electron
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Joined: Thu Jan 26, 2017 4:35 pm

preview mode and support

Hello, here are some improvements that would be very useful.

Desired changes:
In the "preview" mode, the layer number is an absolute value.
If there is only one process, it does not matter, but if there are several processes, it is not possible to know the number of the layer in the process.
However, it is this number that must be placed when it is desired to add or modify the temperature of the extruders or the speed of the fan.

In the "Preview" mode, when looking for the height to indicate for the start or end of a process, an indication of the height in "mm" along with the number of the layer would be perfect.

In the "preview" mode, you can not differentiate between processes unless you decide to put a different tool by process, it would be desirable to be able to differentiate between these processes without being obliged to use this solution.

In summary, in the preview mode, if you could see for each layer:
The extruder and tray temperature
The Vitessse of the ventilator
The Height of the Layer
Height of model in mm
Process Name
The Tool Number

In the "Support" tab, different patterns of media creation should be added as in the "Fill" tab.
Same for the box "Print each corner on each layer" which does not exist for the supports which can make the supports malformed.
Same for "the width of the extrusion" that does not exist for the supports.

I have been using S3D for some time as well as other software, S3D is rather powerful.

Thank you, best regard, Mr Christian Fromentin
S3D-Jason
Posts: 1608
Joined: Sun May 31, 2015 6:01 am

Re: preview mode and support

Version 4.0 added several of these options in the Preview Mode. You can see the current toolhead Z-height, which makes it very easy to verify the total height of the model, or check the Z-height at a specific location in the print. We have also added a process coloring mode which makes it easy to see which process is used for each section of your print. To activate this new coloring mode, just click "Prepare to Print" and then change the Coloring on the left-hand side to "Current Process". There is a photo of what this coloring mode looks like at the top of this page:
https://www.simplify3d.com/software/rel ... ion-4-0-0/

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