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Very curious what features slic3r currently has the Simplify3D doesn't. Care to elaborate?

Slic3r gives you enough time to brew a pot of coffee while it slices, whereas S3d only gives you time to take a sip from a cup of coffee.

tpete61 wrote:Very curious what features slic3r currently has the Simplify3D doesn't. Care to elaborate?

Try printing support interface with a second extruder on S3D, you can't. A feature that is so far overdue, it's in a way, pathetic.

The other features only deal with me but Slic3r is a plug and play process when I integrated with my print server. This feature is not something I am looking for when I talk about updates are needed.

Anyway, the point of this post wasn't to determine why I had to switch slicers but rather, what is going on with the S3D team and their lack of communication to those that purchased the software.

tenaja wrote:Slic3r gives you enough time to brew a pot of coffee while it slices, whereas S3d only gives you time to take a sip from a cup of coffee.

I agree S3D is faster but sometimes you need to make sacrifices.

Just like how people give up printing speed when going with a fdm printer verses a polyjet printer, I wish I could afford a polyjet, but I digress.

nsarzyns wrote:

tpete61 wrote:Very curious what features slic3r currently has the Simplify3D doesn't. Care to elaborate?

Try printing support interface with a second extruder on S3D, you can't. A feature that is so far overdue, it's in a way, pathetic.

The other features only deal with me but Slic3r is a plug and play process when I integrated with my print server. This feature is not something I am looking for when I talk about updates are needed.

Anyway, the point of this post wasn't to determine why I had to switch slicers but rather, what is going on with the S3D team and their lack of communication to those that purchased the software.

I'm not sure what you me by support interface. I print ABS & HIPS Support material using S3D as a slicer quite frequently with no problems.

tpete61 wrote:

nsarzyns wrote:

tpete61 wrote:Very curious what features slic3r currently has the Simplify3D doesn't. Care to elaborate?

Try printing support interface with a second extruder on S3D, you can't. A feature that is so far overdue, it's in a way, pathetic.

The other features only deal with me but Slic3r is a plug and play process when I integrated with my print server. This feature is not something I am looking for when I talk about updates are needed.

Anyway, the point of this post wasn't to determine why I had to switch slicers but rather, what is going on with the S3D team and their lack of communication to those that purchased the software.

I'm not sure what you me by support interface. I print ABS & HIPS Support material using S3D as a slicer quite frequently with no problems.

The dense support layers. I use a ton of pva and that stuff isn't cheap. well for me at least. Having a feature to print this dense support layer with a the second extruder loaded with the pva, allows for the bulk of the support to be printed with the main extruder loaded with abs and pla thus saving cost.