Release notes for 0.8.4 (2012-06-23)
The previous release contained a bug which caused blobbing on layer change, so you’re urged to download this one before yelling at your favorite slicing program!
New features:
- new options to customize support material: pattern, spacing, overhang angle threshold, pattern angle
- new option to disable the automatic addition of perimeters for sloping walls
- new brim feature to improve adhesion (as requested by the community!)
Improvements:
- support material now works with all geometries (not just flat overhangs)
- perimeters now keep the full accuracy and resolution of the original model
- honeycomb travel moves were optimized
Changes:
- skirt loops are now extruded from outside to inside
- arc geometry compensation was disabled
Bugfixes:
- any _retractionlift value different from “0” caused no retraction on layer change, thus blobbing
- _first_layerspeed was accepting mm/m values rather than mm/s
- some infill lines were not always connected near the perimeters
- ratio inputs were not accepted on command line
- ratio inputs were always converted to absolute values on config saving
- when skirt distance was set to zero, the first loop coincided with the external perimeter of the object
- first layer extrusion width was computed using general layer height rather first layer height