changelog.txt

0040 ReplicatorG
* Replicator 2 profile now more robust
* support for selecting between s3g, x3g file formats (future bots)
* minor profile updates
* onboard preferences bug fix
* warning when printing with accelerated speeds to ensure bot has acceleration turned on
* added support for Sailfish firmware

0039-Beta ReplicatorG
* Added Replicator 2 Machine profile
* Added Profiles for Thing-o-matic with Skeinforge-50 and volumetric printing
* Added support for accelerated Thing-o-matic firmware.  MBI is hosting Jetty firmware v3.5
* bugfix for setting preheat on commit

0038-Beta ReplicatorG
* bugfix for commiting onboard preferences to Replicator(Single Extruder)
* bugfix for commiting oboard preferences to Thing-O-Matic

0037-Beta ReplicatorG
* bugfix for comb in skeinforge
* lowered The Replicator:Accelerated temperature
* changed start gcode to handle firmware 5.5 stepper power bugfix

0036-Beta ReplicatorG
* Updated for acceleration behavior
* Updated to have temperature as part of PrintOMatic settings
* Updated for smarter acceleration related configuration
* Added Slic3r and Miracle Grue engines, engine editors, etc

0035-Beta ReplicatorG
* Updated to handle accleration for The Replicator

0034-Beta ReplicatorG
* Updated t0 to t1 tolerance code 

0033 ReplicatorG
* Updated version number to avoid confusion
* Minor UI changes

0032 ReplicatorG 
* Extensive polishing of ReplicatorG
* Set various settings as the new default, such as Skeinforge47, etc

0031 ReplicatorG
* Updated start and end gcode
* Fixed dual extrusion bugs
* Full support for skeinforge 47

0031_Beta ReplicatorG
* Extensive Rewrite of RepG to support The Replicator
* Post Processing of Skeinforge changes added
* Start and end gcode can now be specified from machines/*.xml
* Dualstrusion refactored, Wipes are not currently supported
* Estimator and safety checks pulled into different thread
* Improved UI for safety checker  
* Machine Onboard Parameters and Toolhead Onboard Parameters merged
* New GCode for new Replicator FUNctionality! M70-M73
* Improved temperature polling
* GCode now prepended with some meta-info

0030_CES ReplicatorG
* packaged for CES

0029_r2 ReplicatorG
* Fixed problem with Raft in Print-O-Matic settings

0029 ReplicatorG
* Fixed problem with Raft in Print-O-Matic settings
* Fixed some OnboardPreferences Abstraction
* Added defaults reset button for Print-O-Matic
* Updated and simplified some international number parsing
* Updated Opboard Parameters dialog
* Updated hardcoded defaults for Print-O-Matic
* Added data to start.gcode and wipe to help users modify 
* Changed handling of JFormattedTextField

0028 ReplicatorG
* Fixed toolhead setting function to work with new and old firmware
* Improvements to localization of decimal numbers
* Fixed preferences window, only one can be open at any time
* Fixed description of wipes in Dualstrusion window
* Disabled 'swap toolhead' while build in progress
* Removed 'Print to SD' button because it was slow, buggy, and rarely used
* Removed various bits of old, unused code from the top bar
* Added 'Generate GCode' button to top bar
* Changed functionality of 'Build' button, it can now genrate gcode and build in one click
* Improved temperature monitoring
* Added machine info to the machine status bar (green/red info bar)
* Added 'Preheat' function to bring bot up to temperature, 
* Added preheat temperature settings to preferences
* Extensive cleanup of some DualStrusion code
* Fixed 'move' tool layout
* Minor improvements to ConfirmationDialog code
* Updates to Dualstrusion HBP behavior
* Clarification of several text panels
* Added Warnings on Extruder Dialogs that have side effects in Dualstrusion 
* Fixed pre-heat temperature not setting in preferences panel
* Added heat range warnings to pre-heat temperature setting
* Fixed bug from Alpha that prevented print-from-stl use in some cases
* Fixed bug in extruder and mobo preferences that caused float num errors
* Updated so locale formats work in Java 5 

