- (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) Increase `PixelSize`, `PixelWdith` and `PixelHeight` precision from 3 to 4 decimals (#684)
- (Improvement) Suggestion wait time before/after cure: When unable to set time per layer and/or per bottom and normal layers it will show a simpler message with just one time that it can apply
- (Fix) Unable to apply the wait time before cure suggestion in some formats due incorrectly check for the wait time after cure availability (#686)
- (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
- (Improvement) Remove developer machine path in PDB / error messages
- (Fix) HoneyComb infill not going to the right most edge of the image (#649)
- (Fix) AnyCubic machine names were not showing in most files
- (Fix) PWMX: Unable to set version 1
- (Fix) LGS: Converted files to lgs cause program to crash with `Value was either too large or too small for a Decimal` (#653)
- **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
- (Add) File format: Anet N7 (#635)
- (Add) PrusaSlicer Printer: Anet N7 (#635)
- (Improvement) Each layer can now be aware of it own resolution
- (Improvement) Better set of file resolution from layers when using a compression codec other than png
- (Fix) Anet N4 printer reset on latest firmware (#633)
- (Fix) PrusaSlicer printers: Change thumbnails resolution to match file preview resolution (Fix stretch images)
In original format both name and description could be an empty string
with length -1.
Bounding rectangle should be an index of first/last white pixels.
Anet N4 is LCD printer similar to Anycubic Photon (same display parameters).
The printer uses modified B9Creator job file (.b9j) with added preview image
and print parameters.
However, most of options are use integers, so it is impossible to set fractions
of second for exposure.
Format does not support anti-aliasing and curing/light offset delay.
- **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
- **UVtoolsCmd:**
- **print-properties:**
- (Change) `-b`, `--base` option to `-a`, `-all` to indicate all properties and sub-properties, now defaults to only show base properties
- (Add) `-r`, `--range` option to prints only the matching layer(s) index(es) in a range
- (Add) `-i`, `--indexes` option to prints only the matching layer(s) index(es)
- (Add) Command: `set-properties <input-file> <property=value> Set properties in a file or to it layers with new values`
- (Add) Command: `print-issues <input-file> Detect and print issues in a file`
- (Add) New option to the `run` command: `-p, --property <property=value> Set a property with a new value (Compatible with operations only)`
- (Remove) Command: `print-layers` as it has been moved to `print-properties`, use `-r :` to obtain same result as default on `print-layers`
- **Issues:**
- (Fix) Issues groups with only one issue was displaying the wrong area value
- (Fix) Volume incorrectly calculated, resulting in a high value for group of issues
- (Fix) Incorrect calculation of the bounding rectangle for a group of issues
- **Repair layers:**
- (Add) Switch to opt between "Re-detect the selected issues before repair" and "Use and repair the previous detected issues" (Default)
- (Improvement) Do not allow to run the tool if there are no detected issues when the option "Use and repair the previous detected issues" is selected
- (Improvement) Linux: Recompile libcvextern.so on a older system to be able to run on both older and newest system (#603)
- (Upgrade) .NET from 6.0.10 to 6.0.11
- **Import thumbnails:**
- (Add) Import from file
- (Add) Import from file (Replace all)
- (Add) Import from current layer
- (Add) Import from current layer (Replace all)
- (Add) Import from random layer
- (Add) Import from random layer (Replace all)
- (Add) Import from heatmap
- (Add) Import from heatmap (Replace all)
- (Fix) Import from file could load in any image color type, resulting in wrong encoding on file save
- **Auto-upgrade script:** (Will only take effect on the next release)
- (Improvement) Add some marker/debug messages
- (Improvement) On generic Linux and macOS try to rename the folder if contain the version on it name to the upgraded version name
- (Improvement) Linux AppImage upgrades now renames to UVtools.AppImage
- (Improvement) Re-open the program with the current loaded file
- (Add) UVtoolsCmd: `set-preview, set-thumbnail <input-file> <file path|layer index|:random-layer|:heatmap> Sets and replace thumbnail(s) in the file [default: :heatmap]`. (#599)
Use `UVtoolsCmd set-preview -?` to view the full documentation
- (Improvement) Export layers to mesh: Write the file to a temporary location and move it to the target location when complete with success
- (Fix) Error when opening a file with light calculated issues that cause a complete issue detection and when there are auto applied suggestions that modify the layer count (#598)
- (Fix) Auto applying suggestions was not triggering a UI properties refresh, causing some values to show outdated
- (Fix) PCB exposure: Bad parsing of macros when the ending `%` is alone in a new line (#600)
- **Tools:**
- **PCB Exposure:**
- (Add) Allow to scale the drawing sizes per gerber file
- (Add) Allow to invert the drawing polarity per gerber file (#592)
- (Add) Allow to drag and drop files into "Add files" button and grid header
- (Improvement) Do not add empty layers when usable to draw or when draw a all black image
- (Improvement) "Merge all gerbers into one layer" will now draw all gerber into one image instead of perform the Max(of all gerbers pixels), allowing to subtract areas as they are on gerbers
