Version 1.7.0.0

New:

• Get GCode parameter from SVG meta data - idea from here: arkypita/LaserGRBL#2052
  https://grbl-plotter.de/index.php?id=form-setup-1#format-related
• Option to convert pen-width to S-value (spindle speed, laser power, servo position). To generate data, I modified the plotterfun tool: https://grbl-plotter.de/plotterfun-width/ Note: grouping must be disabled.
• New language polish, thanks to Bartosz
• Import Info during import https://grbl-plotter.de/index.php?id=form-setup-5#misc
• Online help for setup options https://grbl-plotter.de/index.php?id=form-setup-1#path-interpretations

Bug fixes

#330 scan height map, one dimension
#331 hpgl IMPORT
Serial com window TextBox instead of RichTextBox and limit amount of lines to 10000 to avoid out of memory problem

Version 1.6.9.4

Optimized for import of SVGs, created by OpenStreetMap:

• processing SVG color description like 'rgb(5.490196%,33.333333%,0%)'
• rotate graphics before clipping
• filter (keep or remove) objects before G-Code creation

Click on picture to see video:

Version 1.6.9.3

Bug fixes:

#333 / #334 bug fix in parsing subroutine number
#329 trigger manual tool change message also other languages...

Version 1.6.9.2

500 Stars... Thanks 😀😀😀

New

• Turkish as a new language (just google 1:1 translation)
• #330 Probing / center finder: apply angle to probing pattern: https://youtu.be/oMVjwiNikz0?t=70

Bug fixes

• #332 don't care about '#' in comment - tool nr.
• #333 subroutine number with 4 digits
• #328 assume grbl 1.1 as default (to process grbl 3.x message from Fluidnc)

Version 1.6.9.1

Change option "Ramp on Pen-down": add ramp also at the end of the line:

But this feature is not as good as I had hoped, when using felt tip pen: https://youtu.be/FD9YsWPyAmc?t=397

Some bug fixes

Version 1.6.9.0

New features:

• Create Shapes: save shape-settings in XML

• Z several passes, add noZUp

• Tool change message box shows colored panel
  

• VirtualJoyStick optional "Classic buttons" https://grbl-plotter.de/index.php?id=gui&setlang=en#CT
  

Bug fixes:

• Start button game pad not working (#start)
• Jog command repetition ugly

Note: I replaced virtualJoystick.dll after this release, to avoid move command on right click, to open context menu.
https://github.com/svenhb/GRBL-Plotter/blob/master/GRBL-Plotter/DLLs/virtualJoystick.dll

Version 1.6.8.4b

Bug fixes

• Merlin controller connection
• Process automation was opened full screen on multi monitor system
• Text creation with system font
• Barcode creation, try to avoid exceptions
• Transform gcode, loosing F-value
• ESC will deselect all marked figures

Note - in Source Code:

In this version a test output to logfile, during streaming, is implemented and may fill up the logfile rapidly

Version 1.6.8.2

Text creation from windows system font

Note: after installing a new font, GRBL-Plotter needs to be restarted, Otherwise, after selecting the newly installed font, an error message appears: "Only TrueType fonts are supported. This is not a TrueType font."

Bug fixes:

• SVG text import: process attribute "letter-spacing", set default for fill and stroke
• Process automation
• Set default for "Distance to be assumed as equal" to 0.001 to get hatch-fill with complex data to work.
  

Version 1.6.8.0

Happy new year 2023

Improvements:

• Create text from installed windows-font
• Process automation (not well tested, new feature. XML script must be edit in external editor)
• Height map import STL and sectional view (only tested with source given below)

Data exported from here: https://touchterrain.geol.iastate.edu/main - location "Barringer crater"

Version 1.6.7.3

New

• Hatch fill: optional use of dash pattern (of closed path) for filling lines

Bug fixes:

• Apply dash pattern also on cirlces and arcs
• Tried to fix the "Collection was modified" exception