0027 ReplicatorG
* Fan changes to support ABP on Mk7 hardware (using Firmware 3.1 or newer only)
* Individual axis disable added
* Merged dualstrusion branch tools, fixed some bugs in references
* Merged in temperature_log branch, for using M310 to start a temperature log, and M311 to end logging
* Added fix for reading bed temperature to the current machine model. 
* Added logging for HeatedBuildPlatform, to use add 'hbp_log=true' to the tool attributes in
* your tool of choice within machines/thingomatic.xml
* Fixed localization problems for decimal formatting
* Updated Replicat.org MCode and GCode documentation
* Added off-line documentation from replicat.org
* Added a Thingiverse menu item, just for fun!
* Removed 'autoload last file' if replicatorG crashed (to avoid auto-crashing)
* added 'Upgraded' TOM Filament guide to the upgrades menu
* added production test scripts to File | Scripts | Utility
* Added fixes for skeinforge lockups, where skeinforge timeout locks the main program
* Added correct G0 behavior for MakerBot series machines
* Added checks so build to SD card fails gracefully on error
* Fixed lockup problem when a nonexistant toolhead is selected
* Fixed problems for build to SD fallback defaults causing problems
* Removed skeinforge 31 from toolpath options
* Added skeinforge 40 (experimental) and skeinforge 44 (experimental) to toolpath options
* Added a warning check for unrecognized GCode commands on print
* Fixed misc. window resize problems
* Fixed toolhead selection problems for some Heated Build Platform problems with dualstrusion
* Renaming some features or clarity, removed some dead features/gui elements
* Full testing of Dualstrusion, refactoring of DualStrusion codebase
* Several bugfixes for null object cases
* re-enabled right-click menu


0026 ReplicatorG
* Add Machine information panel
* Add support for control of a regulated cooling fan
* Bugfix: save operation was broken by the color change feature.
* Bugfix: Don't force refresh of machine position, because this caused
problems with concurrent move requests.
* Add color selector dialog to preferences, to allow model &
background color to be configured.
* Clarification: fix homing comments for thing-o-matic start.gcode
* Bugfix: handle multiple stepper toolheads correctly
* Add tool command recognition to the s3g decompiler.
* Add virtual printer, to make testing easier
* Add experimental cupcake profile for gen3 machines with stepper extruders.
* display 2 digits of precision in the control panel's axis position indicator.
* Revert "Update launch4j version. Need to build on a windows box to
upgrade ReplicatorG.exe"
* Actually, don't make continuous jog default, it would break printers
that don't support it.
* Make continuous jog mode the default preference.

0025 ReplicatorG
New features:
* Print-O-Matic integrated and enabled by default
* Store/recall home position support: No more need to modify start.gcode when your Z height changes.
* Drag & Drop support: drop .stl or .gcode files into ReplicatorG to open them.
* Frostruder support for Thing-O-Matic
* Support for local firmware.xml files (file:// urls)
* Support for internet proxies, using the default Java proxy configuration.
* Added Skeinforge 40, for experimental purposes
* Updates to most core libraries
* Skeinforge 35 is now default
* Wipe commands removed from cupcake profiles
* HPB default temperature lowered to 110 degrees

Bug fixes:
* Rewritten gcode execution engine: fixes many bugs, such as 'gcode parser is null'
* Homing feedrate specified in machine profile
* Numerous Ultimaker, RaMPS, and RepRap improvements
* Numerous UI tweaks to improve look&feel on OS X
* Resize main window so tooltips don't refresh the whole view


0024 ReplicatorG
* Support for stepper-based extruders on G4 hardware
* Early reversal for stepper-driven extruders
* 5-axis motion commands for G4 hardware
* More example objects and scripts
* Build temperature monitoring reenabled
* Number of UI cleanups
* Skeinforge 39 introduced as experimental
* Improved extruder status reporting
* Several memory leaks solved
* 64-bit platform fixes for Mac OS X, x86_64
* Added s3g decompilation script
* Startup info dump to aid debugging
* Continuous jog and motion stop commands
* Improved Ultimaker support
* Support for legacy RepRap firmware
* Improvements to serial layer
* Scale field reflects mouse scaling factor
* Skeinforge 31 reintroduced for Ultimaker

