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What we shipped in 2021

Release notes for the web platform, the mobile app and the SimplyPrint Client.

November 2021

· Web

New filament page · New way to add spools

New features

  • New filament page: Reworked, with better sorting, a search bar, sorting by brand and type, and a recycle bin for spools that are as good as empty.
  • New way to add spools: Pick the brand from a list, and for over 300 spools the colour and details fill themselves in. Set what the spool cost, and use three quick size presets you can change.

Improvements

  • Filament settings: New settings for standard currency, default filament width, when a spool goes in the bin, and spool weight presets, plus an overview of every brand and spool we know.
6 bug fixes
  • Fixed a few display bugs in Safari: images in the file selector and printers in Multiprint.
  • Fixed the print job page not loading.
  • Fixed performance problems that caused a few minutes of downtime on October 20.
  • Fixed some minor dark mode issues.
  • Fixed the slicer's nozzle diameter setting not working: it always used 0.4.
  • Fixed supports not being generated in some cases in the slicer.

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October 2021

· Web

Dark mode · New mobile app

New features

  • Dark mode: Switch between dark and light with the sun and moon in the top bar.
  • New mobile app: The app was rebuilt from scratch: it looks better and fixes the old one's fundamental problems. It arrives as an update to the app you have.

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September 2021

· Web

New file manager

New features

  • New file manager: A completely new look, with the list view many of you asked for. It is faster too.

Improvements: File search and filters · File manager on small screens, and 1 more

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  • Assign a printer and filament type to files: Set which printer or printer model and which filament type a file is for. Assigning a printer needs more than one printer.
  • File search and filters: Filter files by printer, file type, material or slicer.
  • File manager on small screens: It fits laptops, tablets and phones properly.
3 bug fixes
  • Fixed the Delete key not removing the selected model in the slicer.
  • Fixed the G-code analysis sometimes reporting a model as bigger than it is. Affected files are analysed again the next time you select them.
  • Fixed the "Add to print queue" popup not closing after adding, and "Send to slicer" not working.

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· Web

3D model thumbnails · 3MF and OBJ files

File manager with 3D model thumbnails and file details

New features

  • 3D model thumbnails: Files show a small picture of the model.
  • 3MF and OBJ files: Upload .3mf and .obj files to your storage and slice them in the slicer.

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July 2021

· Web

Analysis on upload · Start prints from Files

Uploading several files at once in the file manager

New features

  • Analysis on upload: G-code files are analysed as soon as they are uploaded, so there is no wait when you start the print.
  • Start prints from Files: Start a print straight from the Files page, and preview G-code files there.

Improvements

  • Bigger files in the file manager: Upload G-code files of up to 500 MB through the file manager. The limit there was 100 MB.
  • Upload many files at once: Upload as many files as you like together, with progress shown for each.

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· Web

Temperature checks and risky G-code warnings

New features

  • Temperature check: The G-code analysis reads a file's temperatures and checks them against your printer's maximums, set in the printer settings.
  • Change the temperatures of a sliced file: Sliced for PLA but printing in ABS? Select the file and SimplyPrint offers to change its temperatures to the selected filament's. Works for most files.
  • Risky G-code warning: You are warned before printing a file that contains commands it probably should not. You can still choose to print it.

Improvements: G-code analysis, rebuilt · Positioning check · Slicer shown per file · Slicer · App notifications with a picture · More about each file

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  • G-code analysis, rebuilt: About 100 times faster, and it handles files of any size without straining your browser.
  • Positioning check: If the slicer left out whether movement or extrusion is absolute or relative, SimplyPrint works it out and tells the printer.
  • Slicer shown per file: Select a file, in Start print or under Files, to see which slicer made it.
  • Slicer: Quick settings, about 80% less memory use, a few more settings, many bug fixes and an updated standard profile.
  • App notifications with a picture: Notifications on your phone now include a picture of the print at start, stop, pause and resume, if you have a camera. Tap one to follow the print.
  • More about each file: Files show their size and estimated print time, how many times they were printed and how often that went well, and the slicer settings when they were sliced in our slicer.

