CesiumJS 1.97

1.97 - 2022-09-01

Highlights include:

• CesiumJS has switched to a new architecture for loading glTF models and tilesets to enable:
  • User-defined GLSL shaders via CustomShader
  • Support for 3D Tiles Next metadata extensions: EXT_structural_metadata, EXT_mesh_features and EXT_instance_features
  • Support for EXT_mesh_gpu_instancing
  • Support for EXT_meshopt_compression
  • Texture caching across different tiles
  • Numerous bug fixes
• Model can now classify other assets with a given classificationType. #10623
• Model now supports back face culling for point clouds. #10703
• Model entities now support CustomShader. #10747
• Export asset files such as CSS in package.json, allowing bundlers to import without additional configuration. #9212
• The sideEffects field in package.json is now specified, allowing more conservative bundlers like Webpack to enable tree shaking by default. #10714

See the changelog for the complete list of changes.