- (Change) `Layer.IsBottomLayer` no longer calculate the value using the position of the layer, a new property `IsBottomLayerByHeight` is now used to get that result
- (Improvement) Tool - Double exposure: Increase the bottom layer count per cloned bottom layer
- (Improvement) Calibration - Exposure time finder: Set the absolute bottom layer count accordingly when also testing for bottom time
- (Improvement) Goo: Enforce Wait times or Light-off-delay flag based on property set
- (Fix) AnyCubic and Goo: `PerLayerSetting` flag was set inverted causing printer not to follow layer settings when it should and also the otherwise (#689)
- (Fix) Tool - Scripting: Prevent from reload UI multiple times when using profiles (#694)
- (Improvement) CXDLP: Better parse of machine model from PrusaSlicer profile (#351)
- (Fix) OSF: Printer freezes at first layer (#657)
- (Upgrade) AvaloniaUI from 0.10.18 to 0.10.19
- **File formats:**
- (Improvement) Does not set `PerLayerSettings` flag when found different exposure times on transition layers, this fix the issue where users can't edit settings on printer menu when having transition layers (#507)
- (Fix) CTB for UniFormation GKtwo: Unable to show nor print files (#673)
- (Fix) CBDDLP corruption when downgrade version (#675)
- **PCB exposure:**
- (Add) EagleCAD XLN drill format (#676)
- (Add) Allow to re-order gerbers up and down on the grid
- (Change) Drill files does not require G05 to do the holes (#676)
- (Fix) Infinite loop on refresh preview when selecting drl files
- (Fix) Unable to individual invert drl files
- (Upgrade) .NET from 6.0.14 to 6.0.15
- (Add) Allow to pause and resume operations (#654)
- (Add) `Layer.FirstTransitionLayer`
- (Add) `Layer.LastTransitionLayer`
- (Add) File format: Elegoo GOO
- (Add) PrusaSlicer Printer: Elegoo Mars 4
- (Improvement) Allocate maximum GPU memory for Skia up to 256 MB
- (Improvement) Set and sanitize transition layers exposure time from last bottom layer and first normal layer instead of global times (#659)
- (Change) CXDLP: Default version from 2 to 3
- (Fix) UI was not rendering with GPU (ANGLE)
- (Fix) `Layer.IsTransitionLayer` was returning the wrong value
- (Upgrade) .NET from 6.0.13 to 6.0.14
- **UI:**
- (Improvement) Layer navigation load time by parallel `Mat` to `Bitmap` conversion
- (Improvement) Allow to show exceptions without the stack trace and detailed trigger action by using the `MessageExceiption` (#644)
- (Improvement) Allow progress to have and display a detailed log (#644)
- (Improvement) Convert format to another with multiple versions will now only show the possible versions for the extension
- **Suggestion - Wait time before cure:**
- (Improvement) Set the first wait time based on first valid layer mass rather than use the fixed limit
- (Improvement) Set zero time to empty and dummy layers
- (Improvement) When creating the dummy layer also increment the bottom layer count as the created layer count as one
- **PCB Exposure:**
- (Add) Excellon Drill Format (drl) to cut off holes (Implementation may lack some advanced features, please confirm the result) (#646)
- (Fix) Arc (G03) with negative offsets (I-/J-) was not drawing the shape correctly
- (Fix) Implement the rotation for the outline primitive (#645)
- **File formats:**
- (Improvement) Formats now sanitize the selected version before encode given the file extension, if version is out of range it will force the last known version
- (Fix) CBDDLP: Remove a table from the file that might cause layer corruption
- (Add) Operations - `AfterCompleteReport` property: Gets or sets an report to show to the user after complete the operation with success
- (Improvement) Suggestion - Wait time after cure: Set zero time to empty and dummy layers
- (Improvement) Slight improvement on the contour intersection check, yields better performance on resin and suction cup detection
- (Improvement) Allow to trigger message boxes from operations and scripts (#644)
- (Upgrade) .NET from 6.0.12 to 6.0.13
- **CTB:**
- (Improvement) Split `uint PerLayerSettings` into `byte AntiAliasFlag`, `ushort Padding` and `byte PerLayerSettings`
- (Improvement) Change the way and value set to `PerLayerSettings`, this may fix some recent problems where printer doesn't respect per layer settings?
