Releases
BLADE 3.12.3 Released!
New material profiles
- ONE.3 with PEX CU 0.6 mm
- HI-TEMP
- PETG
- PLA
- PLX
- PRO HT
- HI-TEMP CF
- TPU
- ONE.3 with PEX CU 1.0 mm
- HI-TEMP
- PETG
- PLA
- PLX
- PRO HT
- HI-TEMP CF
- TPU
- ONE.4 with PEX CU 0.6 mm
- HI-TEMP
- PETG
- PLA
- PLX
- PRO HT
- HI-TEMP CF
- TPU
- ONE.4 with PEX CU 1.0 mm
- HI-TEMP
- PETG
- PLA
- PLX
- PRO HT
- HI-TEMP CF
- TPU
- ONE.4 with PEX CU 2.0 mm
- PLA
Improved material profiles
- PRO.1 with ACE 1.0 mm
- ASA
- PRO.2 with ACE 0.6 mm
- PLA
- PRO.2 with ACE 1.0 mm
- ASA
Software Changes
- Only materials compatible with the current extruder are shown
- Differentiation between SWITCHPLATE Prime and SWITCHPLATE Select
BLADE 5.5.2 (Beta)
Dedicated BLADE version for BigRep VIIO 250.
BLADE 3.8.0
- Software Improvements
- Auto orientation plugin now operates via a tool bar
- Add Tab Anti Warping plugin (https://github.com/5axes/TabAntiWarping v1.3.0)
- BigRep materials now have a link to their web page
- PRO.1 and PRO.2
- Added material profile: HI-TEMP
- ONE.4
- Added PEX CU 1mm and PEX CU 0.6mm
- New material profile: Pro HT for PEX CU 1mm
- New material profile: HI-TEMP for PEX CU 1mm
- New material profile: HI-TEMP-CF for PEX CU 1mm
BLADE 3.7.2
- Software Improvements
- Better error reporting
- Added 3D mouse plugin (https://github.com/smartavionics/RawMouse)
- Fixed issue with GCODE hashing
- PRO.1 and PRO.2
- Improved material profile: PA12-CF
- ONE.4
- Added PEX 2mm: A 2mm nozzle for the ONE.4
- Improved PEX FR 0.6mm: added multiple new profiles
- Improved PEX FR 1mm: added multiple new profiles
- STUDIO.2
- Added 1mm: Added a 1mm nozzle option for PLA, HI-TEMP and HI-TEMP-CF
BLADE 3.6.2
- PRO.1 and PRO.2
- New material profile: PA12-CF
- Added ACE TC 0.6mm: A new Tungsten Carbide nozzle for use with PA12-CF (HMI v2.9.0 needed)
BLADE 3.6.1
- Fix tandem mode issues with improved GCODE formatting
BLADE 3.6.0 Released!
- Update to Cura 4.13
- Improved UI
- Exported projects now contain a thumbnail
- Improved seam placement
- Improved theme
- PRO.1
- JUMPSTART Upgrade Kit support: Custom material profiles depending on the selected print surface
- Polyimide (not upgraded)
- SWITCHPLATE (after JUMPSTART upgrade)
- Layer height can be changed manually
- New material profile: TPU
- Improved material profile: PA6/66
- Improved profile: HI-TEMP-CF
- Added 0.2mm layer height for ACE 0.6mm
- JUMPSTART Upgrade Kit support: Custom material profiles depending on the selected print surface
- PRO.2
- Improved overall performance and print quality
- Layer height can be changed manually
- Improved profile: PA6/66
- Improved material profile: HI-TEMP-CF
- Added 0.2mm layer height for ACE 0.6mm
- Improved profile: PETG
- Added 0.2mm layer height for ACE 0.6mm
- Improved material profile: TPU
BLADE 3.5.0
- 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