<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Slic3r Progress]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/1827/slic3r-progress/ Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:43:09 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Slic3r Progress]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/17636/#p17636 DePartedPrinter wrote:

Running Kisslicer thread...I highly recommend looking into kissslicer

http://www.soliforum.com/topic/348/kisslicer/

That's what I am doing now. I'm liking it so far.

]]> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:43:09 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/17636/#p17636 <![CDATA[Re: Slic3r Progress]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/17635/#p17635 Running Kisslicer thread...I highly recommend looking into kissslicer

http://www.soliforum.com/topic/348/kisslicer/

]]> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:37:09 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/17635/#p17635 <![CDATA[Re: Slic3r Progress]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/17545/#p17545 By fan, I mean the fan mod that puts a fan right next to the extruder to cool off the print during fine detailed printing.   This is a mod that several people have done to their Solidoodle and not standard.

]]> Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:52:38 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/17545/#p17545 <![CDATA[Re: Slic3r Progress]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/17542/#p17542 Great info but now more questions about the fan. I have been running the fan at 100% for my few prints so far. How does the fan affect the prints?

]]> Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:38:17 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/17542/#p17542 <![CDATA[Re: Slic3r Progress]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/17535/#p17535 In slic3r config, Print Settings tab.  Select 'Advanced' on the left, and look under 'Other' to see 'Threads'.  Adjusting this value can help the speed of slicing by running another slicing thread in parallel. 

This is a complicated model, and will take a long time to slice.  Especially if you are using an older computer. Slic3r ended up giving me a 26.3mb file after 10 minutes.  I wonder if I can print this without a fan.

]]> Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:52:35 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/17535/#p17535 <![CDATA[Re: Slic3r Progress]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/17518/#p17518 nickythegreek wrote:

Kisslicer sliced it in under a minute, but this is a pretty complicated file. I'm letting it run in slic3r (set to 3 Threads), it's going but it is probably gonna take about 10 minutes.

Interesting. I am probably just not experienced enough to pick good settings. When you say three threads do you mean the same as three edges per layer? Maybe my terminology is off. What are your fill settings?

]]> Sun, 24 Mar 2013 06:02:59 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/17518/#p17518 <![CDATA[Re: Slic3r Progress]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/17501/#p17501 Kisslicer sliced it in under a minute, but this is a pretty complicated file. I'm letting it run in slic3r (set to 3 Threads), it's going but it is probably gonna take about 10 minutes.

]]> Sun, 24 Mar 2013 02:34:23 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/17501/#p17501 <![CDATA[Re: Slic3r Progress]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/17497/#p17497 nickythegreek wrote:

You will need to use the 'Load gcode' button in RH to load the output from Kisslicer.  I wish RH had KS integration, but it such a minimal amount of steps and the program can do some great things.  I probably use it for at least 30% of my slicing now.

If you want to attach the STL, I can try and slice it.


thingiverse dot com/thing:35933

I guess I can't add links since I am a noob?


That would great. Let me know settings you use if it works.

]]> Sun, 24 Mar 2013 02:06:13 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/17497/#p17497 <![CDATA[Re: Slic3r Progress]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/17493/#p17493 You will need to use the 'Load gcode' button in RH to load the output from Kisslicer.  I wish RH had KS integration, but it such a minimal amount of steps and the program can do some great things.  I probably use it for at least 30% of my slicing now.

If you want to attach the STL, I can try and slice it.

]]> Sun, 24 Mar 2013 01:53:55 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/17493/#p17493 <![CDATA[Re: Slic3r Progress]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/17481/#p17481 nickythegreek wrote:

If slic3r is taking too long, try kisslicer.  It is the fastest thing out there.


You can also bring your stl into an app like Blender and decimate it to lower the face count of the model so that it will slice faster.


Will kisslicer write directly into repetire or will I need to save g-code and bring in that way?

Thanks for the Blender tip too.

]]> Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:48:59 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/17481/#p17481 <![CDATA[Re: Slic3r Progress]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/17480/#p17480 paeltz wrote:

With a name like Jebus shouldn't you be the one telling us?  I do not think there is a way to see how long is remaining on a slice.  You can tell how it's progressing by looking at the bottom to see which part it's working on, perimeters, infill, etc.

I think that answers my question. There is no feedback at the bottom of the screen so I think it is just freezing.

It's one of those crazy dodecahedral inside out geometric figures.

Thanks.

]]> Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:46:16 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/17480/#p17480 <![CDATA[Re: Slic3r Progress]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/17459/#p17459 If slic3r is taking too long, try kisslicer.  It is the fastest thing out there.

http://kisslicer.com/

You can also bring your stl into an app like Blender and decimate it to lower the face count of the model so that it will slice faster.

]]> Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:54:33 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/17459/#p17459 <![CDATA[Re: Slic3r Progress]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/17449/#p17449 With a name like Jebus shouldn't you be the one telling us?  I do not think there is a way to see how long is remaining on a slice.  You can tell how it's progressing by looking at the bottom to see which part it's working on, perimeters, infill, etc.

]]> Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:26:44 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/17449/#p17449 <![CDATA[Slic3r Progress]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/17443/#p17443 Is there a way to tell how long the slicing will take? Or is there a message to look for if the program will not be able to preform the slice?

Thanks.

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