0023 ReplicatorG
* Bugfix release
* Fix machine profiles to handle correct endstops and platform sizes
* Fix too-hot 0006 TOM profiles
* Added emergency stop button to control panel
* Readded raft checkbox on Skeinforge 0006
* Removed Skeinforge 31


0022 ReplicatorG
* UI for selecting basic skeinforge options
* Fix: Numerous fixups to connection, disconnection, initialization,
  post-upload and post-simulation behavior
* Fix: update firmware list immediately on URL change
* Optional icons for boards in uploader
* Machines.xml banished; machine descriptors are now broken up among files in
  the repg/machines and ~/.replicatorg/machines directories
* Preference panel ui to control logging level
* Experimental: multiple extruder support
Contributions:
* justjoheinz: added profile delete button
* nazdravi: check for "python2" for compatibility on systems which default to python 3.x
* Erik: added 5D driver for RepRap's and compatible firmwares (Ultimaker)
* Erik: improved feedback during skeining operations
* Erik: STL preview now is the actual build volumes configured in machines.xml
* Charles: Added skeinforge 33
* Charles: Support for G10 and friends
* Marius: Added generalized skeinforge merge patch
* Marius: Added skeinforge 35
* Marius: Added build platform belt checkbox to control panel
* Erik: Pre-seeds the extruder PWM and RPM as configured in machines.xml
* Rob: RepRap 5D driver checksum, linenumber and manual extrude support. Various RepRap 5D driver bug fixes.
* Marius: Added support for wait-for-platform
* Nick Starno: paraminator script
* Robert Giseburt: several integration fixes for OS X
* Marius, Charles, Nick, Rob Gilson, and others: lots of hard skeinforge configuration work!

0021 ReplicatorG
Bugfix release
* Refactored controller/driver interaction to move buffer-full retries to controller responsibilities
* Do not send stop packet on program exit when quitting ReplicatorG
Contributions:
* justjoheinz: turn off control panel and build menu options when disconnected
* charlespax: skeinforge tweaks (checkin of Nick Starno's code)


0020 ReplicatorG
Removed:
* Took out temperature monitoring
New features:
* Pulled in skeinforge 31
* Adding new profiles for skeinforge 31
* Added support for v2.5 extruder firmware:
  * Support for motor controller swapping
  * Support for mosfet channel reassignment
Other changes:
* Improving handling for CRC failures
Contributions:
* chlunde: Edge mode on 'e' keypress re-enabled
* Miles Lightwood, Eberhard Rensch, koenkooi:
  created/backported raftless to skeinforge
* Charles Pax: new profiles, machines.xml entry for thingomatic
* justjoheinz: about box fix

0019 ReplicatorG
New features:
* Undo/Redo
* Support for unicorn toolhead (Thanks to Zeeshan M.)
* Better Mac build (thanks Zaggo)
* ABP build profile support
* MkV extruder build profile support
* Support for new 2.4 extruder features (separate HBP PID settings)
* Fixes longstanding Z-axis move breakout issue; continuous xyz motion
  limiting should work properly now
* Alpha .obj file importer
* Alpha .dae file importer


New features:
* Model can now be manipulated and saved
* Model translation
* Model scaling
* Model rotation
* Model reflection
* Autocentering
* New Windows launcher
* Save model prompt when generating a toolpath
* Tabs indicate object modification status
* Explicit python path preference
* Allow user choice of python installation
Contributions:
* Mikko Sivulainen (paeaetech): better estimation for SD uploads
* Mikko Sivulainen (paeaetech): improved serial selection handling
* GitHub user Nazdravi: basic HTTP proxy support on Linux

