Slic3r Version 9.2 Broken -> BEWARE

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A word of warning to all the Slic3r fans out in RepRap TV land:

Slic3r 9.2 does not properly position the first layer Z height: IT WILL LEAVE IT AT ZERO

-> If you are the kind of guy who "over squishes" their first layer, you will be in for a surprise as your nozzle drags through your print bed.

->If your printer survives the first layer, the print will be destroyed anyway, as the second layer will rise to the appropriate height and now extrude plastic in mid air

It seems that this problem is present when using the "Lift" feature, but I have read conflicting reports...

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/05/2012 04:58PM by Idolcrasher.

I am using 0.9.2 without the lift feature, and have not experienced any if the issues, so I assume it is only when using lift.

-Rob A>

It doesn't do the first layer properly either if you set it to a percentage of the speed than the rest of the layers. It seems to make thicker filaments resulting from slower carriage/bed speed at the same extruder flow rate which is compensated by increasing the spacing between threads. I'm now back to the latest 0.8.x which slows down both feed rate and flow rate together on the first layer.