What's new in KISSlicer 2 Alpha 2.0.6
May 26, 2020
- Bug Fixes:
- right-click menu to select sub-mesh extruders works the first time.
- internal extruder mode works on the first layer.
- New Functionality:
- Support Z-Floor can now be specified, no support will be triggered by geometry below this.
- Trim Top Z function to allow user to print their model to a specific height.
- Final Z setting for the end of print...will rise to this height if ending below
- KISSlicer Project Files:
- Users can drag-and-drop a KISSlicer Project (KSP) file on the 3D preview window.
- KISSlicer no longer saves temporary KSP project printer as most recently used.
- Updated exporting profiles associated with specific printers.
New in KISSlicer 2 Alpha 1.6.3 (Feb 9, 2020)
- Only adjust first layer Z-Gap when raft is enabled.
- Added the Premium Key's form to the invalid key message.
- Improved patch grid sampling.
New in KISSlicer 1.6.3 (May 10, 2018)
- Fixed bug where bad meshes could cause long strings
- Detect Top Surface paths and assign their own speed
- Split the Shrink% into X Y Z (had been XY and Z)
New in KISSlicer 1.6.2 (Oct 13, 2017)
- Fixed a bug for BfB / CubeX firmware where trailing 0s in the RPM would be dropped
- Added a quality option for the object packer (on the [Misc] tab)
New in KISSlicer 1.6.1 (Sep 29, 2017)
- trim whitespace from new profile names
- Updated printer profile wizard G-code to better handle both single- and multi-nozzle extruder changes.
- (N-1 nozzle systems often do large retractions & loads on tool change, so move before Tool command, then again after for multi-nozzle machines)
New in KISSlicer 1.6 (Sep 15, 2017)
- Version 1.6 is a major release with many new / unique / advanced features, including:
- STEPOVER CONTROL (adaptive layer thickness)
- PROFILE WIZARDS - quickly set up new printers and materials
- TUNING WIZARD - find the perfect material setting in one print
- PRELOAD - improved string and blob control
- FRACTIONAL PERIMETERS - improve loop / infill bonding
- CELLULAR INFILL - excellent for making compressible TPU prints
- JOIN-LOOP setting for seam hiding
- new SUPPORT interface
New in KISSlicer 1.5 (Aug 5, 2016)
- PRO only: True multi-material objects (sub-meshes automatically detected, overlapping sub-meshes allowed)
- Up to 4 extruders (FREE users can pick any single extruder, PRO users can assign any extruder to any sub-mesh)
- Round bed support (for delta printers)
- Sequential printing (stair-stepped positioning for Cartesian printers, spaced positioning for delta printers)
- Brim (flat or filleted)
New in KISSlicer 1.1.0.14 (May 15, 2013)
- New more generic G-code support (you will want to try the [Defaults] button):
- Distinct G-code for Extruder select and deselect
- Can add M101/103 on 5D firmware
- Can add G-code includes per material type (to be accessed using the 'MATL' token)
- X,Y,Z,E tokens for current machine state
- token for how far through the print
- Every-N-Layers G-code include
- User Interface updates:
- Translations! Use KISSlicer in your native language (with Labels & Tooltips, or Tooltips-only)
- Settings level (Beginner, Medium, Expert)
- The settings are now a pop-up on the bottom of the window
- Bed STLs let you preview how the model will look on your print bed
- Rotate parts
- Re-orient parts
- Settings are auto-updated, and saved on program exit
- Per-Extruder gain setting (instead of the old [mm/rev])
- Timing estimates take machine acceleration into account
- More responsive with large models loaded
- Slice] / [Save] on the same button, slices when necessary, preview paths, then save when happy
- RAM usage warning
- Can change 3D window background color
- Added a Mesh Error Key (pops up when a mesh may have issues)
- Various re-wordings of the settings and tooltips
- Various re-wordings of the settings and tooltips
- Added Control:
- Can do sparse infill Straight / Octagonal / Rounded (octagonal)
- Can set fan duty cycle
- Can Z-lift (lift head before travel)
- More control over destring/wipe events
- Can jitter the start point per layer
- Added a "Delta Speed Limit" to smoothly transition up to full speed
- Generic Improvements:
- Improved Packer
- Improved Crowning (adaptive speed and thickness)
- Improved the path simplification
- Disallow invalid characters in profile names
- G-code comments wrapped to not overflow some G-code interpreters
- Improved the loop ordering algorithm
- Faster slicing when using sparse infill
New in KISSlicer 1.0.9.7 (Sep 18, 2012)
- Vase Mode - bottom N layers are solid, and only loops printed above that
- Rounded Sparse Infill - less shaking (optional - may overwhelm serial link for infill of 50%)
- Force CR LF line endings for G-code on all platforms (Macs can slice for BfB again)
- Optionally call a post-processor on the output file
- Can use unicode chars in STL export filenames
- Minor GUI changes (Ctrl+O/S)
- Optionally strip comments from output G-code
- Added easy Inch->mm function
- "Support Z Max" - disable support above a certain height
- On BfB printers uses M227 again instead of M229 for destring (should be transparent)
- Notes the Operating Sysyem in the G-code comments for better support
- Under Mac, can drop STL files on the icon in the dock
- BUGFIX: can now slice with sparse infill and 0 skin thickness
New in KISSlicer 1.0.8 (Sep 18, 2012)
- 5D firmware updates:
- don't output Z if unchanged
- Added minimum jump length...no destring if the jump < threshold
- Destring feedrate setting
- Filenames are not truncated to 8 characters
- Optional extruder axis (E A B C) for Mach3 controllers
- Support updates:
- Thinner Interface paths
- Adds interface paths at the bottom of the support base, if on top of a model...mostly for multi-head prints
- Support inflation (try this one!)
