Release notes for 0.7.0 (2012-02-25)
This is a very important update: don’t miss it and enjoy the goodies!
Major new features:
- a new rock-solid slicing algorithm, based on a topological approach, able to process efficiently a wide range of STL files without any warning
- generation of support material (optionally, with a second extruder)
- cooling and fan control
- ability to read the AMF format
New features:
- first layer temperature
- support for Makerbot and Mach3 G-code flavors
- duplication is performed on generated toolpaths instead of 3D mesh, resulting in a nearly-constant time for any number of object copies
- infill and support material are multi-threaded, so they will take advantage of multiple CPUs/cores
- support for custom post-processing scripts
- new notes field in configuration profiles
Improvements:
- uses 40% less memory
- ability to load multiple config files using the command line
- ask for confirmation when slicing more than one copy
- contours and holes are extruded in the same direction (ccw)
- skein multiple files with a single command from command line
- some compensation for hole shrinkage
Minor improvements:
- do not display the progress dialog as an application-wide modal dialog
- Config files are now portable between Unix and Windows and allow for Unicode characters
- added extrusion multiplier to G-code comments
Bugfixes:
- models with rounded walls had small useless infill regions
- small perimeter speed was applied to all holes too, regardless of their size
- fixed some fatal errors