2.3.0

Machine Language

This release adds translations of the guide, and new articles about the printer ("machine") settings.

New Features

• If translations for an article are available, a button in the top right corner of the article allows switching the language.
• Articles will now show their titles when viewed on Github.
• By default, articles will be shown in the language configured for the rest of Cura (if translations are available).

Bug Fixes

• The guide will no longer cause a (harmless) error to appear in the log upon starting Cura.
• Links to articles in the same category work again on Windows.
• The scroll position is no longer retained when switching articles.

Articles

• Added articles for the printer/machine settings.
• Added partial French translations.
• Added partial Russian translations.
• Added partial Dutch translations.

2.2.1

Bug fixes

• Fixed inter-article links.

2.2.0

The Bad One

This release adds articles on common forms of print failure, including pictures of the actual print results.

New Features

• Support for Cura 4.5.
• Articles can optionally be shown in the setting tooltip in the main setting list, instead of Cura's own setting description.
• Articles can now contain checkboxes, which are stored as preferences for the plug-in.
• All images are now brute-force RLE optimised, improving loading speed and reducing file size.

Bug Fixes

• The menu entry now appears under the Extensions header in MacOS as well.
• Fixed possible bug where image links would break if another closing bracket appears in the same paragraph.
• Fixed building with CMake if you didn't have Mistune cloned from an earlier build.

Articles

• Added articles about print problems, their causes and how to fix them with Cura settings.
• Added pictures of print results for settings where layer view doesn't adequately show the result.
• Added articles for the new settings in Cura 4.5.
• A new "article" has been added for Settings Guide preferences.
• The article files are now subdivided by category, so that they can more easily be found with a browser.
• Fixed a dozen broken links in various articles.
• Added pictures for fuzzy skin articles.

2.1.0

Completionist

In this release the aim was to complete the articles for all of Cura's settings. No more missing links.

New Features

• Support for Cura 4.4.
• Added keyboard navigation with the arrow keys (once focus is in the article list).
• If an article is missing in a future release of Cura because the plug-in hasn't been updated yet, the setting description is now shown.
• Links to different articles now also work when viewed on Github.
• Images now also work when viewed on Github.
• The selection highlight in the article list is now animating when a different article is shown.
• The article font is a little bigger than before, for readability.

Bug Fixes

• SVG images are now rendered at the correct size, improving performance and image quality.
• Links are now coloured according to the theme, making them easier to read in dark themes.
• Italic text is now rendered properly.
• Fixed QML errors in the log when no article is selected.
• Improved performance of the search bar.
• The lazy-loading of articles is no longer triggered when the guide opens for the first time, but when opening an article, further reducing performance impact on start-up.

Articles

• Added 247 new articles about settings, doubling the amount of articles. This completes the entire settings list.
• The About page is renamed to Contributors and lists all contributors.

2.0.2

New Features

• The categories in the sidebar are now always expanded while searching.

2.0.1

Bug fixes

• Fix packaging script.
• Fix loading the settings list in Cura 4.3 and newer.

2.0.0

For Mark(down)

In this release all setting articles were completely rewritten, and most images re-made in higher resolution.

New Features

• Articles are now stored in Markdown format, allowing greater flexibility in their layout and structure.
• Support for Cura version 4.2.
• Articles can now link to each other.
• Articles can now link to the internet.
• Each image can now have its own subtext.
• Articles can now be added about other things than settings.

Bug fixes

• The plug-in will not load all articles any more during the loading screen, which would slow down Cura's boot sequence.

Articles

• All articles are rewritten. They now contain much more information on their behaviour and how you'd use them. On average the articles have about 2.5 times as much information.
• Almost all images have been re-made in a higher resolution, with better compression techniques to limit installation size.
• All diagrams have been converted to SVG for better picture quality and easier maintainability.
• An about category is added with information about the plug-in itself.
• Many corrections have been made to various articles.

1.3.0

Hillity Usability

This release adds many tiny quality-of-life features and improves the quality of images while further reducing download size.

New Features

• Improved performance of switching selected settings.
• The dialogue can now be resized. Implements #2. The dialogue can also be maximised and minimised.
• The dialogue is no longer modal, allowing you to use Cura while the dialogue is open.
• The image thumbnails grid has been reworked. It uses more of the page width if available and should be more reliable.
• The zoomed image is now always 2/3rds of the window size regardless of window size and screen resolution. Fixes #5.
• All image thumbnails and zoomed images now have a white background, in order to improve usability in dark themes. Implements #4.
• Quality of image downscaling is improved, producing softer borders and fewer Moiré patterns.
• All layer view screenshots have their colour depth slightly reduced. The difference is imperceptible, but the file size of the download is reduced significantly.
• Improved installation instructions in the Readme.
• Removed slight transparency of zoomed images.
• Removed slight transparency of the logo.

Bug Fixes

• The categories are now properly hidden if necessary while searching for settings.
• Fixed a typo in the entry in the Extensions menu of Cura.
• The dialogue now scales properly on high DPI screens such as Apple's Retina displays.
• The theme of the Settings Guide should match the active theme of Cura itself more closely, if it changes any sizes or colours.

Setting Descriptions

• Prefer Retract: Added description.
• Connect Top/Bottom Polygons: Added description and preview image.
• Minimum Wall Flow: Added description and preview image.
• Layer Height: Rewritten description and hints.
• Enable Acceleration Control: Corrected graph depicting relation of jerk, acceleration and speed. Improved description and added hints.
• Print Acceleration: Corrected graph depicting relation of jerk, acceleration and speed. Improved description and added hints.
• Initial Layer Bottom Pattern: Added hints and improved description.

1.2.1

Bug Fixes

• Display the correct setting when starting the settings guide from the context menu of a setting.
• Minor performance increases when changing selected setting.
• Updated the readme.

1.2.0

The Transfer

This update, Ghostkeeper has taken over development and made it compatible with Cura 4.0.

New Features

• Now works with Cura's own dark theme. Some images still show a white-ish border around the image though.
• Improved performance of settings list. It should now load an order of magnitude faster.
• CMake support allows developers to install their work to their local Cura installation more easily.
• Optimised images for smaller file size.

Bug Fixes

• Now works in Cura 4.0. No longer works in Cura 3.6 though, so please refer to the original author's plug-in for that.
• Images are no longer reduced in quality in order to reduce file size of the plug-in download.