On this page you can find a brief description about what is new in each release of MatterControl.  The version number shown is for the official MatterHackers release - the release numbers for specific manufacturers may vary.

1.3.0 (June, 23, 2015)

• New Features:
  • Auto arrange has been improved
  • Added profiles for MakerGear, PrintSpace, Huxley
  • Adding TouchScreen mode for tablets
  • Support for ATX power hardware
  • Improved Basic and Standard UI settings
  • Perimeters, Bottom and Top layers can all be set in millimeters.
  • Perimeters can now be printed outer layer first or last.
• Minor Changes:
  • Updated Lulzbot settings
  • Added tool change g-code
  • Added crash reporting to alpha and beta channels
  • Better default printer naming
  • Fixed slicing problems with very complex models during top and bottom layer creation.

1.2.2 (March, 6, 2015)

• PC Download
• Mac Download
• New Features:
  • Improved printer connection stability
  • Updated Serial Driver for RAMPS
  • Added profiles for Revolution 3D, Solidoodle
  • Added hexagon infill
  • Added the ability to turn on 'Reset Connection' works as an e-stop
• Minor Changes:
  • Bug fixes
  • Better memory reporting and stability
  • Fixed a bug with temp being set repeatedly
  • Using sub-modules (easier to build from GitHub)

1.2.1 (January, 28, 2015)

• PC Download
• Mac Download
• New Features:
  • Pop Out Windows - now you can show settings and controls all the time
  • Ability to send parts to other computers and MatterControl Touch
  • We now display a big 3D view on startup
  • Better connection handling
  • Support for many more printers
  • Added a Simple mode to slice settings
• Minor Changes:
  • External Perimeter First slice setting
  • Improved edge detection during slicing
  • Select Raft Extruder
  • Vertical offsets in edit mode
  • Faster editing of models
  • More accurate gcode generation
  • More accurate support angles
  • Better slice settings help and defaults
  • Fixed some very obscure errors with Print Leveling being too high sometimes
  • Better detection of co-linear edges (highly tessellated round things work better)

1.2 (November, 19, 2014)

• PC Download
• Mac Download
• New Features:
  • Dual-Extrusion Support
  • Simple Multi-Material Workflow
  • Advanced Support Material Generation
  • New Touch-Friendly UI
  • Signed Windows Drivers (no more Windows 8 pain)
  • AMF support
• Minor Changes:
  • Improved Pausing (remembers and returns to pause position)
  • Support for @pause and M226 (user requested pause from gcode)
  • MatterSlice
    • Skirt always draws from the outside

1.1.3 (August 8, 2014)

• PC Download, last XP compatible build
• Mac Download
• New Features:
  • Updated to Slic3r 1.1.7
  • MatterSlice significantly improved
    • Support can now have interface layers
    • Many bugs and performance improvements
  • New 3D Display options (outline view)
  • MakerBot X3G support now available (beta)
  • Added Turkish translation
• Minor Changes:
  • Make sure the 3D views always match the current printer size and shape
  • Improved 3D GCode view (more display options)
  • Faster Mesh and GCode loading
  • New driver for RoBo3D
  • Made smoothie boards work better

1.1.2 (July 22, 2014)

• New Features:
  • 3D GCode View
  • Cloud Monitoring: While logged in, printer status viewable from the web
  • SD Card Support: Allows you to print from and view/edit the contents of the on-board SD Card
  • Triangle infill in MatterSlice, for incredibly strong parts
• Minor Changes
  
  • Minor UI fixes (ex. added scrollbars to slice presets)
  • Added 'Preheat' temperature preset - sets temp to current slice settings
  • Fixed slice implementation of Raft settings. It was not putting in correct spacing
  • Fixed issue with update download not starting.
  • Fixed issue with auto-connect causing start-up crash (on printrboards specifically)

1.1.1 (May 27, 2014)

• New Features:
  • New Advanced Raft in MatterSlice
  • GCode playback during printing
• Minor Changes
  • Independent Axis Scaling Improved
  • Fixed a bug in Macros being sent in reverse order
  • Better international support (
  • Bug fixes and performance improvements

1.1.0 (May 14, 2014)

• New Features:
  • MatterSlice : A new high quality, high speed slicing engine by MatterHackers
  • Material/Quality Presets : Layers settings to that modify the base settings
  • Widescreen Mode
  • Expanded Themes
  • Image Converter : A new tool that lets you change images into printable models
  • Print History updates and improvements
• Minor Changes
  • Pause, cancel, resume functionality can now be assigned custom gcode.
  • Added visualization for retraction and partial path viewing to gcode view.
  • When parts are repositioned in the plate editor, the offsets are now preserved.
  • Localization support has been added. We'll be integrating translations as they become available.
  • Saving part file edits is now significantly faster.
  • Loading images is now faster (uses caching).
  • Many bug fixes and performance improvements