Release Notes

• Bulk Tag is now Bulk Organize: each rule can also set a category and add the matches to collections
• The library remembers your last sort, so it opens sorted the way you left it
• Windows fit the screen on scaled and small displays, and the title bar stays draggable while a dialog is open

• New Bulk Tag tool adds tags to many files at once by matching their names
• Imports now open the folder you imported into, so everything you just added is on screen

• 3MF files now render with their embedded colors, including Bambu Studio and OrcaSlicer painted models
• Rotate pieces directly on the build plate, with a collapsible controls guide on every 3D view
• New Open With menu launches files in any of your configured slicers
• Fixed creator packs containing nested zips importing as an empty folder
• Optional surveys and product-news emails, with preferences you control in the app and on the website

• Fixed adding a library drive failing with "too many SQL variables" on folders with roughly 33,000+ files

• Projects — track a print from build plate through finishing, with photos and notes along the way
• Completed Prints is now Print Photos, everywhere in the app
• Removed the free-tier minigames display - just started feeling to silly as the app keeps growing.
• Fixes for blank photo tiles and thumbnails stuck on "Generating…"

• More convenient print tracking — mark files printed and adjust print counts right from the library, plus a new print-status filter
• Folder details now show which build plates are using the files inside
• The bulk-selection toolbar now offers the full delete options — everywhere, local copy only, or cloud copy only
• Fixed cloud sync downloading the same files twice in some situations
• 3D previews now explain themselves when graphics compatibility is set to Maximum

• Updated release patch notifications
• 3D previews and thumbnails now succeed on very large, high-poly models that used to fail every time
• Fixed a crash tied to resizing the window right as your graphics driver resets
• A corrupt OBJ or 3MF file can no longer crash the app during import
• New Bambu Lab H2D printer template

• Hotfix: build plate quantity display and 3D preview update fixes

• Completely redesigned build plate screen with an always-visible 3D preview
• Track print outcomes per file and send failed prints straight to a new plate
• Choose where thumbnails are stored — move them to any drive
• Much faster imports for image-heavy libraries
• Important data-safety fixes for libraries and hot folders inside OneDrive and other synced folders

• New file conversion tool — convert 3D models, images, and PDFs to other formats right from your library
• Cloud-only images and PDFs now show a preview from the cached thumbnail instead of a download placeholder
• Fixed a crash that could occur when dragging files in the library
• Fixed the app displaying an incorrect version number

• Board view with three columns: In Progress, Up Next, and Planned — so you can see at a glance what's being worked on, what's coming next, and what's confirmed
• Considering tab — ideas being weighed, sorted by votes. Search to find what you're looking for, and if it's not there, suggest your own feature right from the page
• Vote on the website — you can now sign in on 3dprintmanager.com/roadmap and vote directly, not just from the app
• Shipped & Not Planned views — see what's already been delivered, and what's been set aside (with voting still open, so a "no" can become a "yes" if enough people want it)

• Tracked the crash to a race between the renderer and background cleanup of 3D preview surfaces deep inside two of the UI libraries the app is built on
• We patched two libraries directly and now ship the fixed builds with the app, and we've submitted the details upstream so every app using them can eventually benefit
• 3D preview surfaces are now also cleaned up immediately when a preview closes, instead of lingering in memory until garbage collection

• Automation Rules (Pro) — clean up inconsistent creator naming automatically on import, or run a rule set on files already in your library
• New Help Center with illustrated guides, searchable on the website and linked from ⓘ buttons throughout the app
• New Submit Feedback dialog, plus screenshot and video attachments on the Contact form
• Cloud sync is now safer when you sign in on more than one computer

• Fixed a rare crash when closing a 3D preview while it was still rendering
• Fixed a rare issue where settings could silently reset to their defaults
• UI framework updated for improved rendering stability

• OBJ file support — 3D previews and thumbnails now work for .obj models
• Dramatically lower memory use when previewing large models, fixing a crash some users hit
• Faster search in large libraries
• Filter your library by specific file extensions from the Types dropdown
• Build plates now warn you before adding files that may not fit — with an Undo on the confirmation

• Click a folder's thumbnail to view it full-size in the image lightbox
• Set any library folder as your primary library from Settings → Storage
• Fixed the Change Library Location wizard silently reverting to the old folder at the next launch
• Fixed false crash reports being filed after normal app restarts

• SVG and PDF files are now supported — import them, get real thumbnails, and view them full-size in the new media lightbox by clicking on their static image in the detail panel.
• Craft-pattern metadata: record an Author and Pattern Code on image and PDF files, also turn on and off data shown for files in the file detail panel from settings -> appearance.
• Multi-machine safety: using your cloud library from more than one computer is now protected against accidental overwrites, with a guided recovery flow
• Fixed dialogs that could open invisibly behind the built-in web browser
• Crash reports now include more diagnostic context so issues get fixed faster

• New download queue for web libraries — extra downloads wait in line and start automatically
• Fixed download clicks being silently ignored on web library sites
• Smarter memory management for 3D previews and thumbnails to prevent crashes on machines with limited memory
• Reduced redundant cloud uploads when thumbnails regenerate

• Fixed startup lockups when your library lives on a network drive or NAS
• Library scanning progress is now visible during and after startup
• Integrity scans run fully in the background.

