Releases
BLADE 3.5.0 Released!
- Update to Cura 4.12
- Improved UI
- Better surfaces by using monotonic ordering
- Faster startup times
- Speed management
- Speed is now calculated during the slicing process and dynamically adapted based on the (non-fixed) line width and layer height
- Speed values were replaced with upper speed limits, which do not take into account extruder flow rate limits
- Introduced the "Maximal Print Speed Estimation" which shows the maximum speed based extruder flow rate limits for fixed line width and layer height
- Fixes in mixed mode and multi layer brim
- Materials:
- Added: PRO.1/PRO.2 ACE 1.0/0.6 LH06: TPU and PLA
- Improved: PRO.1/PRO.2 ACE 0.6 LH03: PA6/66
BLADE 3.4.2
- Added One.4 with the following material profiles for PEX FR 1mm and PEX FR 0.6mm:
- Pro HT
- HI-TEMP
- HI-TEMP-CF
- PLX
- BVOH
- PLA
- Added PRO.2 with the same material profiles as PRO.1
- Renamed Printers ONEv3->ONE.3, STUDIO G2->STUDIO.2, PRO 1.1->PRO.1
- Activated FW 2.0 for PRO.1. A patch is not needed anymore. Though a patch is needed now for PRO.1 printers with older FW.
- Increased minimum size of the Prime Tower
- Materials:
- All Systems: Updated BVOH for better overall performance
- PRO.1/PRO.2 ACE 1.0: Added ASA-BVOH bundle for ACE 1mm extruders for improved compatibility
- PRO.1/PRO.2 ACE 0.6: Added PA12-CF
Patch for PRO.1 and Firmware 1.x:
Please apply the patch if you have Blade 3.4.2 or newer and a PRO.1 with a Firmware 1.x
BLADE 3.4.1
- Fixed crashes during gcode creation
BLADE 3.4 Released
- Multilayer Brim to reduce warping: Please check setting "Brim Width" resp. "Brim Line Count"
- Added certification for easier uninstallation
- Batch-Arrangement: Optimized arrangement for better accessibility (PRO/ONE)
- Fixes for infill speed changes
- Materials:
- PRO ACE 1.0/LH06: HI-TEMP CF + BVOH
- ONE PowerExtruder 1mm: HI-TEMP CF LH:03,04,05,06
- ONE PowerExtruder 0.6mm: HI-TEMP CF LH:03
- STUDIO (G2): HI-TEMP-CF (Update)
BLADE 3.3
- Update to Cura 4.8
- Much better object cloning
- Added certification for easier installation
- Renamed PRO Early 2020 to PRO 1.1 (affects only new added printers)
- Fixed crashes in gcode preview
- Fixed missing Tree Support
- Automatic Batch Arrangement when Auto Orientation is used, also moves models onto the bed
- Prime Tower Configurator:
- Set default position of the Prime Tower for the STUDIOs to the right
- Increase minimum size of the Prime Tower
- Materials:
- Added HI-TEMP CF for ACE 0.6mm
- Added improved ASA and BVOH profiles for combined dual extrusion
- Improved PET-CF and PA666 profiles for Studio G2
BLADE 3.2
- GCode Preview
- Seams 2.0 (nicer/ much faster)
- File Preview: Dual extrusion/Sequential Printing
- Bug Fixes
- Visualize contact faces again
- Made "Prime Tower Configurator" settings visible
- Materials
- ONE PEX 1.0/LH06: PLA Ultralight
- Studio G2 0.6/LH03: PLA Ultralight
- PRO Early 2020 ACE 1.0/LH06: ASA, PA6/66, PRO HT, PETG
- PRO Early 2020 ACE 0.6/LH03: PETG
BLADE 3.1
- GCode Preview
- Seams visualization
- Enhanced colouring
- Prime-Tower
- Automatic positioning
- Automatic sizing
- Updated to Cura 4.7.1
- Studio G2: Reduced max speed to reduce shifting (this will slow down prints by <1%)
- Materials:
- Studio G2: HI-TEMP CF
- ONE/Studio G2: PLA Antibacterial, TPU A85
Blade 3.0.1
- Fixed an issue when populating and/or arranging model(s) with Batch Printing Plugin and Mixed Mode
- Fixed an issue when loading a gcode for the PRO and PRO Early 2020
- Fixed an issue that can crash Blade when saving a gcode
Blade 3.0.0
- Updated UI and Engine to Cura 4.6.1
- Updated UI which better reflects the user workflows
(including lots of stability and performance improvements) - Intent profiles to address the different needs for a specific print
- Align faces to the build plate
- Multi model improvements (e.g. object list)
- More supported file formats (amf, ply, etc.)
- Bug fixes
- Updated UI which better reflects the user workflows
- Intent Profiles:
- Default Profile is comparable to Quality Preset "Medium"
- Visual Profile is comparable to Quality Preset "Quality"
- In order to work properly with intent profiles 0.6 mm hotend was added to BigRep STUDIO, but should not effect anything
- When loading 3mf projects created with older versions:
- Default profile will be selected when no intent profile can be found. Please select the wanted intent profile and save the 3mf again
- BigRep PRO:
- ACE 1 mm:
- Added ABS, ASA: 0.6 mm layer height
- ACE 1 mm:
- BigRep PRO Early 2020:
- Initial Release
- MXT 1 mm: PA6/66: 0.6 mm layer height
- ACE 1 mm:
- ABS, ASA, BVOH, PA6/66, PETG, Pro HT: 0.6 mm layer height
- ACE 0.6 mm:
- ASA, PA6/66, Pro HT, default/visual intent: 0.3 mm layer height
- BigRep STUDIO:
- Added BVOH: 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4 layer height
- Added HI-TEMP: 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 layer heights
- Added PLA Antibacterial: default/visual intent: 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 layer heights
- Added PLX: visual intent: 0.3 layer height
- BigRep STUDIO G2:
- Added PLA Antibacterial: default/visual intent: 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 layer heights
- BigRep ONEv3:
- Power Extruder 0.6 mm:
- Added BVOH: 0.2/0.3/0.4 layer heights
- Added HI-TEMP: default/visual intent: 0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 layer heights
- Added PET: default/visual intent: 0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 layer heights
- Added PLA Antibacterial: default/visual intent: 0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 layer heights
- Added PLX: default/visual intent: 0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 layer heights
- Power Extruder 1 mm:
- Added BVOH: 0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6 layer heights
- Added HI-TEMP: default/visual intent: 0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6 layer heights
- Added PET: default/visual intent: 0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6 layer heights
- Added PLA Antibacterial: default/visual intent: 0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6 layer heights
- Added TPU: default/visual intent: 0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6 layer heights
- Power Extruder 0.6 mm:
Blade 2.2.1
- BigRep PRO: Fixed wrong feeder settings which randomly occur
- BigRep PRO: Removed Quality Preset setting
- BigRep STUDIO G2: Added Materials PET-CF, ASA, ABS
- BigRep STUDIO G2: Changed BVOH settings
- Disabled other languages apart from English
