wxGTK types every wxDialog as a dialog window, and Mutter offers no
maximize for anything but a normal window, so the maximize button and
shortcut did nothing on GNOME under X11. Modeless plugin windows are now
normal windows, kept off the taskbar as before. Modal ones stay dialogs
so the window manager keeps routing focus from the main window to them.
* Expose App, GL, Printer and Project Facts to Plugins
Plugins that help users file bug reports could only guess these from log lines: the app config is
deny-listed, and the project path, a project export and the device list had no API.
orca.host gains app_info(), gl_info() and selected_printer(), and Plater gains project_path() and
export_3mf_copy(path). The copy export leaves the project's file name, saved state and model
unchanged, does not write the signed-in account as the designer, and raises the audit event of
open(path, "w") so the plugin gets the same permissions as for writing the file itself.
* Remove app_language in Favour of app_info
app_info() returns the same language. app_language() was added after the last release, so no released build has it.
* Read a local plugin's version from its file header
read_install_state() let the sidecar's installed_version override the version
parsed from the entry file's PEP 723 header. That is right for cloud plugins,
whose header may be stale, but a local plugin has no other source of truth, so
the UI kept showing the version recorded at first install after the file was
edited. For local installs, use the header version.
* Keep the cloud installed version of an unsubscribed plugin
A cloud plugin kept as local after unsubscribing is rewritten with installed_from=local and no cloud_uuid, which the local-header rule could not tell apart from a real local install. Its installed_version is still the cloud one while the header may lag, so the next scan showed the stale header version. Record the conversion in the install state and exclude those plugins from the header rule. Add tests for a local plugin following its header and for an unsubscribed cloud plugin keeping its cloud version.
* Add tests for the version of a local plugin
A local plugin's version comes from its entry file header. Cover the case of a plugin edited after install, and a plugin unsubscribed from the cloud, which is now a normal local package.
* Fix decomposition of mirrored transformations
computeRotationScaling() may place the mirror on any axis, giving unstable rotation/scale for mirrored matrices. Decompose them by flipping each local axis and choosing the one needing the least rotation (lowest axis on ties). Merge the extract helpers into a single extract_rotation_scale() and simplify contains_skew() to check that the scale is diagonal.
set_scaling_factor() now preserves the mirror sign on the scaled axis. Selection::scale_and_translate() uses Transformation's rotation and scale instead of calling computeRotationScaling() directly, so scaling a mirrored instance adds no skew.
Add tests for mirrored decomposition, scaling, and skew detection.
* Use Eigen polar decomposition for instance scaling
Selection::scale_and_translate now splits the instance matrix with computeRotationScaling instead of get_rotation_matrix().
Adds a Model test checking that an instance created from another's offset, scale, rotation and mirror reproduces its matrix (as Add instance and Fill bed do).
* tidy
# Description
Orbiting or panning the 3D view no longer hitches every five seconds on
Windows and macOS while signed in to Orca Cloud. The stutter is a
regression from #15710.
No change to slicing or to the Orca Cloud connection status shown in the
GUI.
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## Summary
This PR adds first-class parallel printing support to OrcaSlicer for
printers with multiple independent X-axis carriages — the **IDEX** and
**IQEX** hardware families. The feature is named **IMEX** (independent
multi-extruder) internally, which captures the supported topology space
more accurately than either acronym alone, and is exposed in the UI
under the user-facing label **IDEX/IQEX Configuration**. It is designed
to be printer-agnostic and firmware-flexible, with Klipper,
RepRapFirmware, and Marlin all supported for per-tool Pressure Advance
and per-layer temperature management. MMU/AFC setups where multiple
logical filament slots share one physical extruder are supported via a
`physical_extruder_map` profile option. Printers whose firmware handles
copy/mirror placement internally — RepRapFirmware IDEX duplication mode
on Flashforge Creator Pro 2 / Creator 3 Pro is the canonical example —
are supported through a firmware-managed-zones flag that emits a
centered single-half slice for the firmware to fan out.
The implementation spans printer configuration, process settings UI, bed
visualization, per-plate mode selection, ghost-object rendering with
per-plate filament overrides, placement validation, pre-slice conflict
warnings, G-code generation (with per-tool PA, per-layer temperature
management, and optional center-origin slice frame), and layer preview
animation. It supports five distinct topology paradigms:
- **1 gantry × 2–4 tools** — classic IDEX with 2 tools (BCN3D Sigma,
Snapmaker J1, Tenlog Hands-2 style — two independent X carriages on a
shared Y gantry); multi-extruder on a shared rail when extended to 3 or
4.
- **2 gantries × 1 tool each** — two fully-independent XY systems
sharing a bed (Vivedino Xplorer style). Both Y rails independent —
effectively "half an IQEX."
- **2×2 grid, independent quadrants** — IQEX running four separate
prints in parallel.
- **2×2 grid, paired-gantry multicolor** — IQEX where cross-gantry tools
share color responsibilities via the **Span** tile state.
- **Firmware-managed center-origin** — slicer emits a centered
single-half slice; firmware decides where to physically fan it out.
Overlays on any of the above hardware topologies; canonical example is
Flashforge IDEX with RepRapFirmware.
---
## Feature Walkthrough
### Printer Configuration
Printer preset options that declare IMEX capability and geometry:
| Option | Type | Description |
|--------|------|-------------|
| `is_imex` | bool | Marks this printer as IMEX-capable |
| `imex_firmware_managed_zones` | bool | Emit centered single-half
slice; firmware handles copy/mirror placement (default `false`) |
| `imex_gantry_count` | int | Number of independent Y-axis gantries
(rows) |
| `imex_tools_per_gantry` | int (1–4) | Toolheads per gantry along X
(columns) |
| `imex_nozzle_clearance_x` / `imex_nozzle_clearance_y` | float |
Nozzle-to-collision-edge distance in mm (literal, not halved) |
| `imex_tool_layout` | string | Physical orientation: front-left /
front-right / rear-left / rear-right |
| `imex_mode_names` | string[] | Names of user-defined parallel modes;
first entry is the reserved `primary` sentinel |
| `imex_mode_active_tools` | string[] | Tool role assignments per mode
(e.g. `0:P,1:C,2:M,3:M`, or `0:P,1:S,2:M,3:M` with Span) |
| `imex_mode_gcodes` | string[] | Firmware macro to activate per mode |
| `physical_extruder_map` | string[] | 0-indexed map from logical
filament slots to physical extruders (for MMU/AFC — see below) |
Tool roles per mode: **Primary** (P), **Copy** (C), **Mirror** (M),
**Span** (S), **Inactive**.
### Parallel Mode Editor
[Kooha-2026-05-14-13-45-35.webm](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/af7650e6-d636-478b-9398-3f02ec662f03)
The **IDEX/IQEX Configuration** and **IDEX/IQEX Parallel Modes**
sections live in the printer preset's **Multimaterial** page (visible
only when `is_imex = true`). The mode editor is a visual grid:
- Each row defines one named parallel mode. The first row is a reserved,
non-deletable **Primary** row stored as the sentinel `primary` in
`imex_mode_names`.
- The Primary tool is always T0; **Tool 0 Position** chooses which
physical corner it occupies, and its tile is read-only. The other tool
buttons cycle Inactive → Copy → Mirror → Span → Inactive, color-coded,
with Span offered only where it applies.
