Favorite Slicer?
Posted by cobrageek
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Re: Favorite Slicer? March 15, 2013 06:39PM |
The part finished and it turned out to have the holes the perfect size (for the nuts I had to test, no M6). Here is a picture of the finished part with an M3 and M4 nut installed.
And here is a video of me installing the nuts for the very first time with ZERO clean up.
The settings I used were:
And here is a video of me installing the nuts for the very first time with ZERO clean up.
The settings I used were:
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Start of Gcode file produced by Kisslicer for the above part.
; *** Printer Settings ***
;
; printer_name = RED Tantillus
; bed_STL_filename =
; extension = gcode
; cost_per_hour = 0
; g_code_prefix = 4D31303920533C54454D503E0A4732205A0A4731205A312046363030300A473120583530205935302046363030300A473238205A302E300A4D3330320A0A3B205A2D6F6666736574206E656761746976650A4731205A302E310A0A3B205A2D6F666673657420706F7369746976650A473932205A302E30
; g_code_warm = 3B2053656C6563742065787472756465722C207761726D2C2070757267650A4D31303420533C54454D503E0A
; g_code_cool = 3B2047756172616E746565642073616D652065787472756465722C20636F6F6C696E6720646F776E0A4D31303420533C54454D503E0A
; g_code_N_layers = 3B204D617962652072652D686F6D652058202620593F
; g_code_postfix = 47312058302059302046363030300A4D3130342053300A4D3834
; post_process = NULL
; every_N_layers = 0
; num_extruders = 1
; firmware_type = 1
; add_comments = 1
; fan_pwm = 1
; add_m101_g10 = 0
; z_speed_mm_per_s = 150
; z_settle_mm = 0
; bed_size_x_mm = 100
; bed_size_y_mm = 100
; bed_size_z_mm = 215
; bed_offset_x_mm = 50
; bed_offset_y_mm = 50
; bed_offset_z_mm = 0
; bed_roughness_mm = 0
; travel_speed_mm_per_s = 120
; first_layer_speed_mm_per_s = 25
; xy_accel_mm_per_s_per_s = 3000
; lo_speed_perim_mm_per_s = 15
; lo_speed_solid_mm_per_s = 15
; lo_speed_sparse_mm_per_s = 20
; hi_speed_perim_mm_per_s = 75
; hi_speed_solid_mm_per_s = 50
; hi_speed_sparse_mm_per_s = 90
; ext_gain_1 = 1
; ext_material_1 = 0
; ext_axis_1 = 0
; ext_gain_2 = 1
; ext_material_2 = 0
; ext_axis_2 = 0
; ext_gain_3 = 1
; ext_material_3 = 0
; ext_axis_3 = 0
; model_ext = 0
; support_ext = 0
; support_body_ext = 0
; raft_ext = 0
; solid_loop_overlap_fraction = 0.5
;
; *** Material Settings for Extruder 1 ***
;
; material_name = PLA
; g_code_matl = 3B204D617962652073657420736F6D65206D6174657269616C2D737065636966696320472D636F64653F
; fan_Z_mm = 0
; fan_loops_percent = 100
; fan_inside_percent = 90
; fan_cool_percent = 85
; temperature_C = 185
; keep_warm_C = 130
; first_layer_C = 195
; bed_C = 0
; sec_per_C_per_C = 0.0015
; flow_min_mm3_per_s = 0.5
; flow_max_mm3_per_s = 10
; destring_suck = 4.5
; destring_prime = 4.5
; destring_min_mm = 1
; destring_trigger_mm = 5
; destring_speed_mm_per_s = 500
; Z_lift_mm = 0
; min_layer_time_s = 7
; wipe_mm = 10
; cost_per_cm3 = 0
; flowrate_tweak = 1
; fiber_dia_mm = 3
; color = 0
;
; *** Style Settings ***
;
; style_name = New 0.5 Default
; layer_thickness_mm = 0.15
; extrusion_width_mm = 0.52
; num_loops = 2
; skin_thickness_mm = 1
; infill_extrusion_width = 0.52
; infill_density_denominator = 3
; stacked_layers = 1
; use_destring = 1
; loops_insideout = 0
; infill_st_oct_rnd = 2
; inset_surface_xy_mm = 0
;
; *** Actual Slicing Settings As Used ***
;
; layer_thickness_mm = 0.15
; extrusion_width = 0.52
; num_ISOs = 2
; wall_thickness = 1
; infill_style = 4
; support_style = 0
; support_angle = 81.9
; destring_min_mm = 1
; stacked_infill_layers = 1
; raft_style = 0
; extra_raft_depth = 0
; oversample_res_mm = 0.125
; crowning_threshold_mm = 1
; loops_insideout = 0
; solid_loop_overlap_fraction = 0.5
; inflate_raft_mm = 0
; inflate_support_mm = 0
; model_support_gap_mm = 0.5
; infill_st_oct_rnd = 2
; support_Z_max_mm = 154.5
; sheathe_Z_max_mm = 0
; inset_surface_xy_mm = 0
; Speed vs Quality = 0.50
;
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Re: Favorite Slicer? March 20, 2013 05:38PM |
I have used Slic3r since it first became feasible alternative to SF. Mostly because I was fed up with slicing times of up to 45 minutes with SF.
