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SimpleScott

PETG needs some time to cool. With something that small, you'll need to slow down and have the fan running full time. It may help to arrange several of them on the print plate, since printing multiples will give some extra layer cooling time for each one. You also want to make sure your PETG is dry....

SimpleScott

Keep things in perspective. S3D is not a pile of crap. It is actually a very good slicer. Whatever has changed under the covers to enable future enhancements, it did not deliver on providing anything new. So with nothing new, it is not an upgrade for the customer, it is just refactored code with no...

SimpleScott

First and foremost is to dry the PETG. It absorbs moisture quickly. Agree with this, 100%. When PTEG has absorbed water, bubbles form when it is melted in the print head, and those cause expansion and oozing, rough textures, and other issues. I have printed with damp PETG, and it looks just like th...

SimpleScott

this wouldn't excuse the extremely poor communications and missing updates for v4. THIS. I *was* a S3D evangelist, and it was my preferred slicer for multiple reasons. I "sold" a lot of copies referring others to S3D. But now... If the vapor that is v5 ever actually materializes, it would...

SimpleScott

Thanks! I'll look into it. This is actually an area where I used to struggle with S3D. Most settings can generally be classified as either a "printer setting" or "filament setting", but there are always exceptions. I really like the way PrusaSlicer is doing this now, with the de...

SimpleScott

I have spent a lot of time with PrusaSlicer, and SuperSlicer still uses the same organization of settings, which I do not like. For example, they have retraction as a printer setting, not a filament setting. If I change filament, I have to remember to go in & change that in the printer settings...

SimpleScott

“About” to give up? LOL. You have more patience than I. A year ago, I would have paid for an upgrade - no questions asked. Loved the UI, and the underlying engine “just worked” without a lot of hassle. But now, after all the delays, and the improvements delivered by other slicers (Prusa3d in particu...

SimpleScott

PETG sags a lot (does not bridge well). This includes bridging over sparse infill; it just sags down into the gaps. Recommend you increase infill density, and increase number of top layers when using PETG. Specific to the print in your photo, I’d suggest doubling the infill density. Thicker layers a...

SimpleScott

If you mean easily transferring files from S3D to Octoprint.... 1. You can save to disk from S3D, then bring up an Octoprint browser window and "drag-n-drop" the file into Octoprint. OR 2. You can setup SAMBA on your Octoprint host, share Octoprint's "watched" folder, and map tha...

SimpleScott

The start/end Gcode from your Simplify3D profile (FFF Settings, Scripts, Starting Script + Ending Script) will be included as part of the sliced file you send from Simplify3D to Octoprint. That file (including that start/end Gcode) will then be sent to the printer by Octoprint. You don't want to add...

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