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Windows x64: the installer (OpenPostPro-v1.1.0-win64.msi, per user, no administrator rights) or the archive (unzip it anywhere and run openpostpro.exe). It needs Python 3.12 or later (python3.dll in the PATH); the Visual C++ runtime is included. The program also builds and runs on Linux (CMake). Always check the generated toolpaths and machine code (the simulator helps) before using them on a real machine.
New
- Nesting (Machining menu): parts are groups, copied on a sheet in a new layer. Three algorithms (fast, search, overlap minimization), rotations by 90, 15, 5 or 1 degree, holes of the parts used, calculation on all the cores in a thread with a waiting window and a stop button. The manual has a chapter with examples.
- File menu: recent documents, the example projects of the manual, Ctrl+N, Ctrl+O and Ctrl+Q.
- Edit menu: duplicate, array copy (columns, rows and spacings), and the preferences.
- Machining menu: the machinings (move, drilling, follow the line, go around the line, pocket) can be created from the menu, as with the icons.
- Display and Help menus: fit the drawing, grid, toolpaths with their direction and start; online manual, keyboard shortcuts, project web site and GitHub.
- Project window: multiple selection (Ctrl and Shift), delete with a confirmation for layers, shapes, operations and machinings, layers folded after a nesting.
- Texts: the link of a text to a curve is an icon of the top toolbar, checked when the text is linked.
- Docs: manuals and guides rewritten in plainer wording, with new screenshots and example projects.
Fixed
- The text of the medallion example no longer overlaps itself.
- After a machining of several separate shapes, the operation is selected instead of the last machining.
- Plasma post-processors: with "Disable Z axe" checked, the cutting feed rate was missing in the program.
- Ctrl+A selects all again on an AZERTY keyboard.