2.1

- maximum number of pulses allowed per dot extended (pen settings)
- zoom via mouse-wheel uses mosue position as centre point
- tools shown in toolbars now can be configured via machine settings
- added new identifiers to beammenu.oem to disable plug-ins
- menu "Project" extended by function to quickly reload the last projects used
- changes in MQTT/SmartIF/Hermes interfaces no longer require a restart
- maximum repeat count increased to 10000
- Circle primary element extended by an optional second radius to create nested
  circles
- added option in multihead-configuration to halt the whole marking process until a
  tool-change has been confirmed
- custom tool-change commands can be defined in GCode plug-ins
- added support for cylindric editing area
- added button to mark-dialogue to override an external stop
- Schneider/IMS MDrive now also can be used via E1803D on-board serial interface
- allow host-side "marking active signal" also when controller supports a hardware
  signal
- added option to machine settings to disable 3D view
- fixed text width issue in case of line spacing !=100% and right/centre alignment
- fixed issue in enabling XY2-100E mode for E1803D
- fixed issue in hatcher when doing vertical zig-zag hatches
- fixed issue in slicer which randomly could drop some single slices
- fixed bug when duplicating several selected objects at once
- corrected direction of mouse-wheel based zoom
- mouse-wheel behaviour corrected, now always applies to underlying elements
- fixed timing issue with process-control plug-ins, changed pen parameters now result
  in immediate reaction
- fixed bug with marking active signal when stop is pressed
- FWDownloader: file name issue fixed which could lead to illegal names on SD-card


2.0

- fixed text length issue when using laser vector fonts
- added option to machine settings to disable editable centre point
- added new translation to ukrainian language
- added option to 3D Slice Group to use alternative pens for hatch and contour when
  a configurable digital input is set
- fixed memory leak in Text primary element
- E1701M stepper and Z-shifter plug-ins: fixed bug in calculation of maximum speed
- added dialogue to turn on/off laser independent from any geometry
- added button to mark-dialogue to override an external stop
- fixed issue in handling of proces-control plug-ins
- fixed crash in barcode data handling
- added new serial number placeholders to represent year and month with a single character

- ScannerAdjust: added wizard to convert measured distortions into appropriate angles


1.9

- added option "Pen" in tab-pane "Element" to have own pen settings with
  manually drawn 2D elements
- plug-in "GCode Controller (Ethernet)" extended to support custom commands prior
  to start of new marking operation
- added option to tab-pane "Element" to choose the spot/tool alignment for the
  geometry independent from the used pen
- added new generic shape "Circle" for clean slice element
- new plug-in "GCode Controller (Serial)" for generic and GRBL controllers
- added function to watch interlock/emergency stop signal
- added option to general motion settings to define axes order of referencing
- missing dependency between laser delay and sky writing parameters added
  to GUI
- increased pilot laser speed in case of real element shape preview
- speed of slicing of 3D models increased
- speed of removing of old slices from a 3D model increased dramatically
- memory consumption reduced
- support for OpenGL 1.x removed, requiring at least OpenGL3.0 now
- Slice Cleaner element extended, now beside concatenated slices also the first
  slice or a rectangle can be used as cleaning shape
- added option to motion settings to let axes move back to position they were
  at the beginning
- UNDO/REDO function optimised to cause less data transfers
- added function to extrude geometries to closed 3D meshes
- fixed issue in 3D view which could cause a crash under some conditions
- issue fixed with pilot laser correction settings in multihead-mode
- E1701C: issue fixed in case of a dot and milling mode, now diving into the
  material is done properly
- UNDO/REDO bug fixed which caused loss of data when Ctrl-X/Y is pressed
  while an input element is focused
- fixed bug in scannercontroller motion plug-in when LP8 is used as output
- fixed crash in pen settings dialogue in case of some specific configurations
- fixed spot-alingment issue in multihead-environments
- corrected inaccuracy in spot-size for spot-alignment function
- bug fixed of Delay element sometimes not executed properly when followed by a
  Custom Input element
- fixed bug when comparing strings that come from E1803D card
- available IOs corrected for E1803D and E1701x


1.8

- added new function to collapse or expand all nodes at once in element tree
- added support for several new 3D file formats like Biovision BVH (.bvh),
  3D Studio Max (.3ds .ase), Sense8 WorldToolkit / Neutral File Format (.nff),
  LightWave (.lwo .lws)
- auto-disable data optimisation in case of hatches which have to be left
  untouched to gain proper marking results
- E1701C: fixed issue in calculation of maximum Z speed
- E1701A/D/C/E1803D: introduced new PWM option for MOPA lasers for variable
  pulse width controlled via LaserA
- maximum factor of scanner-card controlled stepper motor expanded to 500000
- added option to home position settings to override a manual stop and to let the
  scanner jump to home in every case
- fixed focussing-bug in Text primary element (font selector combo box could not
  be switched via cursor keys)
- fixed crash when importing and selecting several 3D models after each other
- fixed issue in beam-compensated hatching
- fixed displaying issue when slanting elements
- fixed issue when translating multiple selected elements


