Snapmaker Studio v0.4.0-beta.21 — One Clear Path for a Novice

Snapmaker Studio v0.4.0-beta.21 — One Clear Path for a Novice

Independent open-source project — not affiliated with or endorsed by Snapmaker.
"Snapmaker" is a trademark of its respective owner.

This release makes the first ten minutes simple: open a model, see one prioritized
fix plan, prepare a U1 profile copy, hand it to Snapmaker Orca. Power users lose
nothing — Advanced mode is unchanged and one click away.

Simple mode, simplified

• Five sidebar items instead of twelve: Home · Check my model · My designs ·
  Printer · Help. Everything else (Get Started, Compatibility, Scale, Print
  Quality, Colors & Materials, Cost, Find Models, Batch) lives under More tools.
• Simple mode is the default for new installs. If you already chose Advanced,
  your choice is kept — Advanced mode itself is untouched.

Your fix plan

Opening a model now starts with Your fix plan — at most five prioritized,
plain-language actions built from the checks Studio already ran (plate fit, mesh
health, colours vs toolheads, supports, multi-part spacing). Each action says
whether to do it in Studio or do it in Snapmaker Orca, and the list is
labelled what it is: advisory — not a guarantee.

Fewer dead ends

• The old Multi-Material explainer tab (which only told you to go somewhere else)
  is gone; the colour check runs automatically on an open model.
• /doctor/pricing and /doctor/profit now land on the one Cost page instead of
  quietly showing the same content under three names.
• The Scale page states plainly that 3MF scaled export isn't supported (preview,
  then resize in Orca) — no more disabled "not ready" button, and no more
  future-tense promises anywhere in the app (a test now enforces this).
• Raw technical fields (setting paths, evidence strings) in Compatibility findings
  are tucked behind a "Technical detail" disclosure.

Honest limits (unchanged)

• Studio prepares U1 profile copies for review in Snapmaker Orca — it does not slice.
• Originals are never modified — preparing a model writes a new copy.
• No print-success guarantees.
• Object placement, spacing and bed-boundary fit remain advisory / not verified by
  Studio and must be checked in Snapmaker Orca before slicing.

Local-first · open source (MIT).

Download & verify

• Installer: Snapmaker.Studio_0.4.0-beta.21_x64-setup.exe (attached below)
• SHA256 and size: see docs/RELEASE_METADATA.md
• The installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may show "Unknown publisher". Download only from this GitHub release page and verify the checksum first:
  Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 .\Snapmaker.Studio_0.4.0-beta.21_x64-setup.exe
• Size: 16,137,296 bytes
• SHA256: 792ea37dc8e620cbd9be44fd475d0b1f6531f20a81cec8b44f5a621f43bea2b2