I generally haven't had problems even with versions that have been loudly disparaged as totally broken by some people, but there are two things I would really like to see addressed:
Slic3r still can't put down both the perimeters and infill at the same visit on each island on a layer. In some prints this results in a huge amount of unnecessary moves. This is mainly just an annoyance.
Bridging is still so bad that I don't whether to laugh or cry. A long time ago Skeinforge automatically dropped perimeters to 1 and tried to draw the brigde over the whole area in the best orientation, not stopping at the edges of the bridge. This worked quite well. Not so with Slic3r. It will happily try to draw the all perimeters around the bridge area with full speed and then try to make the bridge by attaching the seemingly randomly oriented bridge threads with submillimeter overlap to the edges of the bridge, which may be the just printed, slightly hanging perimeters.
Here are my latest bridging disasters with 0.9.8:
davew_tx Wrote:
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> has anyone noticed that firmwares generally
> support G2/G3 arcs, but I've never seen that in a
> Gcode file.
> Nothing but G1 moves usually.
>
> I have plenty of rads and arcs in parts, most are
> fixed rads, and not compound curves and splines.
Filament construction method rounds corners enough so that you can get very round shapes with a reasonable amount of G1 moves. Building a proper arc support into the whole toolchain would be more work than it would be worth.
That said, I had a mill running with reprap electronics+firmware and milling round shapes with G2/G3-containing Gcode from HeeksCAD gave really nice results. Doing the same without arcs would have required a very large amount of G1 moves. But that's just the difference between milling and FDM construction.
I generally haven't had problems even with versions that have been loudly disparaged as totally broken by some people, but there are two things I would really like to see addressed:
Slic3r still can't put down both the perimeters and infill at the same visit on each island on a layer. In some prints this results in a huge amount of unnecessary moves. This is mainly just an annoyance.
Bridging is still so bad that I don't whether to laugh or cry. A long time ago Skeinforge automatically dropped perimeters to 1 and tried to draw the brigde over the whole area in the best orientation, not stopping at the edges of the bridge. This worked quite well. Not so with Slic3r. It will happily try to draw the all perimeters around the bridge area with full speed and then try to make the bridge by attaching the seemingly randomly oriented bridge threads with submillimeter overlap to the edges of the bridge, which may be the just printed, slightly hanging perimeters.
Here are my latest bridging disasters with 0.9.8:
davew_tx Wrote:
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> has anyone noticed that firmwares generally
> support G2/G3 arcs, but I've never seen that in a
> Gcode file.
> Nothing but G1 moves usually.
>
> I have plenty of rads and arcs in parts, most are
> fixed rads, and not compound curves and splines.
Filament construction method rounds corners enough so that you can get very round shapes with a reasonable amount of G1 moves. Building a proper arc support into the whole toolchain would be more work than it would be worth.
That said, I had a mill running with reprap electronics+firmware and milling round shapes with G2/G3-containing Gcode from HeeksCAD gave really nice results. Doing the same without arcs would have required a very large amount of G1 moves. But that's just the difference between milling and FDM construction.
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