- **Issues:**
- (Fix) Resin traps and suction cups area sum, was losing precision due uint cast (#621)
- (Fix) Overhang area was incorrectly showing bounding rectangle area instead it real area
- (Fix) OSF: Unable to open certain files when using anti-aliasing
- (Upgrade) .NET from 6.0.11 to 6.0.12
- **File formats:**
- (Add) File extension: .gktwo.ctb to `ChituboxFile` to be able to convert files for UniFormation GKtwo under special CTB format
- (Add) UniFormation GKtwo compatibility under CTB format, if exporting JXS rename to CTB before open
- (Fix) CTB, CBDDLP, PHOTON, FDG, PHZ: Read and write files larger then 4GB (#608)
- **PCB Exposure:**
- (Add) Offset X/Y to offset the PCB from it origin
- (Add) Allow to toggle between "Show preview image cropped by it bounds" and "Show full preview image (The final result)"
- (Improvement) Use rectangle instead of line for center line primitive (#607)
- (Fix) Implement rotation to polygon and center line primitives (#607)
- (Fix) Macros in a single line was not being parsed (#607)
- (Fix) Invert color per file was not affecting primitives
- **Network printers:**
- (Add) Socket requests with TCP and UDP
- (Add) AnyCubic printer preset (However it can't upload a file)
- (Add) Scripts in request path to allow a first request to fetch data to the final request:
- A script starts with **<\?** and ends with **?>**
- First parameter is the first request to get response content from
- Second parameter is the regex pattern to match content with
- Third parameter is the final request that supports a parameter from regex matching group, eg: **{#1}** is match Group[1] value
- **Example:** <\? getfiles > {0}\/(\d+\.[\da-zA-Z]+), > printfile,{#1} ?>
- (Change) Allow to print a filename without send it when upload request path is empty
- (Fix) Do not show printers with empty requests
- (Change) Default layer compression to Lz4 instead of Png
- (Improvement) Application is now culture aware but set part of `NumberFormat` to the `InvariantCulture.NumberFormat`
- (Improvement) Material cost now show with the current culture currency symbol due previous change
- (Improvement) Better submit of bug reports using sections and forms
- (Improvement) Linux: AppImage now have a help manual with possible arguments and parameters
- (Improvement) macOS: Codesign app on auto-installer and auto-upgrade to bypass arm64 run restriction (#431)
- (Improvement) macOS: Rebuilt arm64 libcvextern.dylib to run with less dependencies (#431)
- (Improvement) macOS: Try to show missing dependencies from openCV (if any) on the error message
- (Fix) UI: layers sorted lexicographically instead of numerically in the issues list view (#611)
- (Fix) PrusaSlicer printer parameters: UniFormation GKtwo
- **File formats:**
- (Add) AnyCubic PM3R (#587)
- (Add) AnyCubic PMX2
- (Fix) LGS: `LightOffDelay` is `WaitTimeBeforeCure` in this format
- **PrusaSlicer printer:**
- (Add) AnyCubic Photon M3 Premium
- (Add) AnyCubic Photon Mono X2
- (Fix) Scripting: Unable to use sub-classes (#583)
- (Fix) Loading an image as file cause application to crash
- (Fix) "File - Send to" doesn't ignore case on file extension names resulting in ignore files in a uppercase even if extension is correct
- (Fix) Do not show layer material milliliters when value is 0 or the percentage is NaN
- (Fix) Auto-upgrade on Linux with AppImage integrated on system causes the file name to grow with hash strings
- (Add) Compatibility with the next version 517 of the format
- (Improvement) Discovered and implemented more unknown fields
- (Improvement) Dispose layer RLE bytes after encoding
- (Fix) When creating or converting to anycubic file, it don't set the extra table mark name
- (Fix) Only attempt to activate the advanced mode (TSMC) when the BottomLiftHeight2 or LiftHeight2 gets changed
- (Fix) GCode: Improve the regex for parsing layer index from comments, also fixes chitubox zip format layer parsing
- (Fix) MacOS: Auto updater was not copying the files to the right location, leading to not upgrade the program. However this version still need to update manually
- **File formats:**
- (Add) OSF (Vlare Open File Format)
- (Fix) CTB Encrypted: Bottom Retract Height for TSMC was constraining incorrectly with the normal total retract height
- (Fix) CWS: Only issue `;<Slice>` command when the exposure is about to happen (#514)
- **GCode:**
- (Add) Command `CommandWaitSyncDelay` for movement wait sync delay instead of depending on G4 wait command
- (Fix) Wrong parsing and set of wait times when using a wait after lift / wait before retract
- (Improvement) Auto update: Make sure the download url exists before attempt the download, if not, instead it will prompt for manual download and update
- (Improvement) MacOS: Remove `com.apple.quarantine` flag from the auto downloaded files
- (Upgrade) .NET from 6.0.7 to 6.0.8
- (Upgrade) AvaloniaUI from 0.10.17 to 0.10.18
- **Tools:**
- (Add) PCB exposure: Converts a gerber file to a pixel perfect image given your printer LCD/resolution to exposure the copper traces.
