simplify3d

[ChrysPot]

Has anyone worked with ReplicatorG? Can i have a comparison with S3D?

[jfkansas]

RepG is outdated free software that hasn't been actively developed for almost 4 years. S3d is actively developed/supported commercial software. Really hard to compare.

[curious aardvark]

rep g takes about 4 hours to slice the lefabb articulated elephant (can't give you an exact time after 3 hours I gave up and never used rep g again).
Simplify3d takes about 30 seconds.

[tsteever]

Can s3d do mesh mixes like Slic3r does? I want to explore some of the options printing with different fill densities on a single part can offer. I know you can use different settings on separate parts on the prints, but what about separate sections of the same part?

[curious aardvark]

yes - I think, not sure what you mean.

You can have any number of processes on a single print, seperated by vertical height.

You could simply have the print in different bits - apply a seperate process to each part and then move them together om the printbed.
Essentially ending up with one single object with a variety of different settings.

It won't cut a print into different bits though - that would be useful.

[tsteever]

This is what I mean...

http://slic3r.org/blog/modifier-meshes

[curious aardvark]

in that case - yes.
All he's done is create two models. Applied different settings to each and then stuck them together.

[tsteever]

Kinda. The second model just provides an area that modifies the initial part. It doesn't simply create two parts. When you load the second part as a modifier it won't slice that part. It only tells the slicer anything in this area gets different setting applied.

[curious aardvark]

Kinda. The second model just provides an area that modifies the initial part. It doesn't simply create two parts. When you load the second part as a modifier it won't slice that part. It only tells the slicer anything in this area gets different setting applied.

simplify 3d won't do that. But it's pretty simple work round.

[ChrysPot]

Where can i find the manual of Simplify? I mean there are a lot of parameters to adjust, where can i find out what, each one of them, does?