- **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
- **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) Suggestions:**
- A new module that detect bad or parameters out of a defined range and suggest a change on the file, those can be auto applied if configured to do so
- **Avaliable suggestions:**
- **Bottom layer count:** Bottom layers should be kept to a minimum, usually from 2 to 3, it function is to provide a good adhesion to the first layer on the build plate, using a high count have disadvantages.
- **Wait time before cure:** Rest some time before cure the layer is crucial to let the resin settle after the lift sequence and allow some time for the arm settle at the correct Z position as the resin will offer some resistance and push the structure.
This lead to better quality with more successful prints, less lamination problems, better first layers with more success of stick to the build plate and less elephant foot effect.
- **Wait time after cure:** Rest some time after cure the layer and before the lift sequence can be important to allow the layer to cooldown a bit and detach better from the FEP.
- **Layer height:** Using the right layer height is important to get successful prints:
Thin layers may cause problems on adhesion, lamination, will print much slower and have no real visual benefits.
Thick layers may not fully cure no matter the exposure time you use, causing lamination and other hazards. Read your resin dtasheet to know the limits.
Using layer height with too many decimal digits may produce a wrong positioning due stepper step loss and/or Z axis quality.
- **Core:**
- Convert the project to Nullable aware and "null-safe"
- **File Formats:**
- (Add) `Volume` property to get the total model volume
- (Add) `SanitizeLayers` method to reassign indexes and force attribute parent file
- (Improvement) Merge `LayerManager` into `FileFormat` and cleanup: This affects the whole project and external scripts.
If using scripts please update them, search for `.LayerManager.` and replace by `.`
- (Change) Chitubox encrypted format can now be saved as normal
- (Fix) Converted files layers was pointing to the source file and related to it
- **Layers:**
- (Add) Methods: `ResetParameters`, `CopyParametersTo`, `CopyExposureTo`, `CopyWaitTimesTo`
- (Improvement) `IsBottomLayer` property will also return true when the index is inside bottom layer count
- **Scripting:**
- (Add) Configuration variable: `MinimumVersionToRun` - Sets the minimum version able to run the script
- (Improvement) Allow run scripts written in C# 10 with the new namespace; style as well as nullables methods
- (Improvement) Convert scripts to use Nullable code
- **UI:**
- (Add) Fluent Dark theme
- (Add) Default Light theme
- (Add) Default Dark theme
- (Change) Use fontawesome and material design to render the icons instead of static png images
- (Change) Some icons
- (Change) Move log tab to clipboard tab
- (Change) Tooltip overlay default color
- (Improvement) Windows position for tool windows, sometimes framework can return negative values affecting positions, now limits to 0 (#387)
- (Fix) Center image icon for layer action button
- (Fix) Center image icon for save layer image button
- **Tools:**
- (Add) Layer re-height: Offset mode, change layers position by a defined offset (#423)
- (Improvement) Rotate: Unable to use an angle of 0
- (Improvement) Remove layers: Will not recalcualte and reset properties of layers anymore, allowing removing layers on dynamic layer height models and others
- (Improvement) Clone layers: Will not recalcualte and reset properties of layers anymore, allowing cloning layers on dynamic layer height models and others
- (Fix) Exposure time finder: Very small printers may not print the stock object as it is configured, lead to a unknown error while generating the test. It will now show a better error message and advice a solution (#426)
- **Terminal:**
- (Add) More default namespaces
- (Improvement) Set a MinHeight for the rows to prevent spliter from eat the elements
- (Change) Set working space to the MainWindow instead of TerminalWindow
- **(Upgrade) .NET from 5.0.14 to 6.0.3**
- This brings big performance improvements, better JIT, faster I/O operations and others
- Read more: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/performance-improvements-in-net-6
- Due this macOS requirement starts at 10.15 (Catalina)
- Read more: https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/6.0/supported-os.md
- (Add) Native support for MacOS ARM64 architecture (Mac M1 and upcomming Mac's) (#187)
- (Exchange) Dependency Newtonsoft Json by System.Text.Json to parse the json documents
- (Remove) "Automations - Light-off delay" in favor of new suggestion "wait time before cure" module
- (Fix) File - Send to: Winrar or 7zip have a wrong extension on the list (uvt) when should be (uvj)
- (Upgrade) AvaloniaUI from 0.10.12 to 0.10.13
- **Change resolution:**
- (Add) Presets: 5K UHD, 6K and 8K UHD
- (Add) Resulting pixel ratio information
- (Add) Fix the pixel ratio by resize the layers images with the proposed ratio to match the new resolution
- (Fix) New images could have noise when processed on linux and macos
- (Add) Layer slider debounce time to render the image [Configurable] (#343)
- (Fix) CTB v1: Incorrect getter for the LightOffDelay
- (Fix) Reallocating layers were not notifying nor updating the layer collection about the changes, leading to wrong layer count
- (Fix) Undo and redo now also reverts the file resolution when changed
