IdeaMaker Profile for M2E?
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:28 pm
I have been using Simplify3D (S3D) for several years. They have been promising a major update for close to a year, and despite their original claim that updates would be free, this one is going to require $$. I don't have a big problem with that, but they have been completely silent on what all the wonderful new features might be, and they have missed their release schedule big time. They have managed to tick off a LOT of users, not so much with the delay, but with the completely inadequate communication that has accompanied it.
Someone on their forum mentioned that the "IdeaMaker" slicer had all kinds of new features now that S3D is missing in the current rev, and that they have stopped recommending S3D to clients in favor of IdeaMaker. I took a quick look at it, and it does appear to have a lot of nice features that are absent in S3D, like adaptive layer height.
IdeaMaker appears to be a bit like Cura, in that it was developed in-house to support a particular brand of printer (Raise3D). They don't appear to have as wide a 3rd party printer following as Cura, and I haven't found any mention of anyone using it with MakerGear printers. The software forum on the Raise3D web site isn't particularly active, and the main mention of MakerGear appears to be people who wish their Raise3D printer was a good as their MakerGear machine...
Has anyone explored IdeaMaker, and has anyone got a profile for an M2E? Frankly, I'm not convinced that either S3D or Raise3D are long for this world...
Someone on their forum mentioned that the "IdeaMaker" slicer had all kinds of new features now that S3D is missing in the current rev, and that they have stopped recommending S3D to clients in favor of IdeaMaker. I took a quick look at it, and it does appear to have a lot of nice features that are absent in S3D, like adaptive layer height.
IdeaMaker appears to be a bit like Cura, in that it was developed in-house to support a particular brand of printer (Raise3D). They don't appear to have as wide a 3rd party printer following as Cura, and I haven't found any mention of anyone using it with MakerGear printers. The software forum on the Raise3D web site isn't particularly active, and the main mention of MakerGear appears to be people who wish their Raise3D printer was a good as their MakerGear machine...
Has anyone explored IdeaMaker, and has anyone got a profile for an M2E? Frankly, I'm not convinced that either S3D or Raise3D are long for this world...