- (Improvement) Export settings now indent the XML to be more user friendly to edit
- (Improvement) Layer import: Allow to have profiles
- (Improvement) Layer import: Validates if selected files exists before execute
- (Fix) Lithophane: Disallow having start threshold equal to end threshold
- (Add) Windows explorer: Right-click on files will show "Open with UVtools" on context menu which opens the selected file on UVtools (Windows MSI only)
- (Improvement) Island and overhang detection: Ignore detection on all layers that are in direct contact with the plate (On same first layer position)
- (Improvement) Cmd: Better error messages for convert command when using shared extensions and no extension
- **UI:**
- (Add) Setting: Restore window last position - If enabled, it will restore the main window last known client position on startup (#460)
- (Add) Setting: Restore window last size - If enabled, it will restore the main window last known client size on startup (#460)
- (Improvement) If there are missing dependencies it will show a proper window with information instead of crashing application without any visuals
- (Improvement) Start maximized is set before windows spawn to prevent the flicker effect on main window
- (Add) File formats: Property `IsUsingTSMC` - Indicates whatever file globals are using TSMC or not
- (Change) Lithophane: Noise removal and gap closing iterations defaults to 0
- (Fix) Anycubic files: Printers are unable to use TSMC values after save (#457)
- (Fix) Pixel Editor button is hidden when using screens with scalling > 100% [dirty-fix] (#458)
- (Upgrade) .NET from 6.0.3 to 6.0.4
- **Shortcuts:**
- (Add) **Delete:** While on layer preview and with roi or mask(s) selected, will remove the selected area from layer
- (Add) **Alt + Delete:** While on layer preview and with roi or mask(s) selected, will remove the selected area from all layers
- (Add) **Ctrl + Delete:** While on layer preview, will remove the current layer
- (Add) **Insert:** While on layer preview and with roi or mask(s) selected, will keep only the selected area in layer
- (Add) **Alt + Insert:** While on layer preview and with roi or mask(s) selected, will keep only the selected area in all layers
- (Add) **Ctrl + Insert:** While on layer preview, will clone the current layer
- (Add) **Home:** While on layer preview will go to first layer
- (Add) **End:** While on layer preview will go to last layer
- (Add) **Page up:** While on layer preview will skip +10 layers
- (Add) **Page down:** While on layer preview will skip -10 layers
- (Add) Tool - Lithophane: Generate lithophane from a picture
- (Fix) Pixel arithmetic: When run with masks it produce a incorrect outcome
- (Fix) CXDLP: Layer area table miscalculation, causing slow down prints
- **Core:**
- (Add) Machine presets and able to load machine collection from PrusaSlicer
- (Improvement) Core: Reference EmguCV runtimes into core instead of the UI project
- **File formats:**
- **CXDLP:**
- (Add) Detection support for Halot One Pro
- (Add) Detection support for Halot One Plus
- (Add) Detection support for Halot Sky Plus
- (Add) Detection support for Halot Lite
- (Improvement) Better handling and detection of printer model when converting
- (Improvement) Discovered more fields meanings on format
- (Fix) Exposure time in format is `round(time * 10, 1)`
- (Fix) Speeds in format are in mm/s, was using mm/min before
- (Add) JXS format for Uniformation GKone [Zip+GCode]
- (Improvement) Saving and converting files now handle the file backup on Core instead on the UI, which prevents scripts and other projects lose the original file in case of error while saving
- (Fix) After load files they was flagged as requiring a full encode, preventing fast save a fresh file
- **UVtoolsCmd:**
- Bring back the commandline project
- Consult README to see the available commands and syntax
- Old terminal commands on UVtools still works for now, but consider switch to UVtoolsCmd or redirect the command using `UVtools --cmd "commands"`
- **Tools:**