• Fixed a crash affecting users with network / NAS library folders
• Faster, more reliable startup — especially on the free tier
• Re-scan now fully rebuilds your library to match what's actually on disk
• More resilient file watching on network drives

• Faster, smoother File Explorer file operations
• Library changes made while the app is closed are now honored — move, rename, or delete files in Explorer and they're reconciled on the next launch
• New graphics modes under Settings → Advanced to prevent crashes across different GPU setups
• Thumbnail generation now pauses during imports to relieve memory pressure, resuming automatically once the import finishes

• Fixed a false crash-report prompt that could appear right after the app updated itself

• Fixed file and folder sorting so capitalization no longer scatters items — names now sort alphabetically regardless of case
• Crash reporting now reliably captures its diagnostic dump in installed builds

• New automatic crash reporting — if the app closes unexpectedly, you can send a diagnostic report on the next launch with one click
• Reports include the technical details needed to track down and fix the cause, with nothing identifying about you or your files
• New support FAQ covering system specs, fixing 3D preview crashes, and how the app works with your real files

• Folder cards are easier to tell apart from files at a glance
• Customize what appears in the side menu from Settings → Appearance
• Moved Settings and Account to the bottom of the side menu

• Fixed the web library download not resetting when an import is cancelled
• Fixed video playback in the new Support resources section
• Fixed the Skip button on the installer's slicer step
• Modernized a large portion of the codebase for stability and future updates

• Multi-drive library support (Pro) — spread your library across multiple drives while keeping one unified view
• Faster, more reliable cloud sync with fixes for downloads that could hang
• New setting to turn off automatic thumbnail generation
• A clearer installer that better explains where the app and your files live

• Drag-and-drop reordering for Categories — arrange them however you like in the sidebar and Categories overview
• New printer templates for the Snapmaker lineup (J1, J1s, U1, Artisan, and 2.0 A350T / A250T / F350 / F250)
• New printer templates for the Elegoo Centauri Carbon and Centauri Carbon 2

• New Resources area in the Support view — quick access to learning materials, tutorials, and development updates
• What's New popups so you never miss a release — each one appears once and can be muted after viewing
• Smarter recovery when your library folder is missing at startup (e.g. a network drive that hasn't reconnected)
• Expanded slicer file type support in the build plate file pickers, with the pickers reorganized for easier browsing

• Compatibility mode now also covers the hover 3D thumbnail previews — more relief for older GPUs with limited VRAM

• Fixed a back/forward navigation bug that ignored page-to-page moves

• New browser-style Back and Forward navigation buttons in the library toolbar
• Clicking a category in the sidebar no longer forces the folder filter on

• Major optimizations and fixes for external hot folders — single-folder drops now show real progress, batches reconcile correctly, and the import pipeline handles archives reliably
• New per-import and global setting to control whether .zip / .rar / .7z archives are auto-extracted on import or kept as opaque files
• New GPU VRAM exhaustion protection for 3D previews — failures now surface a friendly error instead of corrupting the rendering context until the app is restarted
• New 3D Preview Size Limit under Settings → Appearance (Compatibility Mode only) to skip in-app 3D previews for files over a configurable size on weaker / integrated GPUs
• Fixed URL sources being dropped when importing into a newly created destination folder

• Web library source URLs now attach to BOTH the folder and the file for single-file downloads — previously only the file inside got the source
• Multi-site download batches now keep each file's true source instead of stamping the first URL onto every imported file
• Deleting a file from a single-file web download now correctly removes the empty wrapper folder and its .url shortcut
• Deleting a folder now actually removes it from disk when the only remaining contents are leftover .url source shortcuts

• Web library sources are now captured correctly for MakerWorld and other single-page-app sites
• Source URLs from web library downloads now propagate to every file inside a downloaded ZIP, not just the parent folder
• Windows .url shortcut files are now dropped into every folder of an extracted ZIP when Save URL Shortcut is enabled

• .url Internet Shortcut files in imported folders now attach as Sources on the surrounding folder and its files
• New Web Libraries setting to drop a .url shortcut alongside each web-imported model so the page link is reachable from File Explorer
• Big expansion of supported file types — OBJ, STEP, glTF/GLB, FBX, Blender, BambuStudio .bgcode, Anycubic .pwma/.pwms/.pwmx, Chitubox .goo, and more
• New website telemetry tooling

• New Pro feature: Related Items — link any file or folder to any other, browse them directly from the file details panel
• Aggressive thumbnail generation hardening with GC, DX recycling, and recovery to nip stalled thumbnails in the bud
• Watch your thumbnails generate in real time — click the thumbnail loading bar to reveal the worker, with a cancel button to shut it down
• Fixed a sign-in issue where the website was stealing the desktop app's refresh token, forcing repeated logins later in the day
• Rate limiting and additional security hardening across API endpoints

