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Summa GoProduce - Version 1.11.6

Released: May 24, 2023


Fixed issues

  • Solved: “Marks are too far apart in X direction” error, when trying to output Print & Cut jobs with only 3 marks.

 

Recommended Firmware:
F Series Firmware MD9974

Download:
Go to Software / Firmware, then select 'software' and 'flatbed cutters'.

Summa GoProduce - Version 1.11.5

Released: February 07, 2022


Fixed issues

  • Solved: DXF import by colour doesn't always work correctly.
  • Solved: GoProduce license has to be reactivated from time to time.
  • Solved: “Reduce nodes" action can cause unexpected errors in the output of the job.

Recommended Firmware:
F Series Firmware MD9974

Download:
Go to Software / Firmware, then select 'software' and 'flatbed cutters'.

Summa GoProduce - Version 1.11.4

Released: June 17, 2021


Fixed issues

  • Shapes can be missing in output on segment boundaries
  • Part of a line or curve can be missing after segmentation
  • The first of two cut-off lines sometimes starts at the edge of the media area which causes the knife to crash on the media
  • Straight closed lines are not cut
  • Camera preview not updating on PC's with Intel Iris Xe Graphics card
  • Material XML files of GoProduce version 1.6 are not imported correctly

Recommended Firmware:
F Series Firmware MD9974

Download:
Go to Software / Firmware, then select 'software' and 'flatbed cutters'.

Summa GoProduce - Version 1.11.2

Released: February 02, 2021


Improvement

  • Cut off margin of 50mm instead of 10 mm

Fixed Issues

  • Solved: GoProduce can be unresponsive for 5s after moving to a registration mark
  • Solved: Fatal memory errors can occur when GoProduce is detecting marks with the camera
  • Solved: V-cut gap should be 0 when bevel-cut is enabled
  • Solved: Wrong origin when importing files with rotation and with width/height < 100 mm
  • Solved: Tool names are not translated
  • Solved: Actions in action set editor are not translated
  • Solved: Mark types are not translated

Recommended Firmware:
F Series Firmware MD9974

Download:
Go to Software / Firmware, then select 'software' and 'flatbed cutters'.

 


Summa GoProduce - Version 1.11.1

Released: November 27, 2020


Improvements

  • Default edge profile is now assigned to all materials in the default material manager.
  • Assign first available edge profile by default when creating a new material.

Fixed Issues

  • Solved: Not possible to assign tools to methods without selecting one of the router tools, show "tool not selected" error message.
  • Solved: Sometimes "No camera profile has been selected!" error occurs even when media edge profile and mark profile has been set in the material.
  • Solved: GoProduce can be unresponsive for 5s after moving the camera head with the arrow buttons/keys.

Recommended Firmware:
F Series Firmware MD9974

Download:
Go to Software / Firmware, then select 'software' and 'flatbed cutters'.

 


Summa GoProduce - Version 1.11

Released: October 26, 2020


Improvements

  • New import option to specify DXF units (auto, inches or mm).
  • Margin option for "break at intersections".
  • Materials have a tool priority list instead of one default tool.
  • Adjusted default material manager with tool priorities.
  • Users can now customize the materials by selecting the router tool(s) they have.
  • Inserts can be assigned to multiple tools.
  • Backwards compatibility with old material/material manager .xml files, all default tools are set first in the tool priority list.
  • Legacy inserts with the same name and different tools are merged at startup for backwards compatibility.
  • Unassigned layers are assigned to the first method of the material at import.
  • Layers show object color instead of method color when importing a file with separate layers "By color".
  • Different color conversion from CMYK to RGB with separate layers "By color".
  • Smoother cutting of shapes containing very small bezier curves.
  • Job size dependent distance between edge detection points for more accurate cutting from the back side.
  • Polish translations are now available.
  • Installation of default action sets using Barcode option under My Documents.
  • Removed default action sets that use Barcode option from default configuration.
  • Barcode option features are hidden in UI when Barcode option is not activated.
  • Title bar now shows days left of trial.
  • Removed list of contributors.

