OrcaSlicer V1.6.4 Beta 2

This release includes some improvements and bug fixes found in the 1.6.4-beta version.

OrcaSlicer now has an official Discord server OrcaSlicer Discord

What's Changed

Improvements

• Improved print quality for models with slanted top surfaces when using single wall on top #1680
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  After:
  

Bug fixing

• Fixed the issue where overhang/bridge fan speed failed to unset in some cases. #1669 #1686
• Fixed a bug related to Chinese plate name
• Fixed Korean font not be loaded properly by @Hotsolidinfill in #1681

Translations

• Ukrainian translation by @djperya in #1672
• Spanish translation update by @tadeu2 in #1646

Please refer to 1.6.4-beta for the full list of other changes in 1.6.4

OrcaSlicer V1.6.4 Beta Release

OrcaSlicer now has an official Discord server OrcaSlicer Discord

What's Changed

• QoL improvement: Orca Slicer now remembers each printer's filament, bed, and process settings, making it easier to switch between multiple printers

• Single wall on top surface for Arachne by @Noisyfox in #1583
  

• Pressure Advance: add Ellis' pattern method for pressure advance calibration by @thewildmage in #1547
  

• Some other updates for Pressure Advance calibration:

  1. Speed: All PA calibrations now use minimum speed at 100 mm/s (still subject to max flow rate) as PA effect is not obvious under slow speed (one also probably doesn't need it when printing at 45 mm/s speed).
  2. PA tower: Only one wall will be printed for most nozzles (0.4 upwards).

• Make Overhang Printable by @Noisyfox and @odie5533 in #1615
  This feature based on Cura's ConicalOverhang algorithm by @BagelOrb
  

• Support for using a percentage (%) of nozzle diameter to specify line width by @iFallUpHill in #1578
  

• Add Lift Z only Above/Below, On Surface (e.g. Only on Top) by @iFallUpHill in #1562

• Optimise sandwich wall mode when perimeters are shared with multiple islands(Arachne only) by @igiannakas in #1352
  Previously, in cases where sandwich mode was used, Orca would fallback to inner-outer wall order in certain edge cases. Now, it will fallback to outer-inner wall order.

• Display print end time for in BL device page by @ZdDroid in #1568

• Add option for skirt-speed override by @scottmudge in #1371

• Optimized GCode Generation: significantly reduced the number of M106 commands to address the "timer too close" errors experienced by some Klipper users when printing with dynamic fan speed setting on. #804

• Improve z seam performance:

  1. Turn off wipe_on_loops by default
  2. Change default wipe distance to 1 mm
  3. Reduce Seam gap to 10% by default

• Overhang tweaks:

  1. Revert back to classic overhang slowdown
  2. Support percent for overhang speed

• Tweak profiles for Voron/Qidi X Plus3/etc

  1. Fix Voron Trident printable height issue #1641
  2. Revamp Qidi X3 printer profiles
  3. Turn on accel_to_decel_enable for klipper machine by default
  4. Many other profiles tweaks

• update latest BL profiles from BS 1.7.1, adding P1S profiles (Note: only BL machine profiles from BS)

• Port PrusaSlicer staggered_inner_seams

• Bugfix for zero-width tree supports by @scottmudge in #1367

• Fixed an issue that Orca Slice can't connect a printer that uses http protocal on Mac by @ammmze in #1157

Localization:

• Russian translation by @stasyan68 in #1509
• Ukrainian translation by @djperya in #1638
• Korean translation by @Hotsolidinfill in #1664
• Spanish translation by @tadeu2 in #1572

Last but not least, here are some miscellaneous changes:

• Easier solution to allow opening the app on OSX described in README.md by @prostolyubo in #1232

• fix typos and more translations for new features by @hliebscher in #1202

• Fix building with GCC13 (required to build on Arch and Fedora) by @c2h5oh in #1220

• Fix tooltip referencing "Studio" by @scottmudge in #1370

• Fix check multi filament valid by @macdylan in #1433

• • fix is_extruder_used by @macdylan in #1422

• Added doc & photo for wiki guide for max volumetric flow by @jermylucas in #1301

• fix lang files (gettext tool) by @hliebscher in #1550

• Always emit the SET_VELOCITY_LIMIT ACCEL= command when the Klipper firmware flavor is selected by @mjonuschat in #1598

• Use namespaces to link against libcereal >= 1.3.1 by @ovlach in #1596

• compilation errors fixed of Ukrainian localizalion by @djperya in #1610

• fix: ambiguous call _check_convertible_to_path_source(const wxCStrData&) by @ovlach in #1597