0017 ReplicatorG
* New features:
** STL files can now be directly loaded and previewed
** Skeinforge 0006 integrated with some simple profiles; STL files
   can now be sliced from within ReplicatorG
** Build concept now encapsulates a gcode slice and an STL model
** Fixed numerous Mac interface issues
** Multiple profiles in skeinforge 0006 (Charles Pax)
* Bug fixes:
** Better handling for 0-length payloads (Aaron Colwell)
** Fix for Mac build issues (Rick Kimball)

0016 ReplicatorG
* New features:
** Rearranged control panel to better suit machines with small screens
** Added temperature monitoring graph to control panel

0015 ReplicatorG
* Bug fixes:
* * gh-44: "Save As" now works as expected
* * New files now work as expected
* * gh-35: No longer resetting machine at startup
* * gh-33: Removed separate concept of current position from
*   gcode parser
* New features:
* * gh-42: arc resolution is now controllable via preferences
* * gh-40: valve/fan outputs renamable in machines.xml.
* * gh-39: frostruder support.
* * gh-37: messages are now color-coded and timestamped
* * gh-32: preference for default sketch at start time
* * Support for tuning the PID parameters on the extruder
*   controller
* * Automatically checks servers for new versions
* * Better shutdown and interrupt behavior

0014 ReplicatorG
* Many small stability fixes
* Faster startup
* Working serial timeouts on Windows and Mac OS X
* Support for new onboard preferences for Motherboard and Extruder Controller
* Fixes for a number of Linux and Mac display issues
* Fix for firmware upload source pref
* The text field in the control panel are now also handled when hitting "Enter"/"Return" (not only when focus is lost).

0013 ReplicatorG
* Added ability to phone home for new firmware
* Improved uploading; no longer need to hit reset on EC or MBs with jumpers
* New cut of drivers, toolchains
* Now checks firmware version upstream and warns of old versions

0012 ReplicatorG
* Added support for v1.8 extruder firmware; dynamically generates
  thermistor table and uploads to extruder firmware

0011 ReplicatorG

* Support for heated build platform
* On startup, ReplicatorG now not only prints the Motherboard's firmware version on the console, but also the Extruder controller's firmware version
* Estimating no longer sends tweets
* Upgraded twitter4j library to 2.0.10 

0010 ReplicatorG

* Status panel responses improved
* Added images for set home/go home buttons
* Reconcilles position after builds
* Connect button added
* Autoscan defaults to disabled
* Display machine's name, if set
* Disable simulation in preferences
* Build to file (to local SD card, for instance)
* Removed post-build resets

00091 ReplicatorG

* Integrated Rick Pollack's TwitterBot code

0009 ReplicatorG

* Moved to Swing file selector
* Remember last opened directory
* Scrolling on lists in uploader, SD card file selector
* Bundled gen3 firmware v1.5 (SD card improvements)
* Bundled gen3 firmware v1.6 (PID control for heater)
* Close control panel on build start
* Only one control panel available at a time
* Added disconnect and control panel buttons

0008 ReplicatorG

* Added avrdude to distributions
* Added firmware binaries and .xml
* Added firmware uploader GUI
* Support for building to named files on the SD card
* Support for building from named files
* Added reset machine button

0007 ReplicatorG

* Fix for issue 15 (credit to Charles Pax)
* Adding constants for SD card write/playback commands
* Basic testing support for SD card builds
* Adding card capture api
* Adding pausability to remote builds
* Switching out gif for png with transparency
* Refactor/prep for SD uploading
* Button bar revision, interface prep for SD card prints
* Fixed up startup window positioning
* Removed preferences store/load race condition that was screwing up window sizing
* moved some shutdown code out of handleQuit2 into proper shutdown hook
* hide drivers marked 'experimental'
* added preference for viewing experimental machine profiles
* busy cursor on long loads
* reduced load time for files in large directory
* proper error messages for SD operations
* added feature check to buttons (only display for 1.3)
* removing skeinforge from 0007, now distributed seperately

