Public Beta Releases

In order to try to improve our testing, we're going to start doing a "Public Beta" period for new releases.

We'll test to the point we normally would before a release, then make the new version available here for anyone who wants to try it.  We'll gather feedback from those users to try to fix any issues we missed before doing a general release.

Reporting Bugs

If you encounter a bug in a public beta, please let us know by sending an email to support@lightburnsoftware.com with as much information as you can recall about what you were doing so we can try to reproduce it and fix it.

The standard licensing rules apply - you'll need to have a current license key to run these (or be in an active trial period).  If you have any issues while using a beta, you can just install whatever version you were using before, or grab the current released version from the Trial/Download page.

Download

Public Betas can be downloaded from here.

Changes

Here's the full list of changes for the 1.4.00 beta:

  • Added 'Repeat Marking' feature for galvos
  • Added Warp tool (4-point)
  • Added Deform tool (16-point)
  • Add File > New Window option to launch separate instance
  • Bugfix: Don't print hidden layers
  • Auto-close combined paths in SVGs on import
  • Line tool now actively tries to connect to existing shapes
  • Cleaner output when deleting single line/curve in a shape
  • Added Scale nudge to galvo framing dialog with PgUp / PgDn
  • Add head camera settings to camera import/export
  • Added field offset for fine tuning galvo devices
  • Added cursors to indicate failure modes for Fillet tool
  • Bugfix: SVGs with shape instances that specified size in percent imported incorrectly
  • Updated Slot resizer to support Inch units
  • Allow single decimal place for Q-pulse length
  • Bugfix: Variable text parser would miss quotes on start of line
  • Bugfix: New auto-overscan code for DSPs ignored multiple passes
  • Bugfix: properly handle multi-appended SVG style definitions (new Illustrator exports & clipboard format)
  • Bugfix: large data packets sent from Ortur WIFI (like machine settings) could hang the connection
  • Bugfix: support height wasn't properly restored when switching between mm/in on the main toolbar
  • Bugfix: DXF polyline arc export was incorrect for some device origin settings
  • Produce less direction change in Offset Fill of curves
  • Bugfix: Done Marking signal for galvos wasn't properly emitted when a job completed normally
  • Bugfix: Overscan distance wasn't shown properly for Image Mode on GCode systems
  • Added Done Marking duration setting
  • Remember the Job Counter value after the framing dialog is closed (might move this to a global counter, but trying this for now)
  • Can now drag-reorder stored move coordinates
  • Bugfix: Enable Focus / Air assist by layer/with laser settings interfered with each other
  • Bugfix: Overcut used with "Choose best starting point" on Ruida could produce an incorrect cutting line
  • Bugfix: GCode produced for non-horizontal fills on A-axis rotary had incorrect feed-rate
  • Bugfix: Flood Fill now disables Fill grouping in galvo mode
  • Bugfix: 'Show Me' open shapes would crash if the shapes were in a virtual array
  • Bugfix: Pause button in rotary screen would sometimes not resume
  • Bugfix: Image compositor could sometimes output zero-length pixels on the edge of an image
  • Bugfix: 'Start Here' + Overcut would emit incorrect cut line at end on GCode systems
  • Bugfix: AutoGroup feature could incorrectly exclude interior shapes
  • Bugfix: don't do extra work during 'Break Shapes' (dramatically faster when breaking shapes with lots of nodes)
  • Bugfix: PDF file with a line-break in an object reference would crash
  • Bugfix: Scan image preview showed wrong angle for some device origins
  • Bugfix: Ramp mode broken if "ramp outer edge" was off (bug in inside/outside sorting)
  • Bugfix: Disabling first sub-layer could cause a crash, and incorrect filling of subsequent sub-layers
  • Bugfix: Slicing shapes for rotary could cause a crash in rare circumstances
  • Bugfix: Limit total attempts to intersect Bezier curves (prevents crash on malformed or weird files)
  • Bugfix: Roller rotary on galvo was incorrectly using object diameter, not roller diameter
  • Bugfix: inline style should override class style on shapes
  • Expanded range of allowed override frequency for CO2 lasers up to 100khz
  • Don't allow MOPA commands through to DIGIT boards (prevents hanging the board when wrong laser is chosen)
  • Bugfix: Send File shortcut (Alt+Shift+S) was broken
  • Bugfix: 'Mirror output to rotary' would revert if creating or loading a new file
  • Bugfix: DXF spline parser got confused if some data fields were out of order