- **(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
- **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
- 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
- (Add) Allow to choose custom locations for "Send to"
- (Improvement) Better random generation for benchmark
- (Fix) Outline - Hollow areas: Not outlining the second closing contour for contours with child
- (Fix) Pixel editor - Eraser: It was selecting the whole blob even if have inner parents
- **Layer arithmetic:**
- (Add) Allow to use ':' to define a layer range to set, eg, 0:20 to select from 0 to 20 layers
- (Improvement) Modifications with set ROI and/or Mask(s) are only applied to target layer on that same regions
- (Improvement) Disallow set one layer to the same layer without any modification
- (Improvement) Clear and sanitize non-existing layers indexes
- (Improvement) Disable the layer range selector from dialog
- (Fix) Prevent error when using non-existing layers indexes
- (Fix) Allow use only a mask for operations
- (Fix) Implement the progress bar
- **File formats:**
- (Add) VDA.ZIP (Voxeldance Additive)
- (Improvement) Add a check to global `LightPWM` if 0 it will force to 255
- (Improvement) Add a check to layer `LightPWM` if 0 it will force to 255
- (Add) Allow to save the selected region (ROI) to a image file
- (Update) .NET 5.0.5 to 5.0.6
- (Fix) Getting the transposed rectangle in fliped images are offseting the position by -1
- (Fix) Tools: Hide ROI Region text when empty/not selected
Tiago Conceição