0.9.03 Released - Text on Curve/Path and Rubber Stamp Capability

[Doug Fisher]

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New editor features:

Apply path to text
Rect, Ellipse, Polygon are now auto-selected after creation
Altered scaling code to push changes back into rectangles, ellipses, polygons, and text, if possible
Digitally signed windows versions
Added ramp mode for stamps
Now supporting multi-language text entry (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other extended character sets)
Added Overcut distance to cut settings
Allow larger Z-offset values (+/- 100mm)
Deleting all text in a string (or just making it all spaces) deletes the text object
Added move selection to top / bottom / left / right
Pressing Escape in selection mode will clear the selection
Added menu items for Move Laser to Selection (corners / center / sides)
Fixed an issue with manual ordering of nested scanned shapes in groups
Added "Move Laser to Selection" menu items
Added right-click to cut list header to show/hide all, enable/disable all

DSP devices:

Added AWC machine settings
Added "Enable air assist" and "Enable water protect" Ruida vendor settings
Added "Get Controller Info" to retrieve job time, laser on time, etc from Ruida
Added 2nd tube offset param / support for Ruida
Cut settings editor will auto-select 2nd tube if it's the only one enabled
Added scramble key for Kaitian Ruida device
Fixed a bug where Ruida could run a cut from the current point instead of jogging to the start point
Added FTDI/Serial support for older AWC 608 devices
Added main-panel support for 2nd laser tube settings
Disabled Flood Fill for DSPs until I can fix the path generation for them

GCode devices:

Added support for "Set finish position" on Emblaser devices
Support for Smoothieware gcode clustering (faster rasters with supported firmware)
Fixed a bug where using cut-through on GCode would incorrectly set the feed rate
Fixed feed rate calc error for rotary output in "Current Position" and "User Origin" modes

Import/Export improvements:

Fixed importing DXF reference of text object crashing
Fixed a bug that could cause imported AI files to assign incorrect colors to disconnected segments
Fixed an AI file import crash when using very old AI files containing font references
Fixed a PDF import crash when encountering uncompressed image data streams
Better identifying of EPS - AI files that aren't supported
Fixed a PDF crash when importing a file that references images in appended stream objects
Fixed importing of DXF polyline objects with extrusion (flipped objects)
Now properly handling scaled DXF insert references
Fixed more "empty objects" being left behind when importing DXFs
DXF imported text now defaults to Arial if no font specified
Handling DXF text styles
Fixed a DXF issue importing 2-vertex closed shapes with bulge

Other changes:

Fixed translation of Position / Width / Height controls on main toolbar
Fixed DXFs exporting mirrored on systems with origin other than front-left
Fixed rotate 90 CW/CCW buttons swapped
Fixed "reset to default layout" function
Fixed a bug where shape properties weren't updating if changed in Undo
Now remembers settings for aspect lock and anchor position (9 dot on toolbar)
Start point is preserved when applying kerf offset
Fixed a bug where duplicating a material then changing the material name would cause it not to be saved
Fixed a bunch of UI spacing issues on Mac
Fixed a bug in "Delete Duplicate Shapes" that would miss some line duplicates