- (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
- **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
- **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
- **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)
- **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
- **(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
- **Core:**
- (Add) Utilities methods (`MinimumSpeed`, `MaximumSpeed`, `CreateMat`, `CreateMatWithDummyPixel`, `FileFormat.CopyParameters`)
- (Improvement) Issues - Print Height: Group all layers outside the valid print height
- **FileFormats:**
- (Add) Generic / Phrozen ZIP format
- (Add) Information/modifier to file formats to tell whatever is possible to use custom PositionZ per layer
- (Add) Safe checks in order to run some tools, related to the previous "PositionZ" point
- (Improvement) if blank, allow the previous layer to have a higher Z position than the successor layer
- (Improvement) SL1: Implement the missing keys from new features of PrusaSlicer 2.4.0
- (Fix) Calling a partial save action without a progress instance would cause a crash
- (Fix) GCode: Unable to parse the "Wait time after lift" when a second lift (TSMC) was present, leading to a sum on "Wait time before cure"
- **Tools:**
- (Add) Timelapse: Raise the build platform to a set position every odd-even height to be able to take a photo and create a time-lapse video of the print
- (Add) Scripting: ScriptToggleSwitchInput
- **Raise on print finish:**
- (Add) Reapply check and prevent run the tool in that case
- (Fix) It was incorrectly marked to be able to run in partial mode
- (Fix) The dummy pixel was beeing set to a wrong location
- **Layers:**:
- (Change) When set Wait times to a negative value, it will set the global wait time value accordingly
- (Change) Allow ExposureTime to be 0
- **Commandline arguments**
- (Add) --run-operation \<input_file\> \<operation_file.uvtop\>
- (Add) --run-script \<input_file\> \<script_file.cs\>
- (Add) --copy-parameters \<from_file\> \<to_file\>
- **UI:**
- (Add) When open a file with missing crucial information, prompt the user to fill in that information (Optional)
- (Add) Warn user about misfunction when open a file with invalid layer height of 0mm
- (Improvement) Layer information: Only show the "Exposure time" when its availiable on the file format
- (Improvement) When a file is about to get auto-converted once loaded and the output file already exists, prompt user for overwrite action
- (Improvement) Set default culture info at top most of the program to avoid strange problems with commandline arguments
- (Upgrade) .NET from 5.0.13 to 5.0.14
- (Downgrade) OpenCV from 4.5.5 to 4.5.4 due the crash while detecting islands (Linux and MacOS) (#411, #415, #416)
- **Tool - Morph:**
- (Add) Operator: White tophat - Removes small isolated pixels and only return its affected pixels (Image - Noise removal)
- (Add) Operator: Black tophat - Closes small holes inside the objects and only return its affected pixels (Gap closing - Image)
- (Add) Operator: Hit or miss - Finds pixels in a given kernel pattern
- (Remove) Operator: 'Isolate features' as that is the same as the 'White tophat' and is already inbuilt into OpenCV
- **Kernels:**
- (Add) Option: Use dynamic kernel to enhancement the quality of the borders (#367)
- (Add) Kernels are now saved with the operation profile
- **PrusaSlicer:**
- (Add) Support to slice files to be converted for encrypted CTB format
- (Add) Printer: Elegoo Mars 3 (#370)
- (Add) Printer: EPAX E10 5K
- (Add) Printer: EPAX X10 5K
- (Add) Printer: Phrozen Sonic Mini 8K
- (Add) Printer: Phrozen Sonic Mega 8K
- (Fix) Printer: AnyCubic Photon Mono 4K - display size (#369)
- (Fix) Printer: AnyCubic Photon Mono X 6K - display size (#369)
- (Add) Tool - Double exposure: Kernel configuration
- (Add) Tool - Pixel arithmetic: Kernel configuration
- (Add) Calibration - Elephant foot: Use dynamic kernel to enhancement the quality of the borders (#367)
- (Fix) Calibrate - Elephant foot: Redo (Ctrl + Z) the operation was crashing the application
- (Fix) CTB, PHZ, FDG: Converting files with a null machine name would cause a exception
- (Fix) Anycubic files: Bottom lift and speed were showing default values instead of real used value
- **File formats:**
- (Add) Allow to partial open the files for read and/or change properties, the layer images won't be read nor cached (Fast)
- (Add) More abstraction on partial save
- **Scripting:**
- (Add) ScriptOpenFolderDialogInput - Selects a folder path
- (Add) ScriptOpenFileDialogInput - Selectes a file to open
- (Add) ScriptSaveFileDialogInput - Selects a file to save
- (Add) [UNSAVED] tag to the title bar when there are unsaved changes on the current session
- (Improvement) Better handling of empty images on the UI
When looking for candidate groups to check intersection of contours, we used to restrict this to only groups whose last item's layer was 1 above tthe current layer. However, in the event that 2 contours on the same layer intersect with the same group end up in a situation where the "last item" has a layer index of the current layer.