New Contributors

• @ammmze made their first contribution in #1157
• @prostolyubo made their first contribution in #1232
• @c2h5oh made their first contribution in #1220
• @igiannakas made their first contribution in #1352
• @jermylucas made their first contribution in #1301
• @tadeu2 made their first contribution in #1443
• @stasyan68 made their first contribution in #1509
• @Hotsolidinfill made their first contribution in #1553
• @ZdDroid made their first contribution in #1568
• @thewildmage made their first contribution in #1547
• @mjonuschat made their first contribution in #1598
• @djperya made their first contribution in #1601
• @ovlach made their first contribution in #1596
• @Noisyfox made their first contribution in #1583

Full Changelog: v1.6.3...v1.6.4-beta

NOTE:

1. Please check here for installation instructions.
2. If your profiles didn't show up after updating, please restart OrcaSlicer
3. Klipper users, please update Moonraker to the latest version so that it can recognize OrcaSlicer and parse metadata like thumbnails.
4. If you're running Klipper, it's strongly recommended to add the following configuration to your printer.cfg file.

# Enable object exclusion
[exclude_object]

# Enable arcs support
[gcode_arcs]
resolution: 0.1

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OrcaSlicer V1.6.3 Offical Release

This is an official release of V1.6.3.
It includes bug fixes that were present in the v1.6.3 beta and also a few new features.

Changes:

New features:

• Reintroduce infill_anchor parameter #500 #136
  
• Added first_layer_height placeholder to improve compatibility with PrusaSlicer #1142 #1148

Bug fixes:

• Fixed an issue that bridges were not properly anchor in some case when bridge_density was set low #1043
  
• Fixed an issue that project file(.3mf) can't be loaded if plate name contains illegal characters like & #1141
• Fixed an issue Repetier server didn't work when the host is not called Repetier-Server #1116
• Fixed BIQU Profiles by @fr3ak2402
• Decrease default PETG temp for temp tower test #1117
• Fix default settings for Qidi printers: turn off ironing by default and turn arc fitting for X3 serials

Translations:

• Update French Translation / Add missing translation strings by @Guilouz

For more information about the changes made to version 1.6.3-beta, please refer to V1.6.3-beta release page.

NOTE:

1. Please check here for installation instructions.
2. If your profiles didn't show up after updating, please restart OrcaSlicer
3. Klipper users, please update Moonraker to the latest version so that it can recognize OrcaSlicer and parse metadata like thumbnails.
4. If you're running Klipper, it's strongly recommended to add the following configuration to your printer.cfg file.

# Enable object exclusion
[exclude_object]

# Enable arcs support
[gcode_arcs]
resolution: 0.1

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OrcaSlicer V1.6.3 beta

Changes:

New features:

• New calibration tests, refer to WIKI for more details

1. Retraction
   
2. Orca Tolerance Test
   

• Improve bridging for classical wall generator when only one wall on top surface is used.
  

• Fan Speed Delay + Fan Kickstart Feature by @scottmudge
  This feature enables the fan to start earlier than its target start time in order to compensate for the fan kick-in time.
  

• Support full_fan_speed_layer feature #85
  Fan speed will be ramped up linearly from zero at layer to maximum at layer full_fan_speed_layer
  

• Number of slow layers #796
  The first few layers are printed slower than normal. The speed is gradually increased in a linear fashion over the specified number of layers.
  

• Support interface fan speed #881
  This fan speed is enforced during all support interfaces, to be able to weaken their bonding with a high fan speed.
  

• Streamlined WIKI Publish. Many thanks to @chrisribe

• Merge BambuStudio v1.6.2 beta changes, including:

• Advanced cut with connectors: Thanks to @prusa3d for implementing this cool feature, and Bambu for porting it.
• Support for height range modifiers: Users can now add multiple height range modifiers to apply different settings.
• Support for sinking and slicing only the model part above the hot bed.

Newly supported printer models:

Special thanks to @fr3ak2402 for creating numerous printer profiles 👍

• Adds and corrects printer profiles for Qidi printers by @fr3ak2402 in #896

• Adds printer profile for Qidi X-Plus printer by @fr3ak2402 in #915

• Adds printer profile for Artillery printers by @fr3ak2402 in #923

• Adds printer profiles for Elegoo printers by @fr3ak2402 in #937

• Revision of the Qidi Profiles by @fr3ak2402 in #940

• New Seckit Profile. by @jonkers71 in #943

• Add Voxelab Aquila X2 Profile by @fr3ak2402 in #956

• Add Sovol printer profiles by @fr3ak2402 in #963

• Revise and add new Creality profiles & Fix SecKit Filaments by @fr3ak2402 in #974

