cm0002@lemmy.world to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days ago3D Printer Simulator could take the guesswork out of printing — Virtual 3D printer mirrors physical machine's quirks, like stringing, supports multi-color printingwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down10
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-link3D Printer Simulator could take the guesswork out of printing — Virtual 3D printer mirrors physical machine's quirks, like stringing, supports multi-color printingwww.tomshardware.comcm0002@lemmy.world to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squarerklm@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThis was my first concern as well… Although I suppose you could do some test prints to collect values to change the simulation. If I were printing something really big, I’d probably run a sim first even if it were inaccurate, just to see if there is an obvious problem. I’m not sure this would help new people much though, since you’d have to be very familiar with your printer/printing to use a simulation anyway.
This was my first concern as well… Although I suppose you could do some test prints to collect values to change the simulation.
If I were printing something really big, I’d probably run a sim first even if it were inaccurate, just to see if there is an obvious problem.
I’m not sure this would help new people much though, since you’d have to be very familiar with your printer/printing to use a simulation anyway.