- **Span** is only offered when `imex_gantry_count >= 2` AND the tile is
on the primary's gantry row — it declares "this tool is the multi-color
partner of Primary on the same gantry," distinct from a Copy/Mirror role
on a non-primary gantry.
- A G-code field per mode holds the firmware macro to activate that mode
(e.g. `IMEX_COPY` for Klipper). A placeholder-browser button per row
opens the `EditGCodeDialog` for quick insertion.
- Modes can be added and removed (removed via a dedicated
`imex_remove.svg` ScalableButton).
- Deleting the active mode resets affected plates to Primary.
- Tool assignments are preserved across `imex_gantry_count` changes:
going from IQEX (4 carriages) → IDEX (2 carriages) → IQEX restores all
previously assigned roles, and the visible grid anchors to the gantry
row containing the Primary assignment.
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### Span Tile State — Paired-Gantry Multicolor
<img width="2833" height="1300" alt="2026-05-14-135412_grim"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/52203133-7380-459a-973f-0502a1edc3c2"
/>
For IQEX printers (`imex_gantry_count >= 2`), the **Span (S)** tile role
enables paired-gantry multicolor mirror mode. The same active-tools
string `0:P,1:C,2:M,3:M` is ambiguous between two distinct hardware jobs
— four independent quadrants vs. paired-gantry multicolor mirror — so
the topology has to be declared explicitly rather than inferred. Span on
the primary's gantry row is the declaration.
Behavior driven by Span presence:
- **Multicolor block rule**: requires Span on primary's gantry to allow
multi-color slicing in a parallel mode. Without Span, multi-color
slicing in a parallel mode is blocked with an actionable error message.
- **Ghost aggregation**: one aggregated ghost per non-primary gantry
when Span is present, using the column-paired representative tool.
Mixed-role gantries fall back to per-tool.
- **Zone aggregation**: one row-strip zone per non-primary gantry when
Span is present (cell at primary's column collapses col-sep;
`make_boxes` expands to full-X strip).
- **Aggregated mirror drag**: ghost translates 1:1 with primary in X
(copy-style), with X-flip baked into the mesh-local frame so geometry
still reads as mirrored. Gantries don't share an X rail, so reflecting
motion serves no collision purpose.
- **Carriage collision strip audit**: X-boundary checks require `zr ==
pri_row_k` (matching the existing Y-boundary `c == pri_col` constraint).
Prevents spurious strips on primary's right edge in paired-gantry
mc-mirror, where T3 sits diagonally and can't actually collide with
primary's carriage.
Single source of truth:
`IMEXHelpers::group_imex_active_tools_by_gantry(active_tools_str,
tools_per_gantry)`. Ghost factory and zone calculator both consume it,
so pairing logic lives in one place.
### Per-Plate Mode Selection
Each build plate has an IMEX mode icon in its toolbar (normal, hover,
dark, and dark-hover SVG variants). The mode can be set independently
per plate:
- **Left-click** cycles through all non-sentinel modes in order.
- **Right-click** opens a popup menu listing all modes as radio items
for direct selection.
- Mode changes are recorded in the undo/redo snapshot system.
- The selected mode is persisted in the 3MF project file per plate
(`imex_parallel_mode` key).
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5ab497e3-9c2f-476a-ac67-ef34a592395b
When a parallel mode is active alongside multi-material objects on the
same plate, a warning badge (`obj_warning.svg`) overlays the plate icon
— see **Pre-Slice Warning System** below.
### Bed Visualization + Auto-Arrange Constraints
When an IMEX mode is active, the build plate renders the carriage grid:
<img width="2761" height="1447" alt="IMEX bed visualization with active
primary zone and dimmed secondary zones"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3ee64b7b-a3ed-40aa-ad07-fa2f1cb74edf"
/>
- The **active (primary) zone** is full brightness.
- **Inactive zones** are dimmed with a color-coded overlay (blue for
copy, orange for mirror).
- **Zone dividers** are rendered as lines across the bed.
- The grid is a full 2D layout: `imex_tools_per_gantry` columns ×
`imex_gantry_count` rows. Zone sizing is based on the **active** tool
count only — inactive tools donate their bed share to active neighbors.
- Span-present configs render as a single row-strip zone per non-primary
gantry rather than per-tool quadrants, reflecting that the firmware will
paint the multi-color across the entire strip.
- Colors are drawn from the Okabe-Ito palette for colorblind
accessibility, with a deuteranopia/protanopia-safe alternate theme.
- **Auto-arrange** is constrained to the primary zone when a parallel
mode is active — `ArrangeJob::process()` replaces full-bed `bedpts` with
the primary zone corners via `PartPlate::imex_primary_zone()`. Collision
strips are additionally registered as hard obstacles through
`m_unselected` (the working NFP placer input, not the dead
`excluded_regions` field), so placement cannot drop parts into the
danger strips.
### Placement Validation
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5cb5a94a-981e-4fe9-898e-7e2f891b4f40
Objects placed outside the primary zone block slicing:
- `has_imex_placement_violations()` in `PartPlate` checks each object's
convex hull against the primary zone boundaries and collision strips.
- Violations inject into the existing `update_background_process`
validation pathway — the Slice button is disabled and an error
notification is shown.
- Mirror tools additionally generate X-axis collision strips (copy tools
move in the same direction and cannot collide). Y-direction strips are
scoped to same-column tools to avoid false positives from diagonal
mirror pairs.
- Strip width is taken **literally** from `imex_nozzle_clearance_x` (the
measurement is nozzle-to-collision-edge distance, not carriage
half-width).
- Multi-color block path: a pre-slice rule blocks multi-color slicing in
parallel modes that can't physically support it (e.g. a "fake IMEX" mode
where all tools sit on a single gantry without a Span partner). The rule
is centralized in `imex_multicolor_block_reason()` with unit-test
coverage of every gating case.
### Ghost Object Rendering + Per-Plate Filament Picker
When a parallel mode is active, the slicer renders colored, transparent
**ghost copies** of primary-head instances on the plate — one per
secondary active head, transformed under its Copy/Mirror role (or
aggregated per gantry when Span is present).
- Ghosts track the primary through drag/rotate/scale/mirror and
invalidate on mode, filament-map, or `physical_extruder_map` changes.
- **Left-click** on a ghost opens the `IMEXFilamentPickerPopover` for
that ghost's head — a compact `BitmapComboBox` that writes directly to
the per-plate `imex_head_filament_map` (MMU lane override).
- Mirror ghost geometry is a **true reflection about the zone-boundary
plane** (`x = primary_zone_center.x + gantry_offset.x/2`), so the ghost
stays anchored in the target zone as the primary moves and drag reflects
correctly (primary +X → ghost −X, Y tracks 1:1).
- Hover tooltip: `"Tn → filament N"` with a color swatch. When no
filament resolves to a head, the tooltip surfaces an actionable message
directing the user to extend the extruder count in the Machine tab.
- Ghost rendering + picking are scoped to the active plate — non-active
plates don't draw stale ghosts during arrange/preview transitions, and
click-picking never falls through to a non-current plate's ghost
geometry.
- Per-plate `imex_head_filament_map` round-trips through the 3MF project
file.
### Pre-Slice Warning System
<img width="1786" height="911" alt="2026-05-14-135714_grim"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/16532d47-2da5-4472-ab9c-4b8b00303bae"
/>
Before a plate slices, IMEX parallel-mode plates are checked for three
classes of conflict:
1. **Multi-material on secondary tools** — when the mode has Copy/Mirror
tools and the plate has multiple filaments active; plate icon gets a
warning badge.