- **Change print resolution:**
- (Add) Allow to change the display size to match the new printer
- (Add) Machine presets to help set both resolution and display size to a correct printer and auto set fix pixel ratio
- (Improvement) Real pixel pitch fixer due new display size information, this allow full transfers between different printers "without" invalidating the model size
- (Improvement) Better arrangement of the layout
- (Add) Infill: Option "Reinforce infill if possible", it was always on before, now default is off and configurable
- (Improvement) Always allow to export settings from tools
- **GCode:**
- (Improvement) After print the last layer, do one lift with the same layer settings before attempt a fast move to top
- (Improvement) Use the highest defined speed to send the build plate to top after finish print
- (Improvement) Append a wait sync command in the end of gcode if needed
- (Fix) When lift without a retract it still output the motor sync delay for the retract time and the wait time after retract
- **PrusaSlicer:**
- (Add) Printer: Creality Halot One Pro CL-70
- (Add) Printer: Creality Halot One Plus CL-79
- (Add) Printer: Creality Halot Sky Plus CL-92
- (Add) Printer: Creality Halot Lite CL-89L
- (Add) Printer: Creality Halot Lite CL-89L
- (Add) Printer: Creality CT133 Pro
- (Add) Printer: Creality CT-005 Pro
- (Add) Printer: Uniformation GKone
- (Add) Printer: FlashForge Foto 8.9S
- (Add) Printer: Elegoo Mars 2
- (Improvement) Rename all Creality printers
- (Fix) Creality model in print notes
- **File formats:**
- (Add) Transition layer count to the supported files and auto compute transition time on corresponding layers in software mode
- (Add) `HaveTransitionLayers`, `TransitionLayersType`, `BottomLayers`, `NormalLayers`, `TransitionLayers`, `TsmcLayers` properties
- (Add) Layer: `IsTransitionLayer` property
- (Add) SL1: Keyword `TransitionLayerCount_xxx` - Sets the number of transition layers
- (Improvement) CTB, PHZ, FDG: Implement the `ModifiedTimestampMinutes` field, it was the MysteriousId before as an unknown field
- (Fix) CWS: Open in partial mode will cause an exception and prevent file from load
- **CCode:**
- (Add) Allow inverse lifts to work as an retract
- (Fix) Parsing of WaitTimeAfterLift was incorrect when lacking a lift sequence
- (Fix) Layers lacking an exposure time was defaulting to global time, now defaults to 0
- (Fix) Layers without a LED ON (M106) was setting `LightPWM` to the max value (255), now defaults to 0
- **Tools:**
- **Timelapse:**
- (Add) Information: Raise Layer count equivalence
- (Add) Information: Additional lifts to be generated
- (Add) Option: Ensure the last layer - If enabled, it will generate an obligatory layer to cover the last layer
- (Improvement) Optimize lift for virtual layer mode, allowing set a slow and fast lift / retract by using another virtual layyer to emulate a lift
- (Improvement) Allow to define slow and fast speed for virtual layer mode even if TSMC isn't supported
- (Add) Fade exposure time: Setting 'Disable firmware transition layers' - Attempt to disable firmware strict transition layers in favor of this tool
- (Add) Calibration tests: Attempt to auto disable the firmware transifiton layers
- (Change) Edit print parameters: Allow set `BottomLiftHeight` and `LiftHeight` to 0mm
- **UI:**
- (Improvement) Disallow drop files into UI when is processing data / disabled and prevent crashing from that action
- (Improvement) Information tab visibility and MinHeight for data grids
- (Improvement) Hide/show GCode tab when necessary (dependent on file format)
- (Improvement) The 'save as' will show the new file into 'Open recent' files
- **PrusaSlicer printers:**
- (Add) Elegoo Jupiter
- (Add) EPAX X1 4KS
- (Add) EPAX DX1 Pro
- (Add) EPAX DX10 Pro 5K
- (Add) EPAX DX10 Pro 8K
- (Add) EPAX E10 8K
- (Add) EPAX X133 6K
- **Pixel Arithmetic:**
- (Add) Corode: Noise pixel area, defaulting to 3px2
- (Change) Corode: Cryptonumeric random to normal random to speed up calculation