- **Import layers:** Fix error when trying to insert layers
- **Export layers images:** Better compression of contours for SVG export, resulting in smooth curves, better visuals and lower file size
- (Add) Outline: Triangulate
- (Remove) Avalonia.Diagnostics dependency in release mode
- **File formats:**
- (Add) Property: DisplayTotalOnTime
- (Add) Property: DisplayTotalOffTime
- (Add) SL1File Property: high_viscosity_tilt_time
- **Tools**
- **I printed this file**
- (Add) Display on time for the print information
- (Improvement) Labels on numeric box
- (Improvement) Show print time label formatted as hh:mm:ss
- **PCB Exposure:**
- (Improvement) Increase "Exposure time" maximum from 200s to 1000s (#592)
- (Fix) Set `BottomLightHeight` to 0
- (Fix) Set `TransitionLayerCount` to 0
- **Issues:**
- (Improvement) Overhang detection by using a dynamic cross kernel
- (Improvement) Bring back the discard logic of "false-positive" islands based on overhang detection but improve the threshold of the detection to be safer (#591, #591)
- **PrusaSlicer:**
- (Change) Elegoo Mars 2 to use file version 4
- (Change) Elegoo Mars 2 Pro to use file version 4
- (Add) Status bar: On and Off time (hh:mm:ss) as tooltip in the Print time label
- (Improvement) When any of libcvextern dependencies are missing, it try to show the missing libraries in the error message (Linux only)
- (Improvement) Auto-upgrade procedure for non-Windows systems
- (Improvement) macOS arm64 (M1/M2) can now run natively if installed via the auto installer script
- (Fix) Error on Mat cache manager when file have only one layer
- (Fix) Suggestion "Transition layer count" shows as never applied when using with file formats that use in-firmware transition layers
- (Upgrade) openCV from 4.5.4 to 4.6.0
- Custom library is now built to strip unused dependencies and reduce library size
- (Remove) arch and rhel packages in favor of a generic linux
- **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
- **File formats:**
- (Add) `TransitionLayerCount` modifier to: Chitubox Zip, CWS, JXS, OSLA, PW*, UVJ, ZCodex, ZCode
- (Add) Utility methods for transition layers calculation/parse
- (Improvement) Calculate and set `TransitionLayerCount` property in file decode based on layer exposure time configuration
- **GCode:**
- (Improvement) GCode: Able to parse layer image file with appended numbers on the filename (Afecting CWS) (#577)
- (Fix) Bad parsing of the file when it comes from Lychee or NovaMaker slicer (Afecting CWS)
- (Fix) Incorrect parse of "Wait time before cure" from layers when printer require wait sync moves (Afecting CWS)
- **Tools:**
- (Add) External tests: The Complete Resin 3D Printing Settings Guide for Beginners
- (Add) External tests: 9 settings for faster printing
- (Improvement) Fade exposure time: Set `TransitionLayerCount` property with the affected layer count
- **Suggestions:**
- (Add) Transition layers: If you are printing flat on the build plate your model will print better when using a smooth transition exposure time instead of a harsh variation, resulting in reduced layer line effect and avoid possible problems due the large exposure difference.
This is not so important when your model print raised under a raft/supports unaffected by the bottom exposure, in that case, it's fine to ignore this.
- (Add) Model position: Printing on a corner will reduce the FEP stretch forces when detaching from the model during a lift sequence, benefits are: Reduced lift height and faster printing, less stretch, less FEP marks, better FEP lifespan, easier to peel, less prone to failure and use the screen pixels more evenly.
If the model is too large to fit within the margin(s) on the screen, it will attempt to center it on that same axis to avoid touching on screen edge(s) and to give a sane margin from it.
- **Status bar:**
- (Add) Transition layers: 0/-0.00s
- (Improvement) Change "Layer Height: 0.000mm" to "Layers: count @ 0.000mm"
- (Improvement) Change "Bottom layers: 0" to "Bottom layers: 0/0.000mm"
- (Change) Show user informative message about CTB Encrypted file format once per ten file loads
- (Upgrade) .NET from 6.0.9 to 6.0.10
- (Fix) Windows MSI installation not upgrading well when downgrade libraries
- **Layer:**
- (Add) Property: `LayerMatBoundingRectangle`
- (Add) Property: `LayerMatModelBoundingRectangle`
- (Add) Method: `GetLayerMat(roi)`
- **Issues:**
- **Islands:**
- (Improvement) Islands detection performance
- (Improvement) Required area to consider an island is now real area instead of bounding box area
- (Fix) Logic bug when combining with overhangs
- **Overhangs:**
- (Improvement) Overhangs detection performance
- (Improvement) Overhangs are now split and identified as separately in the layer
- (Improvement) Overhangs now shows the correct issue area and able to locate the problem region more precisely
- (Improvement) Compress overhangs into contours instead of using whole pixels, resulting in better render performance and less memory to hold the issue
- (Fix) Bug in overhang logic causing to detect the problem twice when combined with supports
- (Improvement) Touching bounds check logic to spare cycles
- **Tool - Raise platform on print finish:**
- (Add) Preset "Minimum": Sets to the minimum position
- (Add) Preset "Medium": Sets to half-way between minimum and maximum position
- (Add) Preset "Maximum": Sets to the maximum position
- (Add) Wait time: Sets the ensured wait time to stay still on the desired position.
