Dual Extrusion Improvements
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:25 am
I recently have found a few issues with using dual extrusion in Simplify3D, and would love to see if they could be addressed. There are two issues I'm having.
1. Whenever I choose the dual extrusion wizard, it always defaults to the topmost printer profile and material setting. I know that it should be possible to manually switch them each time, but every other part of the softwar remembers the most recently used settings. I always forget to change to my default printer profile and material, so end up getting confused when the process settings are different than I'm used to. If it'd be possible to cache the most recently used settings and use them for the next dual extrusion wizard defaults, it'd be great. Even caching the most recently used dual extrusion settings would work.
2. I'm having trouble figuring out how to print supports for one process but not another. I have a number of models in which the second process/color is being supported by the first, however the software thinks the second model is free-floating and therefore needs its own supports. I'd love to be able to print supports for one process but remove them from another. There was a post I saw which recommended that ungrouping the processes would make it work, though I haven't figured out how to do this:
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=3362&p=14688&hilit ... ual#p14688
If it were simply possible to have different checks for infill in a dual-extrusion wizard grouped process that'd be great. Any somewhat intuitive way to do this would be helpful.
I realize dual extrusion can be somewhat of a niche scenario, but for me the dual-extrusion features were a big reason I decided to purchase the software. I think adding these two small changes would make it even better.
1. Whenever I choose the dual extrusion wizard, it always defaults to the topmost printer profile and material setting. I know that it should be possible to manually switch them each time, but every other part of the softwar remembers the most recently used settings. I always forget to change to my default printer profile and material, so end up getting confused when the process settings are different than I'm used to. If it'd be possible to cache the most recently used settings and use them for the next dual extrusion wizard defaults, it'd be great. Even caching the most recently used dual extrusion settings would work.
2. I'm having trouble figuring out how to print supports for one process but not another. I have a number of models in which the second process/color is being supported by the first, however the software thinks the second model is free-floating and therefore needs its own supports. I'd love to be able to print supports for one process but remove them from another. There was a post I saw which recommended that ungrouping the processes would make it work, though I haven't figured out how to do this:
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=3362&p=14688&hilit ... ual#p14688
If it were simply possible to have different checks for infill in a dual-extrusion wizard grouped process that'd be great. Any somewhat intuitive way to do this would be helpful.
I realize dual extrusion can be somewhat of a niche scenario, but for me the dual-extrusion features were a big reason I decided to purchase the software. I think adding these two small changes would make it even better.