- **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
- **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
- **(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
* **Operations:**
* Force validate all operations on execute if they haven't been before, if validation fails it will show the message error
* Add some utility functions to ease layer and mat allocation in the file
* Layer remove: Disallow to select and remove all layers
* Tool - Edit print parameters: Retract speed wasn't propagating the value to normal layers
* File formats: Better control, set and checking for null/empty thumbnails
* **Scripting:**
* Add scripting capability, this allow to run external scripts inside the GUI and take advantage of visual layout to display user input fields
* Scripts run under the "Roslyn Scripting API" and can make use of the whole C# language, this mean a huge boost compared to PowerShell scripts
* Scripts are written in the same way UVtools is, by learning and programing scripts you are learning the UVtools core
* For more information see the script sample: https://github.com/sn4k3/UVtools/tree/master/UVtools.ScriptSample
* To run scripts go to: Tools - Scripting
* **File formats:**
* Add a check and warning when opening an file that have a diferent layer and file resolution
* **Issues:**
* Add "Print height" as new type of issue detection, all layers that goes beyond maximum printer Z height will be flagged as PrintHeight issue
* Print height issues will not be automatical fixed, however user can fix it by remove some layers to counter the problem, still is recommended to resize object on slicer
* Fix unable to compute issues when only islands or overhangs are selected to be detected alone (#177)
* **Settings:**
* Add default directory for scripts on "General - File dialogs"
* Add checkbox on "Issues - Compute - Print height" to enable or disable this type of detection
* Add numerical on "Issues - Print height - Offset" to define a custom offset from Z top
* Fix default directories input width to not grow with text, it was overflowing on large strings
* **Menu - Help:**
* Add web link to "Wiki & tutorials"
* Add web link to "Facebook group"
* Add web link to "Report a issue"
* Add web link to "Ask a question"
* Add web link to "Suggest an improvement or new features"
* **Core:**
* Fix some improper locks for progress counter and change to Interlocked instead
* Fix a bug when chaging layer count by remove or add layers it will malform the file after save and crash the program with some tools and/or clipboard
* Fix when a operation fails by other reason different from cancelation it was not restoring the backup
* When manually delete/fix issues it will also backup the layers
* **LayerManager:**
* LayerManager is now readonly and no longer used to transpose layers, each FileFormat have now a unique `LayerManager` instance which is set on the generic constructor
* Implemented `List<Layer>` methods to easy modify the layers array
* Changing the `Layers` instance will now recompute some properties, call the properties rebuild and forced sanitize of the structure
* Better reallocation methods
* **Clipboard Manager:**
* Add the hability to do full backups, they will be marked with an asterisk (*) at clipboard items list
* When a partial backup is made and it backups all the layers it will be converted to full backup
* Clipboard can now restore a snapshot directly with `RestoreSnapshot`
* Prevent restore the initial backup upon file load and when clearing the clipboard
* Clip's that change the layer count will perform a full backup and also do a fail-safe backup behind if previous clip is not a full backup
* **Pixel dimming:**
* Allow to load an image file as a pattern (Do not use very large files or it will take much time to dump the data into the textbox)
* Empty lines on patterns will be discarded and not trigger validation error
* **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
* (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
* (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) Settings - Automations: Change only light-off delay if value is zero (Enabled by default)
* (Fix) Calibrators: Some file formats will crash when calibration test output more layers than the dummy file
* (Fix) Undo/redo don't unlock the save function
* (Add) Auto-updater: When a new version is detected UVtools still show the same green button at top,
on click, it will prompt for auto or manual update.
On Linux and Mac the script will kill all UVtools instances and auto-upgrade.
On Windows the user must close all instances and continue with the shown MSI installation
* (Add) Tool profiles: Create and remove named presets for some tools
* (Add) Event handler for handling non-UI thread exceptions
* (Fix) Mac: File - Open in a new window was not working
* (Fix) Tool - Rotate: Allow negative angles
* (Fix) Tool - Rotate: The operation was inverting the angle
* (Fix) Tools: Select normal layers can crash the program with small files with low layer count, eg: 3 layers total
Mostly text updates, with a few adjustments
to dialog box layouts or controls.
Presets for Threshold, for example, where changed
from buttons to a combobox selections.
Allowed the line splits added by Designer to remain, but
did fix any mid-word breaks.
Tiago Conceição
Bryce Yancey