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Changes:

1. Main window has dock windows now: "Device", "Modification", "Visualizer" and "Console". Windows can be moved, resized, closed, float.
2. Added shortcuts settings.
3. Removed "Units", "Rapid speed", "Acceleration" settings from "Machine info" group.
4. Command can be evaluated by script engine now.
5. "Restore origin" command was fixed.
6. Panels are movable now.
7. Plugins support added.
8. Added "Camera" plugin.
9. Added "User commands" plugin. Old "User commands" panel removed. The number and function of the buttons can now be customized.
10. Added "Coordinate system" plugin.
11. Added tool change commands support.

Plugins can be duplicated, simply copy/paste one in plugins folder. Thus you can set more than 1 "Camera" or "User commands" plugin.

Camera plugin

Controls:

• pan - mouse move with left mouse button pressed;
• zoom - mouse wheel;
• crosshair move - mouse move with shift and left mouse button pressed.

Settings:

• camera name;
• camera resolution;
• view pan;
• view zoom;
• crosshair position;
• crosshair circle size;
• crosshair line width;
• crosshair color.

User commands plugin

Each button has Hint, Icon & G-code settings:

• Hint is a short tooltip for button.
• Icons stored in "\plugins\usercommands\images" subfolder, you can place your own icons here.
• G-code is a multiline textbox, one line per command, no need to separate commands by semicolon now.

The order and number of buttons is also set in the settings.

• Moving to Grbl v1.1 firmware

• Added "Grayscale segments"-option and "Raster"-mode to visualize laser jobs.
• Added "User commands"-panel.
• Significantly improved performance of:
  • File loading.
  • G-code program modification by heightmap.
  • "Autoscroll"-feature.
• Programs with about 5 million lines can be loaded now.

• "Restore origin" function has "move tool in plane/space" setting now.
• "Safe position" function can be customized with command list.
• Visualizer works with OpenGL/Angle/Software renderer.
• Some bugs fixed.

• "Check door" state fix.
• "Restore XYZ" button only restores G92 offsets now.

• "ngc" extension added to supported G-Code files.
• "Port opened"-state on program start fixed.

• Bugs fixes.

• "Abort" feature fix for old firmwares.

• You can save files, transformed according to heightmap.
• Console window have adjustable size now.
• Added "Degree" minimum arc size to parser settings.
• Some minor bugs fixed.

• Drag & Drop mechanism support added. You can drop files & plain text to main program window to open them.
• "Abort" button added. File transfer can be interrupted without loss of work coordinates offsets now.
• M2, M30, M18, M19 commands support added.
• French translation added.
• Some bugs fixed.