- **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
- (Add) Layer preview - Outline: Skeletonize
- (Add) Actions - Export layers to skeleton: Export a layer range to a skeletonized image that is the sum of each layer skeleton
- (Add) Pixel editor - Text: Allow to rotate text placement by any angle (#206)
- (Add) Calibrate - XYZ Accuracy: Drain hole diameter (#205)
* **File formats:**
* Add Voxeldance Tango (VDT)
* Add Makerbase MKS-DLP (MDLPv1)
* Add GR1 Workshop (GR1)
* Add Creality CXDLP (CXDLP)
* When decoding a file and have a empty resolution (Width: 0 or Height: 0) it will auto fix it by get and set the first layer image resolution to the file
* Fix when decoding a file it was already set to require a full encode, preventing fast saves on print parameters edits
* **GUI:**
* When file resolution dismatch from layer resolution, it is now possible to auto fix it by set the layer resolution to the file
* When loading a file with auto scan for issues disabled it will force auto scan for issues types that are instant to check (print height and empty layers), if any exists it will auto select issues tab
* **(Add) PrusaSlicer printers:**
* Creality HALOT-SKY CL-89
* Creality HALOT-SKY CL-60
* (Improvement) Tool - Adjust layer height: Improve the performance when multiplying layers / go with higher layer height
* (Fix) PrusaSlicer Printer - Wanhao D7: Change the auto convertion format from .zip to .xml.cws
* **Core:**
* Write "Unhandled Exceptions" to an "errors.log" file at user settings directory
* Increase layer height max precision from 2 to 3 decimals
* **Settings - Layer Preview:**
* Allow to set hollow line thickness to -1 to fill the area
* Add tooltip for "Auto rotate on load": Auto rotate the layer preview on file load for a landscape viewport
* Add option to masks outline color and thickness
* Add option to clear ROI when adding masks
* Add option "Auto flip on load": Auto flip the layer preview on file load if the file is marked to print mirrored on the printer LCD
* **Layer preview:**
* Add selectable rotation directions 90º (CW and CCW)
* Add preview flip (CTRL+F) horizontally and/or vertically
* Add maskable regions to process on a layer (SHIFT + Alt + Click) on a area
* ROI: Shortcut "Shift + left click" now also selects hollow black areas inside a white perimeter
* ROI: Shortcut "ESC + Shift" to clear only the ROI and leave masks in
* Fix a crash when using the pixel picker tool outside image bounds
* **Pixel editor:**
* Change drawings brush diameter limit from 255 to 4000 maximum
* When using layers below go lower than layer 0 it no longer apply the modifications
* **File formats:**
* Add an internal GCodeBuilder to generate identical gcode within formats with auto convertion, managing features and parsing information
* Internally rearrange formats properties and pass values to the base class
* Fix "Save As" filename when using formats with dual extensions
* CBDDLP and CTB: "LightPWM" was setting "BottomLightPWM" instead
* CWS: Fix problem with filenames with dots (.) and ending with numbers (#171)
* CWS: Improved the enconding and decoding performance
* CWS: Implement all available print paramenters and per layer, missing values are got from gcode interpretation
* CWS: Use set "light off delay" layer value instead of calculating it
* CWS: Get light off delay per layer parsed from gcode
* CWS - RGB flavour (Bene4 Mono): Warn about wrong resolution if width not multiples of 3 (#171)
* ZCode: Allow to set Bottom and Light intensity (LightPWM) on paramters and per layer
* ZCode: Allow to change bottom light pwm independent from normal light pwm
* LGS: Light off and bottom light off was setting the value on the wrong units
* UVJ: Unable to set per layer parameters
* **Issues:**
* When computing islands and resin traps together, they will not compute in parallel anymore to prevent CPU and tasks exaustion, it will calculate islands first and then resin traps, this should also speed up the process on weaker machines
* Gather resin trap areas together when computing for other issues to spare a decoding cycle latter
* When using a threshold for islands detection it was also appling it to the overhangs
* Fix the spare decoding conditional cycle for partial scans
* Change resin trap search from parallel to sync to prevent fake detections and missing joints at cost of speed (#13)
* **Tools:**
* Add layer selector: 'From first to current layer' and 'From current to last layer'
* I printed this file: Multiplier - Number of time(s) the file has been printed. Half numbers can be used to consume from a failed print. Example: 0.5x if a print canceled at 50% progress
* Pixel dimming: Increase wall thickness default from 5px to 10px
* Import layers: Importing layers was not marking layers as modified, then the save file won't save the new images in, to prevent other similar bugs, all layers that got replaced will be auto marked as modified
* (Add) File format: Zcode (Uniz IBEE)
* (Add) PrusaSlicer Printer: Uniz IBEE
* (Add) Extract: Output an "Layer.ini" file containing per layer data and include the Configuration.ini for Zip file formats
* (Improvement) Zip: Increase the GCode parsing performance
* (Fix) File formats: Wasn't set bottom / light off delay per individual layer on generic formats, defaulting every layer to 0
* (Fix) Edit print paramenters: When changing bottom layer count, layers didnt update thier properties
* (Improvement) Cache per layer and global used material for faster calculations
