Feature Request: Optional alphabetical sorting in the parts list

[oschrenk]

It would be great to have an option to sort the parts list alphabetically by name.

Keeping it opt-in seems ideal — the current (file) order is useful for some models, and for models with many parts an A→Z view makes it much easier to find a specific one.

Maybe a toggle in the popover (or a setting)? Or maybe a Project setting inside the 3mf file (not sure if possible)

Natural sorting (so that "Shelf 2" comes before "Shelf 10") would be a nice touch.

[tomasf]

This is a great idea. I've noticed this problem myself lately when there are many parts. Cadova Viewer currently preserves the item element order and doesn't sort at all. Another potential solution, at least for a Cadova-only workflow, is to sort the item elements Cadova generates. This was a simple one-line change on the Cadova side, so I did it and pushed it to dev. If that turns out to not be enough, we can do something like this on the Viewer side.

[oschrenk]

Thank you! Just switched to dev branch of Cadova.

For me that works more than enough - and even better to do it on the data generating side instead of redoing it every time in the viewer.