F-Engrave Changelog

What's new in F-Engrave 1.44

Dec 18, 2014
  • Fixed really bad bug in v-carve cleanup for bitmap images introduced in V1.43

New in F-Engrave 1.43 (Dec 18, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug that prevented clean up in some areas after the v-carve clean up calculation.

New in F-Engrave 1.42 (Dec 18, 2014)

  • Changed default setting in General Settings to disable variables. (This is intended to help new Shapoko users get past GRBL limitations.)

New in F-Engrave 1.37 (Dec 18, 2014)

  • Added logic to ignore very small line segments that caused problems v-carving some graphic input files.

New in F-Engrave 1.34 (Feb 5, 2014)

  • Eliminated G91.1 code when arc fitting is disabled. When arc fitting is disabled the code (G91.1) is not needed and it may cause problems for interpreters that do not support that code (i.e. GRBL / ShapeOko).
  • GRBL / ShapeOko users should use the settings discussed here Using F-Engrave with GRBL. See the F-Engrave user manual for details on how to save these setting from F-Engrave session to session using a config.ngc file.

New in F-Engrave 1.33 (Jan 3, 2014)

  • Added option for scaling input image height as a percent of the input values (rather than inputing the height as a length unit).
  • Fixed batch mode...again. (I should really check that it is working before each new release)

New in F-Engrave 1.32 (Dec 3, 2013)

  • Added limit to the length of the engraved text included in g-code file comment (to prevent error with long engraved text)
  • Changed number of decimal places output when in mm mode to 3 (still 4 places for inches)
  • Changed g-code format for G2/G3 arcs to center format arcs (generally preferred format)
  • Hard coded G90 and G91.1 into g-code output to make sure the output will be interpreted correctly by g-code interpreters.

New in F-Engrave 1.31 (Oct 31, 2013)

  • Fixed bug that was preventing batch mode from working in version 1.30.

New in F-Engrave 1.20 (Aug 15, 2013)

  • This version adds the ability to use extended characters (font characters with character codes greater than 255).
  • To enable extended characters in F-Engrave, there is a new extended characters setting in the “General Settings” window.

New in F-Engrave 1.10 (Apr 1, 2013)

  • Added Command line option to set the default directory
  • Added Command line option to set the default directory
  • Added setting option for disabling the use of variable in the g-code output
  • Added option for b-carving (using a ball endmill in v-carve mode)
  • Added the text to be engraved to the top of the ngc file
  • Added max depth to the v-carve settings
  • Eliminated failure to save g-code file when the image filename contains extended characters.
  • Changed the default .ngc/.svg filename when saving. Now it always uses the base of the image file name.
  • Changed the default behavior for v-carve step size. now the default in or mm value is always reset (0.010in or 0.25mm) when switching between unit types. This will ensure that metric users will start with a good default step size setting.