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New Slic3r is out with many new features! Huraaaaaayyy!From the news post:
Major new features:
- built-in automatic STL repair
- OpenGL 3D preview of the repaired file (thanks to iXce for the initial work); also supports multi-material files
- ability to override individual config options for each object in the same print job
- new support material rewritten from scratch
- new Ooze Prevention feature for multiple extruders (park extruders outside skirt and drop temperature by a specified delta)
- options to avoid starting loops on convex vertices and/or overhangs
- volume calculation
- ability to customize how materials are mapped to extruders
- new First Layer Acceleration option
- new option to use firmware-controlled retraction (G10/G11)
- new option to use a distinct extruder for support material interface
Improvements:
- Slic3r is now much faster because many mature parts of code were rewritten in C++ for faster processing and less memory usage (Slic3r is now 40% C++)
- most of memory is now truly shared between threads, reducing the total footprint
- improved infill patterns and bridge detection
- the automated test suite was largely enriched
- don't combine retract and travel anymore when using G0 (Mach3 compatibility)
- better Makerbot (Makerware/Sailfish) compatibility
- Windows binaries are now built with Expat for faster AMF parsing
- Minor improvements:
- new [layer_num] placeholder in layer-change G-code
- custom G-code can be supplied via command line too
- some options were renamed or rearranged for clarity
- new --info command line option to get information about the file
- add .ngc to supported G-code suffixes
- the wizard now saves initial profiles automatically
- automatically copy Simple Mode settings into a 'Simple Mode' preset in Expert Mode
Changes:
- layer height ranges are scaled automatically when object is scaled in plater
- avoid G92 E0 for sailfish output
- the "Infill every n layers" option was renamed to "Combine infill every n layers" to clarify its purpose
- several threading issues were fixed
- some situations causing incomplete infill were fixed
- fixed regression causing wrong direction for inwards move in holes, thus little blobs
- fix crash on Windows when username had non-ASCII characters
- some spiral vase prints had little gaps in the loops
- Z-offset was not applied to spiral vase prints
- lift was not working correctly with multiple extruders and multiple skirt layers
- fix speed math for wipe, which was causing too fast retraction
- other minor fixes
Update:
Here are some possible bugs screen-captured by Radusava
