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Release notes · 8 – 10 Sept 2026

Klay 0.0.39

Select vertices, edges and faces, measure your sculpture, and sculpt and paint in one stroke.

New

Vertex, edge & face selection

Paint a selection onto the surface with the brush, then move, rotate or scale just that part with the gizmo.

Tools›SelectV
Measure tool

Click points on your sculpture to read distances and angles in real units. Measurements save with the scene.

Tools›Measure
MatCap shading

A fast matcap look with eight presets (Clay, Chrome, Gold, Toon…), and you can save your own.

Material›Shading model›MatCap
Channel sculpting

Sculpt and paint in the same stroke: every sculpt brush also lays down colour, roughness and metal.

Top bar›Channel sculpting
Focus mode

Greys out everything you haven't selected, so the piece you're working on stands out.

Top bar›Focus
Aurora and lightning bolts

An aurora that lights your scene, and visible branching bolts when thunder strikes.

Lighting›SkyWeather›ThunderBolts off by default
Keyboard map

See every shortcut on a full keyboard, with free keys and conflicts at a glance.

Shortcuts›Map
Your own quick toggles

Right-click any toggle in Lighting, Post FX or Camera to pin it to the Visibility menu.

Top bar›Visibility

Improved

Lattice works on several objects

One cage can wrap many meshes, and it stays until you Apply or Discard.

Tools›Lattice
Softer, more realistic shadows

Large lights cast true soft shadows once the camera stops moving.

Lighting›Shadow›Progressive shadowsOff by default
Rectangle select picks what you see

It catches exactly what the box touches, and highlights it while you drag.

Remesh keeps models solid

Models with open holes no longer come back hollow.

Easier gizmo

Visible handles for moving along a plane, plus an optional free-rotate ball.

No freeze when switching brushes

Very dense meshes no longer pause when you change brush.

More settings on the tool card

Lattice, Align, Laser, Mask, Crop and Armature options are now in the sidebar.

Fixed

  • The stray black wireframe cube is gone
  • V no longer gets stuck on the Select tool
  • Deselecting now clears the outliner too
  • Some saved scenes crashed on opening
  • Heavy rain no longer stacks into a grid
  • Sculpt brushes paint vertex colour again
Klay 0.0.39 · September 2026 + smaller fixes and speed-ups