This is useful if the printer firmware always move to top and you want to stay still on the set position for at least the desired time.
Note: The print time calculation will take this wait into consideration and display a longer print time.
- (Add) FileFormat: AnyCubic custom machine (.pwc)
- (Downgrade) OpenCV from 4.5.5 to 4.5.4 due a possible crash while detecting islands (Windows)
- **Windows MSI installer:**
- (Add) UVtools folder to start menu with:
- UVtools
- UVtoolsCmd
- Uninstall UVtools
- (Add) Prompt for add open in UVtools when right-click on supported files
- (Add) Prompt for create desktop shortcut
- (Add) Prompt for launch UVtools after the installation
- (Improvement) Cleanup and simplify the install project
- (Add) PrusaSlicer printer: Peopoly Phenom Forge
- (Upgrade) .NET from 6.0.8 to 6.0.9
- (Fix) Corruption in file after attempt to save to a locked file (#551)
- (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
- (Add) Debug sub menu to test some behaviours (Only when compiled in debug mode, not visible on public release)
- (Add) Utility method `LayerExists` to the file formats to know if specific layer index exists in the collection
- (Improvement) Add loaded file information to the crash dialog message
- (Fix) Message dialog height do not expand with text (#537)
- (Fix) Crash when all layers get removed and UI attempt to show a layer (#538)
- **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**
- **PCB Exposure:**
- (Add) Able to choose the size midpoint rounding method (#520)
- (Fix) Allow to flash alone D03 commands (#520)
- (Fix) Correct line thickness to have at least 1px error (#523)
- (Improvement) Layer arithmetic: Use ; to split and start a new arithmetic operation
- (Add) Cmd: Convert command now allow to pass 'auto' as target type to auto convert specific files, valid for SL1 files configured with FILEFORMAT_xxx (#522)
- (Add) GCode: Command to sync and wait for movement completion [Only enabled for cws format] (#514)
- (Add) VDT: Transition layer count
- (Upgrade) AvaloniaUI from 0.10.16 to 0.10.17
- **File formats:**
- (Add) `LayerImageType`: Gets the layer image data type used on this file format
- (Improvement) jxs, rgb.cws and xml.cws: Improve the layer image read/write performance by a significant amount
- (Fix) xml.cws: Wanhao printers need 32 bit png instead of 8 bit png (#514)
- **PCB Exposure:**
- (Add) Parse of deprecated commands (G70, G71, G90, G91)
- (Fix) Able to have parameterless macro apertures (#503)
- **UI:**
- (Add) Menu -> File -> Free unused RAM: Force the garbage collection of all unused objects within the program to free unused memory (RAM).
It's never required for the end user run this. The program will automatically take care of it when required.
This function is for debug purposes.
- (Improvement) Window title bar: Show elapsed minutes and seconds instead of total seconds minutes and second
- (Fix) Tool - Mask: Loaded image resolution shows as (unloaded)
- (Fix) Applying a large set of modifications in layer depth with pixel editor cause huge memory spike due layer aggregation without disposing, leading to program crash on most cases where RAM is insufficient (#506)
- (Upgrade) AvaloniaUI from 0.10.15 to 0.10.16
- (Add) Layer action - Export layers to HTML: Export file information and layers to an html file
- (Change) CXDLP: Validate header and footer value must start with "CXSW3D" instead of force equal to "CXSW3DV2" (#501)
- (Upgrade) .NET from 6.0.5 to 6.0.6
- **PCB Exposure:**
- (Add) Able to select multiple files and create a layer per file or merge them into one layer
- (Add) Able to import files from a zip file
- (Improvement) Round pixel coordinates and line thickness
- (Improvement) Better position precision for primitives
- (Improvement) Disable the ok button if no files were selected
- (Change) Do not auto mirror based on printer lcd mirror type
- (Fix) Limit line thickness to 1px minimum
- (Fix) Allow leading zero omit from XY coordinates (#492)
- (Fix) Mirror option was shifting the board position
- (Add) Calibrate - Blooming effect: Generates test models with various strategies and increments to measure the blooming effect
- (Add) Setting: Issues - Default order by, changes the default order on the issues list (#482)
- (Improvement) CTBv4 and encrypted: Fetch `BottomWaitTimes` virtual property from first bottom layer that has at least 2 pixels (#483)
- (Fix) Linux: Enable desktop integration for AppImages (#490)
- (Fix) Extracting zip contents inside folders would cause a error and not extract those contents
- (Upgrade) AvaloniaUI from 0.10.14 to 0.10.15 [Fixes auto-size problems]
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