Fixed Issues

  • Solved: Cut off starts next to media which can cause the knife to crash.
  • Solved: Digital signature of USB driver installer is expired.
  • Solved: Some jobs can have missing shapes in the output preview and cut data with segmentation set to "minimize cut through".
  • Solved: Missing shapes when importing some DXF files.
  • Solved: Crashes on output with SGP file containing shapes with size 0.
  • Solved: Edge detection for back side cutting hangs when top left/right edge is not found immediately.
  • Solved: End of segment command should be sent before feeding or asking to replace a sheet.
  • Solved: Edge profiles not imported automatically when installing GoProduce over an older version.

 


Summa GoProduce - Version 1.10.28

Released: August 21, 2020


Fixed Issues

  • Solved: Wrong feed length and missing shapes with "minimize cut through" segmentation.

 


Summa GoProduce - Version 1.10.27

Released: June 2, 2020


Improvements

  • Changed "backside" to "back side".

Fixed Issues

  • Solved: "File is corrupt" error when importing DXF file.
  • Solved: "Unexpected error occurred" when feeding a segment with minimize cut through.

 


Summa GoProduce - Version 1.10.26

Released: April 28, 2020


New Features

  • Backside cutting with sheet edge detection for single segment.
  • Sheet consistency option for faster workflow when cutting sheets that fit within the working area.
  • New Creasing Tool D50 R1.5 H0.6.
  • Skip mark button in output.
  • New bits in default material manager.
  • New EOT tool property "EOT frequency".
  • New RM and HT RM tool property "blade compensation".

Improvements

  • Better prediction of mark positions for jobs with different deformation in X and Y.
  • Different choice of print & cut segmentation according to compensation mode.
  • Improved fixed size compensation with multiple segments.
  • New materials automatically contain the default material thickness.
  • Improved look&feel of material manager.
  • Automatic choice of online or offline activation in the license wizard.
  • Self-learning feed margin with multiple jobs on roll.
  • Smarter skipping of marks.
  • Skip half of margin feed when possible (cut-only and print&cut) with cut-off enabled.
  • Legacy folder under My Documents containing legacy action sets, materials and inserts.

Fixed Issues

  • Solved: Head doesn't move to origin after importing a job with the handheld barcode scanner.
  • Solved: Some shapes not imported from DXF.
  • Solved: Print&cut jobs smaller than the media area are segmented.
  • Solved: Wrong mark prediction of second mark of second roll job/second segment.
  • Solved: Sometimes ghost lines can occur in the preview that are also cut by the device.
  • Solved: GoProduce can be considered untrustworthy by some antivirus programs.

 


Summa GoProduce - Version 1.8

Released: November 12, 2019


Improvements

  • Changed Y margin of cut-off from 25mm to 100mm.
  • "Duplicate method" button now gets disabled in Edit Material window when all methods are used.
  • "Remove method" button now gets disabled in Edit Material window when only one method is present.
  • "Remove material thickness" button now gets disabled in Edit Material window when there is only one thickness present.
  • A new method is now automatically added when creating a new material.
  • A new thickness is now automatically added when creating a new material.
  • New regmark camera profiles have the same default settings as the "Default" camera profile.
  • Subwindows are opened with a size that fits on the screen.
  • A created RIP xml now also contains methods created by the user.
  • It is now possible to import a collection of action sets in an XML file.
  • Rom rev 31 is now required for communicating with the F series.
  • Changed sample PDF file to meet the SDK.

New Features

  • Import of AutoCAD DXF files (versions 12, 13, 14, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013 (AutoCAD 2013-2017), 2018).
  • Added scaling option in % to import action.
  • Added "Reset Origin" option to "Set working zone" action.
  • Korean translations are now available.
  • Added a new material "Squid" to the Material Manager.

