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G-code generator for 3D printers (Bambu, Prusa, Voron, VzBot, RatRig, Creality, etc.)

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Belt support #2628

Open JohnySaak opened 10 months ago

JohnySaak commented 10 months ago

I use strictly prusa slicer derivates like Orca. And its absolute pain to use creality or Kiri to slice for my belt printer.

All belt printers just gotten much cheaper. The user base is currently small but hardcore and i believe it will only grow in size,

Is there a belt printer support in the timeline? Also i bet a lot of belt printer user are willing to pay for such feature so some kind of GoFundMe for this could work.

Thank you.

martinjohuber commented 9 months ago

I would also love to see this.

There is a branch of the SuperSlicer for belt printers: https://github.com/supermerill/SuperSlicer/tree/belted_printer

I tried to compile this but can't get it working to test it but I think this should help a lot with the implementation.

I use mainly Ideamaker for belt printers and there is also support for them in the KISSlicer. If any help is needed I would love to give support but I am not an experienced programmer. I can tell what features are needed and what to consider when slicing for a belt printer. I can even provide machines for testing.

I would pay for this for sure.

vdd9474a commented 9 months ago

Add belt printer to Orca would be awesome.

Slicers for belt printer are painful to use and aren't good enough. Slicers are the negative point for this kind of 3D printer and I am pretty sure that add customisable (like angle) belt printer profile would kill ideamaker slicer and open the door for more makers and more fun 3D printers.

PicklesTheWise commented 9 months ago

+1 for belt support, I'm getting on alright with idea maker but would love to just have one slicer. Would happily pay for this as a plugin or something.