
Karma (Heart)
Sign in with Apple
General bug fixes and performance improvements

Makers Empire 3D 4.5.4 | July 20, 2020

New Advanced/Pro Tutorials
New Video Room
Improved lighting / shadow aesthetics
Improved Attribution
Right panel in Editor
General bug fixes and improvements

Makers Empire 3D 4.5.3 | May 3, 2020

General bug fixes and improvements
Performance improvements for replays

Makers Empire 3D 4.5.2 | April 27, 2020

Design replayer – you can now watch how people made their designs from start to finish by clicking the replay button when viewing a design!
Text to Speech – to support learners with mixed literacy levels we have introduced a text to speech button alongside text for spoken instructions.
Improved Snap Magnet tool – this new tool makes it easy and quick to snap shapes to a surface.
Delete comments – you can now delete comments on your own designs if desired
Game Zone – we’ve converted the Game Zone to Maze Mania, and removed the empty cabinets.
Advanced Tool Panel UI – we’ve added a new panel for Cut (formerly known as Boolean) and Group modes that help explain how to use them.

Makers Empire 3D 4.5 | February 3, 2020

Design to exact measurements with our new precise move, size and rotate tools!
Never miss an important notification again – your notification history is now available in your profile.
Stability improvements and UI cleanup.

Makers Empire 3D 4.4.2 | October 5, 2019

Save, share and sell your avatar looks! A ‘look’ is a full set of clothing for your avatar.
Log in with Microsoft now available.
New and improved basic shapes.

Makers Empire 3D 4.4.1 | July 12, 2019

Build your own avatar parts!
A shop to buy/sell/browse avatar parts.
More filters in the gallery.
New simpler login flow.

Makers Empire 3D 4.3.9 | April 29, 2019

We’ve fixed an issue with zombies attacking you before the countdown ends
General stability and performance improvements
Connection should work through more types of Proxy servers (e.g. NSW DET)

Makers Empire 3D 4.3.8 | March 18, 2019

New special items in Maze Maker – Zombies, JUMP springs! Slippery ICE blocks, and dangerous LAVA!
New look for the daily challenges
Improved experience for offline users
General stability improvements

Makers Empire 3D 4.3.3 | December 21, 2018

New special items in the Maze Maker – JUMP springs! Slippery ICE blocks, and dangerous LAVA!
New look for the daily challenges
Improved experience for offline users
General stability improvements

Makers Empire 3D 4.3 | October 18, 2018

The GAME ZONE. A new place where you can make your own games! Challenge your friends, play other people’s games and rate them.
Introducing… MAZE MANIA! Build mazes then run through them as fast as you can. Send them to friends and compete to get the fastest times and make the hardest or most popular mazes.
Maker World is growing. All Makers now start in the 3D world and can freely explore what’s available.
We’ve added a colourful cube to the top right of the work area – the VIEW CUBE. Drag it around to rotate the view, or tap a face and the camera will spin to look at that side.

Makers Empire 3D 4.2 | September 25, 2018

Mission Maker! Make your own design Missions and invite friends to play them! Play other people’s missions! When you’re done, rate them out of five stars. To reach the Mission Maker you’ll need to reach outer space – can you work out how to get there?
We’ve built a ‘news service’ that’ll give you video updates and demos of new features as you log in!

Makers Empire 3D 4.1 | July 27, 2018

A new set of fun challenges that teach Design & Technology curriculum!
For teachers – the ability to assess student challenges and give special rewards to high achievers!
A new 3D world to explore with your Hero!
Daily challenges!
We’ve made logging in and creating a new account much easier and more fun.

Makers Empire 3D 4.0 | May 4, 2018

New TAB system to help you get around Makers Empire – never get lost again!
A CHALLENGE MAP! Start with brand new TUTORIAL CHALLENGES that teach you the design tools, then follow the path as things get progressively harder! How far can you get?
Improved COMMENTS! Read comments and give feedback while looking at designs in the gallery. @at users so they get notified! #hashtag designs and search for similar ones.
Follow users! If you notice someone making cool designs and want to see more, FOLLOW them and you’ll get notified whenever they make a new design!
You can now scale a shape in one axis – drag the scale control along the ‘scale lines’ that will appear as you drag it.
Reach level 5 to unlock and enter monthly COMPETITIONS!

Makers Empire 3D 3.8 | November 2, 2017

New TAB system to help you get around Makers Empire – never get lost again!
A CHALLENGE MAP! Start with brand new TUTORIAL CHALLENGES that teach you the design tools, then follow the path as things get progressively harder! How far can you get?
Improved COMMENTS! Read comments and give feedback while looking at designs in the gallery. @at users so they get notified! #hashtag designs and search for similar ones.
Follow users! If you notice someone making cool designs and want to see more, FOLLOW them and you’ll get notified whenever they make a new design!
You can now scale a shape in one axis – drag the scale control along the ‘scale lines’ that will appear as you drag it.
Reach level 5 to unlock and enter monthly COMPETITIONS!

Makers Empire 3D 3.73 | September 22, 2017

Replaced in-app web browser system on windows & mac (previous one didn’t work on some devices
Fixed crash in some situations when starting Shaper with imported shape drawer selected
Other shape fixes, including better ordering of shapes and more consistent offline behaviour
Allow download of cogger stl files in-app, and tweaks to the STL email / in-app UI page
General bug fixes and improvements

Makers Empire 3D 3.72 | September 6, 2017

HOW-TO VIDEOS added to challenges and competitions. Watch if you’re stuck or need inspiration!
Helpbot 3000 added! He’s ready to answer any questions you have about Makers Empire 3D.
If you’ve got a Product Key, you can now get STL files directly in the app (or via email as before).
Link your Makers Empire 3D account with your Polar 3D account! All your designs will sync straight to the Polar Cloud.
Update notifications have been added so you’ll never get left behind again!
Video capture now works on windows.
General bug fixes and improvement