CompoundCarl wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2016 6:43 am
Once you have your own STL file for the printer bed, you can go to Tools > Options, Machine tab, and then add the printer model at the bottom.
Note that if you're using a profile that overrides your machine settings, then you will need to go to File > Export FFF Profile to save your profile to your hard drive, open it in a text editor, and edit the following 2 lines
dorsai3d wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:29 am
You can also omit the file path altogether (using only the STL filename) if you put it in the same folder as the savedstate.factory and temp.gcode
OSX: ~/Library/Application Support/Simplify3D/S3D-Software
Windows: %APPDATA%\Local\Simplify3D\S3D-Software
After all these years, this still worked. thanks mate
The process is very similar in V5. Export the profile by going to File > Export Printer Profile. Then open the file in a text editor and look for the following line:
<machineBackgroundModel></machineBackgroundModel>
Put the complete filepath for your printer bed STL file as the value for that tag. For example:
Save the file, then go to File > Import Printer Profiles to load it back into Simplify3D. Now, anytime you select that profile it will automatically load the printer bed STL file which is displayed in gray in the 3D view.