KISSlicer 1.5 Beta 2 - in development

[funBart]

So happy with all that features
And some questions.

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[mhackney]

Very well done Davide!

[Davide Ardizzoia]

Very well done Davide!

I have absolutely no merit (other than asking for features ): it's just Jonathan skill at work.

Bart: be patient, I lost the sync...will regain it in a few days.

Best Regards
Davide Ardizzoia


PS: I am VERY HAPPY now

[lonesock]

I'm glad you like it! I have to say, it is very nice to have time to work on KISSlicer. Seeing progress is so very addictive. [8^) I have a few bugs to fix, and a few tiny features to add (3 of each, to my knowledge), then it is time for a shiny new release!

Thanks for all the help and feedback, everyone!

Jonathan

P.S. Then it is finally time to work on..."KISSlicer Artist Edition"! [8^)

[mhackney]

Jonathan, please PM me about this Artist Edition! I think I qualify for a super KISS user!

cheers,
Michael

[626Pilot]

I downloaded 1.5 Beta 2.8 for 64-bit Linux earlier today. It's kind of weird that you can only change the material in the Printer > Extruder Materials tab without the material going red and saying [UNASSIGNED] at the end. It took a long time for me to figure out that you have to set it there, and set it first.

I think it would be better if changing it in the Material tab propagated the change to the Printer > Extruder Materials tab. If you have more than one extruder, it should default to the last selected and let you know that it did so, so you can change it if you want it on another extruder. If you just have one extruder, it can just propagate silently because there's no other reason to go to Printer > Extruder Materials anyway. There's no option there you would ever need to touch.

[funBart]

Consider to sent Davide a small payment (suggestion $5 or 10$) if you like his work at the manual. As he's a regular user and spent a lot of time making this! You can do this by PayPal: ardizzoiadavide@gmail.com

He's busy to make some translations too!

He will be motivated (I would to continue working on this great manual, so give him a beer or two!

Bart.

[Davide Ardizzoia]

I think it would be better if changing it in the Material tab propagated the change to the Printer > Extruder Materials tab. If you have more than one extruder, it should default to the last selected and let you know that it did so, so you can change it if you want it on another extruder. If you just have one extruder, it can just propagate silently because there's no other reason to go to Printer > Extruder Materials anyway. There's no option there you would ever need to touch.

While I respect your point of view, I am not sure this would be as intuitive and safe as it is now.

Bart: thank you for your endorsement. Italian translation of latest beta is ready. Now updating manuals.

Best Regards
Davide Ardizzoia

[lonesock]

I downloaded 1.5 Beta 2.8 for 64-bit Linux earlier today. It's kind of weird that you can only change the material in the Printer > Extruder Materials tab without the material going red and saying [UNASSIGNED] at the end. It took a long time for me to figure out that you have to set it there, and set it first.

I think it would be better if changing it in the Material tab propagated the change to the Printer > Extruder Materials tab. If you have more than one extruder, it should default to the last selected and let you know that it did so, so you can change it if you want it on another extruder. If you just have one extruder, it can just propagate silently because there's no other reason to go to Printer > Extruder Materials anyway. There's no option there you would ever need to touch.

Yeah this is a philosophy thing. To my mind, I have a library of different materials, but only N extruders, each of which gets to check out a material. When the machine is listed as having only a single extruder then the material selection *is* the extruder mapping (though it is possible that I broke that!). The red color and "UNASSIGNED" text are my way of trying to make the distinction between material settings selected and whichever materials are actually mapped to the extruders.

Maybe having explicit "Map to extruder [1] [2] [3] [4]" buttons under the material selection tab would be helpful?

thanks,
Jonathan

[Davide Ardizzoia]

Maybe having explicit "Map to extruder [1] [2] [3] [4]" buttons under the material selection tab would be helpful?

IMHO will generate some confusion, unless you decide to remove the extruder material mapping from the "PRINTER/Extruder materials" tab.

Best Regards
Davide Ardizzoia

PS.: New (english) manual with one more calibration procedure (multi extruder) and new beta features. See my signature