- **(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
* (Add) Settings & Issues: Enable or disable Empty Layers
* (Add) PrusaSlicer Printer: Nova Bene4 Mono
* (Add) CWS: Support the GRAY2RGB and RBG2GRAY encoding for Bene Mono
* (Add) Layer issue Z map paired with layer navigation tracker bar
* (Change) Shortcuts: + and - to go up and down on layers were change to W and S keys. Reason: + and - are bound to zoom and can lead to problems
* (Upgrade) OpenCV from 4.2 to 4.3
* (Fix) CWS: Add missing Platform X,Y,Z size when converting from SL1
* (Fix) CWS: Invert XY resolution when converting from SL1
* (Add) UVtools now notify when a new version available is detected
* (Add) Mutator "Flip"
* (Add) Mutator "Rotate"
* (Add) User Settings - Many parameters can now be customized to needs
* (Add) File load elapsed time into Title bar
* (Add) Outline - Print Volume bounds
* (Add) Outline - Layer bounds
* (Add) Outline - Hollow areas
* (Add) Double click layer picture to Zoom To Fit
* (Improvement) Huge performance boost in layer reparing and in every mutator
* (Improvement) Layer preview is now faster
* (Improvement) Islands detection is now better and don't skip any pixel, more islands will show or the region will be bigger
* (Improvement) Islands search are now faster, it will jump from island to insland instead of search in every pixel by pixel
* (Improvement) ResinTrap detection and corrected some cases where it can't detect a drain
* (Improvement) Better memory optimization by dispose all objects on operations
* (Improvement) Image engine changed to use only OpenCV Mat instead of two and avoid converting from one to another, as result there's a huge performance gain in some operations (#6)
* (Improvement) UVtools now rely on UVtools.Core, and drop the UVtools.Parser. The Core now perform all operations and transformations inplace of the GUI
* (Improvement) If error occur during save it will show a message with the error
* (Improvement) When rotate layer it will zoom to fit
* (Improvement) Allow zoom to fit to print volume area instead of whole build volume
* (Removed) ImageSharp dependency
* (Removed) UVtools.Parser project
* (Fix) Nova3D Elfin printer values changed to Display Width : 131mm / Height : 73mm & Screen X: 2531 / Y: 1410 (#5)
* (Fix) Fade resizes make image offset a pixel from layer to layer because of integer placement, now it matain the correct position
* (Fix) sl1: AbsoluteCorrection, GammaCorrection, MinExposureTime, MaxExposureTime, FastTiltTime, SlowTiltTime and AreaFill was byte and float values prevents the file from open (#4)
* (Fix) zcodex: XCorrection and YCorrection was byte and float values prevents the file from open (#4)
* (Fix) cws: XCorrection and YCorrection was byte and float values prevents the file from open (#4)
* (Fix) cws: Wrong # char on .gcode file prevent from printing (#4)
Tiago Conceição