1.7

- added option to 3D slice group to use pens from 3D meshes
- added option to Motion element to perform asynchronous movements
- added support for Additive Manufacturing File format (AMF)
- added option "Real 3D" to turn on/off usage of Z-coordinate during slicing
  also when 3D scanhead is used
- added function to slice group pen definitions for contour and hatch to
  repeat them several times
- added option in machine settings to hide parameter-tab for support structure
  generation
- added possibility to assign up to five pens to one element which then are
  processed successively
- added tile drop offset function to hatch additional element
- added options to pen parameter wizard to set own hatch angle and distance
  values
- added new function sf_if_wx_send_trace_data() to libsmartfactory
- do not let GUI be pushed to background frequently
- fixed bug in frequency handling of E1701A/C/D and E1803D
- fixed bug in direct editing of element vertex coordinates
- fixed positioning issue when setting new size for an element
- ensure proper operation of Undo/Redo menu shortcuts
- fixed issue when sliding through layers of a sliced 3D model
- fixed issue when loading several 3MF files
- fixed unit issue (inch/mm) when using 3MF file format
- fixed error in GCode import function for files that end with M2 command

1.6

- added option to configure the delay after MO for IPG-style lasers for
  E1701x, E1803D, RTC3, RTC4, RTC5, RTC6 scanner cards
- 3D Slice parameters simplified, no need to select flat/real 3D any more
- added option to Hatcher to split the hatch pattern in separate tiles with
  optional overlap
- added new function to CorrCorrect to calculate correction out of a grid of
  measured positions
- element parameters can be changed over several selected elements at the same
  time
- keep last used parameters of a 3D slice group
- fixed bug in applying hatches to slices and support structures of 3D slice
  groups
- fixed crash when using motion elements and motion tab-pane at the same time
- fixed bug when changing line-pattern of geometries to a non-continuous type
- fixed bug in Z-correction calculation of E1701A/D and E1803D scanner cards
- fixed issue in memomry handling which in some cases resulted in sporadic
  "out of memory" messages

- E1701M stepper driver and focus shifter: fixed issue in speed limit
  settings 


1.5

- added support for E1701C CNC controller
- added 3D slice cleaner element to perform a cleaning-cycle between slices
- added option to elements to mark contour prior to hatch
- added support for E1701C CNC controller
- added possibility to loop a project via option in build-dialogue
- added import function for 2D image and vector file formats
- hatch element modified to work with negative custom beamcompensation values that
  overlap the contour of the element
- added option for 3D support structures to generate them down to bottom of editing
  area
- added options for dot offset and dot-alignment to raster added to hatcher
- added dot-pair patterns to hatcher
- fixed crash when generating support structures in fully enclosed mode
- fixed bug in function to try generated correction file in CorrCorrect
- fixed bug when saving correction tables with edited geometries in CorrCorrect
- fixed bug in function which optimises vectors for marking automatically
- fixed bug in selection of default language in machine settings
- fixed bug in 3D view, update working/editing area when changed in settings
- fixed crash when mark-dialogue functions are disabled via settings
- fixed bug in text primary element when using TTF with mapped characters (such
  as Wingdings)
- Linux build issue with E1701A plug-in fixed, now correct and latest versions
  are contained in package
- CorrCorrect: added parameter to single/multiple point function to influence the
  strength of adjustment


1.4

- added 2D elements "Barcode" and "Text"
- added support for mouse-wheel-based zooming
- added new process control plug-in which can access the three integrated PID control
  loops of E1803D
- added option to Hatch additional element to hide (complex) hatches from being drawn
- speed of generating hatches with patterns instead of lines improved
- 3D displaying speed improved
- 3D slice-speed increased by up to factor 3 under specific conditions
- increased slice-accuracy of 3d models by factor 100
- added new control element to send data via serial port of host computer
- added configuration option to move axes via ALT # cursor keys
- added function to create bugreport-packages which contain all information
  required for analysing problems
- added support for 3DS (3D Studio) file format
- added support for workspaces larger than the scanheads area (to be used
  for pointclouds)
- added support for machine integration via MQTT protocol
- import bitmaps as point cloud elements
- fixed toolbar height diplaying bug which appeared with higher screen
  resolutions
- fixed synchronisation bug in E1701M stepper motor and Z-shifter plug-in
- fixed bug in loading of stored runtime data
- fixed displaying bug for motion element
- fixed crash when laser was configured to be aligned in/outside of a
  polygon
- fixed bug with sporadic laser output on active pilot laser for E1701A/D,
  E1803D, RTC3/4/5/6 scanner  controller cards
- fixed deadlock in E1701M plug-in
- fixed bug in Repeat-parameter of Hatch element
- fixed correction data centre bug in CorrCorrect


