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Anyone tried Slic3r?
ssstraub:
I've read a lot about Kisslicer but wondering if anyone has tried Slic3r? It looks much nicer than Kisslicer and has some cool tricks like real-time layer preview.
I'm going to try both Kisslicer with Bobo's settings and Slic3r and see if I can make it work / how they compare. :)
Dan:
I use slic3r. Some neat features allowing you to really nail down presets specific to various sections of features. Being able to mix and match presets of various sections of features makes fine tuning easy and removes alot of the pain that would typically occur when changing nozzle sizes for example. The preview feature rarely gets used on my setup as pronterface already does that for me. I notice much of the pro features of kisslicer already exist free in slic3r.
ssstraub:
This weekend I'm plan to go through a 3D hobbyist rite of passage and compare slicers: Cubify, Kisslicer, Cura, and Slic3r. ;D
Do you use Pronterface directly with your Cube somehow or are you talking about using it with a different printer? I guess I don't understand how it could ever be used with the Cube since there is the requirement of decoding/recoding cube files with CodeX each time. I so wish that code was open source or that the tool could be easily scripted because that step is super annoying.
Dan:
Hi sss.
I use proterface with whats left my cube2 (Frankencube). I've ripped the guts out of my Cube and replaced all the electronics with a Mega2560/Ramps 1.4. I've also changed the hotend. I use a Merlin hotend.
spegelius:
Inspired by the python code ssstraub used to get Simplify3D print to work with Cube, i started hacking away with Slic3r. After ~5h of coding, got my own script to process Slic3rs output to proper format that Cube undestands :).
Just got the first print done, but there are some issues that need to be addressed, currently the extrusion amounts for different paths (solids, perimeters) do not match -> perimeters are fine, but base and top get too little material. Also there's some areas where extruder is not turned off during moves so i need to check those. All doable, just needs time.
For those interested testing work in progress stuff, the Python script is here: https://github.com/spegelius/CubePostprocessor
My Slic3r config bundle is attached to this port
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