Changelog

Feature: Orders Management System - Experimental Launch

• Introducing the new Orders system for managing customer orders and fulfillment workflows

• Complete Orders API for programmatic order creation and management

• Seamlessly integrate orders with your print queue for streamlined production

Feature: ColorSCAD Add-On

• Define colors directly in your SCAD files for automatic multi-material printing

• Each color() statement becomes a separate, independently colored component

Feature: Enhanced Organization Tools

• Part tags for better organization and categorization of your part library

• Starred/favorite materials for quick access to frequently used filaments

• SKU part suggestions automatically recommend parts based on SKU naming

• Sortable columns on all major tables for improved data management

Feature: Telegram Notifications

• Connect your Telegram account to receive real-time print farm notifications

• Get updates on print completions, errors, and printer status changes

Additional Improvements

• Dashboard compact mode for viewing more printers on a single screen

• Collapsible side menu for more screen real estate when needed

• Real-time connection indicator in the bottom left shows your connection status

• New print job detail page for comprehensive job information and controls

• Intelligent sync engine for various backing collections - backend update to address some buggy behavior such as needing to visit the Printers page to load the printers' data initially.

• Fresh font updates throughout the interface for improved readability

Feature: Enhanced Multi-Material Controls

• Material overrides when printing parts and linking skus

• Show required materials on "queued" tab of print queue

Feature: Build v2 API

• Build v2 API -- much simpler and more intuitive

Additional Improvements

• Command/CTRL+S saves something when editing it (e.g. part, printer)

Feature: Multi-Material Support

• Our biggest change to Printago so far allows for automatic material matching on parts

• Import or create materials, then assign them to printers and AMS slots

• Restrict which materials parts and 3MF files should use

• Printago will automatically match with the correct printer and automatically map the materials correctly

Feature: Hot Drop Zone

• Added an area to drop any number of parts for quick processing

• Parts are automatically uploaded and sorted into a temporary folder by date

• Users have multiple processing options:

  • Upload only - just upload the parts

  • Direct print - show the print dialog for all the parts

  • Auto-Queue - parts are uploaded and queued automatically

• Each plate in 3MF files is added to the queue with default options set

Feature: API Portal

• Users now have the ability to self-manage API keys for Printago

• View the Printago API Swagger documentation directly from the portal

Additional Improvements

• Retry completed jobs from the Completed tab of the print queue

• Job entries on the queue page now offer Material Mapping information as well as printer-matching details

• Various new keyboard shortcuts on the main printers page make selecting and configuring printers faster

• Added Bambu Studio 2.1.1 to the cloud slicer options

• Updated slicer profiles for improved performance

Feature: Multiplate 3MF and Multiplate GCODE Support

• Added support for multiplate 3MF and GCODE files, enhancing workflow flexibility for complex print jobs.

  • Users can now select which specific plate to print when adding multiplate files to the queue.

  • The system intelligently preserves all plates within the file while giving users control over which ones to utilize.

• Enhanced SKU functionality with multiplate support:

  • When creating or editing SKUs, users can now select specific plates from 3MF files to include.

  • Each selected plate can have its own quantity setting, allowing for mixed batches from a single source file.

  • The plate selection interface provides thumbnails and metadata to easily identify the content of each plate.

Feature: Improved File Upload Experience

• The "New Part" interface has been enhanced with drag-and-drop functionality for single files.

Feature: Dashboard and Printer Controls

• Added Control Panels to perform various functions on the printers such as heating the nozzle and bed, jogging the axes, setting the fans, and running all printer calibration steps.

  • The behavior of the up/down Z-Axis controls varies based on the type of printer (bedslinger vs coresxy). When controlling a selection of printers with mixed-kinematics, the Z buttons defer to "+" and "-" labels and behave accordingly.

• The Actions Dropdown menu has moved to the left side of the screen on desktops.

• The following Printer Multi-Actions have been added:

  • Configure: A shortcut to the slicing configuration. Edit the slicing configurations of several selected printers at once (same model).

  • Control Sub Menu: has a shortcut to open the Control Panel for selected printers as well as shortcuts to set the nozzle and bed temps on selected printers.

  • The Control Panel allows you to control all the selected printers at once! Home, Jog, Heat Printbeds based on selections. Additionally, run your calibrations all at once on all your machines.

• Added Dashboard to the main menu, with cards for each printer. Mark printer beds as clear, pause/stop, configure the slicer, open the new Control Panel and see each machines' status.

• The Dashboard is color coded based on each printer's status with sorting options to follow.

• The dashboard supports Full Screen mode.

• Pause and Stop printers as they are printing jobs started outside of Printago, as well as monitor their progress from the new Dashboard.

• The individual printers page has been re-worked, adding more information about the printer as well as a Control Panel for the printer.

Feature: OpenSCAD Libraries

• Download these from the GitHub repository to your local OpenSCAD environment. This repo is a public aggregator of OSS libraries, making it easy to have your local environment match our cloud environment

• They should be placed in a folder named "printago" to ensure proper access

• Use with use <printago/{library_folder_name}/whatever_u_need.scad> (or import)

• We support a full range of libraries including BOSL2 and all those permitted by MakerWorld

Feature: Slicer "auto-arrange" Options

• Previously set to automatic mode by default (similar to desktop slicers placing floating models onto the bed)

• You can now explicitly disable this feature to preserve exact model positioning as defined in the STL

• Note: This feature does not affect 3MF part files and projects, which are never automatically arranged

Feature: 3MF Process Settings

• You can now utilize process settings saved within 3MF files

• These settings can either be named/embedded in the project or saved as unnamed edits to the slicer settings

This update addresses the divergence between software slicers and aims to reduce friction in your printing workflow.

Feature: Slicer Engine Selection

• Users can now select which slicer engine Printago will use for their account

• Available options include various versions of Orca and Bambu Studio

• Choose between Printago default, latest release, or a specific version

Feature: Advanced Slicer Controls

• Override slicer settings on a per-part basis from the Part screen

• 3MF parts will automatically select the version/slicer used to create them

• Option to use embedded settings with 3MF files when adding new projects

• Parts using embedded settings will be locked to compatible printer models

Enhanced File Support

• Added support for .gcode.3MF files

• These files will automatically match with printers of the same type (X1, P1, A1, etc.)

Feature: Folders for Parts and SKUs

• You can now create folders and sub-folders for organizing your Parts and SKUs

• Move parts and SKUs between folders with intuitive drag-and-drop functionality

• Access folder management through Multi-Action options on the respective pages

• Each item has options to move it to a different folder

• The API also supports folders for programmatic organization of your Parts and SKUs