Difference between revisions of "Release Notes"

Revision as of 13:27, 7 December 2015

On this page you can find a brief description about what is new in each release of MatterControl. The version number shown is for the official MatterHackers release - the release numbers for specific manufacturers may vary.

1.4.1 (November 16, 2015 - MC Touch only)

Minor Changes

• Enabled new seam hiding code in MatterSlice
• Enabled 'Pinch to Zoom' on touchscreens
• Reset view button on model and gcode views
• Improved STL repair, added handling for bad polygon winding
• Added Outside perimeter extrusion width setting (Filament -> Extrusion)
• Added Top Solid Infill speed to MatterSlice
• Improved to Braille Grade 2 support in Braille Builder
• Made print leveling dialog easier to use on Touch
• Made message reports easier to read on Touch

Bug Fixes

• Improved showing and hiding of the Android keyboard
• Better startup behavior when a printer plugged in
• Fixed issue where grouped objects were not moving when scaled
• Android now resets boards on connect
• Fixed issue where Infill Overlap was not being used correctly
• Fixed issue with empty Start GCode
• General stability improvements

1.4.0 (October 5, 2015)

• PC Download
• Mac Download

New Features

• Added Cloud Design Library - automatic design file syncing
• Expanded general library management tools (folder creation, item rename)
• Added options for sharing designs
• Added support for X3G 3D printers (added new profiles)
• Added ability to start/stop prints remotely and remotely add items to queue
• Added 'Braille Builder' design add-on for creation of 3d printable braille labels

1.3.0 (June 23, 2015)

• PC Download
• Mac Download

New Features

• Auto arrange has been improved
• Added profiles for MakerGear, PrintSpace, Huxley
• Adding Touchscreen mode for touchscreen devices
• Support for ATX power hardware
• Improved Basic and Standard UI settings
• Perimeters, Bottom and Top layers can all be set in millimeters
• Perimeters can now be printed outer layer first or last

Minor Changes

• Updated Lulzbot settings
• Added tool change g-code
• Added crash reporting to alpha and beta channels
• Better default printer naming
• Fixed slicing problems with very complex models during top and bottom layer creation.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue with spiral vase setting
• Fixed bug with dual extrusion offset (offset values were limited to integer values)
• Fixed slicing problems with very complex models during top and bottom layer creation
• Improved reset connection
• Keep 3D views up to date with model changes
• Fix to end gcode processing not doing replacements
• Improved error messages
• Fixed handling of bad AMF loading
• Better handling of connection not available
• Fixed a bug in the queue while printing and trying to change items1
• Fixes for international number formatting
• Improved clarity of redundant slice settings naming
• Fixed a problem with first layer extrusion width

MatterSlice

Features

• Added a wipe before retract feature
• Made it possible to print the raft with any extruder

Bug Fixes

• Filter move writes better
• Spiral Vase now ignores confounding settings when set
• Outer perimeters can no longer overlap themselves
• Improved loop clipping
• Put in tool change code
• Print the skirt before the raft
• Hex infill could sometimes miss a bottom edge
• Fixed a freeze bug when creating top and bottom layers for complex parts
• Make sure we retract on layer change if required
• Extruder offset previously could only be an integer value (it can now be a decimal value as well)

1.2.2 (March 6, 2015)

• PC Download
• Mac Download

New Features

• Improved printer connection stability
• Updated Serial Driver for RAMPS
• Added profiles for Revolution 3D, Solidoodle
• Added hexagon infill
• Added the ability to turn on 'Reset Connection' works as an e-stop

Minor Changes

• Bug fixes
• Better memory reporting and stability
• Fixed a bug with temp being set repeatedly
• Using sub-modules (easier to build from GitHub)

1.2.1 (January 28, 2015)

• PC Download
• Mac Download

New Features

• Pop Out Windows - now you can show settings and controls all the time
• Ability to send parts to other computers and MatterControl Touch
• We now display a big 3D view on startup
• Better connection handling
• Support for many more printers
• Added a Simple mode to slice settings

Minor Changes

• External Perimeter First slice setting
• Improved edge detection during slicing
• Select Raft Extruder
• Vertical offsets in edit mode
• Faster editing of models
• More accurate gcode generation
• More accurate support angles
• Better slice settings help and defaults
• Fixed some very obscure errors with Print Leveling being too high sometimes
• Better detection of co-linear edges (highly tessellated round things work better)

1.2 (November 19, 2014)

• PC Download
• Mac Download

New Features

• Dual-Extrusion Support
• Simple Multi-Material Workflow
• Advanced Support Material Generation
• New Touch-Friendly UI
• Signed Windows Drivers (no more Windows 8 pain)
• AMF support

Minor Changes

• Improved Pausing (remembers and returns to pause position)
• Support for @pause and M226 (user requested pause from gcode)
• MatterSlice
  • Skirt always draws from the outside

1.1.3 (August 8, 2014)

• PC Download - last XP compatible build
• Mac Download

New Features

• Updated to Slic3r 1.1.7
• MatterSlice significantly improved
  • Support can now have interface layers
  • Many bugs and performance improvements
• New 3D Display options (outline view)
• MakerBot X3G support now available (beta)
• Added Turkish translation

Minor Changes:

• Make sure the 3D views always match the current printer size and shape
• Improved 3D GCode view (more display options)
• Faster Mesh and GCode loading
• New driver for RoBo 3D
• Made Smoothieboards work better

1.1.2 (July 22, 2014)

New Features

• 3D GCode View
• Cloud Monitoring: While logged in, printer status viewable from the web
• SD Card Support: Allows you to print from and view/edit the contents of the on-board SD Card
• Triangle infill in MatterSlice, for incredibly strong parts

Minor Changes

• Minor UI fixes (ex. added scroll bars to slice presets)
• Added 'Preheat' temperature preset - sets temp to current slice settings
• Fixed slice implementation of Raft settings. It was not putting in correct spacing
• Fixed issue with update download not starting.
• Fixed issue with auto-connect causing start-up crash (on Printrboards specifically)

1.1.1 (May 27, 2014)

New Features

• New Advanced Raft in MatterSlice
• GCode playback during printing

Minor Changes

• Independent Axis Scaling Improved
• Fixed a bug in Macros being sent in reverse order
• Better international support (
• Bug fixes and performance improvements

1.1.0 (May 14, 2014)

New Features

• MatterSlice : A new high quality, high speed slicing engine by MatterHackers
• Material/Quality Presets : Layers settings to that modify the base settings
• Widescreen Mode
• Expanded Themes
• Image Converter : A new tool that lets you change images into printable models
• Print History updates and improvements

Minor Changes

• Pause, cancel, resume functionality can now be assigned custom GCode.
• Added visualization for retraction and partial path viewing to GCode view.
• When parts are repositioned in the plate editor, the offsets are now preserved.
• Localization support has been added. We'll be integrating translations as they become available.
• Saving part file edits is now significantly faster.
  • Loading images is now faster (uses caching).
  • Many bug fixes and performance improvements