Need wizard for duplicating objects onto print bed

[sbussinger]

Simplify3D really needs a wizard/tool that automates the process of setting up sequential printing of an multiple copies of an object. I'll design a part, do 3 or 4 iterations of it to get it the way I want it, then I want to print perhaps 10 of them. While Simplify3D does support doing this, actually setting it up is a huge pain and probably takes me 10 minutes every time it comes up. The time comes from the remembering how to do it, the actual work of doing it, and then double checking it to make sure I didn't screw it up. And the simple case is such a repetitive process. I realize that the complex case of a part with multiple processes could be tricky to automate, I'd be fine if it only works with the simple case of a single part and a single process.

What I'd like is to select an object, run the wizard, tell it how many copies I want, then have Simplify3D duplicate the item, duplicate the process, and assign each item to a process. I'm fine with rearranging them onto the print bed from the default layout so I know the head won't crash into a previously printed part, I just do want to waste the time messing with all the processes. I can't imagine how long it would take if you were duplicating a part say 50 times.

Thanks!

[Ayres3D]

If you want to duplicate the part and the process, why do you need multiple processes? Can't you duplicate the part and use the same process? Just a CTRL-D and you're there.

[sbussinger]

Because (as far as I can tell) to get sequential printing of parts you need to have a separate process for each part. You assign each process to a single part and then when you prepare the print it'll give you the option for sequential prints. And I'd much rather print each part sequentially rather than all at once because there's way less stringing, less chance of a single problem messing up all the parts, and it's probably slightly faster too. It's just more trouble to configure than it needs to be.