33phil9 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2020 3:02 am
Unfortunately autodesk does not want to support delta printers at all
delta printers execute same G-code as the rest of them, you should be creating profile manually anyhow and no slicer should axist if it does not allow you to make custom profile so wrt to "printer support" there should be no difference to slicer if your printer is cartesian, corexy, delta, scara ..
the support in slicer is more
- number of extruders (this is where s3d is still imo the best)
- special extruders: X in 1 multi material (like prusa multi material, or those 2 in 1 systems), X in 1 mixer (like diamond)
rest of the stuff should IMO be in the firmware (retraction, pressure advance, speed / acceleration shape etc etc) ... this is where I'm having issues with s3d but that's another topic
what I'd like to see in 5
- bug fixes
- bug fixes
- bug fixes
- better bridging
- bug fixes
- tree/organic support
- smooth adaptive layer height
- bug fixes
- native octoprint & duet3d support
- fancy infill options (adaptive infill especially)
- better prime/purge options (sacrificial object for purge instead of useles blocks, purge into infill's...)
- full 3d outer shell printing
...
what I expect to see in 5
- few more languages
- ton of new printers supported
- more bugs
but hey, let's wait and see
BaudR8 wrote:
more worried about future access to current installations.
most of the apps I used in past 40 years taht used on-line activation system shoot a version that do not require any drm/server/licencing when they decided to close shop so I'm expecting the same from s3d if they ever decide to give up on s3d app .. if not I'm pretty sure other solutions will be found. the worse case of similar issue I had/have with netfabb, I purchased server pro (over 1000eur) that came with usb key, unfortunately neither the key nor software work on new windows
and the company is "puf" gone, swallowed by the autodesk
gcodestat integrates with Simplify3D and allow you to
Calculate print time accurately (acceleration, max speed, junction deviation all taken into consideration)
Embed M117 codes into G-Code
Upload your G-Code directly to Octoprint
open source and unlicence