Finally upgraded to v2.0 OMG give me back ergonomics!

[Tanakazu (Just a LB user)]

Hi guys,
Using LB since years, I finally upgraded yesterday my 1.6.03 version to the last version after yet another problem of rounding on curved shapes.
WTH did you do guys ? You changed 90% of what I’m using every days !
New submenu for editing nodes is OK
But why not simply using that same system for shape submenu and boolean submenu ?
Why doing that system who need long clic to show submenu ? And keeping the last choice as next choice ?
And where is the right clic menu for grouping items ?
It’s unbelievable how you changed ergonomics in that way.

EDIT : right clic menu is back without doing something special

[MikeyH (Mike Hembrey)]

@Tanakazu

You changed 90% of what I’m using every days !

I saw a lot of change happen between 1.6.03 and 1.7.08. Then there was the 2.0.00 release that caught everyone, including Lightburn, off guard. Once it was determined Windows had some hidden secrets, things calmed down with new releases.

Lightburn had to rewrite the core (not Core) code due to technology changes. Technology nearly killed DOS, right?

[soniclab (Jeremy Hutchinson)]

@Tanakazu

changed 90% of what I’m using every day

What specifically are you referring to ? 90% of what exactly has changed ?

[RalphU (RU)]

I think what the OP is referring to is having to click twice to initiate a shape choice that includes rectangle and circle. You didn’t have to do that in prior versions. If you are making a lot of rectangles and or circles, it adds an extra click.

[soniclab (Jeremy Hutchinson)]

@RalphU

it adds an extra click.

You do not actually need to double click, use a long press to bring up the the shapes menu.

It is a minor change to the workflow, but the change to the interface was absolutely necessary.

There is quite a lot packed into the tool spaces now and every slot counts when using smaller screens or lower resolutions.

[Tanakazu (Just a LB user)]

Found the problem on the right click menu. It doesn’t display while you’re NOT in Select mode !
You create a shape : no access to right clic menu.
Then you click on an a shape you previously created : no access to right clic menu ( because you’re still in Create mode )
So you need to do an Escape, and then righ click menu is there.
Just … WHY ?

[soniclab (Jeremy Hutchinson)]

@Tanakazu

So you need to do an Escape, and then righ click menu is there.
Just … WHY ?

If you wish to close out the create shape tool afterward you can do so in settings.

Otherwise you can press ESC to exit.

[Tanakazu (Just a LB user)]

Not a solution.
So when you’re in intensive creation work you need to reselect Create mode after each shape creation. No, thanks.

[soniclab (Jeremy Hutchinson)]

It is not meant as a solution to your particular method, only as an option.

[LightBurn (Oz)]

It’s always been that way - You stayed in “Shape Create” mode for whatever shape you were creating. The difference now is that you can select and resize your shapes while still in create mode, which you couldn’t before.

In the previous versions, you’d have to hit escape to get back to select mode to be able to select and resize shapes, and now you don’t. You still need to go back to select mode to use the Right Click menu.

[Tanakazu (Just a LB user)]

Verified on 1.6.03, you’re right.
After Create, Escape was always needed to Select, so I’ve never noticed that right click menu not displayed. And probably doing Escape since times without realizing it.
But now we can select without Escaping so we stay in Create mode and menu doesn’t display.

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

@Tanakazu

Found the problem on the right click menu. It doesn’t display while you’re NOT in Select mode !

Thank you very much for this feedback. We have generated an internal note to revisit this workflow for refinement.

[Theozefrench (Thierry)]

Man, there has been 10 versions between 1.6.03 and the current 2.0.02 ! In computer time that’s like changing a Ford T for a Porsche !

[pmbrothny (Brian Roth)]

Micosoft has updates every month, linux more often, and klipper for 3d printing, every week.

[soniclab (Jeremy Hutchinson)]

The only constant in this world is change. Now if Microsoft could only find a way to not make updates a pain in the…

[defcon888 (Keith)]

That is so true. At work we are using a piece of software that is 13 years old. When I train people on using it, I tell them “this is on life support”. In fact, the software is so old, the people I train on it were in Kindergarten when I first started using it.

I have been iusing LB since I believe 0.9# and if people had to use those early versions, they would be pulling their hair out. I am using the latest version 2.02 and I like it. It took about an hour to get use to all the new features which weren’t really new per se, they were just moved to different places.

The more I have used it, the more I like it.