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Modelist 1.11: Your Language, OpenSCAD, and 3MFs in Colour

The interface now speaks German, Spanish and French. OpenSCAD files join the library as fully indexed, rendered models. And 3MFs that used to refuse to open in the 3D viewer now open in the colours they will actually print in.

This release makes Modelist fit more libraries and more people. It speaks three more languages, .scad files stop being second-class citizens, and the 3D viewer finally handles the Bambu projects it used to give up on - in colour, plate by plate.

New features

  • Modelist speaks your language: The interface is now available in German, Spanish, and French alongside English, and your choice follows everywhere - menus, dialogs, error messages, all of it. Pick it in Settings → General → Language.
  • OpenSCAD files: .scad files are now first-class members of your library.
    • Indexed and searchable: Found in watched folders and inside archives, listed with their own SCAD badge, and taggable, ratable, and collectable like anything else.
    • Real thumbnails: With OpenSCAD installed, Modelist renders a preview of each .scad file. The camera matches the angle used for STL and OBJ, so a shelf of mixed formats looks consistent, and the background is transparent so cards sit properly on both themes.
    • Choose the colours: OpenSCAD draws with its own colour schemes rather than a single colour, so .scad thumbnails get their own picker in General, next to the default model colour, with a regenerate button that touches only .scad files.
    • Without OpenSCAD: They are still indexed and searchable, just without a preview. Modelist tells you they are waiting, points you at the download, and renders them itself once you set the path - no rescan needed.
    • Opens in the right app: A .scad opens in OpenSCAD rather than your default slicer, which cannot read the format at all.
    • Edits are noticed: Change a .scad and its thumbnail is redrawn on the next scan, instead of showing the old shape forever.
  • 3MFs in the 3D viewer: The 3D preview used to give up with "not supported" on some 3MFs, Bambu Lab projects most of all. Now they open, and they open in colour.
    • Printed colours, not one flat colour: The viewer reads the filament palette from the project and shows each part in the filament assigned to it, including painted regions like logos and engraved symbols.
    • Browse by plate: Multi-plate projects can be stepped through one plate at a time instead of showing everything at once.
  • Tips & Tricks: A strip in the status bar that expands into a drawer, showing tips relevant to whatever screen you are on. All of them stay readable in Settings & Tools → Tips & Tricks, whether or not you dismissed them.
  • Duplicates on the file page: A Duplicates tab appears on a file's detail page when the last scan matched it against others, so you can see a duplicate while looking at the file instead of only inside the batch tool. The tab only exists when there is something to show, and it honours your "Keep All" dismissals.
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