2. **Bed temperature mismatch** — any two carriages configured >5 °C
apart.
3. **Filament type incompatibility** — filaments from different type
families on active carriages.
A dismissible Yes/No `RichMessageDialog` fires once per user action from
both `on_action_slice_plate` and `on_action_slice_all`. The dialog has a
**"Don't show again"** checkbox that persists to `app_config` as
`imex_pre_slice_warnings=false`. A re-enable toggle lives in **Printer
Settings → Multimaterial → IDEX/IQEX Configuration** so suppressed
warnings can be restored.
### Firmware-Managed Zones — Center-Origin Slice
<img width="701" height="197" alt="2026-05-14-135842_grim"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3e2dfaab-fb4f-42b1-bf9d-c88dc0c95110"
/>
The `imex_firmware_managed_zones` printer-config option (default
`false`) supports IDEX/IQEX printers whose firmware applies its own
copy/mirror offsets in non-primary modes. Canonical examples:
**RepRapFirmware IDEX duplication mode** on **Flashforge Creator Pro 2 /
Creator 3 Pro**. These printers expect a centered single-half slice at
bed origin and fan toolheads out from there — the slicer-managed
paradigm of placing toolpaths at zone-relative positions produces gcode
the firmware can't reconcile, since it'd double-apply offsets.
When the flag is on and the active mode is non-primary, the slicer
subtracts the primary zone's plate-local center from the gcode emission
frame:
- **Writer offset** is augmented by the primary zone center so emitted
gcode is centered at bed origin.
- **Processor offset** stays at plate_origin only, so the gcode-preview
visualizer renders the centered toolpath at bed center rather than at
the prepare-view zone placement. The user sees what'll physically print
after firmware fan-out.
- **`translate_to_print_space()`** is augmented for frame coherence so
`first_layer_print_min/max` placeholders consumed by user start_gcode
(e.g. Flashforge's M118 "max delta from zero" header) reflect the
centered frame.
Slice-handoff runs per-slice: `PartPlate::refresh_imex_slice_offset()`
is called from `Plater::priv::update_background_process` after
`Print::apply()`, so reslicing with mode toggled but no plate change
picks up the updated offset.
When the flag is off, all related code paths reduce to no-ops
byte-identical to standard slicer-managed behavior. The two stock-code
touches at `Print.cpp:2553-2554` (gcode_offset composition) and
`Print.cpp:2823-2829` (translate_to_print_space) are explicit additive
shifts that collapse to identity when the offset is `Vec2d::Zero()`.
### G-code Injection
The selected parallel mode's G-code is written into the output file
immediately before `machine_start_gcode`:
- Looks up the plate's active mode name in `imex_mode_names` and writes
the corresponding `imex_mode_gcodes` entry.
- Processed through `placeholder_parser_process()` first, so
Klipper-style variable substitution works **and** any `{global}`
declarations flow forward into `machine_start_gcode`.
- Primary mode's G-code field is emitted too.
- Guarded against headless CLI slicing — `ensure_imex_zones()`
short-circuits when `m_plater` is null so the CLI path (used by
upstream's regression-test CI step) doesn't segfault on
`wxGetApp().preset_bundle` dereference.
### Placeholder Parser Integration
<img width="535" height="393" alt="2026-05-14-140227_grim"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6d059c77-38f6-4418-bfe9-3bf963e8c836"
/>
Three placeholders register under **Slicing State** and are settable
from anywhere downstream:
| Placeholder | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `imex_mode` | string | The active mode name |
| `imex_mode_index` | int | Index into `imex_mode_names` |
| `imex_mode_gcode` | string | The resolved mode G-code (post-parser) |
### Per-Tool Pressure Advance — Firmware-Agnostic
`set_pressure_advance()` takes an optional tool index (default `-1`,
preserving existing behavior for all non-IMEX call sites). Per firmware:
- **Klipper**: `EXTRUDER=extruder[N]` when `tool >= 0`, bare command
otherwise
- **RepRapFirmware**: `M572 D<N>` when `tool >= 0`, `M572 D0` otherwise
(preserves the pre-IMEX output; a bare `M572` applies to whatever tool
is selected and errors when there is none)
- **Marlin 2**: `M900 K<X> T<N>` when `tool >= 0`, bare `M900` otherwise
- **Marlin Legacy / fallback**: `M900 K<X>` always
- **Repetier**: `M233 X<X> Y<X>` (X is quadratic, Y is linear; same
value applied to both)
`m_imex_parallel_mode` is set once per export from the active plate
mode. PA tool-qualification is gated on this being a **non-primary**
parallel mode — primary-mode prints emit ordinary tool-change PA exactly
like any non-IMEX printer. Secondary active tools in parallel modes
receive explicit per-tool PA at print start since they never go through
a tool-change sequence.
### Per-Layer Temperature Management
In IMEX parallel modes, all active tools (primary + secondaries) get
temperature commands in `layer_change_gcode`:
- Layer 1 temperatures only emit on the first layer; subsequent layers
use normal layer-change temperatures.
- IMEX temperature handling is consolidated into the second-layer
transition.
- Layer-change temperature commands use `M104 T<N>` with
`physical_extruder_map` translation when applicable.
### MMU / AFC Support via `physical_extruder_map`
For printers where multiple logical filament slots share one physical
extruder (MMU, AFC, toolchangers), the `physical_extruder_map` profile
option translates tool slot indices to physical extruder qualifiers
before G-code emission.
- **Fallback**: on IMEX printers, `Print::apply()` uses the profile's
map only when it has one entry per extruder (the `nozzle_diameter`
count). Anything else, including the single-entry default, is replaced
by the identity map `0..n-1`.
- **Used by**: IMEX PA emission, layer-change temperature commands
(`M104 T`, `EXTRUDER=`, `M572 D`), ghost color resolution, ghost cache
key, tooltip lookup, click gate.
- **Profile authoring example** for a 7-slot printer with a 4-lane MMU
on extruder 0 and three independent direct drives on extruders 1/2/3:
```json
"physical_extruder_map": ["0","0","0","0","1","2","3"]
```
Non-MMU printers need no action — the identity fallback handles them.
- A centralized helper in `IMEXHelpers`,
`effective_physical_extruder_map(explicit_pem, nozzle_count)` (with a
`PresetBundle` overload that prefers the project's map over the
printer's), routes all PA/temp/ghost-color lookups through a single code
path.
- **No UI for editing the map** in this PR — non-trivial MMU/AFC layouts
require profile-authoring (hand-edit the printer JSON) or an updated
printer profile shipped by a vendor. A future enhancement would expose a
per-slot extruder picker in the Multimaterial section.
### Layer Preview Multi-Carriage Animation
The sequential preview (scrubber) animates all active carriages
simultaneously:
- One toolhead marker (colored cube) per active carriage, in addition to
the primary.
- Secondary marker colors: cyan (T1), yellow (T2), magenta (T3).
- **Copy** tools: marker placed at the same relative position within
their bed zone as the primary is in the primary zone.
- **Mirror** tools: reflect across the target zone's facing edge
(left-of-copy reflects across copy zone's left edge; right-of-copy
across the right edge). Y position is always zone-relative copy (all
tools on a row share a physical Y rail).
- Carriage footprint boxes use per-carriage `box_offset_x/y` so the
nozzle marker sits at the physically correct edge of the footprint —
zone-based X by default, collision-side edge for Mirror; gantry-behind Y
for back-row primaries, flipped for front-row primaries with a back-row
secondary.
