I used to use Creality and Cura Slicers; both of these programs gave us the option to view the model as an “X-Ray” before slicing. It was super handy to make sure any print-in-place models didn’t have joints too close, or parts overlapping, before the slicing process.
Right now time is heavily wasted slicing a model, then making an educated guess repositioning the model, and slicing again to see if the joints are spaced apart enough.
Also, I cannot see any hotkey for centring focus on a selected model; this helps reorientate the camera after painting/doing modifications in the slicer, to make sure the model looks correct. I have had issues moving between multiple plates before where the camera doesn’t orientate itself to the new plate, and when dragging it around it behaves as if the camera is anchored still on the old plate, even when I have selected the other plate.
For the life of me, I cannot see anything like these features in Bambu Studio. I think both would greatly improve the user experience for creators to have easier control of the camera in the slicer, and view of the model via x-ray before it is sliced.
I was attempting to place a small model within a recess of another larger model in order for them to print together. It was extremely difficult to tell from the visual cues alone whether the models were touching, overlapping, or were separated. I was thinking that if there was an ‘X-ray’ mode that I could turn on for one of the models, then I would be able to see the relationship between the pieces I was attempting to join.
I would love a focus on model or zoom to model. My current work around for focus is ctrl 0. This set the selected plate to the default view. It’s not as tight a zoom as I’d like but it’s a base to work from. There are a bunch of ctrl + # combos for setting the view. I remember liking ctrl 1 but don’t remember what it does. Maybe top down? Click file then view for all of the choices.
This would be incredibly useful on models… Imagine a character holding a sword, and you want to paint the hand holding the sword closest to the body. There will be a point where you cannot see the hand because the body is in the way.
