Slicer

tiago_torre_do_vale

It would be fantastic if OS could have its own 3d slicer cause it haves all the geometric info that stl doesn't have.

bergdesign

Until then, I recommend Simplify3D. Well worth the $150 US price. The integration of slicing and printer controller make printing really easy, and the slicer is really really fast and generates excellent gcode. I can go from OS to STL to the printer in 30 seconds. https://www.simplify3d.com/

michael3424

tiago_torre_do_vale said:

It would be fantastic if OS could have its own 3d slicer cause it haves all the geometric info that stl doesn't have.

Onshape doesn't seem like a good candidate tool for 3D slicing to me; just my opinion but I'd rather they focus on 3D CAD features instead.

tiago_torre_do_vale

I use RAMPS/Cura/Octoprint combo and I'm OK with it except when it comes to round parts, the problem is that Simplify3D, Cura, Slic3r [your_favourite_slicer_here]  doesn't support G2/G3 codes. They all tried to implement it but always fail because of the STL format.
I already have a smoothieboard to upgrade my host with true arc support.

RyanAvery

It would be nice if there was a FS that could take my printers paramaters (0.6mm layer height, 1.2mm layer width) and represent the model similar to how cura does in the preview window. This way I can tweak it a bit to get rid of any small gaps or infills or places where a full layer width doesn't fit properly.

owen_sparks

HI.

RyanAvery said:

It would be nice if there was a FS that could take my printers paramaters (0.6mm layer height, 1.2mm layer width) and represent the model similar to how cura does in the preview window. This way I can tweak it a bit to get rid of any small gaps or infills or places where a full layer width doesn't fit properly.

The problem with that is all the different brands of slicers handle things differently and have user configurable parameters within them, so unless it's a very complicated featurescript it'll only be of use to a very small user-base.  Simplif3D for example can do some clever stuff on the roofs of parts to say thicken the width of a single extrude in cases where a pair of extrudes won't fit side by side.

I'm all for more of everything but in this instance I think looking at your particular slicer with your personal settings will be more reliable.

Cheers, Owen S.

MBartlett21

@RyanAvery
Here is a FS i just put together.
It does not take account of the nozzle width or a part being too thin.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/2c5bf4541f8a54d3ca943e8f

Jake_Rosenfeld

@MBartlett21

I think you may not have made that public.

MBartlett21

@Jake_Rosenfeld
Done