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For updates on LAC Trimline Software, visit the LAC Trimline Release Notes page.

 

2024.4.2

 

Release Date: 2024-09-17

 

What's New

  • Xflow API Error Handling: The app now gracefully handles unexpected Xflow API responses, displaying a user message without crashing.

  • Filter Change Tracking: Added time and date tracking for filter changes.

 

Bug Fixes

  • Preprocessing Jobs: Fixed an issue where preprocessing jobs continued after reaching the storage limit, preventing storage overflow.

 

2024.3

 

Release Date: 2024-07-02

 

What's New

  • Enhanced Camera Detection: The camera now has enhanced capabilities to detect models with various side tags and add-ons.

 

Bug Fixes

  • Enhanced Shared Folder Connectivity on LAC: Resolved previous connectivity issues with the shared folder on LAC, ensuring stable and reliable access.

  • Improved Subsetup Detection: Corrected an issue where subsetup 00 was not extracted correctly from file names. The system now accurately displays subsetup number 0 for 00, ensuring proper detection and display.

 

2024.2.1

 

Release Date: 2024-04-24

 

What's New

 

  • Auto-Calibration for Shutter Speed: Enhancements to image capture quality have been made through the introduction of automatic shutter speed calibration, allowing for optimized settings tailored to different foil materials, with particular emphasis on white foils.

  • Streamlined User Interface: Enjoy a more intuitive user experience with the removal of the models view, simplifying navigation and enhancing usability across the interface.

  • Job Management Enhancement: Organization of the job list has been enhanced by incorporating the ability to easily delete duplicated jobs.

  • Improved Engraving Instructions: Clarity in engraving instructions has been improved, facilitating precise engraving results through clearer guidance on defining text.

 

2024.1

 

ReleaseDate: 2024-01-31

 

What’s New

 

  • Settings Page Restructuring: Experience an improved Settings page that provides essential details at a glance and streamlines the sidebar for enhanced usability.

  • Job Duplication Feature: Introducing the ability to duplicate jobs in the job view, offering the flexibility to initiate the same job multiple times independently, rather than just restarting it.

  • General Layout Enhancements: Benefit from various layout fixes that contribute to an overall improved user interface.

 

2023.6

 

Release Date: 2023-12-13

 

What's New

  • Display of the filter change in the web interface
  • Optimized visualisation of folder structure (folder collapsible)
  • Extended data transfer with Xflow API

 

Bug Fixes

  • Possibility of finding an alternative starting point for laser cutting
  • Optimized connectivity status
  • Improved interface and bug fix for demo mode

 

2023.5.2

 

Release Date: 2023-11-22

 

Bug Fixes

  • Automatic Calibration Bug Fix: Resolved an issue related to automatic calibration, ensuring the LAC now performs calibration tasks accurately.

 

2023.5.1

 

Release Date: 2023-11-13

 

What's New

  • Connection Status Feedback: Enhanced user and supporter experience with comprehensive insights into the current connection status of the LAC. Users can now access connection status information directly through the LAC Web Interface, along with visual indicators using LAC LEDs - red for no connection, orange for no IP, and green for successful server communication.

  • Introducing Demo Mode for Presentations: Tailored for showcase environments, the Demo Mode allows demonstrations of the LAC's functionality without the need to perform case cutting. Initiating and controlling the Demo Mode is straightforward through the web interface, providing complete control over presentations.

  • Quick Access to Documentation: Users can now conveniently access essential documentation directly from the LAC Web Interface's Info Page. By clicking on the provided links, users can reference documents such as the Maintenance Document for LAC upkeep, Guidelines for Data Sources to manage data efficiently, and the Startup Guide for a smooth start with the LAC.

  • Rendered Image Highlighting Trimline Discrepancies: A visual aid has been introduced for Aligner preparation, displaying rendered images of the model and the Trimline to clearly highlight areas where the Trimline is invalid and can not be cut. This visual representation offers valuable insights for a smoother Aligner preparation process.

 

Bug Fixes

  • Xflow Jobs Completion Sync Issue: A bug where Xflow jobs were not being marked as completed or failed in the Dental Axess Portal has been addressed, resolving discrepancies in task status and ensuring a more accurate representation of job completion status.

 

2023.4.1

 

Release Date: 2023-10-23

 

Bug Fixes

  • Xflow Status Updates: Corrected an issue where Xflow orders were not updating their status correctly.

  • Enhanced Xflow Data Source Error Handling: We've improved how errors from certain Xflow orders are handled, making our system more robust and resilient.

 

2023.4

 

Release Date: 2023-10-03

 

What's New

  • Enhanced Engraving Workflow: The engraving workflow has been enhanced to support multiple engravings on a single aligner, offering users increased flexibility and efficiency in engraving tasks.