- The filament usage legend notes the active carriage count and mode
name (e.g. `IMEX: ×2 (copy_mode)`).
- **View menu toggle**: `View → Show IDEX/IQEX Toolhead` (visible only
on the Preview tab, only when the active printer is IDEX/IQEX)
hides/shows the per-carriage toolhead representation during preview
playback. State persists to `app_config` as `show_imex_toolhead_boxes`.
Useful when scrubbing through dense toolpaths and the boxes get in the
way of seeing the underlying geometry:
[Kooha-2026-05-14-14-04-09.webm](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9869cd4d-3b60-4a6b-8dca-7ee1fc573ac1)
Copy mode:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0774d285-ba36-4b86-a594-fb6572c3aede
Mirror mode:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/51528926-94dc-4d90-9b1a-1b42d9044be7
---
## Known Limitations
**Per-layer G-code collision detection**
The placement-time zone check catches gross violations (object placed in
wrong zone) but does not verify that toolpaths on any given layer
maintain adequate X separation between adjacent carriages. A per-layer
check via `ConflictChecker` was designed but deferred. Without it, a
print that passes placement validation could still crash carriages if
the primary object's toolpaths reach too close to a zone boundary.
**Brim avoidance of IMEX zones**
Standard `bed_exclude_area` exclusion zones are already respected by
brim generation. IMEX collision strips are not — the brim generator has
no visibility into them. The correct fix (feeding computed strip
polygons from `PartPlate` through the `Print` object to `Brim.cpp`) was
designed but deferred. In practice, users should leave adequate
clearance between printed objects and zone boundaries to account for
brim width.
**`extruder_printable_area` integration**
IMEX zones are not clipped against per-extruder printable polygons, and
there is no violation check for placing an object outside the
intersection of its active extruder's printable area and the IMEX
primary zone. Deferred pending clarification on the tool→extruder index
mapping.
**Ghost rendering in firmware-managed mode**
When `imex_firmware_managed_zones` is on, ghost rendering is suppressed
entirely. The existing `imex_head_transform` math is slicer-managed
semantics (places ghosts at `primary_zone_center + gantry_offset`) and
produces wrong positions when the toolpath is being emitted in a
centered frame. Proper firmware-managed ghost rendering — showing where
copies/mirrors will physically print after firmware fan-out — needs new
transforms designed around firmware-frame positions rather than a
coordinate-flip of the slicer-managed ones. Deferred to a follow-up.
**Filament-accurate multi-region ghost color**
For paired-gantry multicolor mirror (Span mode), the aggregated ghost
currently uses the representative tool's filament color as a single
solid swatch. A future enhancement would render the ghost split into
per-source-tool regions, each colored by the secondary tool that mirrors
it. Slicer-side correctness is already shipped — the G-code emits the
right T-codes; the ghost is a visual aid only.
**Ghost path overlays**
Secondary carriage toolpaths are not rendered in the layer preview. The
secondary markers animate correctly, but the paths they would trace are
not drawn. Adding ghost path rendering would require duplicating and
offsetting the toolpath geometry per secondary carriage, which is a
significant addition to the libvgcode rendering pipeline.
**No per-mode slicing**
All carriages in a mode execute the same sliced toolpaths (transformed
per zone). There is no support for slicing different objects for each
carriage independently within one mode.
**Global default IMEX mode**
There is no job-level IMEX default mode. Each plate's mode must be set
individually (default is always Primary). A future improvement would add
a global default in the sidebar (following the same pattern as bed type
and nozzle diameter), with per-plate overrides.
**Dynamic GL-rendered mode icons**
The per-plate icon currently uses static SVGs. A GL-rendered
carriage-grid icon that visually represents the mode's tool layout would
be a nicer UX but is deferred.
**Slice-all thumbnail icon refresh**
On the "Slice All" path, plates flagged as IMEX-violated do not refresh
their toolbar icon. Root cause and fix identified, not yet applied.
**Start-G-code filament placeholder**
The resolved per-head filament map is not yet exposed as a
`PlaceholderParser` vector. Exposing it would let MMU firmware macros
pre-load lanes before print start.
**No UI for `physical_extruder_map` authoring**
The MMU/AFC slot-to-physical-extruder map is currently profile-only —
there's no in-app dropdown or editor for it. Users with non-trivial
MMU/AFC setups must hand-edit the printer-preset JSON (or rely on a
vendor-supplied profile). A future enhancement would expose a per-slot
extruder picker in the Multimaterial section so users can declare the
mapping without touching JSON.
**Bundled IQEX printer profile**
A full IQEX printer profile with cover image, bed mesh, and matched
process/filament profiles is not bundled with this PR. Users must
currently author their own printer preset. Deferred to a follow-up
profile-only PR.
**Mode lifecycle gap**
Per-plate mode is stored as a string (the mode name). If a mode is
renamed or deleted from the printer preset after a project is saved, the
plate's saved mode name will not resolve and will silently fall back to
Primary on next load. A warning on load would be a useful addition.
**Firmware-managed prepare→preview frame jump**
In firmware-managed-zones mode, the prepare view shows the part at its
placed-in-zone position while the preview view shows the centered slice.
This is intentional — the views truthfully represent the prepare frame
vs. the post-firmware-fan-out frame — but the visual jump can be
confusing on first use.
---
## Firmware Assumptions
- The implementation assumes the firmware handles all carriage
synchronization and offset math. OrcaSlicer only injects the
mode-activation macro before machine start and is entirely dependent on
user configuration.
- Per-tool Pressure Advance is firmware-aware (Klipper / RRF / Marlin 2
/ Marlin Legacy / Repetier). Layer-change temperature commands use `M104
T<N>` with `physical_extruder_map` translation.
- Tested against Klipper on a real IQEX printer. RepRapFirmware gcode
emission is exercised via profile-driven slice tests (Flashforge Creator
Pro 2 profile); Marlin and RRF paths have not been validated on real
hardware print runs.
- Mid-print mode switching is explicitly not supported. The mode is
locked at print start.
- Firmware-managed-zones mode requires the printer's firmware to
translate centered slice coordinates into physical toolhead positions;
the slicer does not attempt to model the firmware's offset logic.
