We are excited to announce that our next release, 3.21.0, is now live! This release includes updates that work cohesively together to improve your experience authoring, viewing, and reviewing when utilizing Vuforia Expert Capture.

Vuforia Editor: More Control, Flexibility, & Automation 

We've made multiple improvements to Editor that make the editor experience smoother and more adaptable: 

• Replace Entire 3D Models: You can now fully replace a 3D model file in a procedure—not just its state. Existing markers will be retained when possible (if referenced surfaces still exist), making it easier to update procedures with newer model revisions.
• Additional Font Sizes: The image editor now supports a broader range of font sizes for greater customization.
• Improved Email Alerts: Participants now automatically receive email notifications when it’s their turn to review and approve a procedure, keeping the process moving and everyone informed.

Vuforia Vantage: Smarter Viewing, Better Navigation

We’ve added new capabilities to enhance the end-user experience in Vantage, especially in web view:

• Distinguish Parts Within a Step: Authors can define specific highlight colors per part, per step. Vantage users can still override them—but only within the current step.
• Flashlight Toggle: A new option in the procedure menu lets you enable or disable the device flashlight.
• Vantage (Web) Improvements: In the web version, users will now see a back button to return to the Library, can sort procedures by title or publish date, and use a new search bar to find procedures by title—now with publish date and version info displayed.

Distribution Center: Ensure Tracking of Use On the Shop Floor

• Preview Control: Managers and admins can now disable Preview capabilities across mobile and web apps via the Distribution Center—preventing untracked use of published procedures in Vuforia Vantage and ensuring all executions are captured within Insights reports.

New URLs for Vuforia Expert Capture

Action Required: Our next Expert Capture Release (targeted for June 24th) will officially introduce new URLs. To ensure a smooth transition, please do the following by June 24th:

1. Test & verify our new target URLs are accessible in case your company or locations are filtering URLs in your firewall:
   • https://vuforia.portal.ptc.com
   • https://api.portal.ptc.com
2. Update our Vantage app(s) on mobile and eyewear devices to 3.21 (or above).

There is no need to update your existing browser bookmarks. URLs referencing original URLs (vuforia.ptc.com) will be automatically re-directed to our new URLs above. We have made the new target URLs available with this release to help you test & verify now. 

If you have any questions about these updates, please don't hesitate to reach out. We look forward to our next release and delivering continued innovation!

Thank you for being part of the Vuforia Expert Capture community!

- The Vuforia Expert Capture Team