Release notes for 0.5.0 (2011-11-13)
After 10 more days of work, a new release is out!
New features:
- four new exciting fill patterns (including line)!
- new algorithm for re-processing layers with dirty geometry, this makes the parser more tolerant
- start and end gcode is customizable in the GUI too
- new –retract-lift option to lift Z while doing travel moves
- new –no-extrusion option to disable E codes
- new –skirt-height option
- new –first-layer-height-ratio option
- new –close-after-slicing for easy integration with external programs
- new –g0 option to output G0 for fast retractions (experimental)
Improvements:
- perimeters are extruded at once for each island, saving on travel toolpaths
- perimeters are extruded using a shortest path search, avoiding unnecessary travel
- smarter toolpaths for infills with different density
- multiply was renamed to duplicate
- infill is now overlapped with perimeters by 15%
- GUI was rearranged using tabs
Bugfixes:
- fixed fatal error occuring on Windows
- infill solid layers even when –fill-density is set to zero
- membranes were not printed correctly
- G2/G3 coordinates for experimental arcs were wrong
- print first layer at Z = 1 * layer height instead of zero