1.3

- added function to move elements in element tree via keyboard
- added option in machine settings to force user interface to a specific
  language
- added toolbar button to easily close the connection to all devices
- calculate scale-value of selected elements relative to own centre coordinate
- new mode to calculate slice and hatch not in advance but right before marking
- moved UI, smart factory and user privilege configuration to machine settings
- added machine configuration dialogue for all settings and configurations
  stored locally
- added function to multihead mode to define preferred usage for each head
- added configuration parameter for 3D mode of E1701A/D/E1803D to optionally
  enable/disable 3D field correction
- added option to motion axis configuration to assign axes to the height of
  a slice to use its height automatically
- added option to configure external projects which are executed once before
  and once after processing (for (de)initialisation)
- new process-control plug-in "Generic analogue temperature" to read
  temperature via analogue input of scanner card
- new plug-in "IO Sync Motor Trigger" to trigger external motion operation via
  digital signal
- new process-control plug-in "Pewatron FCX" to read gas concentration
- added option to hatch element to create repeated hatches with angle offset
- trace data in Smart Interface extended by identifiers for product and current
  working piece
- added option to export current project in CLI format
- added option to check state and IOs of connected scanner controller card(s)
- added support for Hermes standard automation interface
- fixed bug in spiral element
- bug fixed, process-control plug-ins are shut down correctly now
- bug fixed in data output handling of G-Code plug-in
- bug fixed: plug-ins for E1701A/D and E1803D no longer limit laser on/off
  delay more than necessary
- fixed user privilege management bugs related to mark dialogue and main windows
  close button
- synchronisation bug fixed related to motion plug-ins which make use of scanner
  controller card
- fixed synchronisation bug in E1701M stepper motor and Z-shifter that could
  cause motion/referencing problems with movement and referencing with some
  parameters
- fixed bug in USB-driver for Win32/E1803D
- fixed bug ing setting of frequencies/pulse width for some specific laser types
  and E1701A/D/E1803D controllers


1.2

- added option to suppress start-up warning message
- customisable dimensions of matrix in pen parameter wizard
- added support for um-resolution in fieldsize and -position for E1803D, E1701D,
  RTC6, RTC5 and G-Code plug-in
- slicing speed increased
- import speed of all 3D model file formats improved
- added new state "paused" to Smart Interface
- added option to sliced group to perform one single movement instead of
  complex inter-slice-operations
- added option to let the scanner jump to a defined home-position after a
  marking operation
- added hatch distance as parameter to pen parameter wizard
- added function to pen parameter wizard to take over the pen-settings matrix
  as normal project
- added missing Z-coordinate and Z-buttons in "Manual" tab-pane of mark
  dialogue
- added key shortcuts to F1 start pilot laser or F3 to start mark operation
  when marking dialogue is opened
- disabled all scanhead-related comboboxes in case of single head application
- images of pen parameter wizard and motion buttons now customisable
- added option in "Wait for input" element to open a message with freely
  definable message
- added option to E1701P plug-in to define order in which axes
  have to be referenced
- E1701P plug-in now invokes referencing automatically after
  initialisation
- added 2D views (right and front)
- faster handling of pen lists in 3D Slice Group in case of huge amount
  of pens
- added Smart Interface for Industry 4.0/Smart Factory applications
- number of pulses used for a dot shown in pen-settings
- added support for USC-3 scanner controller card
- added support for 3MF 3D file format
- fixed bug in fiber laser handling of RTC3/RTC4/RTC5/RTC6
- fixed bug in "End offset" slicing parameter
- fixed bug in maximum speed check of E1701M and E1701P plug-ins
- bug fixed when submitting single 3D coordinate to scanner card
- speed bug fixed when jumping to single scanner position out of mark dialogue
- fixed bug when displaying slice that is currently sent to the controller
- fixed crash when deleting unused pens
- fixed bug in "try correction" function of CorrCorrect
- fixed bug in option to auto-slice 3D-meshes
- fixed bug in slice-end offset of 3D slice groups


1.1

- added support for OFF 3D file format
- imported 3D models can be used as support structure now
- added drawing functions for simple geometries
- added extrude function to convert 2D geometries into 3D meshes
- control elements and geometry elements separated into own toolbar
  groups each
- added support for Ubuntu amd64
- fixed Undo/Redo/New functions
- fixed error/information message bug, all messages are shown now
- fixed bug in hatcher which could lead to missing lines


1.0

- initial release