So I am using Simplify3D about two months now and there are some cumbersome behaviours I am encountering over and over again in daily workflows.
* After opening Simplify3D all models that were loaded the last time are selected/checked despite they have been deselected before Simplify3D was closed.
* How are we supposed to know which factory file is loaded?
* The assigment of models to processes is at least to say awkward. This is especially problematic when just trying to print one model in a process associated with several models (while tuning for example). There should be a way to "mute" a model without going through deassociating it with a process (which is cumbersome).
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CompoundCarl
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Re: Reopening clears model selection
If you go to File > Open Factory File, the name of the file you open is displayed in the title bar. So that's an easy way to keep track of which file is open.
For your question about printing a single model with a process, you just open that process, click "Select Model", then you can choose select none to clear the list and pick only the single model you want. I'm not sure how it would be easier, but maybe you can describe the idea a bit more
For your question about printing a single model with a process, you just open that process, click "Select Model", then you can choose select none to clear the list and pick only the single model you want. I'm not sure how it would be easier, but maybe you can describe the idea a bit more
Re: Reopening clears model selection
As soon as I posted this I saw that the project is shown. I don't know how I missed that.CompoundCarl wrote:If you go to File > Open Factory File, the name of the file you open is displayed in the title bar. So that's an easy way to keep track of which file is open.
For your question about printing a single model with a process, you just open that process, click "Select Model", then you can choose select none to clear the list and pick only the single model you want. I'm not sure how it would be easier, but maybe you can describe the idea a bit more
I don't have a question about printing a single model with a process. I am stating that the association between a process and its models is cumbersome. (going into process settings, hitting the select models button and then scroll in the little window and shift select/deselect models).
There is a checkbox for every model in the "Models" pane that allows me to hide it from being displayed but excluding it from being processed means i have to deassociate it from the process (which is actually not what I want). Ideally I would like to mute models (from beign processed) from the main screen without going through the "Edit Process Settings" mask. I think having an option to just process currently displayed models (checked in the "Models" pane) would already be an easy workaround.