- (Change) Fuzzy skin preset: Set a ignore threshold area of 5000px2
- (Improvement) Masking performance and auto crop the layer to speed up the processing when using an "Apply to" other than "All"
- (Fix) Some "Apply to" methods was creating a wrong mask with some operators
- **CXDLP V3:**
- (Fix) Checksum (CRC32) (#389)
- (Fix) Software name and material name serialization
- **PrusaSlicer:**
- (Add) Keyword 'FILEVERSION_n' to allow set the file format version/revision
- (Change) Printer: AnyCubic Photon Mono 4K and Mono X 6K, to use version 516
- **Anycubic file format:**
- (Fix) Encoding or converting a new file with version 516 was setting wrong length for the new tables
- (Fix) Setting bottom lift height or speed was not working and keep the same value
- (Add) FileFormats: Abstract `Version` property to set or get the version on file formats
- (Add) CXDLP: Compability with new file v2 revsion (#376)
- (Upgrade) AvaloniaUI from 0.10.8 to 0.10.11
- **File - Send to:**
- (Add) Icons to distinguish each send type
- (Add) Allow to configure processes to open the file with (#352)
- (Improvement) CXDLP: When encoding the file, only attempt to change the machine name if not starts with 'CL-' (#351)
- (Improvement) UI: Remove the "0/?" and just show the title on the progress bar
- (Change) CTBv4: Remove the following validation to be compatible with lychee and CTB SDK: "Malformed file, PrintParametersV4 found invalid validation values, expected (4, 4) got (x, y)" (#354)
- **(Fix) Layers:**
- Round properties before comparing to avoid the precision error
- Prevent 'Wait time' properties from having negative values
- The `RetractSpeed` or `RetractSpeed2` property wasn't setting the bottom speed for bottom layers, instead the normal retract speed was always used
- Set the `RetractHeight2` or `RetractSpeed2` property was not notifing the timer to update the print time no
- Propagate global settings to layers now identfies the bottom layers per height instead of layer index
- (Add) UVJ: Support TSMC for the file format
- (Fix) UVJ: Soft save was not updating the layer settings
- (Fix) CTB: TSMC not working properly due incorrect layer `LiftHeight` value calculation
- **UI:**
- (Add) Pixel position on lcd millimeters to the pixel picker information
- (Add) Pixel size information when availiable below zoom on status bar
- (Add) Click on Zoom button will zoom to 100% and shift click will set to the user defined value
- **CTB:**
- (Add) Allow to change wait time for bottoms and normal layers separately
- (Change) Software version field to 1.9.0
- (Fix) Bottom layer count field was not being set in one of the tables
- (Fix) CXDLP: Force the 'Wait time before cure' to be 1 as minimum, or else 0 is preventing the print
- (Add) Allow to change wait time for bottoms and normal layers separately
- (Change) Software version field to 1.9.0
- (Fix) Bottom layer count field was not being set in one of the tables
- **(Fix) CTB:**
- Converting a file to version 4 won't port the TMSC values (#271)
- Force version 3 when on version 4 and converting to photon or cbddlp
- **(Improvement) Export to SVG image:**
- Group \<g\> all layer objects
- Intersect all childs on same \<path\>
- **PrusaSlicer:**
- (Rename) Printer keywords notes:
- BottomWaitBeforeCure -> BottomWaitTimeBeforeCure
- WaitBeforeCure -> WaitTimeBeforeCure
- BottomWaitAfterCure -> BottomWaitTimeAfterCure
- WaitAfterCure -> WaitTimeAfterCure
- BottomWaitAfterLift -> BottomWaitTimeAfterLift
- WaitAfterLift -> WaitTimeAfterLift
- (Change) PrusaSlicer gcode printers to reflect the previous changes
- (Change) PrusaSlicer Creality Hallot printers with better values by default
- (Fix) PrusaSlicer printers with TMSC values was not being ported to the file format
- (Fix) CXDLP: The light-off delay is not present on the format, instead the wait time before cure is used, this was leading to high wait and print times
- (Fix) Converting from files that aren't both TSMC compatible won't set the bottom and lift height