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June 2021

· Web

Two-factor authentication · New-login alerts

New features

  • Two-factor authentication: Protect your account with a code from an app such as Google Authenticator or Authy, under Security settings.
  • New-login alerts: Get an email, an app notification or both when your account is accessed from a new location. Choose which under Security settings.

Improvements

  • Logged-in devices: Security settings list every device your account is logged in on: device type, country and city, IP address, first and last use.
  • Bot protection on login: Google reCAPTCHA now guards the login page against brute-force attempts, silently: no pictures to click.

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May 2021

· Web

Printer groups and printing to many printers at once

New features

  • Printer groups: With more than one printer, sort them into groups for a better overview. Available to everyone.
  • Multiprint: Start the same print on several printers at once. Advanced and Enterprise plans.
  • Cancel, pause and resume many prints: Cancel, pause or resume every ongoing print at once, on all printers or per group. Advanced and Enterprise plans.
  • Clear multiple beds: Mark several finished prints as cleared in one go, and start the next queued item on each printer. Advanced and Enterprise plans.

Improvements

  • Print queue: Start a queue item on several printers at once. Advanced and Enterprise plans.

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March 2021

· Web

A new printer control panel

Improvements

  • Control panel first, with one printer: If you have a single printer, the panel now opens on its control panel. A setting turns this off.
  • Flow rate: Set the flow rate from a printer's control panel, under the print speed.
  • Queue in the control panel: On Advanced and Enterprise plans, a printer's control panel shows its queued items and opens the print queue without going back to the overview.
  • Printers page on small screens: The printer overview and the control panel fit phones and tablets much better, and the camera view sits near the top on mobile.
  • More cards accepted: A new payment provider accepts cards from more countries. If your card was refused before, try again.

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· Web

Bigger G-code files · Filament in grams

Improvements

  • Bigger G-code files: Upload G-code files of up to 500 MB when starting a print. The limit was 100 MB.
  • Filament in grams: The filament tab shows grams by default, not kilos. You can switch back in the filament settings.

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· Web

G-code preview in the print queue

Improvements

  • G-code preview in the print queue: Preview a queued file's G-code right in the print queue.
  • Download the file you are printing: Download and save a file from the G-code view even after its print has started.

Posted in our community group at the time.

February 2021

· Web

G-code preview

Printer card with a See G-code preview button

New features

  • G-code preview: Click the name of the file that is printing to see the model in 3D. Available to everyone.

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· Milestone

Open to everyone, worldwide

Anyone can now create a SimplyPrint account. Until now it was open in Denmark only.

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January 2021

· Web

Raspberry Pi software 2.4.9

Improvements

  • Raspberry Pi software 2.4.9: A large update to the SimplyPrint software on your Raspberry Pi, with much of it rebuilt.

Posted in our community group at the time.

· Web

Heat the hotend before auto bed leveling

Improvements

  • Hotend temperature for auto bed leveling: Set a hotend temperature to reach before auto bed leveling starts, under Settings > Modifications > Auto Bed Level. The CR-6 SE needs 120 degrees before it will level.
1 bug fix
  • Fixed the bed mesh data sometimes not reaching SimplyPrint.

Posted in our community group at the time.

· Web

Mobile app for iOS and Android

New features

  • Mobile app for iOS and Android: The first SimplyPrint app for Android and iOS. Many of the website's features were still to come, in updates along the way.

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· Web

A printer compatibility list and a WiFi generator

New features

Improvements

  • WiFi generator: The WiFi tool from the setup guide is now always available on the website, and helps get 5 GHz networks working.

Posted in our community group at the time.

· Web

Print queue

New features

  • Print queue: Add items to a queue, set how many times each needs printing, and start the next one on a printer with one button. For Advanced plans.

Improvements

  • File name on the printer overview: The name of the file that is printing now shows under each printer.
  • Filament on the control panel: A printer's control panel shows the colour, material and amount left of the spool attached to it.

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