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Simulation software

Posted by johno

johno

Simulation software
February 27, 2014 04:12AM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 2

I am a newbe to 3d printing and am wordering if there is a reasonable simulation program. I am using Cura on an Ultimaker Original.

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Dale Dunn

Re: Simulation software
February 27, 2014 11:30PM

Registered: 15 years ago
Posts: 485

What do you need to simulate, and what do you mean by reasonable?

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johno

Re: Simulation software
February 28, 2014 03:24AM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 2

The path of the extruder to make sure that there are no hidden surfaces in the drawing. I see that there are some very expensive simulators for cad/cam machines. I have found a freebie that does the job called Gcode Simulatot at www.gcodesim.dietzm.de which does the job quite well. It runs on Java. You can speed it up, does about a 2 hour print job in 10-15 minutes.

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Re: Simulation software
February 28, 2014 03:40AM

Registered: 12 years ago
Posts: 1,381

GCodeSimulator, GCodePrintr and GCodeInfo
[www.dietzm.de]

GCode Print Simulator
[www.thingiverse.com]

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Re: Simulation software
February 28, 2014 03:46AM

Registered: 12 years ago
Posts: 1,381

Might be interesting to run your object through this path simulator,
It would work in reverse as it's subtractive, areas that it can't remove material would indicate potential areas that need support.

free CNCSimulator Pro software
[www.cncsimulator.info]