- (Fix) Error when changing the layer collection with another with higher layer count than the previous
- **Layer:**
- (Add) `Number` property to get the layer number, 1 started
- (Fix) `HaveGlobalParameters` property was not comparing `PositionZ`
- (Fix) `HaveGlobalParameters` property was not comparing `WaitTimeAfterCure` for bottom layers
- (Fix) CTB: Discovered more unknown fields and set them accordingly
- **File formats:**
- Add and remove some image types that can be open
- (Add) `CanProcess` method to know if a file can be read under a format and to allow diferent formats with same extension
- (Fix) `LiftHeightTotal` and `RetractHeight` was rounding to no decimals and returning wrong values
- (Improvement) Round all float setters on `Layer` class
- (Improvement) Decode/encode RAM usage and performance by processing in batch groups
- **Pixel Dimming:** (#262)
- (Add) Option "Lightening pixels" to add brightness/lightening instead of dimming/subtract pixels
- (Fix) "Dim walls only" would reset body brightness by increase pixel brightness two times it value
- **Pixel Arithmetic:**
- (Change) Transpose "Pixel Dimming" to "Pixel Arithmetic"
- (Improvement) New options and manipulations
- **(Fix) Exposure time finder:**
- Generate top staircase based on selected measure (px or mm)
- Zebra bars when used in mm measures, it was using X density instead Y to calculate the thickness
- Move 'Unit of measure' to 'Object configuration'
- Custom text with wrong Y position when using out of portion resolutions/LCDs
- **CTBv4:**
- (Fix) More Unknown fields discovered and implemented
- (Fix) Reserved table is 384 bytes instead of 420
- (Fix) When full encoding it was forcing to change to version 3. This also affected convertions. (#263)
- (Fix) `BottomRetractHeight2` was being set to `BottomRetractSpeed2`
- (Fix) `RetractHeight2` was being set to `RetracSpeed2`
- (Fix) The PrintParametersV4 table address
- (Fix) Generates invalid files to open with Chitubox and printers (#263)
- (Fix) Better progress report
- **(Add) PrusaSlicer printer notes variables:**
- BottomLiftHeight2
- BottomLiftSpeed2
- LiftHeight2
- LiftSpeed2
- BottomRetractSpeed
- BottomRetractSpeed2
- BottomRetractHeight2
- BottomRetractSpeed2
- RetractHeight2
- RetractSpeed2
- **UI:**
- (Add) File - Open current file folder (Ctrl+Shift+L): Locate and open the folder that contain the current loaded file
- (Improvement) Hide some virtual extensions from file open dialog filters
- (Improvement) UI: Refresh active thumbnail when changed
- (Change) Icon for File - Open and Open in a new file
- (Change) Rename File - Extract to: Extract file contents
- (Upgrade) AvaloniaUI from 0.10.6 to 0.10.7
- (Fix) PW0, PWM, PWMX, PWMO, PWMS: Unable to decode some files with AntiAliasing (#143)
- **Command line arguments:**
- (Add) Convert files: UVtools.exe -c \<inputfile\> \<outputfile1/ext1\> [outputfile2/ext2]
- (Add) Extract files: UVtools.exe -e \<inputfile\> [output_folder]
- https://github.com/sn4k3/UVtools#command-line-arguments
- **File formats:**
- (Add) Implement TSMC (Two Stage Motor Control) for the supported formats
- (Add) Implement 'Bottom retract speed' for the supported formats
- (Add) LGS: Support for lgs120 and lg4k (#218)
- (Add) CTB: Special/virtual file extensions .v2.ctb, .v3.ctb, .v4.ctb to force a convertion to the set version (2 to 4). The .ctb is Version 3 by default when creating/converting files
- (Improvement) Better performance for file formats that decode images in sequential pixels groups
- **GCode:**
- (Improvement) Better parsing of the movements / lifts
- (Improvement) Better handling of lifts performed after cure the layer
- (Improvement) More fail-safe checks and sanitize of gcode while parsing
- (Improvement) CTBv3: Enable per layer settings if disabled when fast save without reencode
- (Upgrade) .NET from 5.0.8 to 5.0.9
- (Fix) PrusaSlicer printer: Longer Orange 4k with correct resolution and display size
- (Fix) Odd error when changing properties too fast in multi-thread
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