---
## Files Changed (High-Level)
| File | Change |
|------|--------|
| `src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.{cpp,hpp}` | IMEX config option definitions
+ declarations, `IMEXMode` enum, `physical_extruder_map`,
`imex_head_filament_map` (plate option), `imex_firmware_managed_zones` |
| `src/libslic3r/Preset.cpp` | IMEX keys registered in printer and
process preset option lists |
| `src/libslic3r/PrintApply.cpp` | `physical_extruder_map` identity
fallback on IMEX printers |
| `src/libslic3r/Print.{cpp,hpp}` | IMEX slice-offset field + accessors;
`translate_to_print_space` augmentation for frame coherence |
| `src/libslic3r/GCode.{cpp,hpp}` | Mode G-code injection, per-tool PA
emission (firmware-agnostic), per-layer temperatures for all active
tools, `m_imex_parallel_mode` state, `set_gcode_offset_with_imex_shift`
writer/processor split |
| `src/libslic3r/GCodeWriter.{cpp,hpp}` |
`set_pressure_advance(tool_index = -1)` per-firmware implementation |
| `src/libslic3r/IMEXHelpers.{cpp,hpp}` | `imex_head_transform`
(Primary/Copy/Mirror), `parse_imex_active_tools`,
`imex_primary_tool_for_mode`, `effective_physical_extruder_map`,
per-head filament resolution, `group_imex_active_tools_by_gantry` (Span
pairing), `compute_imex_slice_offset` (firmware-managed) |
| `src/libslic3r/Format/bbs_3mf.cpp` | Per-plate IMEX mode and
`imex_head_filament_map` serialization |
| `src/slic3r/GUI/Tab.{cpp,hpp}` | `IMEXModesCtrl` in Multimaterial
page, tool assignment persistence across gantry count changes, `primary`
sentinel handling, Span tile state, firmware-managed-zones checkbox,
null guard in `clear_pages()` |
| `src/slic3r/GUI/PartPlate.{cpp,hpp}` | Zone visualization (Span
row-strip aggregation), placement violation detection, per-plate mode
icon, ghost volume rebuild on mode/map/object mutation, warning-badge
overlay, pre-slice warning collection, `refresh_imex_slice_offset()`,
ghost suppression in firmware-managed mode, headless-CLI guard |
| `src/slic3r/GUI/Plater.cpp` | Validation pathway injection, per-plate
mode popup, ghost click handling, pre-slice warning dialog with "Don't
show again", IMEX multimaterial conflict routing, per-slice IMEX offset
refresh in `update_background_process` |
| `src/slic3r/GUI/GLCanvas3D.cpp` | Ghost rendering with per-head
filament color and translucent blending, picking via volume composite
id, active-plate scoping |
| `src/slic3r/GUI/GCodeViewer.cpp` | Multi-carriage marker animation,
Mirror math fix, carriage footprint box offsets, legend annotation |
| `src/slic3r/GUI/IMEXFilamentPickerPopover.{cpp,hpp}` | Ghost-click
filament picker |
| `src/slic3r/GUI/Jobs/ArrangeJob.cpp` | Auto-arrange constrained to
IMEX primary zone + collision strip exclusion via `m_unselected` |
| `src/slic3r/GUI/OG_CustomCtrl.cpp` | Empty `option_set` guard for
widget-only lines |
| `resources/images/plate_imex_mode*.svg`, `imex_remove.svg` | Per-plate
mode icons (light/dark/hover variants), remove button |
| `tests/libslic3r/test_imex_helpers.cpp` | Coverage for IMEX head
transforms, `effective_physical_extruder_map`,
`imex_multicolor_block_reason` gating,
`group_imex_active_tools_by_gantry` Span pairing,
`compute_imex_slice_offset` |
---
## Testing Notes
Validated on an IQEX printer (4 carriages, 2×2 grid, Klipper firmware)
and against the Flashforge Creator Pro 2 profile (2-tool IDEX, RRF
flavor, center-origin bed) with the following configurations:
- **Primary only** — baseline, no regression vs. standard
single-extruder workflow
- **Copy mode** (T0 Primary, T1 Copy, same row) — carriage markers
animate in sync offset by strip width; ghost tracks drag/rotate/scale
- **Mirror mode** (T0 Primary, T1 Mirror, same row) — T1 marker reflects
T0 across zone-boundary plane; ghost drag reflects X correctly while Y
tracks 1:1
- **Cross-row copy + mirror** (T0 Primary row 0, T2 Copy row 1, T3
Mirror row 1) — T2 follows T0's zone-relative position; T3 mirrors T2's
X; Y shared per row
- **4-tool copy mode** (T0 Primary, T1/T2/T3 Copy) — zone sizing
correct, all four markers + ghosts render in sync
- **Paired-gantry multicolor (mc-mirror, Span)** — `0:P,1:S,2:M,3:M`:
ghost aggregates to one per non-primary gantry, X-flipped, drag tracks
1:1 with primary; collision strip audit doesn't fire spurious strips on
primary's right edge
- **Firmware-managed copy mode** (Flashforge Creator Pro 2) — emitted
gcode coordinates are centered at bed origin (X = −cube_half_width …
+cube_half_width), `first_layer_print_min/max` placeholders evaluate
symmetrically, M118 header produces correct "max delta from zero" values
for Flashforge's existing template, ghosts suppressed
- **Firmware-managed flag toggle** — flipping the checkbox off restores
slicer-managed iMEX behavior (toolpath at zone position)
byte-identically; flipping on restores center-origin slice
- **Delete active mode** — no crash; plate resets to Primary
- **Placement outside primary zone** — slicing blocked with error
notification
- **Multi-material conflict warning** — plate icon gets warning badge;
Yes/No dialog fires on slice; "Don't show again" checkbox persists
- **Multi-color block rule** — `0:P,1:C` on a single gantry blocks at
slice time with actionable error message
- **Ghost filament picker** — left-click on ghost opens picker;
selection writes to `imex_head_filament_map` and round-trips through 3MF
save/load
- **Per-plate mode selection** — left-click cycles modes, right-click
shows popup, undo/redo correctly reverts mode changes, mode persists
through project save/load
- **Gantry count change round-trip** — reducing from IQEX (4 carriages)
to IDEX (2 carriages) and back restores all previously assigned tool
roles
- **MMU/AFC `physical_extruder_map`** — explicit map routes PA and
temperature commands to correct physical extruder qualifiers;
auto-derive fallback preserves 1:1 behavior for non-MMU printers
- **Headless CLI slicing** — `orca-slicer --slice project.3mf` does not
segfault on IMEX-enabled printers
- **Dark mode** — all four plate-icon variants render correctly
- **Pre-slice warnings suppress + restore** — `app_config` flag flips on
checkbox; re-enable toggle in Multimaterial config restores dialog
- **Stock non-IMEX printer regression check** — slicing a single-head
Voron Trident 350 profile produces byte-identical gcode vs. baseline;
the firmware-managed flag and Span tile state both no-op when not
applicable
- **Full unit test suite** — 247/247 passing, including Layer 1 coverage
for `compute_imex_slice_offset`, `group_imex_active_tools_by_gantry`
Span pairing, and `imex_multicolor_block_reason` gating
Several warning and info dialogs passed wxYES as their only button, so
the only choice was "Yes" even though nothing is asked. Use wxOK.
None of the callers act on wxID_YES. They ignore the result, except
Field.cpp, which only checks that it's nonzero, and every button id is.
wxYES_DEFAULT is 0, so dropping it next to wxOK changes nothing.
Also drop the empty `if (ShowModal() == wxID_YES) {}` in
Plater::priv::load_files.
* Moonraker: pass print=true in upload — fixes Upload & Print race with power-on-upload
Closes#14945.
Upload & Print on the Moonraker (Klipper) host type failed with
HTTP 503 "Klippy Host not connected" on any printer that Moonraker
powers up in response to an upload (the [power] on_when_upload_queued
feature). The file landed on disk, the print never started, and the
user hit an error dialog.
Root cause: after POST /server/files/upload succeeds we immediately
fire POST /printer/print/start. On a cold printer that Moonraker just
powered up, Klippy is still coming up when /printer/print/start
arrives, so Moonraker returns 503.
Fix: add `print=true` to the upload multipart form. Moonraker's own
upload endpoint queues the print inside the upload response — and
when a [power] device with on_when_upload_queued is configured, it
powers the printer on and waits for Klippy READY before starting.
That's the whole point of the power-on-upload feature; our second
POST was defeating it.
Also read `result.print_started` from the upload response — when
true, skip our explicit /printer/print/start (Moonraker handled it);
when false (older Moonraker or buddy-fork that ignores the print
flag), fall back to the explicit call so the existing behaviour is
preserved for those servers.