• Adding more Elegoo printer profiles by @fr3ak2402 in #993

• Fixed double-label for fan speed-up time, fixed label to include hyphen by @scottmudge in #996

• Fix mistake in "0.28mm Extra Draft @MyKlipper.json" by @xand3r40r93 in #1013

• lang fix by @hliebscher in #1012

• Add Ultimaker 2 profile by @fr3ak2402 in #1003

• Start code correction for Creality, Voxelab, Sovol & Elegoo printers by @fr3ak2402 in #1021

• Add support for BIQU Printers by @Musicdad12 in #1024

• add BIQU Printer images by @fr3ak2402 in #1028

• add more printer profiles by @fr3ak2402 in #1038

• Add & revise FLSun Profile by @fr3ak2402 in #1045

• Add printer profiles for Vivedino Troodon 2.0 by @YGK3D in #1041

• Improvement Artillery Sidewinder X2 Profile & other small changes by @fr3ak2402 in #1053

• add Anycubic Vyper profile by @fr3ak2402 in #1062

• Add Folgertech Printers by @Musicdad12 in #1048

• add Raise3D printer profiles by @fr3ak2402 in #1087

• Update fdm_filament_common.json by @tyler-cushing in #1103

• Update RRF start script for Vivedino Troodon 2.0 by @YGK3D in #1104

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue acceleration being set when disabled in PA line calibration by @mikebcbc
• Optimized M106 command, write integer number instead of float
• Fixed an issue that OrcaSlicer can't open previously generated gcode/.3mf file #712 #958
• Fixed a regression: Generic filament profiles conflicts #981
• Fixed a regression in layer time(log) view
• Fixed an issue that Orcaslicer didn't jumping to device tab after sending job #520 #567 #1044 #1047
• Fix build warnings, update deprecated boost headers by @scottmudge in #1035
• fix 2 script windows by @hliebscher in #926

Localization

• de fix translation #1057 by @hliebscher in #1078
• de-fix for new features by @hliebscher in #1059
• Fix german hotkey #950 by @hliebscher in #984
• fix German after big update by @hliebscher in #916
• Update French Translation by @Guilouz in #914
• fix pot and lang after PR by @hliebscher in #1001

Known issues:

*The only one wall on top surface option in Arachne wall generator only applies to the topmost surface.

NOTE:

1. Please check here for installation instructions.
2. If your profiles didn't show up after updating, please restart OrcaSlicer
3. Klipper users, please update Moonraker to the latest version so that it can recognize OrcaSlicer and parse metadata like thumbnails.
4. If you're running Klipper, please add the following configuration to your printer.cfg file.

# Enable object exclusion
[exclude_object]

# Enable arcs support
[gcode_arcs]
resolution: 0.1

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OrcaSlicer V1.6.2 Offical Release

This is an official release of V1.6.2.
It includes bug fixes that were present in the v1.6.2 beta and also features new built-in profiles.

Changes:

New features:

• Custom printer profiles Now you can add your custom printer model with ease.
  

• OrcaArena printers
  A built-in profile with identical Bambulab X1C settings but for Klipper printers. (note: don't forget to enable gcode_arcs support in your printer.cfg)
  
  Image courtesy: Przemek P, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

• Original PrusaSlicer speed gradient color for GCodeViewer, provide better readability by @EmanueleGiannuzzi in #800
  

Bug fixes:

• Disabling acceleration control persists single M204 command in gcode #795
• Fixed an Pressure Advance calibration issue(line) for delta machines #803
• Fix some wrong top_surface_line_width values for VzBot machine.
• update some settings for FLSun V400 profile

Newly supported printer models:

• Added profile for SecKit SK-Tank by @scottmudge in #858
• Add Qidi Printer Profiles by @fr3ak2402 @Musicdad12 in #873

Translations:

• fix typo by @hliebscher in #665

• fix some typos by @hliebscher in #865

• Updated Translation / Fixed Dark Mode in Machine Tab by @Guilouz in #866

• Fix new de.po by @hliebscher in #872

• For more information about the changes made to version 1.6.2, please refer to https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer/releases/tag/v1.6.2-beta

NOTE:

1. Please check here for installation instructions.
2. If your profiles didn't show up after updating, please restart OrcaSlicer
3. Klipper users, please update Moonraker to the latest version so that it can recognize OrcaSlicer and parse metadata like thumbnails.
4. If you're running Klipper, it's strongly recommended to add the following configuration to your printer.cfg file.

