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01-26-2015, 12:02 PM #1
Cool, a clip of the whole startup procedure would be good to see to pick apart what it's actually doing.
Honestly I have never stopped and read the kickstarter comments yet, until now. I'm shocked some people are being so negative. Most complaints are lack of updates, surprising tho because m3d has been updating monthly if not more often. This is the first month they missed their update by a few days. Last update was December 19. Some people need to lighten up and realize this is a upstart thing. There will be delays. I've backed 23 different KS campaign's(4 other 3d printers) and not a single one of them has given updates as often as m3d. Also every single one of them were 3+ months late on delivery, does that surprise anyone?
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01-26-2015, 06:22 PM #2
I completly understand being annoyed with the lateness of the product. But that's normal for KS. Most of us go into it now with experience knowing that and even making jokes about it. My main point was in reality the update really isn't that late "yet". They said somewhere in the beginning to expect monthly updates. I expected it again by the 19th, as their prior update was December 19. My guess is it was ready on the 19th, but on the 20th there was a change and now they are just awaiting some news.
Did you see the pics on their Instagram from the education connfrence they were at in FL? They had a couple really short videos there as wel..http://instagram.com/themicro3d
@waytomanyhobies. I had no luck connecting the micro with matter control. I tried every version of printer there. If you have any other ideas let me know.
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01-27-2015, 05:43 AM #3
Thanks for trying - I see in their latest update that this issue is specifically addressed. Inferring from their statement
"Our goal right now is to get The Micro working perfectly on Windows first, then Mac and Linux, and then much more development will be needed to make the system completely open G-code compatible. For example, pre-processing is currently used by the M3D software to offload processing from The Micro electronics itself, such as with bed leveling compensation."
this may be a long term issue. Hopefully it will get addressed soon.
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01-26-2015, 11:24 PM #4
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01-27-2015, 06:05 AM #5
Hmmm...slow, and quite a bit of material. In the update, they mentioned that the raft would be minimized in the future, and could be turned off by expert users. I wonder if this could be associated with their statement about off-loading processing from the printer. If the bed leveling calculations are being performed by the computer, rather than the printer, communication and calculation could be occurring while the printer is stopped at the corners of the raft.
Please explain to me how to...
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