Reporter and root-cause identification: @RubenOllesch.
(cherry picked from commit bd442155ba)
* Moonraker: treat print_queued as Moonraker owning the print
Reading only result.print_started missed the exact case this PR set out to
fix. Moonraker's upload response carries two flags:
print_started : it began the print immediately
print_queued : it accepted the job but has not started it yet
The power-on path (`[power] on_when_upload_queued`) is the second one:
Moonraker queues the job, powers the printer up and waits for Klippy to
report READY, so it answers print_started=false, print_queued=true.
With only print_started read, moonraker_started_print stayed false, the
fallback fired, and our explicit /printer/print/start hit the same not-ready
Klippy that produced the original 503 — i.e. the fix did not fix#14945 for
the configuration that reported it.
Verified the response schema against Moonraker v0.11.0 (API 1.5.0); an
upload with print=true on a ready printer returns:
{"action": "create_file", "item": {...},
"print_started": true, "print_queued": false}
Both fields are present, so reading print_queued is safe on this version and
the `false` default keeps older hosts on the existing fallback path.
Caught by @raistlin7447 in review of #15032; the fix is their suggestion.
(cherry picked from commit 43e8eff003)
* Moonraker: read the upload reply's fields at top level
Moonraker's FileUploadHandler writes the upload result straight to the
response instead of wrapping it in {"result": ...} like the endpoints
registered through register_endpoint. item.path, print_started and
print_queued are therefore top-level keys. Reading them under result.
silently fell back to the local filename and to "not started", so the
explicit /printer/print/start still ran after every upload.
Also correct the comments on when Moonraker queues a job instead of
starting it, and on what it renames on upload.
Arrange read the zones of the selected plate only and applied them to
every bed it packed. Arranging all plates with a plate in Primary
selected spread a parallel plate's parts across its whole bed, and with
a parallel plate selected, a Primary plate's parts were squeezed into
the zone. Arranging a single plate other than the first also ignored its
collision strips: they were tagged with the plate's index, while the
plate packs into the arranger's bed 0.
The IDEX/IQEX constraints now live in ImexArranger (IMEXArrange), and
ArrangeJob only snapshots each plate's zones on the main thread and
calls it:
- When every bed, plates the arrange may add included, has the same
primary zone, the bed shape is that zone, so parts stay centered in it.
- Otherwise each plate in a parallel mode fences off the rest of its bed
with fixed items on its own bed, and its parts are then arranged again
inside the zone, so they sit centered rather than piled against the
zone edge nearest the bed's center. Plates in Primary keep the whole
bed, and plates the arrange adds take the process preset's mode.
- Zone edges inside the bed get the bed's own edge margin, and strips
also keep room for the brim.
- A part too big for its zone, which libnest2d's first-fit retry places
across the fixed items, is left unarranged.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
# Description
Follow-up to #16242, which turned texture colour mixes into mixed
filament slots but created a slot for every possible mix, even when only
previewing. A new Mixed colors setting (default 8) caps how many mixed
filaments a bake adds. They are picked from the texture's own colours,
and only the ones the bake actually paints with are created. Previews no
longer touch the project's filaments, both previews show a mix in the
colour its slot will have, and the bake paints each mix with the slot it
got, which went wrong whenever the project already held mixed slots.
It also improves the colour preview: the green paint highlight no longer
covers the colours, and the colours a bake writes stay visible in the
gizmo.
Only texture displacement changes. Models without a colour layer behave
as before, and there is no change to project or profile formats.
# Screenshots/Recordings/Graphs
**Before**
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/554a0d0d-cd9f-4095-840e-ca764dde6d52
**After**
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7fe10431-8c3f-4759-bd3f-78b4f7a12fc7
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Plugin Pages capabilities (top-level notebook tabs) were missing from the Speed Dial because ActionRegistry only ingested Script capabilities.
Enumerate and subscribe to Pages as well. Launching a page action switches the notebook to that page, swapping it into the visible slot first when it lives behind the overflow dropdown.
* Rebuild the G-code line offsets after post-processing scripts run in place
* Clamp the G-code window reads to the mapped file size
* Add tests for rebuilding the G-code line offsets
* Include <mutex>, <ios> and boost/filesystem/operations.hpp where they are used
* Keep the preview's G-code lines and highlight in step with post-processing scripts
---------
Co-authored-by: SoftFever <103989404+SoftFever@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: SoftFever <softfeverever@gmail.com>
The green highlight and tint no longer cover a colour preview, and return while a stroke is
painted. The Fast view also keeps the other parts of a multi-part object.
The new Mixed colors setting caps how many mixed filaments a bake adds. They are picked from the
texture's colours, and only the ones the bake paints with are created. Previewing no longer creates
filament slots, both previews show a mix in its slot's colour, and the bake paints each mix with the
slot it actually got.
* Block undo and redo while a background job runs
A job is queued against the model as it stands and hands its result back
when it finishes, so undoing underneath it leaves that result landing on
geometry it was never computed for. Undo and redo now wait for the job
and say so, and can_undo()/can_redo() report the same, so the toolbar
and the menu items stay in step.
* Say what to do about the running operation, not just that it blocks
Review feedback: "Stop it first" is the only way out the old text offered,
and stopping is rarely what the user wants. Waiting for the operation to
finish works just as well, so the notification now names both.
A `<metadata>` element without a `type` attribute makes
`get_attribute()` return nullptr, which was then assigned to a
`std::string` and read as a C string.
Check it the way the sibling metadata handler already does, and stop the
parse.
Regression test in `tests/libslic3r/test_amf.cpp`, a new file: the suite
had no AMF test at all.
# Belt printing for OrcaSlicer
This merges the `belt-printer` branch into `main`. It adds support for
conveyor-belt ("infinite Z") printers like the BabyBelt Pro, the
IdeaFormer IR3 V2 and the CR-30 family, along with the things that had
to grow around it: tilted-plane slicing, supports that terminate on the
belt, belt-aware brims, a purge tower that works without a flat bed,
multi-colour belt prints, a preview that shows the part the way it was
designed, and starter profiles.
It has been a long road (the first attempt was #12733 back in March, the
pipeline has been rebuilt twice since) and a lot of people have put work
into it. Credits are at the bottom; please tell me if I've missed
anyone.
Closes#2628, closes#11344, closes#6885, closes#9004, closes#14188.
---
## How belt printing works
Slicers assume the bed sits on the XY plane and layers stack along Z. A
belt printer breaks that in two ways at once: the belt is tilted
(usually 45°) and the axis that advances the belt is the printer's Z, so
the "bed" lives on the XZ plane and is, in principle, infinitely long.
<img width="6360" height="2702" alt="A flat bed vs a tilted belt"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3f5542f2-6dab-42bf-9233-f96d863b40c8"
/>
Rather than teach every part of the slicer about tilted beds, the branch
leaves the slicing engine alone and transforms what goes in and what
comes out. The pipeline has five steps.
<details>
<summary><b>The five steps in detail</b></summary>
### 1. Pre-slice rotation
The mesh is rotated by the belt angle before slicing
(`BeltSliceStrategy`, `BeltTransform`), so that the ordinary horizontal
slicer produces layers that are actually tilted planes relative to the
part. Rotation is about X by default (belt along Y); Y rotation and a Z
lift are supported too. A "global" mode rotates every object about one
common origin, which is what keeps several parts on one belt consistent
with each other.