* (Improvement) Better internal PrintTime management
* **(Improvement) GUI:**
* Show per layer used material percentage compared to the rest model
* Show total of millimeters cured per layer if available
* Show bounds and ROI in millimeters if available
* Show display width and height below resolution if available
* Don't split (Actions / Refresh / Save) region when resize window and keep those fixed
* **(Improvement) Calibrate - Grayscale:**
* Add a option to convert brightness to exposure time on divisions text
* Adjust text position to be better centered and near from the center within divisions
* (Fix) Calculate the used material with global layer height instead of calculate height from layer difference which lead to wrong values in parallel computation
* (Fix) Converting files were not setting the new file as parent for the layer manager, this affected auto convertions from SL1 and lead to crashes and bad calculations if file were not reloaded from the disk (#150, #151)
* (Fix) PositionZ rounding error when removing layers
* (Add) Computed used material milliliters for each layer, it will dynamic change if pixels are added or subtracted
* (Add) Computed used material milliliters for whole model, it will dynamic change if pixels are added or subtracted
* (Improvement) Round cost, material ml and grams from 2 to 3 decimals
* (Improvement) Operation profiles: Allow to save and get a custom layer range instead of pre-defined ranges
* **(Improvement)** PhotonWorkshop files: (#149)
* Fill in the display width, height and MaxZ values for the printers
* Fill in the xy pixel size values for the printers
* Change ResinType to PriceCurrencyDec and Add PriceCurrencySymbol
* Change Offset1 on header to PrintTime
* Change Offset1 on layer table as NonZeroPixelCount, the number of white pixels on the layer
* Fix LayerPositionZ to calculate the correct value based on each layer height and fix internal layer layer height which was been set to position z
* Force PerLayerOverride to be always 1 after save the file
* (Fix) Actions - Remove and clone layers was selecting all layer range instead of the current layer
* (Fix) Redo last action was not getting back the layer range on some cases
* (Upgrade) EmguCV/OpenCV to v4.5.1
* (Upgrade) AvaloniaUI to 1.0
* (Improvement) GUI re-touched
* (Improvement) Make pixel editor tab to disappear when pixel editor is disabled
* (Improvement) Simplify the output filename from PrusaSlicer profiles
* (Improvement) All operations require a slicer file at constructor rather than on execute, this allow exposure the open file to the operation before run it
* (Improvement) Calibrations: Auto set "Mirror Output" if open file have MirrorDisplay set
* (Change) Tool - Redraw model/supports icon
* (Change) photon and cbddlp to use version 3 by default
* (Add) Tool - Dynamic layer height: Analyze and optimize the model with dynamic layer heights, larger angles will slice at lower layer height
while more straight angles will slice larger layer height. (#131)
* (Add) Calibration - Exposure time finder: Generates test models with various strategies and increments to verify the best exposure time for a given layer height
* (Add) File load checks, trigger error when a file have critical errors and attempt to fix non-critical errors
* Layers must have an valid image, otherwise trigger an error
* Layers must have a incremental or equal position Z than it previous, otherwise trigger an error
* If layer 0 starts at 0mm it will auto fix all layers, it will add Layer Height to the current z at every layer
* (Add) Tool - Edit print parameters: Allow set parameters to each x layers and skip n layers inside the given range.
This allow the use of optimizations in a layer pattern, for example, to set 3s for a layer but 2.5s for the next.
* (Add) Layer height property to "Layer Data" table: Shows layer height for the slice
* (Fix) When automations applied and file is saved, it will not warn user about file overwrite for the first time save
* (Fix) Tool - Redraw model/supports: Disable apply button when no file selected
* (Fix) Tool - Infill: Lack of equality member to test if same infill profile already exists
* (Fix) Auto converted files from SL1 where clipping filename at first dot (.), now it only strips known extensions
* (Fix) SL1 encoded files wasn't generating the right information and lead to printer crash
* (Fix) PrusaSlicer printer "Anycubic Photon S" LiftSpeed was missing and contains a typo (#135)
* (Fix) PrusaSlicer profile manager wasnt marking missing profiles to be installed (#135)
* (Fix) PrusaSlicer folder search on linux to also look at %HOME%/.config/PrusaSlicer (#135, #136)
* (Fix) Operations were revised and some bug fixed, most about can't cancel the progress
* (Fix) Some typos on tooltips
* (Fix) Prevent PhotonS from enconding, it will trigger error now as this format is read-only
* **(Fix) Ctrl + Shift + Z to redo the last operation:**
* The layer range is reseted instead of pull the used values
* Tool - Arithmetic always disabled
* Action - Layer import didn't generate info and always disabled
* (Add) RAM usage on title bar
* (Add) Clipboard manager: Undo (Ctrl + Z) and Redo (Ctrl + Y) modifications (Memory optimized)
* (Add) Current layer properties on information tab
* (Fix) Long windows with system zoom bigger than 100% were being hidden and overflow (#90)
* (Fix) Do not recompute issues nor properties nor reshow layer if operation is cancelled or failed
Tiago Conceição