Now to me, that adds up to a lot of time. This is just one example, but the speed at which is works at is consistently very high. Makerware which is traditionally a very powerful slicer with great support generation handled this piece in a little over 2 minutes. This is quite a large print with over 510,000 lines. Simplify 3D sliced this at moderate settings in 15 seconds. Also from here on in I am going to compare to 2 other popular slicers, the proprietary Makerware and the open-source Slic3r. Here is the test piece I am going to be using for the remainder of this article and I will start by using it to show the time saved. In my scenario, I do 3D printing as a full-time job so time spent slicing does actually cost me money. I can easily say that the slicer hands down is the best, fastest and most reliable I have used.

The only reason anyone buys it is for the slicer it comes with. However, no one buys S3D because of the control panel. I just find it a little easier to have 2 programs running doing separate tasks instead of having two windows of S3D open. What I actually do in practice is I export the gcode generated from S3D and import it into Repetier Host to actually print it while leaving S3D open to slice and prepare more prints at the same time. A little more colour in there wouldn’t hurt. It definitely does all that you need to I just don’t like how it looks. Personally, I find the control panel to be ugly and I don’t prefer it. Firstly, S3D acts as a slicer and printer controlling software at the same time, so it allows you to run the 3D printer from the same software that slices it which is useful. In order to effectively review this software and acknowledging that there is no trial period, first I must explain the price of the software and why you should consider it.

This is in no specific order, just going through them all.Īt $149 USD, Simplif圓D’s cost is quite high considering that you can buy fully functional printers for around $350 USD and open-source software is very powerful in its own right. I will go through almost every feature this program offers and how it is useful and where improvements could be made. I also wish that in writing this review the company will respond and take on recommendations from the public as it is by far the biggest issue with it. The program has saved me so much time and money, I support the company by writing this. The program does of course have its issues and is not perfect, but I do want to explain this all to people. I believe that this software is extremely useful and while it has a lot of public support for it, it gets attacked unfairly. Today I am going to write an in-depth review into the 3D printing software, Simplif圓D.

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