netfabb® Studio 4.4 (2009/12/01)

General:

• Linux version (beta)
• optionally show all files in Meshloader
• hatch support
• GCode slice viewer
• Fix problems that might lead to errors in STLs
• degenerated faces removal
• duplicate parts without arranging them in grid
• redone slice animation
• meshrepair: render bad edges behind part differently

Bugfixes:

• correctly save/load cuts of project
• some repairs were not correctly saved in fabbproject
• i18n fixes
• segfault in file preview browser
• out-of index segmentation
• assert in stitcher

Professional:

• extrude
• new repairactions for selfintersection-removal and split-off
• new repairaction to invert shells with negative volume
• new repairactions for degenerated faces und ghost shells
• advanced triangle selection in meshrepair
• redone GUI for boolean
• slice filling: simple hatches, turtle hatches
• rotate STL in 3S unit cell
• structure STL export can be canceled/paused

Bugfixes:

• Bugfixes in Boolean
• move nodes 1 raster unit with cursors in 3S base cell
• when duplicating structure, inputdata was not duplicated

netfabb® Studio 4.3 (2009/09/25)

General:

• proxy-support for SSL-dongle
• advanced coordinate system
• new primitive: text
• slice animation
• stitching
• cuts colored as the corresponding axis
• show success message when project is saved
• moved triangle reduction prom "parts" to "view"
• show current project in title bar
• append number to part name when duplicating
• export part as STL added to parts menu
• advanced selection in meshrepair
• open non-oriented edges
• show degenerated faces
• enhanced LOD
• names for primitives

Bugfixes:

• reduced memory consumption
• reopen an already opened fabbproject
• refresh part information on rescale
• don't create new errors in meshes when saving fabbproject
• reset cuts when selection is changed
• remove groups
• measuring was not correctly saved
• measuring on parts with holes
• slightly wrong values of wall thickness
• slice prehatches not rotated any more
• minor slice export fixes
• up/down keys for changing float values in primitives
• tabulator support in primitives
• register button was sometimes not enabled (Basic)
• keep selection when inserting nodes in mesh

Professional:

• selfintersection removal
• repair scripts
• error highlighting
• boolean operations (precision plus)
• new primitives: lattice, lattice with hexagon profile

3S:

• SplitByEnvironment possible for scripts
• Divide Blocks can overwrite cells
• move profiles to other structures
• changed default cell size and grid size to 10mm
• remember node positioning grid per cell
• flip face orientation

Bugfixes:

• allow nodes outside cells when override cell size is set.
• import of ASCII STL in Basecells
• deselect faces when clicked on node in face creation mode
• update bar length when cell is changed

netfabb® Studio 4.2 (2009/07/31)

General features:

• improved inch support
• Inch-to-mm/mm-to-Inch
• reset button for cuts
• scale equally as default
• remember part duplicate gap
• SSL filepreview
• ask "remove old part" for mirror/invert normals
• meshrepair: split triangles/bars (add nodes)
• meshrepair: remove duplicate triangles/identify nodes
• meshrepair: trivial stitching (2 open edges between same nodes)
• calculations now in own thread, should fix progressbar-hangs.
• calculations can be paused, resumed and canceled
• manage file associations for all supported file types
• selection tolerance now defaults to 90°
• meshrepair: shortkey "+" and "-" for expand/shrink selection

netfabb® Professional:

• PNG export
• USF export
• Meshrepair: triangle refinement
• add platform icon in tree
• SSL+CLS+SLC+CLI export

Selective Space Structures:

• bar/node-visualisation relative to cell size
• support for faces in cells
• duplicate structure
• preview of *.3spackage and *.3scell in file browser
• drag+drop structure to part
• drag+drop mesh to cell/transition
• standard cell sice, standard raster size and standard layer size in settings
• redone orientation of profiles. should be usable now
• additional manual rotation of profiles can be defined for each bar
• show cell size in 3S executor
• new buttons for cell rotation
• enhanced STL scaling in basecelleditor: target size and equally scaling
• drag+drop a cell to part will create a stl of the cell

Bugfixes:

• wrong volume in standard analysis
• Z-translation/scale in slicecommander
• double click-deselects in file open dialog
• drag files to netfabb, even if different module is active
• show triangle mesh complete if sharp edges are deactivated
• missing msvcr71.dll
• don't create trivial holes when inserting triangles in meshrepair
• fixed inconsistency in meshrepair: selecting triangles with shift/ctrl key pressed now behaves like everywhere else
• rotate part while adding triangles in meshrepair
• select bars correctly when profile is visualised
• cell preview and translation for all selected fragments not just the last one
• removed unneeded undo states in base cell editor
• corrected positioning for smaller STL elements
• corrected tree focus for simulation
• fixed shading of bars
• cell size --> grid size in volume data (was inconsistent)
• rotate cell, not just the content

netfabb® 4.1 (2009/06/10)

General features:

• SliceCommander: 2D Offset
• Cleaned up popup menu for parts
• Inch support
• support for big parts (>1m)
• Self-Intersection-Detection

netfabb® Professional:

• SSL-Trial
• Split by Environment (3S)
• Slice to STL export

Advanced Mesh Editing:

• Line Selector in MeshRepair
• Extract Selected As Mesh
• Shells To Parts
• Merge Selected
• 3D Offset and shell creation
• Laplacian smoothing

Multi-platform support:

• open multiple platforms
• machine definitions
• auto collision detection
• remove colliding parts
• multi-file-export

Bugfixes:

• Measuring point-plane for inequally scaled parts
• Measuring for very small parts
• open contours in slice files

netfabb® Professional 4.0 (2009/05/15)

General features:

• select shells with negative volume in mesh repair
• added "save as default"/"load defaults" to primitives
• redone duplicate parts
• show/hide selected parts
• Added LOD 0.1%
• redesinged mesh repair
• color dialogs keep user defined colors
• LOD in mesh repair
• updated OpenSSL library to 0.9.8k
• progress bar for mesh repair and mesh cutting
• move to parent directory in file browser
• improved planar triangulation

Selective Space Structures:

• reduced memory consumption
• use hexagon and diameter as default in profiles creation dialog

Bugfixes:

• I18N fixes
• ASCII STL Fix
• outbox is updated at slice export
• duplication of last slice layer
• measuring: distance point-face was negative
• SLC compatibility fixes
• fixed tab order in transition rules
• moved parts in 3S executor
• refresh cuts on move/add/rotate... of parts
• LOD fixes