Hi All,
Obviously lets not get crazy or mean about this, and keep it relatively civil, but what do you think are the advantages of your favorite slicing software, and what do you dislike about the alternatives?
For me, I really like Simplify3d. I find it really easy to manually tweak whatever I want about the print, I love how you can can define multiple profiles for printing within the same job (e.g. layers 1-300 print at 230C, layers 101-200 print at 190C), and my favorite part is how easy it is to add manual supports to any portion of the model. I've never used Prusa, but I know with Cura it generates a *ton* of supports by default, which I've had problems with getting caught and mucking up the print, so the ability to manually go and add supports to the part that need it is pretty great.
I like Cura, mostly because it's free, but I've had issues with its supports (as stated), and also its performance on some of my weaker computers. It's definitely not a bad product by any stretch of the imagination, and I suspect I could configure my way out of most of my issues, but to me, $150 really isn't a ton of money.
Obviously lets not get crazy or mean about this, and keep it relatively civil, but what do you think are the advantages of your favorite slicing software, and what do you dislike about the alternatives?
For me, I really like Simplify3d. I find it really easy to manually tweak whatever I want about the print, I love how you can can define multiple profiles for printing within the same job (e.g. layers 1-300 print at 230C, layers 101-200 print at 190C), and my favorite part is how easy it is to add manual supports to any portion of the model. I've never used Prusa, but I know with Cura it generates a *ton* of supports by default, which I've had problems with getting caught and mucking up the print, so the ability to manually go and add supports to the part that need it is pretty great.
I like Cura, mostly because it's free, but I've had issues with its supports (as stated), and also its performance on some of my weaker computers. It's definitely not a bad product by any stretch of the imagination, and I suspect I could configure my way out of most of my issues, but to me, $150 really isn't a ton of money.
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