- **(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
- **UI:**
- (Add) Pixel position on lcd millimeters to the pixel picker information
- (Add) Pixel size information when availiable below zoom on status bar
- (Add) Click on Zoom button will zoom to 100% and shift click will set to the user defined value
- **CTB:**
- (Add) Allow to change wait time for bottoms and normal layers separately
- (Change) Software version field to 1.9.0
- (Fix) Bottom layer count field was not being set in one of the tables
- (Fix) CXDLP: Force the 'Wait time before cure' to be 1 as minimum, or else 0 is preventing the print
- (Upgrade) AvaloniaUI from 0.10.4 to 0.10.5
- (Improvement) VDT: Implement a new key for better auto convert files between with latest version of Tango
- (Change) Exposure time finder: Bar fence offset from 2px to 4px
- (Upgrade) AvaloniaUI from 0.10 to 0.10.2
- (Remove) Unused assemblies
- **Issues**
- Improve the performance when loading big lists of issues into the DataGrid
- Auto refresh issues on the vertical highlight tracker once cath a modification on the Issues list
- **Layer preview - Difference:**
- Layer difference will now only check the pixels inside the union of previous, current and next layer bounding rectangle, increasing the performance and speed
- Previous and next layer pixels if both exists was not showing with the configured color and using the next layer color instead
- Respect Anti-Aliasing pixels and fade colors accordingly
- Unlock the possiblity of using the layer difference on first and last layer
- Add a option to show similar pixels instead of the difference
- Change previous default color from (255, 0, 255) to (81, 131, 82) for better depth preception
- Change next default color from (0, 255, 255) to (81, 249, 252) for better depth preception
- Change previous & next default color from (255, 0, 0) to (246, 240, 216) for better depth preception
- **(Fix) Pixel editor:**
- Modification was append instead of prepend on the list
- Modification was not updating the index number on the list
- (Fix) PrusaSlicer printer: Bene4 Mono screen, bed and height size
* (Fix) ROI selection button on bottom was always disabled even when a region is selected
* (Fix) Settings - Issues- "Pixel intensity threshold" defaults to 0, but can't be set back to 0 after change (minimum is 1). (#78)
* (Fix) Settings - Issues - "Supporting safe pixels..." is present twice (#78)
* (Fix) Settings - Layer repair - Empty layers / Resin traps texts are swapped in the settings window (#78)
Tiago Conceição