Now THAT sounds like a much better idea. Previously Elegoo would include a manufacturer build of Cura with their printers. But it didn’t auto update and new people didn’t know they could just swap to regular Cura once Elegoo Cura was several versions behind. Just going from Cura to Orca was HUGE improvement for Elegoo though.
Possibly, for some, its easier to make the software work with what youre doing, than trying to make your project work with the existing software. Like all the orca forks seem to have special settings added just for those specific printers, rather than them making the existing printers without those features or waiting for orca to implement them into the main fork.
They probably needed klipper to do somethjng it doesng do “out of the box”. Also, maybe going with an earlier version gets rid of some recently made klipper changes that they didnt want.
I just had an issue a few days ago, where a command had been made obsolete and replaced with a new one. So when searching, most results showed the old one that no longer worked.
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This is a great discussion, thanks everyone for the civility in here as well. As to the Orca forks. (sounds like a specialty eating utensil ) The manufacturers actually dumb down Orca, they either remove or don’t include the latest and greatest as well as leaving really powerful functions out. Bambu Labs has done it, Elegoo has done the same. “Elelgoo” slicer is really primitive compared to full on Orca, same with Bambu Labs.
I like how Orca seamlessly works with my CC. And since I refuse to update so do all my Bambu Labs printers. I’m not worried because all my printers live on a air gaped network so the so called security problems are not an issue.
Back in my Ender 3 and Neptune 3 Pro days I was running simplfyed 3D. A really great slicer, expensive too. BUT they tried to do an update to support Bambu A1’s but it was aweful.
I’m probably going to say something I shouldn’t but all this started with Bambu locking down the eco system for a really weak reason in the first place.
Orca was pushing out what I would call the best universal slicer to date. Orca is deep in settings, it simply makes most printers output a great product. During my 3D printing journey I’ve tried almost all of the various slicers, most were either severely under powered or just plain bad.
Getting back to Klipper or Marlin. We really don’t know what’s under the hood of Bambu Labs either. It could very well be a hybrid of some sort or of forked version of Klipper. They haven’t been all that open when it comes to their proprietary software either.
I do know that with every Bambu update I loose a little more choice.
Best Regards
M1
If you find a source for their oem A/B plate, let me know. They don’t appear to sell them seperate. Their extra pack has a bunch of effects plates that I’m not really interested in, but those a/b are really freaking good, and can be used cross platform onto Bambu machines too