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title: "1.8.0"
canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/ENVISION/1279098894/1.8.0"
format: markdown
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**Envision 1, update 8**

*Official Release*  
**Date** - September 29, 2026

> Macro (ui-button)



 

## **New Features**

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### **Combined object gizmo**

- A redesigned manipulation gizmo that does both Move and Rotate

### **Section tool**

- Plane and box cuts to create and adjust section cuts in the viewport, explore interiors, and include dynamic cuts in animations without modifying source geometry

 

## **Improvements**

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### **AI**

- Introduced a unified entry point that gives central access to the existing AI-powered capabilities, making them easier to discover while keeping their current functionality and workflows

### **Object List**

- Streamlined filtering with a clutter-free, scalable design for managing current and future object types

### **References**

- Added a warning when removing a reference whose materials are used by other scene objects

 

## **Fixes**

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### **Anima**

- A cryptic error message appears when DirectX initialization fails
- Incorrect Cosmos asset results when browsing from Crowd/Traffic

### **Audio**

- Crash after repeatedly clicking the fade-in or fade-out buttons

### **Color picker**

- RGB/HSV controls are partially cropped

### **Cosmos Asset Library**

- Resizing the left panel hides the Asset Library UI

### **Live Link**

- Restarting Live Link during output rendering can crash Envision

### **Materials**

- Opacity maps were ignored for some Asset Library assets

### **Object replacement**

- The node pivot is offset after replacing an object

### **Snapping**

- All-axis surface snapping offsets spline control points

### **Transform**

- Pivot transform presets don't work properly on an object-replaced asset