OrcaSlicer 2.4.2

What's new in 2.4.2

What's Changed
This is the OrcaSlicer V2.4.2 release — a maintenance update on top of 2.4.1, focused on making profiles, cloud sync, and printer connectivity more dependable. Upgrading from an older version is smoother: presets that were built on a printer or filament that has since been renamed or removed now load correctly, so you should see far fewer "missing preset" warnings. Cloud sync gets several fixes too — filament settings you had turned off no longer switch themselves back on, sync messages now tell you exactly which preset is involved, and running two copies of OrcaSlicer signed into the same account no longer logs you out at random. Installing and updating the Bambu network plugin is reliable again, including when you switch versions on Windows. On top of that, this release fixes several crashes (rotating the prime tower, using the Measure tool, and running a Pressure Advance calibration), a couple of slicing and print-time-estimate problems, and Reload from Disk for STEP models after you reopen a project. New this time: a filename placeholder for the first object's name, clickable wiki links in the Preferences dialog, and add:north filament profiles.
OrcaSlicer is also available on the Microsoft Store for Windows users here: Microsoft Store Link
For Linux users, it is available on Flathub: Flathub Link
🌊 New Features & Improvements
- {first_object_name} filename placeholder by @raistlin7447 in 14497
Adds a new {first_object_name} placeholder you can put in the output filename format — it fills in the name of the first printable object on the plate. In older versions the default {input_filename_base} would sometimes fall back to the first object's name; that was corrected earlier, but some people had relied on it to get the part name into their file names. This placeholder brings that option back, and it changes nothing unless you add it to your format. Closes #14493 and #14513.
- Wiki links and a tidier Preferences dialog by @yw4z in 13857
The Preferences dialog now shows clickable "Wiki" links next to settings — the same as in the sidebar — so you can open the relevant documentation in one click. It's also reorganized so related options sit together (Draco export quality under Project, the shared-profiles notification under Preset, filament sync mode next to auto-sync), combo boxes now have tooltips, there's a new "Experimental features" section under Developer, and the network-plugin Reload button has moved here from the Developer tab. …

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