Added
- Painted colors now split. Models colored with the Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer color painting brush now split by color. Each painted area becomes its own inlay piece that fits back into the part.
- Paint depth setting (default 1.5 mm) for how deep painted areas are cut. It's reduced automatically where a part is thin.
- Painted colors now show in the 3D view and in the model summary.
- Cancel button in the status bar to stop a long preview or split.
- Drag and drop: drop a 3MF anywhere on the window to import it.
- Show in folder button after Split & Export.
- Help button in the top bar to reopen the guided tour.
Changed
- New, easier interface built around three steps: Model, Joints and Export. Each step shows its progress, joint types are picture tiles, and the joint list shows each joint's two piece colors.
- Split preview, the Move/Rotate tools and the Add Joint prompt now float over the 3D view, right where you're working.
- Much faster. Importing takes a fraction of a second instead of several, moving a joint is instant (was about 2 seconds), and Preview Split and Split & Export are several times faster.
- Preview Joints is up to 4× faster on detailed and painted models.
- Add Joint stays on so you can place several joints in a row. Press Esc or Done Adding to finish.
- Smaller download: the installer went from about 264 MB to about 145 MB.
- Error messages are shorter and clearer.
- The guided tour was rewritten for the new layout.
Fixed
- Preview Joints could find a different number of joints on the same model from one click to the next. Results are now the same every time.
- Temporary preview files are now cleaned up instead of piling up in your temp folder.
- Filament colors saved with transparency (like
#FFFFFFFF) are now read correctly. - A long status message could push the 3D view off screen.
- The export screen no longer says the combined 3MF comes in uncolored. It has kept piece colors since v0.16.12.
- Removed a leftover "shell" label next to the version number.
Security
- The app window can no longer be navigated away from Cleave's own page, for example by a file dropped outside the drop area.