Fixed Issues

  • Solved: GoProduce could crash after detecting all registration marks, especially with backside cutting.
  • Solved: PDF UserUnits option was not supported.
  • Solved: In some cases the tool was in down position when moving to the first shape of a layer.
  • Solved: After reading a barcode, no error message was shown when the barcode file was not found.
  • Solved: GoProduce crashes when importing a file with no data.
  • Solved: Backside cutting with router doesn't work with marks and inserts that have the same diameter.
  • Solved: Regmark method didn't get translated.

 


Summa GoProduce - Version 1.7.21

Released: September 6, 2019


New Features

  • Italian translations are available.
  • German translations are available.
  • Spanish translations are available.
  • Chinese translations are available.
  • French translations available.
  • Segment connector between segments. (selectable per tool)
  • Cut-off between jobs, the tool assigned to the thru-cut method will be used (the one in the design or the default tool for thru cut for the selected material)
  • Cross marks added to the type of registration marks that can be used.
  • Updated Material Manager - new materials + new bits (V-groove, compression bit).
  • Revision number in the title bar.
  • Add X and Y as labels to the ruler to indicate machine origin.
  • "Remove layer" action added.

Improvements

  • "Reduce nodes" added to "Clean-up design" action set
  • "Close objects" improved when cutting rectangle rasters.
  • "Search regmarks" removes registration marks on top of each other.
  • Improved error messages
  • Send material thickness to the machine before cutting, so that the up-position of the installed tools is automatically set high enough - new firmware needed.
  • Disable "duplicating objects" for jobs with registration marks.
  • Automatically restart camera communication if communication fails due to interference during segmented jobs.
  • The activation key can be filled in manually.
  • For the dealer version, do not ask for a serial number of the machine during installation.
  • Version number added to the material manager, action setlist, camera profiles list, this to allow an update of new materials, new action sets, new camera profiles
  • Auto-detection of space between copies when "copy distance" is set to 0. The distance between copiers must be between 20 and 200 mm. If copy distance is non-zero, then a 20 mm margin is allowed on the specified value.
  • Maximum value of 500 mm for space between copies.
  • Option to turn off Tooltips.
  • Remove "Feed Fixed Length".
  • Combine layers with the same name when importing a file (needed for GMG Printfactory)

Fixed Issues

  • Solved: Compensation for objects outside of registration marks was sometimes not correct.
  • Solved: Bottom Buttons were not visible when job had too many layers.
  • Solved: Routing lines were sometimes missing with "keep inner shape" or "hatch fill"
  • Solved: "Job doesn't fit on the table" when trying to output a single vertical line
  • Solved: Wrong mark prediction in the first segment of the second job with "On end of job" set to "feed job length" with multiple copies.
  • Solved: Wrong prediction of marks in tandem mode.
  • Solved: "Fixed size" compensation not working correctly when the job contains single lines.

 


Summa GoProduce - Version 1.6

Released: April 11, 2019


Improvements

  • Log fatal errors under GoProduce folder in My Documents.
  • Round imperial units to 3 decimals when exporting material manager to PDF.
  • Button to reset to factory defaults for action sets.
  • Disable "Transform" on the selection tab for print and cut jobs.
  • Set rotational speed for "Polished Finish" to 48.000 rpm instead of 25.000 rpm.
  • Use "Keep inner shape" as default for Bevel-Cut methods.
  • Add a fixed country list instead of allowing to type the country in a text field when registering a new customer.
  • New camera profile for backside cutting for thick materials.

Fixed Issues

  • Barcode import does not search for SGP files.
  • Overcut elimination for HT RM is wrong, it uses the routine like for the single edge tool.
  • While cutting the registration marks for backside cutting, marks can be completely misshaped with long diagonal lines.
  • Hatch lines can mess up original shape when coinciding with the edge of the outer routing path.
  • Space occupied by bit no longer visible after undo.
  • Regmark method displayed as Regmar k in the ribbon.
  • Flute direction and offset do not work.
  • Multipass for heavy duty does not work.
  • The position of registration marks is not always correctly predicted in segments after the first one.

New Features

  • Add a sample file.