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krouviere

IMHO, all of this just goes away by returning to the way it worked in 2.x. I doubt anyone has benefited from the way this has been changed for 3.x. The feature is broken. I've been hoping to see a new release with it restored to the way it worked before in 2.x, which was logical and sensible. The ge...

krouviere

FWIW, the response I got from support was that it "was" an intentional change. Support forwarded the issue to the development team to take another look. I hope they really do, because I hate to see it broken. It worries me more that they don't seem to think that it's broken. It's a departu...

krouviere

"Both can be said to be either right or wrong....but how can this be correctly represented to satisfy everyone??" Only one of them is right. :D It doesn't need to satisfy everyone, it just needs to be right :D :D :D V3.x is doing the wrong thing. I don't mean to sound like a jerk but this...

krouviere

It's not just changing the representation in the preview. It's changing the gcode that controls the machine. For instance, here are sections of gcode from 2 different raft separation settings. The first is with .14mm and the 2nd is with 1mm. In the first example, layer 7 (the first layer after the r...

krouviere

I created this post before seeing this other one on the same topic.
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3246

Hopefully this gets fixed in the next release.

krouviere

FWIW, I do most of my printing with ABS and have generally found that I have a hard time with PLA if any PLA raft or PLA support is involved. If you have a dual extrusion machine you might be able to print the raft out of another material, or print without a raft on glass or something. Someone may h...

krouviere

In version 2.2, this worked correctly. For example, setting to a .014mm gap yields the result in the first picture below. Setting to 1mm gap yields the result in the 2nd picture below. This is exactly what I would expect. I have control over what the machine is doing. I can also easily see the resul...

krouviere

For what it's worth, I have sent a message to support and I hope it gets fixed in a future release. I really like Simplify3D for being similar to CNC CAM software with regard to control of the process. If it generates toolpaths below the plane that separates the raft from the model, it's not behavin...

krouviere

"Yes, that 8th layer should be printed lower than the 7th because the 7th layer doesn't stay at the exact height where it was printed. It falls down to the surface of the raft due to gravity. So the layers are being printed at the correct height." I strongly disagree. That is not control ...

krouviere

I've just read another post with the similar problem.

I'm not buying the "gravity" argument that subsequent layers would be printed below the separation.

Simplify3D is all about control of the process. If subsequent layers are printed below the gap, that's not control. That's a bug.

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