Merge branch 'main' into feature/cache_profiles_and_optimize_loading_speed

gen_cache.bat

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+@echo off
+setlocal
+
+:: Usage: gen_cache.bat [Release|Debug|RelWithDebInfo]
+:: Generates per-vendor .cache files into resources/profiles/
+:: using generate_system_cache.exe from the local build tree.
+
+set BUILD_CONFIG=%~1
+if "%BUILD_CONFIG%"=="" set BUILD_CONFIG=Release
+
+set REPO=%~dp0
+set BUILD_DIR=%REPO%build
+set EXE=%BUILD_DIR%\src\dev-utils\%BUILD_CONFIG%\generate_system_cache.exe
+set PROFILES=%REPO%resources\profiles
+
+if not exist "%EXE%" (
+    echo ERROR: %EXE% not found.
+    echo Build the project first with ORCA_TOOLS=ON, config %BUILD_CONFIG%.
+    exit /b 1
+)
+
+if not exist "%PROFILES%" (
+    echo ERROR: profiles dir not found: %PROFILES%
+    exit /b 1
+)
+
+:: DLLs live in the main Release output, not next to the tool exe
+set PATH=%BUILD_DIR%\src\%BUILD_CONFIG%;%PATH%
+
+echo Generating system presets cache...
+echo   Tool   : %EXE%
+echo   Profiles: %PROFILES%
+echo.
+
+"%EXE%" --path "%PROFILES%" --log_level 2
+if %ERRORLEVEL% neq 0 (
+    echo.
+    echo ERROR: generate_system_cache failed ^(exit %ERRORLEVEL%^).
+    exit /b %ERRORLEVEL%
+)
+
+echo.
+echo Done. Cache files written to: %PROFILES%
+dir /b "%PROFILES%\*.cache" 2>nul
+endlocal

remove_cache.bat

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+@echo off
+setlocal
+
+:: Removes all OrcaSlicer cache files so the next launch rebuilds from scratch.
+::
+:: Clears:
+::   resources/profiles/*.cache       bundled per-vendor binary caches
+::   %APPDATA%\OrcaSlicer\system\*.cache  user per-vendor binary caches
+::   %APPDATA%\OrcaSlicer\guide_profile_cache.json  guide JSON cache
+
+set REPO=%~dp0
+set PROFILES=%REPO%resources\profiles
+set USER_SYSTEM=%APPDATA%\OrcaSlicer\system
+set GUIDE_CACHE=%APPDATA%\OrcaSlicer\guide_profile_cache.json
+
+echo Removing OrcaSlicer cache files...
+echo.
+
+:: Bundled caches
+set FOUND=0
+for %%F in ("%PROFILES%\*.cache") do (
+    del "%%F"
+    echo   Deleted: %%~nxF  ^(bundled^)
+    set FOUND=1
+)
+if "%FOUND%"=="0" echo   No bundled .cache files found in resources\profiles\
+
+echo.
+
+:: User per-vendor caches
+set FOUND=0
+for %%F in ("%USER_SYSTEM%\*.cache") do (
+    del "%%F"
+    echo   Deleted: %%~nxF  ^(user^)
+    set FOUND=1
+)
+if "%FOUND%"=="0" echo   No user .cache files found in %USER_SYSTEM%\
+
+echo.
+
+:: Guide JSON cache
+if exist "%GUIDE_CACHE%" (
+    del "%GUIDE_CACHE%"
+    echo   Deleted: guide_profile_cache.json
+) else (
+    echo   No guide_profile_cache.json found
+)
+
+echo.
+echo Done. Next launch will rebuild all caches from JSON.
+endlocal