Wish you luck. I see that and it reminds me of everyother “me too” bedslinger.
I’ve soured on a lot of things. Anycubic per se isn’t one of them, but it’s the Creatlitys and Elegoos that they get bunched in with. A lot of “me too” going on with those brands.
The ACE only intrests me that it has a dryer built in. I’m curious to see how it ends up working for you.
I looked at the anycubic slicer, it’s…interesting. It has potential but it’d be better if they just gave you a link to Orca and provided a profile.
Keep reporting back. Some may be inspired to buy one. Please don’t fault me for watching it burn if it does.
Some things I’m reading about is their Anycubic slicer next (the orca version) is printing as well as the original Anycubic slicer. I was going to trying their regular slicer but it gives a g code error at a given line.
I can export file as stl and import it ok though, just haven’t ran the print yet to see if there are any changes in appearance.
The Ace is pretty slick as well as the dryer. It does have an occasional faint squeak that I haven’t bothered to track down yet.
At idle, fans run full speed which is mildly annoying, but it’s only drawing 10 watts at that point. when I start a print, it shoots up to 400 watts, once heated up it runs about 150-200 watt draw.
The actual operation of the printer is smooth and quiet minus the fans.
I’ve printed this bowl 4 times with the Anycubic slicer Next (based on Orca). They all come out the same no matter my settings.
Anycubic slicer won’t open the 3mf file(any 3mf file I’ve tried), so I used next to export as stl, then import in slicer(not Next). The difference is quite apparent.
The internet drying function also caught my attention, but when I saw that it cannot be used without a printer (i.e. only as a dryer without a printer) all my interest was gone.
For all I’m wondering why someone can choose TPU for drying, if the dryer can only be used with the printer and the printer can`t print TPU?
Well, I don’t have to know everything, but it’s a sign that 3D printing manufacturers produce 3D printers but have no practical experience - or at least massively less than their users. They just don’t know the needs at all of there users.
Sorry, and this now applies to almost all 3D printer manufacturers. If someone worked with printers, they would never produce this. The decisions are probably made by people at the desk who have never stood behind a 3D printer. They would be better leading a off selling company for a product they know, e.g. desks manufacturer…
Decided to try out a 4 color print on something articulated. I’m happy with the results.
The dirty orange towards the bottom was me playing with the purge volume on the printer while it was printing, which I thought was pretty cool (can this be done on Bambu?). I didn’t think the waste was to bad.
And yes, I started it, played with the purge, then went to bed😉
a large order, huh?.. client couldn’t hold on to his pants, huh?.. oh well, all is well when it ends well … in this particular case, you’re still alive. That’s what counts.
I find it odd the anycubic slicer gives a glossier finish than anycubic slicer next does on the same print. Anycubic slicer usually gives a decent print when next won’t, but the photos are of Anycubic slicer, I cancelled the print cause I could see the initial layers were terrible.
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