Quote Originally Posted by WayTooManyHobbies View Post
I've seen the same thing - newer versions of Makerbot Desktop seem considerably slower than the older Makerware. If it's an option (meaning if you don't have a 5th gen machine), you might get faster slices by using the most recent version of Makerware - there's a link to it in one of the other threads on this board.
Interesting. When you say you've seen the same thing, you mean you've been experiencing this problem too? Have you been able to generate x3g's for any stl's over a couple hundred KB? I don't think Makerware is the problem because it's happening only on the computer, the firmware doesn't seem to be a problem.

If moving to an older version isn't an option, you could try Matter Control's beta x3g support. Alternatively, there's a way to use Slic3r with Makerbot machines (full disclosure - I have only tried this with a Replicator 2X). The method is documented here - http://www.3duniverse.org/2014/01/05...forge-creator/.

Good luck!
I actually gave that slic3r tutorial a try yesterday but the x3g files it put out for some reason couldn't control the motor movement in my printer at all. I'll play with it some more though, thanks for the suggestion.