### 2. Slice
Nothing special. The mesh is rotated, the slicer does what it always
does. This is the reason most of Orca's features (walls, infill, seams,
ironing, painting, …) just work on a belt without belt-specific code.
### 3. Supports
Supports are generated after slicing against a virtual floor: the belt
surface, expressed in the rotated frame (`BeltFloorContext`). Normal,
tree and organic supports all terminate on that plane instead of on Z=0,
and nothing may be generated below it. Painted supports and seams are
transformed with the same `trafo_sliced()` as the layers.
### 4. G-code back-transform
The G-code is rotated back into the model's Cartesian frame
(`BeltBackTransform`). A nice side effect: with step 5 switched off you
can slice at a non-standard angle and print the result on a normal
printer. The first belt-sliced Benchy was printed exactly that way, on a
Sovol SV08.
### 5. Machine frame
The printer doesn't know its bed is tilted. To make straight walls come
out straight, the axes are remapped (the default mapping is X → reversed
X, Y → Z, Z → Y) and the result is sheared and scaled:
```math
\begin{bmatrix} X \\ Y \\ Z \end{bmatrix}
\longrightarrow
\begin{bmatrix} X \\ \dfrac{Y}{\cos\alpha} \\ Z + Y\cdot\tan\alpha \end{bmatrix}
```
This lives in `GCodeWriter` behind a small `MachineKinematics` strategy
(`BeltKinematics` on belts, identity otherwise), so the writer itself
has one code path. The slicing angle and the machine angle can differ if
you want to, e.g. slice at 30° on a 45° machine — mind your nozzle
clearance if you do.
</details>
A short recording of the back-transform from the original PR:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cdb9cc83-711d-48b7-9d86-a014a32c5e8e
---
## What had to change to make it work
Belt mode is gated on the `belt_printer` printer setting; with it off,
every code path below is the old one.
<details>
<summary><b>Slicing and geometry</b></summary>
- `PrintObjectSlice` / `PrintObject`: the rotation, Z lift and
per-object layer-grid shift, plus the invalidation that goes with them.
Modifiers and painted volumes are transformed with the same matrix as
the model.
- `FirstLayerPlane`: "the first layer" on a belt is a band along the
belt, not the first slicing layer. First-layer speed, line width and the
fan band are measured against it.
- `Print::validate`: clearance checks against the gantry instead of the
printable height; skirt, raft, draft shield, the classic prime tower,
arc fitting, spiral vase with brim, and scarf-joint seams are refused or
disabled on belts because each of them either doesn't exist on a belt or
moves the belt the wrong way (a scarf seam starts one layer low, which
on a belt is a 0.28 mm back-step into the previous layer at every seam).
- Z-hop defaults to 0 on belt profiles; a lift on a belt is a belt move.
</details>
<details>
<summary><b>Supports</b></summary>
- `SupportMaterial`, `TreeSupport`, `TreeSupport3D`, `TreeModelVolumes`:
a shared `BeltFloorContext` provides the belt plane; supports clip to
it, extension layers are numbered sequentially, and the first-layer
flange that used to be stamped under everything is gone.
- `build_plate_tilt_x/y` (from #12733) is now derived from the slicing
rotation in `Print::apply`, so GUI and CLI agree; it's capped below 90°.
- Organic supports that reach the belt no longer produce negative flow.
</details>
<details>
<summary><b>Brims (#15155)</b></summary>
A belt first layer is effectively a single line of contact, so a brim
matters more than usual. `BeltBrim` generates per-layer bands along the
belt plus an "apron" ahead of the part, in the object's brim filament.
Two belt-specific settings came with it: **Leading edge brim length**
(more lines on the side printed first) and **Extra brim width** (across
the belt), plus a **Leading edge only** brim type.
<img width="1849" height="1043" alt="belt brim"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f963ed8e-53e7-48f8-a495-123cb9ae27f7"
/>
</details>
<details>
<summary><b>Multi-colour: the belt purge tower</b></summary>
The classic wipe tower can't exist on a belt (its G-code bypasses the
transform and it needs a flat bed to stand on). Instead the GUI
generates a long, thin "purge prism" beside the parts, flush with the
far edge of the belt, one per plate (`BeltPurgeTower.cpp`). It is a real
model object, so it is sliced like everything else, and
`Print::_plan_belt_purge` routes every filament change into it via
`flush_into_objects`. It's sized from the flush matrix, split into one
island per simultaneous tool change, snapped onto the parts' layer grid,
cut off after the last colour change and stripped of infill no change
claimed, so what prints is a good deal smaller than the model you see in
Prepare.
</details>
<details>
<summary><b>G-code generation and cooling</b></summary>
- `GCodeWriter` + `MachineKinematics`/`BeltKinematics`: the
back-transform, axis remap, shear and scale, lifts that are belt moves,
and the first-layer travel speed.
- `GCode.cpp` / `BeltGCode`: a belt header (slicing rotation, remaps,
machine tilt) that the preview reads back; it is written outside the
optional header block so printers with a BTT TFT thumbnail still get it.
Exclude-object outlines are emitted in the plate frame.
- `CoolingBuffer`: the "first layers" the fan stays off for are a band
above the belt, marked per extrusion segment by the generator
(`;_BELT_BAND_START/END`) and honoured on every layer.
- `GCodeProcessor`: belt header parsing, start-G-code Z handling, and
height checks that don't compare belt travel against the printable
height.
- `ToolOrdering` / `BeltPurge`: filament changes are detected by
scanning the ordering (an apron layer never carries the first-layer
flag).
</details>
<details>
<summary><b>GUI</b></summary>
- Printer settings tab: the belt group (slicing rotation, angle, global
mode, infinite Y, purge tower, floor settings). The axis remap and
pre-slice remap options are Develop-mode only.
- `ConfigManipulation`: everything that doesn't apply on a belt is
greyed out (skirt, raft, draft shield, the wipe tower group, scarf
seams, …).
- Preview: a "designed view" that back-transforms the toolpaths onto the
model so you see the part upright, with `B` toggling the raw
machine-frame G-code (`GCodeViewer`, `Shortcuts`). The tilt comes from
the belt header, so imported G-code behaves.
- Arrange: parts are packed from the end of the belt that prints first,
colours are grouped into runs so each filament change happens once, the
purge tower's strip and the brim width are reserved, and piles aimed at
an off-centre `best_object_pos` are clamped to the bed (`Arrange.cpp`,
`ArrangeJob.cpp`, one clamp in `libnest2d`).
- `PartPlate`: plate icons stay in the gap between plates on a long,
narrow bed; the plate is open along Y for containment tests on an
infinite-Y belt.
- Calibration: a belt temperature tower (overhang variant) that slices
correctly on a tilt.
- The old tilted-bed rendering in Prepare was dormant and has been
removed; the bed is shown as the slicing pipeline treats it.
</details>
<details>
<summary><b>Config options</b></summary>
Printer: `belt_printer`, `belt_printer_infinite_y`,
`belt_slice_rotation`, `belt_slice_rotation_angle`,
`belt_slice_rotation_global`, `belt_preslice_global`,
`belt_frame_tilt_decouple`, `belt_frame_tilt_angle`,
`belt_support_floor_mode`, `belt_support_floor_offset`,
`belt_support_z_offset_mode`, `enable_belt_purge_tower`,
`first_layer_plane`, `first_layer_plane_offset`,
`first_layer_plane_thickness`, `build_plate_tilt_x/y`,
`gcode_back_transform`, `gcode_remap_x/y/z`, `preslice_remap_x/y/z`,
`preslice_remap_global`.
