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 betasupport@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 1.6.00 beta:

  • Pressing Ctrl enables the drag-dots for corner radius and polyon sides
  • Added ability to rotate workspace for GCode machines (portrait -> landscape)
  • Added support for negative workspace for GCode machines
  • Allow 'Mirror across line' if the line is a bezier, but straight
  • Shift+Click on 'Reset to defaults' in Optimization Settings resets to LightBurn standard defaults
  • External start trigger for galvos will show a status warning if nothing selected or enabled for output
  • Bugfix: Handle different image paddings in PDF files
  • Bugfix: Remember last extension used when saving device specific files (gc, gcode, txt, etc...)
  • Added 'randomize orientation' flag to grid array
  • Added ability to nudge rotation during galvo framing
  • Bugfix: Setting a kerf offset on a sub-layer that wasn't the last sub would not apply the kerf properly
  • Bugfix: Extremely large decompressed streams (>2Gb) would cause Illustrator files to fail to load
  • Added option to clean whole image or just recent passes with 3DSlice on galvos
  • Bugfix: Corner Rounding tool crashed or didn't work on a few specific cases
  • Bugfix: pressing 'Frame' on rotary screen for galvos could freeze, or frame incorrectly
  • Added User and Vendor Bundles, Export and Import
  • Bugfix: Galvo lens correction wizard would fail bounds check with lens size smaller than 100mm
  • Bugfix: If using 'Order by Priority' or 'Order by Group' with 'Angle per Pass', partitions after the first would get an incorrect number of passes
  • Bugfix: Stroke in exported SVGs wasn't properly scaled by shape scale
  • Bugfix: Fixed Trocen origin issues
  • Bugfix: Fixed Global Passes not applying Cylinder Projection
  • Bugfix: Don't show missing material libraries in list
  • Bugfix: Clicking the Cut/Copy/Paste toolbar buttons could crash in specific cases