Just bought this machine and have three days working with it and AMS. My background is that I built a reprap in late 00’s then bought a bed slinger kit in 2015 and still use today. Kind of a pain to operate and warps large prints. Now this printer and the progression is remarkable. To me it seems more like an instrument then printer. Really liking the software btw.
No issues that I can’t figure out so far and I wanted to just get this first post out.
Welcome! Glad you’re enjoying your printer. It opens up so many possibilities.
That’s a good perspective. Lots of people on this forum complain about the software… well complain about everything actually. I guess you don’t know you have it good unless you come from the time when printers were all self sourced/built and slicers were in their infancy.
Due to patents or technology when this started you could not buy a printer so you made one. then small companies like Makerbot came along where you could buy 3mm filament and brass nozzles for your home built. I still have my printer made of wood and threaded rod. Prints were horrible compared to today. I’m talking the hobby world.
So normally I maintain two files: STL geometry going to the slicer and the gcode coming from the slicer into the printer.
I haven’t quite figured out what these .3mf files are. Seems like a combination?
I loaded a couple from makerworld and nozzle information populated in studio. Also filament data and not sure what else. Have to get my head around what’s going on. Good winter project.
Exactly. The 3mf is “container” for the gcode file, model, slicer settings, thumbnail etc.