0006 ReplicatorG

* Removed editor status bar
* 64-bit Mac OS X fix (courtesy Andreas Fuchs)
* Pass a GCode file in as a command-line parameter (courtesy Andreas Fuchs)
* Moved machine status below buttons and cleaned up display
* Ensure abort signal is sent to S3G on stop
* Display temperature of nozzle during builds
* Add pref for temperature display
* Simulator2D optimizations, faster draws
* Reenabled Ctrl-J shortcut for control panel
* Use port names specified in XML by default, fall back to autoscan
  if not present
* Allow autoscan disabling for machines with scan problems
* Added support for writing onboard configuration data to the machine EEPROM
* Numerous small bug fixes

0005 ReplicatorG

* Large refactor; future maintenance should be simpler
* Automatic scanning on serial ports for devices
* Added dropdown for manual serial port selection
* Multiple instances of ReplicatorG can now drive
  several machines from a single computer
* Consolidated some status bars
* Implemented support for stopping, pausing
* Moved to standard Java prefs; moving away from per-
  platform messiness
* Stripped out large swathes of old Processing code

0004 ReplicatorG

* more robust intialization
* support for multiple sequential builds
* added homing support, status checks, numerous small fixes to 3rd-gen driver
* added home menus
* added serial timeouts
* added enable/disable stepper buttons to exerciser
* number of small code refactor/cleanups
* fixed rulers in simulator
* new thread for initialization; new thread for machine status
* added MRU cache and "recent" menu
* adding prominent status bar to main window with driver/machine/connection information
* adding check for v0002 firmware in 3rd-generation driver startup

0003 ReplicatorG

* created RepRap 3rd generation driver
* fixed various bugs with serial port handling
* fixed various bugs with threading, etc.
* added support for PWM/RPM motor speeds
* tweaked the build process quite a bit for mac / linux / windows.
* added more build status information
* created a modular configuration for various toolheads
* bundled skeinforge for toolpath generation.

0002 ReplicatorG

* add units to simulation window
* add proper bounds to simulation window
* add warmup/cooldown to machine config
* add simple exerciser / status window
* add color to simulation window
* add up/down arrows to simulation windows
* implement Peter Edworthy ideas on driver instantiation
* have simulation move to a proportional wait time
* fix build time estimation
* add estimate menu item
* add basic machine configuration stuff to XML (axes, resolution, extruders, toolheads, clamps, etc.)
* move to a controller/model/driver system.
* Add an extruder section (temp, start/stop extruder, extruder direction, extruder speed)
* added text boxes to control/display feedrate data
* fix shutdown of driver
* fix windows icons

0001 Replicatorg

* The first release of the IDE.  It will run your GCode files.  It's ugly, but it works.
* convert from Arduino to ReplicatorG
* get new app to build
* convert .pde to .gcode
* get GUI working reliably
* create gcode running thread
* create gcode simulation thread
* create gcode simulation driver
* get text-highlighting up and running
* get machine driver-loading based on XML
* update RunButtonWatcher to work with our running and/or simulating thread (obsolete)
* move percentage / line count to bottom of window.
* remove HandleNewLibrary
* change 'Run' to 'Build'
* get help menu up and running properly (send everyone to website)
* add our ReplicatorG header to every file
* implement support for various gcode pauses / prompts / etc.
* change message dialog to yes/no dialog that allows you to cancel the operation
* test build process on linux
* test serialpassthrough driver
* add simple simulation window
* reformat GUI with different button ordering
* create and add 'pause' button
* update 'build' button graphic to be rotated 90 deg.
* add support for rest of low-hanging m codes
* finish implementation of ToolDrivers
* add a processing driver to calculate build time, look for errors, etc.
* finish gcode parsing for proper coordinates / machine status / etc.
* change colors to RepRap green (thanks nick bilton!)
* add elapsed time to build process
* add confirmation alert after print finishes
* add dispose after print finish
* update serialpassthroughdriver to pull all config from XML file
* update nulldriver to pull more config from XML file
* tweak play / pause button behavior
* get multi-print working solidly
* fix random freezing bug (it seems to be working)
* get inch support working
* add support for rest of low-hanging g codes
* make windows icons