# Enable object exclusion
[exclude_object]

# Enable arcs support
[gcode_arcs]
resolution: 0.1

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OrcaSlicer V1.6.2 beta

V1.6.2 is a BETA release.

Changes:

New features:

• Orca slicer now supports delta printers and any printers with a bed origin that is not at the bottom-left corner.
  

• The plate name location has been optimized to prevent overlap with the bed mesh on some machines.

• The nozzle diameter limitation has been removed. #752

• Orca slicer now allows assigning custom bed texture and model #83 #685 #695
  

• Default filament colors have been set in the app config to avoid displaying black models for new users.

New printer models

• FLSun V400 (NOTE: I don't own any Delta printers myself, so I can't test it. There is a successful run reported though: #772)
• Snapmaker J1 by @hliebscher in #663
• VzBot 235 AWD and VzBot 330 AWD by @simonvez! (VzBot users, please download the OrcaSlicer_V1.6.2-beta-VzBot_*.zip file)

Bug fixing:

• Fixed an issue where the top/bottom flow ratio wasn't working in the intended way. #680
• Fixed wrong object polygon for non-first plates #668 (Because of this ticket, I tried KAMP by @kyleisah, highly recommend this Klipper mod :) )
• Fixed an issue that time estimation is written twice
• Fixed low-resolution Windows icons issue
• Fixed typo in German translation by @hliebscher in #665
• Fixed default filament color issue by reverting previous change by @CoryCharlton in #760

NOTE:

1. Please check here for installation instructions.
2. If your profiles didn't show up after updating, please restart OrcaSlicer
3. Klipper users, please update Moonraker to the latest version so that it can recognize OrcaSlicer and parse metadata like thumbnails.
4. If you're running Klipper, it's strongly recommended to add the following configuration to your printer.cfg file.

# Enable object exclusion
[exclude_object]

# Enable arcs support
[gcode_arcs]
resolution: 0.1

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OrcaSlicer V1.6.1

This is a hotfix release for OrcaSlicer V1.60
It is recommended to upgrade from V1.6.0 for Klipper users.

NOTE:

1. Please check here for installation instructions.
2. If your profiles didn't show up after updating, please restart OrcaSlicer
3. Klipper users please update Moonraker to the latest version so that it can recognize OrcaSlicer and parse metadata like thumbnails.

Changes:

• Fix a bug that Klipper complains about "Malformed command" error when part names contain spaces. #650
• Update Orca Cube v2, including some small tweaks to the model. Orca Cube is shared on printables. .step file is also shared.
• Enable aux part cooling fan by default for Bambulab P1P, as the aux fan is a standard part of P1P now.

Note:

If you're running Klipper, it's recommended to add the following configuration to your printer.cfg file.

# Enable object exclusion
[exclude_object]

# Enable arcs support
[gcode_arcs]
resolution: 0.1

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For more details about the new feature added in v1.6.0, please refer to this page

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OrcaSlicer V1.6.0

Please download V1.6.1 instead

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(Previously known as BambuStudio-SoftFever)

NOTE:

1. Please check here for installation instructions.
2. If your profiles didn't show up after updating, please restart OrcaSlicer
3. Klipper users please update Moonraker to the latest version so that it can recognize OrcaSlicer and parse metadata like thumbnails.

Know issues:

Klipper users pay attention: there is a bug in Exclude Objects feature that prevents Klipper from parsing the gcode when model names have spaces. As a workaround, please remove spaces in the model file name. A hotfix will be released soon. #650 (comment)

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Changes:

• New feature:

  • Plate name: now we can assign names to each plate. A new plate_name variable is available for the g-code name format.
    
    Models in the screenshot are from: @FotisMint

  • Support Klipper Exclude Objects natively. No more post-processing script is required.

  • Latest Moonraker now supports OrcaSlicer. Klipper users please update to the latest Moonraker

  • Add some handy models:
    

    1. Orca Cube: I simply can't help but create a cube for OrcaSlicer. ;)
       
       

    2. #3DBenchy: https://www.3dbenchy.com/

    3. Voron Cube https://vorondesign.com/

    4. Autodesk FDM Test: https://github.com/kickstarter/kickstarter-autodesk-3d

  • New feature: show auto calibration marks on the bed for X1/X1C printers #88 - Special thanks to @keenzkustoms The texture is also available on his Printables page
    

  • Show help info in Device tab in case no connection info is set

  • Stop inserting temperature setting commands in g-code for Klipper #61

  • Set z hop/lift type to Normal by default for third-party printers

  • F5 key to reload printer view #543

  • Set default filament color rgb(242, 117, 78)

  • Add the Czech language - @hliebscher @renemosner

  • Update Germany language - @hliebscher

• Last but not least, thanks to all the contributors

• fix Bambu to Orca in Windows version by @hliebscher in #504
• Update PrintConfig.cpp by @veevee2 in #535

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OrcaSlicer V1.50

(Previously known as BambuStudio-SoftFever)

NOTE:

1. Please check here for installation instructions.
2. If your profiles didn't show up after updating, please restart OrcaSlicer

Changes:

• Application name change ;)

• Logo change. Big thanks to Justin Levine(@freejstnalxndr) for the awesome design! LOVE it!
  

