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Michael_N
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PREVIEW MODE Saving????

Can it be done to save out the Preview?????
Some customers asked if that was possible??

It would be awesome if we could save the preview..
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Michael_N
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Re: PREVIEW MODE Saving????

any thing??
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dsegel
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Re: PREVIEW MODE Saving????

I'm not sure what you mean by "save out the Preview". You can save the gcode file and reload it at any time from the File->Preview G-Code file..." menu. Does that do what you want?
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DarthRevan
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Re: PREVIEW MODE Saving????

I think he wants to save the 3d animation of the print.
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Michael_N
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Re: PREVIEW MODE Saving????

Save the 3D Print preview My modeling software does it..

Customers would love it I had a couple customers that would love to save that video..




Mike
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DarthRevan
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Re: PREVIEW MODE Saving????

You could use the free software OBS to screen record the animation. I believe the output file is in .mpg format.
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dkightley
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Re: PREVIEW MODE Saving????

If you're runnings Windows 7 or above then Microsoft have a nice snipping tool to create images of partial screenshots:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/wind ... pping-tool
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