  • Customizable Data Source Polling: In response to feedback, a new feature has been introduced that allows for the configuration of the polling interval for Data Sources in the settings. This customization provides users with the capability to fine-tune how often data is polled from their sources, enhancing control and responsiveness.

  • User-Centric UI Improvements: Significant improvements have been made to the user interface to enhance the overall user experience. These refinements result in a more user-friendly and intuitive interface, making interactions with the system smoother and more enjoyable for all users.

  • General Performance Enhancements: Various performance improvements have been implemented to optimize the overall system performance.

 

 

2023.3

 

Release Date: 2023-07-03

 

What's New

 

  • Progress Indicators: To improve transparency during loading times, progress indicators have been implemented, providing users with a clear view of the system's loading progress.
  • Faster Data Source Management: The performance of data source operations, including editing, saving, creating, and deleting data sources, has been enhanced, resulting in quicker execution
  • Data Source Logging: To aid in problem identification, logging has been introduced for Data Sources. Users can now access logs when navigating to a Data Source detail page.
  • Introducing the Control REST API: A newly introduced Control REST API now offers the ability to retrieve job information and manage job selection/deselection via HTTP requests. For detailed information, please refer to the complete documentation available at: https://shiny-starlight-416066.netlify.app/
  • General Performance Enhancements: Various performance improvements have been implemented to optimize the overall system performance.

 

2023.2

 

Release Date: 2023-04-19

 

What's New

 

  • View Camera Pictures for First Level Support: For better first level support, a new option to view camera pictures has been added.

  • Improved Xflow Job Status Updates: To enhance traceability, status updates for Xflow jobs have been improved.

  • Alphabetical Sorting for Remote Shared Folder Jobs: To improve job management, jobs from a remote shared folder are now sorted alphabetically if no sub setup number is available.

  • Automatic Rollback for Failed Updates: To reduce downtime, failed updates will now be automatically rolled back.

  • Performance and Stability Enhancements: General performance and stability improvements have been implemented to ensure the machine runs reliably.


2023.1.1

 

Release Date: 2023-03-07

 

What's New

  • Improved identification of Xflow jobs through the display of additional metadata, making them more easily recognizable. With this enhancement, users can easily find and track their Xflow jobs.

 

2023.1

 

Release Date: 2023-02-22

 

What's New

 

  • Automatic Updates: Future updates will now be distributed automatically and can be installed independently.
  • Material Profiles: Users can now create and utilize individual material profiles with varying laser powers. This allows for more precise and efficient cutting, as each material can have its specific settings.
  • Automatic Job Selection for Xflow Data Sources: The software now supports Automatic Job Selection through Xflow Data Sources, simplifying the matching and cutting process.
  • Improved Performance and Stability: General performance and stability enhancements have been implemented to guarantee the LAC runs smoothly and reliably.

 

2022.8

 

Release Date: 2022-12-15

 

What’s New

  • A new Shared Folder on the LAC allows cases to be uploaded directly to the machine.

  • The machine calibration can now be started directly via the web interface.

  • An update page informs about the status of the LAC software and possible new updates.

  • Automatic Job Selection can now also be used for shared folder data sources.

  • The analysis capabilities for job errors have been improved

  • Engraving now executes faster than before.

  • A connection loss dialog box now informs about lost connections to the LAC.

  • General performance improvements.

 

2022.7.4

 

Release Date: 2022-11-22

 

What’s New

  • An additional operating mode for the aligner holder was added.

 

2022.7.3

 

Release Date: 2022-11-21

 

What’s New

  • Improved Data Collector communication.

  • Better overall performance.

 

2022.7.2

 

Release Date: 2022-10-17

 

What’s New

  • Improved CAM calculations.

  • Better overall performance.

 

2022.7.1

 

Release Date: 2022-10-06

 

What’s New

  • Improved version compatibility.

  • Better overall performance.

 

2022.7

 

Release Date: 2022-10-03

 

What’s New

  • When Automatic Job Selection is activated, aligners will be recognized automatically and the associated job is started right away.

  • Better overall performance.

 

Bug Fixes

  • The machine started cutting although the clamp ring was still open. That’s fixed now.

 

 

2022.6

 

Release Date: 2022-08-23

 

What’s New

  • The frontend software version is shown on the info page.
  • We’ve added basic form validation for settings and settings can’t be edited while a job is active.
  • We improved the visibility of an active job in the user interface.
  • We are now allowing .pts, .csv and .xyz as trimline file extensions.
  • Cutting an aligner is now several seconds faster.

  • It is now possible to connect to data sources via Dental Axess Xflow.

 

Bug Fixes

  • A started job didn’t finish when its associated data collector wasn’t reachable. This is fixed now.

  • Previously there were some inconsistencies when navigating the settings pages. Navigation is now more reliable.