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2.2.0 - The Bad One

This release adds articles on common forms of print failure, including pictures of the actual print results.

New Features

  • Support for Cura 4.5.
  • Articles can optionally be shown in the setting tooltip in the main setting list, instead of Cura's own setting description.
  • Articles can now contain checkboxes, which are stored as preferences for the plug-in.
  • All images are now brute-force RLE optimised, improving loading speed and reducing file size.

Bug Fixes

  • The menu entry now appears under the Extensions header in MacOS as well.
  • Fixed possible bug where image links would break if another closing bracket appears in the same paragraph.
  • Fixed building with CMake if you didn't have Mistune cloned from an earlier build.

Articles

  • Added articles about print problems, their causes and how to fix them with Cura settings.
  • Added pictures of print results for settings where layer view doesn't adequately show the result.
  • Added articles for the new settings in Cura 4.5.
  • A new "article" has been added for Settings Guide preferences.
  • The article files are now subdivided by category, so that they can more easily be found with a browser.
  • Fixed a dozen broken links in various articles.
  • Added pictures for fuzzy skin articles.

2.1.0 - Completionist

In this release the aim was to complete the articles for all of Cura's settings. No more missing links.

New Features

  • Support for Cura 4.4.
  • Added keyboard navigation with the arrow keys (once focus is in the article list).
  • If an article is missing in a future release of Cura because the plug-in hasn't been updated yet, the setting description is now shown.
  • Links to different articles now also work when viewed on Github.
  • Images now also work when viewed on Github.
  • The selection highlight in the article list is now animating when a different article is shown.
  • The article font is a little bigger than before, for readability.

Bug Fixes

  • SVG images are now rendered at the correct size, improving performance and image quality.
  • Links are now coloured according to the theme, making them easier to read in dark themes.
  • Italic text is now rendered properly.
  • Fixed QML errors in the log when no article is selected.
  • Improved performance of the search bar.
  • The lazy-loading of articles is no longer triggered when the guide opens for the first time, but when opening an article, further reducing performance impact on start-up.

Articles

  • Added 247 new articles about settings, doubling the amount of articles. This completes the entire settings list.
  • The About page is renamed to Contributors and lists all contributors.

2.0.2 - The Requirement

  • Categories are now always expanded while a search is active.

2.0.1 - Bug Fixes

  • Fix packaging script.
  • Fix loading the settings list in Cura 4.3 and newer.

2.0.0 - For Mark(down)

In this release all setting articles were completely rewritten, and most images re-made in higher resolution.

New Features

  • Articles are now stored in Markdown format, allowing greater flexibility in their layout and structure.
  • Support for Cura version 4.2.
  • Articles can now link to each other.
  • Articles can now link to the internet.
  • Each image can now have its own subtext.
  • Articles can now be added about other things than settings.

Bug Fixes

  • The plug-in will not load all articles any more during the loading screen, which would slow down Cura's boot sequence.

Articles

  • All articles are rewritten. They now contain much more information on their behaviour and how you'd use them. On average the articles have about 2.5 times as much information.
  • Almost all images have been re-made in a higher resolution, with better compression techniques to limit installation size.
  • All diagrams have been converted to SVG for better picture quality and easier maintainability.
  • An about category is added with information about the plug-in itself.
  • Many corrections have been made to various articles.

1.3.0 - Hillity Usability

This release adds many tiny quality-of-life features and improves the quality of images while further reducing download size.

New Features

  • Improved performance of switching selected settings.
  • The dialogue can now be resized.
  • The dialogue is no longer modal, allowing you to use Cura while the dialogue is open.
  • The image thumbnails grid has been reworked. It uses more of the page width if available and should be more reliable.
  • The zoomed image is now always 2/3rds of the window size regardless of window size and screen resolution.
  • All image thumbnails and zoomed images now have a white background, in order to improve usability in dark themes.
  • Quality of image downscaling is improved, producing softer borders and fewer Moiré patterns.
  • All layer view screenshots have their colour depth slightly reduced. The difference is imperceptible, but the file size of the download is reduced significantly.
  • Improved installation instructions in the Readme.
  • Removed slight transparency of zoomed images.
  • Removed slight transparency of the logo.

Bug Fixes

  • The categories are now properly hidden if necessary while searching for settings.
  • Fixed a typo in the entry in the Extensions menu of Cura.
  • The dialogue now scales properly on high DPI screens such as Apple's Retina displays.
  • The theme of the Settings Guide should match the active theme of Cura itself more closely, if it changes any sizes or colours.

Setting Descriptions

  • Prefer Retract: Added description.
  • Connect Top/Bottom Polygons: Added description and preview image.
  • Minimum Wall Flow: Added description and preview image.
  • Layer Height: Rewritten description and hints.
  • Enable Acceleration Control: Corrected graph depicting relation of jerk, acceleration and speed. Improved description and added hints.
  • Print Acceleration: Corrected graph depicting relation of jerk, acceleration and speed. Improved description and added hints.
  • Initial Layer Bottom Pattern: Added hints and improved description.

1.2.1

Bug Fixes

  • Display the correct setting when starting the settings guide from the context menu of a setting.
  • Minor performance increases when changing selected setting.
  • Updated the readme.

1.2.0 - The Transfer

This update, Ghostkeeper has taken over development and made it compatible with Cura 4.0.

New Features

  • Now works with Cura's own dark theme. Some images still show a white-ish border around the image though.
  • Improved performance of settings list. It should now load an order of magnitude faster.
  • CMake support allows developers to install their work to their local Cura installation more easily.
  • Optimised images for smaller file size.

Bug Fixes

  • Now works in Cura 4.0. No longer works in Cura 3.6 though, so please refer to the original author's plug-in for that.
  • Images are no longer reduced in quality in order to reduce file size of the plug-in download.

1.1.0 - Ironing Out

This release fixes some bugs in order to make the plug-in more appropriate for public release. It is the first release to make its way to the built-in plug-in browser in Cura.

New Features

  • Added a dark theme.
  • Colours and sizes no longer adjust with the main theme file from Cura.

Bug Fixes

  • The selected setting now correctly updates when changing the selection after opening the dialogue via right-clicking a setting.

1.0.0 - Guiding the Way

This release is the original version by AlekseiSasin. It starts as a research project at Ultimaker B.V.

Features

  • An entry gets added to the Extensions menu that opens a dialogue.
  • The dialogue shows the list of all settings in Cura on the right. Clicking on one of these settings displays a more extensive explanation of the setting. Some settings show pictures which can be magnified.
  • Right-clicking on a setting in the main Cura window allows you to open the Settings Guide for that setting.
  • Added more extensive descriptions for 244 settings, thanks to ElleCross!
  • Added 143 images to explain some of the settings better.
  • A landing page shows the first time that the Settings Guide is opened.
  • A hidden page is added that shows the authors of the plug-in.
  • Added support for PNG and GIF images.