To fix this we loosen the restriction and now scan groups that have a lowest layer index of either current layer index or current layer index + 1
Fix for edge case where a contour is in multiple groups and they get merged. Doesn't fix root cause of the contour being placed in 2 groups, but for the time being this works around it be deduping during the merge
- **Pixel arithmetic**
- (Add) Apply to - Model surface: Apply only to model surface/visible pixels
- (Add) Apply to - Model surface & inset: Apply only to model surface/visible pixels and within a inset from walls
- (Add) Preset: Fuzy skin
- (Improvement) Speed up the Corrode method
- (Change) Heal anti-aliasing threshold from 169 to 119
- **Calibration - Grayscale:**
- (Add) Enable or disable text
- (Fix) Calibration - Grayscale: Crash program when redo (Ctrl+Z)
- (Change) Some defaults to better values
- (Fix) Layer arithmetic: Crash program when redo (Ctrl+Z)
- **Issues:**
- (Add) Suction cups: Additional setting to specify the required minimum height to be flagged as a issue (#302)
- (Change) Allow touching bounds to have a bounding rectangle and zoom into the issue
- (Change) Disable the ability to copy issues row text from list as this is crashing the program
- (Change) Decrease cache count of the layers from x10 to x5 to free RAM
- (Fix) Touching bounds are reporting areas of 0
- (Fix) Draw crosshair for issues are called multiple times
- (Fix) Detection error when resin traps are enabled on some cases (#303)
- (Fix) Resin trap false-positives (#305)
- (Fix) When removing multiple islands at once only the first is cleared from the issue list
- **UI:**
- (Change) Tool - Resize icon
- (Change) Move "Crosshairs" button inside "Issues" button
- (Add) Tool - Morph - Offset crop: Like erode but discards the outer pixels
- (Fix) Corrected bottom lift unit label in light-off delay calculator (#304)
This fixes the "layer 28" bug where recesses higher than the point of air contact do not get properly marked as suction cups during 2nd pass of resin trap detection.
- (Change) Allow touching bounds to have a bounding rectangle and zoom into the issue
- (Fix) Touching bounds are reporting areas of 0
- (Fix) Draw crosshair for issues are called multiple times
- (Fix) Issue:Equals
Both the repair operation as well as the deletion of an issue will now leverage common code for executing a repair. Repair operation will repair all suction cups, and deleting a specific suction cup will only repair that one.
- Issues:
- (Add) Suction cups: Add a auto repair feature for this issues by drill a vertical vent hole (#296)
- (Add) Layer issue track bar: Colorize the issue tracker map with it own colors (Configurable)
- (Add) Allow to group issues by type and/or layer
- (Improvement) Order issues by area in descending order
- (Improvement) Always bring the selected issue into view on the list
- (Fix) When manually removing a issue from the list, it will no longer reselect other and make the user lost track of the remove issue
- (Fix) Allow to ignore all issue type
- (Fix) Material ml calculation was calculating a bad value for PhotonWorkshop files
Tiago Conceição
tslater2006