• Log files are now viewable in Settings → Advanced so you can grab and send them when reporting issues
• Many thumbnail generation fixes — better error handling and recovery for edge cases in STL metadata
• New thumbnail generation guards to prevent worker-process lockups
• New Compatibility Mode under Settings → Advanced that disables advanced graphical features that can cause crashes on older GPUs

• Fixed the Anonymous Usage Statistics disclosure pop-up showing up on every launch — sorry for the spam
• Fixed a settings persistence bug that was silently reverting other preferences too
• Fixed Rescan Library queueing thumbnail generation in an infinite loop
• Fixed a rare scenario where the free-tier file limit could be exceeded

• New opt-in anonymous telemetry so I can gauge continued interest in the app — see what's collected and opt out anytime in Settings → About
• New settings to show/hide individual sections of the file details panel (Notes, Build Plates, Collections, Completed Prints, Shares)
• Fixed completed prints visually showing as "uploading to cloud" even when cloud sync was disabled

• Root-level paths now supported for your library location — M:\, D:\, etc. work correctly
• New Rescan button in Settings → Storage picks up files and folders added to your library while the app was closed

• Move Library location now does a full transfer — moves your existing files to the new spot, imports anything already there, and optionally cleans up the old location
• Contact us form now requires an email so I can actually reply when you need help
• Another sign-in refactor to stop the app from prompting you to sign in so often

• New Release Notes browser inside the app — read past release notes without leaving the app
• New Notifications feed pulling updates from the My3DPrintManager Bluesky account
• Library now uses a real pagination bar instead of infinite "load more" scrolling
• Several fixes for the embedded Web Library (soft locks on sign-in, import dialog, and post-import flow)

• Hotfix: Upgrade to Pro button now opens the correct pricing page

• Faster, smoother library navigation with less lag
• Optimizations to thumbnail generation and queueing
• New duplicate-handling options on import: Merge, Replace, and Block
• New Creality K2 series printer templates
• Option to preserve source files/folders when importing instead of deleting them

• Optimized session handling for smoother sign-in and silent session restoration
• Anonymous telemetry for app starts to help gauge active users (opt-out available in Advanced settings)

• 3MF support for thumbnails and interactive 3D previews (most files; not guaranteed for all)
• Edit filenames before importing when downloading from the web library
• Sources are captured automatically on web library downloads, and can be added manually in the file details panel

• New admin storage moderation tools to better support our growing user base
• Fixed a bug that allowed storage to be exceeded in some specific circumstances
• Extra protection added for purchase detection
• Purge reconciliation for admin storage moderation

• Added ability to pass custom arguments to slicers (Settings → Printers → Slicers)
• Fixed visual bug where toggle showed off after cancelling cloud sync disable warning

• Fixed cloud sync toggle showing as off after cancelling the disable confirmation

• Multiple fixes and optimizations for networked or mapped drive library locations
• Slicer files generated from the app now iterate (no longer overwrite the previous one)
• Added verbose logging across the file watcher and other subsystems to aid future debugging
• Fixed thumbnails not being queued for non-STL files imported via the file watcher
• New "Disable Cloud" toggle in Cloud Storage settings — fully turns off cloud features and skips automatic sign-in on launch when no session is found
• Reworked Completed Prints workflow to clarify how attachments work

• New Support module with in-app Roadmap browsing and voting
• Submit, vote on, and track bug reports directly from the app
• Contact form built in — reach out without leaving the app

• Fixed copy/paste of files so thumbnails are correctly generated and assigned to the copies (including LYS thumbnail preservation)

• Drastically improved web library import speeds with temp file optimization
• Navigate to library automatically after completing a web library import
• Fixed category assignment when importing to empty/new folders
• Fixed thumbnail generation when importing to existing empty folders

• Fixed file leak at library root when ModelSets are moved to root level

• Fixed a display issue when library root folders contain direct files
• Website SEO improvements and display fixes
• Added separate development environment for continued production stability

• Fixed a 1-3 second lag on first hover over library cards after startup
• Removed broken experimental folder scanning option from import settings

• Fixed race condition in first-time setup wizard for slower internet connections

• Filter optimizations — tags now cascade to all ModelSet children
• Fixed metadata parsing reset after cloud downloads
• Library card download state improvements
• Database backup reliability fixes on shutdown

• Website updates with getting started video and verbiage improvements
• Filter fixes for the library
• Download optimizations

• Added 3MF file generation
• Various bug fixes and improvements
• Website updates

• Fixed auto-update pipeline — updates now check through a secure proxy
• Fixed TurntableWorker requiring separate .NET installation
• Added application icon to installer, taskbar, and file explorer
• Website download page now auto-updates when new releases are published

Initial release! But I already found a bug I want to fix soooo... v1.0.1 coming momentarily!

Initial pre-release build for testing version and how release notes display - HI ANYONE WHO SEES THIS!