• Added g-code window. You can toggle g-code window visibility via c shortcut key. You can also turn it off completely in the preference dialog.
  

• Added sparse/internal solid infill accel controls - by @iFallUpHill
  

• Added First layer travel speed control #443
  

• Support filament shrinkage in the filament settings. (ported from SuperSlicer) #360
  

• Support specify support angle for better support #401
  

• Support change brim width for tree supports

• Allow users to turn adaptive layer height off for tree support #257

• Allow users to specify different URL for printer web UI(support SonicPad) #451
  

• Increase max printer height to 2 meters #452

• Expose gcode_label_objects and gcode_comments options.(they were enabled in previous version by default)
  

• Upstream update: BambuStudio v01.05.00.61, click the link for more information about features/improvements done by Bambu's team, kudos!
  

• Misc fixes:

  • Fixed non-manifold issue for temp tower #368
  • Fixed one wall for the first layer #340 #350
  • Improved Voron bed texture compatibility: some users reported black bed texture for Voron models on some AMD Graphic Cards:
  • Support datadir parameter to specify data folder location so we can use any cloud drive to backup/sync our profiles. #325
  • Support tab shortcut key to switch between prepare and preview tabs. #383
  • Tweak PA tower setting for Arachne #353 #397
  • Change default slow_down_min_speed to 10
  • Use local time stamp in g-code for better readability
  • Digi-sign Mac builds.(unfortunately, notarizing the build is not implemented yet)
  • Germany language translation update. Huge thanks to @hliebscher for his contribution to the project.
  • French language translation update. Thanks@5axes !

• Last but not least, thanks to all the contributors

  • • Cleanup DOWNLOAD_EXTRACT_TIMESTAMP warning for CMake 3.24 by @gswatkins in #327
  • fix icon.icns for mac by @hliebscher in #374
  • Make this work with either brew or macports by @jordanhubbard in #419

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BambuStudio SoftFever V1.4.5

BambuStudio SoftFever V1.4.5

Changes:

• Precise wall(experimental): improve model accuracy and layer consistency by fine-tuning the spacing between the outer and inner walls. I will explain more about how this works in WIKI in the future.
  
  printed with ABS under harsh lighting

• Added more built-in calibration tools; please refer to WIKI for more details:

  1. Temperature tower(model is a remix of Smart compact temperature calibration tower )
     
  2. Max flowrate/volumetric speed test(model is a remix of CNC Kitchen's Extrusion Test Structure )
     
  3. VFA test(more optimizations for this will come in future releases)
     

• Overhang performance improvements:

  1. Port PrusaSlicer 2.6's slowdown algorithm which works for both classic and Arachne engine. Kudos to @prusa3d
     
  2. Implemented overhang fan speed for the new slowdown algo
  3. A new option to switch between classic/new overhang slowdown implementation

• Bridge improvements:

  1. Added a new feature that allows changing bridge infill density. Sparse bridges are more appealing to our eyes in some cases:)
     
  2. Added a new setting to adjust acceleration for bridges

• Set Arachne as the default engine

• Change default top_surface_pattern to monotonic

• Filter out tiny gaps option now applies to bottom/top layers

• Improve small perimeter detection: overhang/bridge settings have higher priority than small perimeter settings.

• Small perimeters are off by default now

• Fixed a z-hop bug (#279)

• New printer: SP-5 Klipper @behold81

• Improve gcode instruction generation for jerk

• Update German translation for new calibration tools @hliebscher

• cherry-picked some fixes from upstream

  • Fix vase mode crash issue
  • FIX: crush when slicer multi-color model
    the root cause is a mismatch between the dimensions of flush matrix and the number of extruders
  • FIX: fix crash when switch printer
  • ENH:close the amsmapping dialog when exit seletmachine dialog
  • ENH:no longer hide the unload button when connected to AMS
  • FIX: fix the slicing result different issue
    when move volume in objects copied from other object the result is not correct
  • FIX: support blocker not work on vertical+horizontal faces
  • FIX:fixed send print will crash when resources path is chinese path

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