Process: `belt_purge_tower_width`, `leading_brim_length`,
`extra_brim_width`, brim type `leading_edge_only`. Object:
`belt_purge_tower_object`.
All of them have defaults that leave non-belt printers untouched, and
old `belt_support_floor_mode` values map to `none`.
</details>
<details>
<summary><b>Tests</b></summary>
`tests/libslic3r/test_belt_brim.cpp` and `test_arrange.cpp`, and belt
cases in `fff_print` (`test_print.cpp`, `test_skirt_brim.cpp`,
`test_gcodewriter.cpp`, `test_gcode_processor.cpp`): scarf gate, fan
band, gantry clearance, organic supports on the belt, brim with and
without the purge tower, apron widths, machine mapping at non-45°
angles, first-travel lift, start-G-code Z, arrange clamp and colour
grouping. All three suites pass on Linux, and the tree-wide profile
check passes.
</details>
---
## Starter profiles
Three vendors ship belt profiles. Belt mode needs the printer settings
at **Advanced** or above to show its group.
<img alt="advanced mode"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7a519ce5-b3b5-400c-a914-4f208bb577b0"
/>
| Printer | Vendor bundle | Nozzles | Processes | Filaments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Generic Belt Printer** (`MyBeltPrinter`) | Custom | 0.2, 0.4, 0.6,
0.8 | 0.20mm Standard, 0.12mm Fine | library |
| **BabyBelt Pro** (Printcepts) | Printcepts | 0.4 | 0.20mm Standard |
Generic PLA, Generic PETG, eSUN PLA |
| **IdeaFormer IR3 V2** | IdeaFormer | 0.4 | 0.20mm Standard | Generic
PLA, Generic PETG, eSUN PLA |
To set up a printer that isn't listed: pick **Generic Belt Printer**,
set the belt width and length, save the profile, then copy in your
machine's start/end G-code and limits and tune from there.
<img alt="generic belt printer"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/90134d55-d6fe-4dba-8695-5ea44e78ec2b"
/>
<details>
<summary>BabyBelt Pro</summary>
<img width="2467" height="1392" alt="BabyBelt Pro"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2b448cee-339e-43c9-964b-1ee9044044c7"
/>
</details>
---
## Contributions
### @HarrierPigeon
***Majority of design & implementation***
I did most of the work here by myself with AI tools (primarily Claude,
some Codex.)
PRs #12733, #12998, #14385, #15155, #15361, #15156, #15526, #16127
### The @Unlayered3D Team
***Rotation-Mode Pipeline***
The initial version of this sheared the model in the pre-slice pipeline.
Talking with them convinced me to switch to the current
rotate->slice->unrotate-> remap & shear method, which had significant
immediate improvements. Working with them has been a blast.
### @tommasobbianchi
***IdeaFormer IR3V2 Profile, eSUN PLA Tuning, G-Code Render / Preview***
TommyB came in at the perfect time to help keep me motivated and
contributed several things I hadn't had the werewithal to implemement
yet. Without their contributions and encouragement, we wouldn't be here
yet.
### The BabyBelt Community
**BabyBelt Pro** — @rexit1982 for the profile, and @RobMink of
Printcepts for the printer and a lot of patient testing.
**Field reports** — Many members of the BabyBelt community helped,
testing on their machines, providing G-Code and examples of issues, and
encouraging me to keep working on it. Among them:
- @RobMink - creator of the BabyBelt
- @rexit1982 - initial BabyBelt Pro profile, bug hunter
- @shubhracc - found a *lot* of technical bugs
- @NeoDLC - bug hunter
and BabyBelt Discord members who found bugs & gave feedback in no
particular order:
- @horatio42 - also provided a build machine while mine was down
- @HotCubCar - requested belt printer brim support
- Swap_File
- @Nyctelios
- Sup
- @matschi140
- @Rise-Run
- @shooby-dooby
### OrcaSlicer Maintainers
**Generic belt printer** — @SoftFever
**Keeping on top of upstream** @RF47 & @HanifKoh
**Review and fixes** — @HanifKoh (#15685 and the review on this PR).
Among them: plates after the first printed off the bed on belts; painted
supports and seams ignored the belt transform; support generation failed
at a 90° tilt; the object table crashed on the Support column on every
printer because tilt keys were in the per-object tables; apron brims
printed in the wrong filament; `build_plate_tilt` went stale outside the
GUI; the CLI reserved a wipe tower on belts; every G-code file was
treated as belt G-code because the config block carries the angle; tests
didn't compile on Clang/MSVC; plus a long list of smaller clean-ups and
the review questions that led to the clearance check, the header length
fix, the retired floor modes and the removal of the diagnostic logging.
### Additional Thanks
A special thanks to LDO Motors, who provided equipment for validating
multicolor, and my wife, who not only put up with with this obsession,
and the addition of three belt printers to our home, but has encouraged
me to keep going ever since I started this project six months ago.
---
## Known Issues
- The purge prism's first tool is chosen by the shared `ToolOrdering`
logic; on some layouts the print opens on the wrong filament and makes
one extra change at the thin tip of the prism (the "cannot absorb the
full purge volume" warning at a low height).
- Colour grouping in arrange is a soft cost: when the belt is too short
for clean runs, colours overlap rather than spill onto another plate.
- Three OrcaFilamentLibrary filaments still carry `filament_z_hop` 0.4;
belt profiles override it to 0.
Also: slicing at an angle other than the machine's (decoupled frame
tilt) is supported but not something the starter profiles exercise.
## Summary
Fixes#15944.
The plugin audit deny-list matched `secret`, `cert`, and
`conf` as substrings of every path component. This blocked
valid imports during plugin capability execution, for example
`numpy/__config__.py`, because `conf` appeared inside the
module filename.
This PR changes deny keyword matching to use whole path
components instead of substring matches. It keeps the
intended protections for sensitive locations and config
files, while allowing dependency and stdlib modules whose
names merely contain those strings.
## Changes
- Match denied path keywords as whole components instead of
substrings.
- Keep denying sensitive directory names such as:
- `secret`
- `secrets`
- `cert`
- `certs`
- `certificate`
- `certificates`
- `conf`
- `config`
- Keep denying config files by extension:
- `.conf`
- `.ini`
- Allow legitimate Python module/package paths such as:
- `numpy/__config__.py`
- `numpy/_core/_ufunc_config.py`
- `configparser.py`
- `sysconfig.py`
- `logging/config.py`
- `certifi/cacert.pem`
- Include the denied target and reason in `PermissionError`
messages when the audit hook blocks an operation.
- Remove an unused `<memory>` include from
`PluginAuditManager.hpp`.
## Why
The previous substring matching caused false positives for
common dependency and standard-library paths. It also made
failures hard to diagnose because the Python exception did
not include the refused path.
The new behavior is narrower: it blocks sensitive path
components and config file extensions without treating
unrelated names like `__config__.py`, `configparser.py`,
`Conference`, or `Concert` as secrets.
## Testing
- Added/updated unit coverage in
`tests/slic3rutils/test_plugin_audit.cpp` for:
- whole-component keyword matches
- `.conf` / `.ini` blocking
- case-insensitive matching
- false-positive paths from #15944
Plugin used for testing:
[orca_audit_numpy_config_repro.py](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/33143848/orca_audit_numpy_config_repro.py)
