Release notes for 0.8.3 (2012-06-13)
This release aims to fix pending bugs and address stability. A number of contributors helped with patches and testing. Note: the Mac executable requires OS X 10.6. I’m working on a 10.5 package; meanwhile, Mac Leopard users can use 0.7.2b.
New features:
- new advanced options to customize extrusion width for first layer, perimeters and infill
- new separate speed setting for top solid surfaces
- new algorithm to fill gaps (corners, little regions, vase walls only allowing for an odd number of loops etc.)
- experimental support material generation for DLP in SVG export
Improvements:
- better detection of thin walls
- avoid perimeter collisions
- accept both relative and absolute values for extrusion width, first layer speed, first layer height (relative values can be expressed as percentage, e.g. 80%)
- allow to load multiple files at once in the plater
- always ask confirmation when overwriting existing STL files
- warn user when an object can’t be split
- pass config options as environment variables to post-processing scripts
Changes:
- renamed “Perimeters” to “Perimeters (minimum)” to avoid confusion caused by automatic additional perimeters
- renamed bottom layer speed to first layer speed for consistency
- always set bed temperature after first layer if first layer temperature is set
Bugfixes:
- fixed regression causing many bridges to be extruded with a wrong direction
- fixed regression causing skirt to be limited to the first layer
- fixed regression causing some models not to be sliced correctly
- fixed regression causing SVG export to be incomplete
- arc compensation was applied to non-circular holes too, causing them to be too large
- retraction wasn’t triggered when moving between infill of different islands using low density infill
- fixed slic3r-console.exe (on Windows) not working in previous 0.8.x releases
- Z wasn’t lifted when changing layer
- the preview area was not updating to the largest side of the build plate
- the Export SVG… menu item was not working
- Growl notifications now work from the plater too