- Added "Skirt" as a Raft option
- Support Gap setting sets space between support extrusions and the model
- Native file dialogs (under Windows and Mac)
- Bulk Key
- Better degenerate triangle support
- Improved the path optimizer
- Speed limit for the 1st layer
- Fattened up the 2nd raft layer a bit
- added Path Color Key
- Slicing requires less RAM
- Cleaned up the main screen a little
- Added a delete [X] button per model
- Added most recent slice time as a tooltip in the text box
New in KISSlicer 1.0.7 (Sep 18, 2012)
- Support:
- if using a raft, use dense bottom support layer in cross direction
- disable stacked support on base layers (better adhesion)
- More unified support (no random reversals) for easier removal
- Sheathed Support (perimeter around the support base, strengthens and adds material for upper support to bond)
- Shows filename when extension check fails
- Removed clamp on flow tweak
- Improved timing estimate (still doesn't handle acceleration)
- Loops always go CCW now
- Solid / Loop overlap is now a setting
- All adaptive layers (support and infill) use the fine setting
- Use a "sleep(1)" instead of yield to hopefully allow other apps to run simultaneously
- No exit while slicing or exporting G-code
- Allow transparent view before paths are generated for model error checking
- Added "Raft Inflation" to expand the raft area
- KISSlicer advanced settings tab is now available in FREE mode
New in KISSlicer 1.0.6 (Sep 18, 2012)
- Breakdown of estimated extrusion time by extruder and path type (in G-code)
- Can optionally extrude loops from inside to outside
- 1st layer temperature only happens after the raft if the material is different from the raft
- Changed the name "Wipe Pillar" to "Prime Pillar"
- Changed the name "Bed Flatness" to "Bed Roughness".
- Changed the math for solid infill:
- to remove overlap with loops
- to account for material in short connecting pieces
- NOTE: you will probably need to change your "Flow Tweak" in material settings (close to 1.0)
- Allows a 0mm wipe (will still trigger destring on 5D firmware)
- Added a "Scale by X" right-click menu option to each object tab
- Added an "All Models Menu" (to scale, revert, or delete)
- Added an option to *NOT* rotate the model on load or packing
- Fixed grid raft thickness bug
- On Drag-n-Drop to 3D pane, can now handle filenames with spaces in them under Linux & Mac (was changing space to )
New in KISSlicer 1.0.5 (Sep 18, 2012)
- Can handle unicode characters in filenames and paths
- Opening STL files can now sort by date
- Fixed Z-speed not saving
- Keep original filename when changing save directories
- Sped up the support pass
- Added more descriptive message if STL fails to load
- Updated 'Close Settings Window' button text
- Report extra settings and build info in output file
- Clamp some user settings to resonable values
- Remove very short paths (< 2 * extruder width)
- 5D firmware:
- Use M104 for cool or keep-warm temp
- No default purge code after extruder change
- replacement uses numbering 0,1,2
- Clamp wipe to >= 0.01mm (for destring...temporary fix)
New in KISSlicer 1.0.4 (Sep 18, 2012)
- Default prime after extruder change now works under 5D firmware
- Used new time and cost estimates in the output G-code file
- first layer temp now occurs on the first layer after the raft as well
- "T0" only happens on 5D firmware if > 1 extruder
- Wipe Pillar now works under FREE version as well as PRO
- G-code includes (prefix, postfix, extruder change) now have an 8KB limit (instead of 512 bytes)
New in KISSlicer 1.0.3 (Sep 18, 2012)
- 5D firmware can select M104 or M109 for setting temperature
- Improved settings handling (especially deletion and creation)
- Fixed flow-rate errors on 1st layer (especially raftless)
- Support extruded at the same speed as solid paths (not sparse-infill)
- Remember window size & location
- Added tooltips to main GUI
- Infill density slider buttons now advance by 1
- Added machine cost per hour (for cost estimates)
- Fatten the base layers of the wipe pillar
- Added Mac support
New in KISSlicer 1.0.1 (Sep 18, 2012)
- Added website to [About] box.