This release adds articles on common forms of print failure, including pictures of the actual print results.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
In this release the aim was to complete the articles for all of Cura's settings. No more missing links.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Categories are now always expanded while a search is active.
- Fix packaging script.
- Fix loading the settings list in Cura 4.3 and newer.
In this release all setting articles were completely rewritten, and most images re-made in higher resolution.
- 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.
- The plug-in will not load all articles any more during the loading screen, which would slow down Cura's boot sequence.
- 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.
This release adds many tiny quality-of-life features and improves the quality of images while further reducing download size.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
This update, Ghostkeeper has taken over development and made it compatible with Cura 4.0.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- Added a dark theme.
- Colours and sizes no longer adjust with the main theme file from Cura.
- The selected setting now correctly updates when changing the selection after opening the dialogue via right-clicking a setting.
This release is the original version by AlekseiSasin. It starts as a research project at Ultimaker B.V.
- 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.