A little clarity.
Before you create.

SimpliForge prepares images and filament plans for HueForge. Simplify an image, predict a layered filament stack, adjust selected areas to different printed heights, manage your filament collection, and export or send your result to HueForge.

It is built for HueForge makers who want more control over artwork preparation, filament choices and local heights. It is also useful for illustrators working with limited palettes and makers maintaining filament libraries. A first-project walkthrough helps you get started; detailed controls are available when you need them.

SimpliForge prepares artwork and plans for continued work in HueForge. It does not slice models or generate printer G-code. Review the result in HueForge, then use your slicer to prepare the print.

Image processing, saved projects and bundled help work locally on your computer. No account or cloud service is required for processing. Profile websites, software downloads and vendor firmware downloads need internet access. The HueForge bridge connects applications on the same computer.

Simple reducer and image-only Color Pop can prepare a PNG without a filament library. Planning a printable stack uses your filament colors and transmission distance (TD) data. The guide includes a separate practice library for learning; its fictional measurements are not a print recipe.

No. Maximum filaments limits the number of unique spools. Their layers can blend into additional visible colors at different heights. Filament runs and changes are separate planning limits. Simple reducer counts output colors instead.

Yes. Color Pop lets you sample hues to retain while the rest becomes grayscale. It can prepare an image or plan color and grayscale height bands. Selection follows color throughout the image, so two objects with similar colors can both remain colored.

After generating a stack, Region Edit lets you select areas with a click, lasso, polygon, box or brush and assign or move their heights within that stack. Named groups stay editable in a saved SimpliForge project. Some HueForge exports preserve compatible whole-region edits as native SpotFix groups; other edits are baked into the result.

The preview predicts colors using filament colors, TD and lighting assumptions. Spool variation, surface finish, lighting and slicer settings all affect a physical print. Check the native HueForge result and slicer, and make a small test print before committing to a large project.

Linked comparison views let you inspect the original and result together. Preview versions can restore completed results and compare two versions at full resolution during a session. Save a .simpliforge project to retain your source, settings, filament data and editable work after closing the application.

The current Windows x64 release is 1.4.8. Linux x64, macOS Intel and macOS Apple Silicon packages remain on 1.4.6 and do not include the 1.4.7 or 1.4.8 changes. Linux packages target Ubuntu 24.04; macOS packages require macOS 13 or later. Choose matching application and bridge architectures.

The optional local bridge supports compatible image and full-plan transfers and guarded filament-library synchronization. Bridge 0.8.0 requires HueForge 0.9.4.4 or later. The Windows combined installer can install the app and bridge together; macOS and Linux use HueForge's plugin manager.

SimpliForge is coming soon to the HueForge store. The purchase link will appear here when the store listing is available.

Application updates are installed manually. Save your work and close SimpliForge and HueForge before updating the bridge, then reopen HueForge so it loads the new plugin. Device firmware updates are separate, explicit operations.

Include your app version, operating system, workflow, the steps that reproduce the issue, and what you expected to happen. Mention whether it concerns preview generation, HFP export or direct HueForge transfer. A saved support log can help with follow-up; detailed logging is available in Preferences → Debugging & support.

Yes. The illustrated user guide and FAQ are bundled with the application. Press F1 or choose Help & user guide. You can also download the PDF guide from this website for offline reading.