in octoprint you can see a live view of the retracts and head movement and what its actually drawing
at the time .
i would like to see this …
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You mean Live Video?
This is already a feature – if anything, WebRTC (what we use for live video) may not be compatible with your setup.
Not what I mean at all.
If you have ever used octoprint or. Simplify 3d there is a screen that shows
Print head movements layers as they are being built . in. Simplify 3d its represented in 3d and refreshes every 5 secs . in. Octoprint its a 2d represented illustration of the current layer and you can choose to see prev layer as well as next .
And it shows lines as they are drawn .
I believe its called Gcode preview in octoprint .
What would the benefit of such a feature be? To be added we need to make sure that it’s useful beyond the “cool” factor. We’d like to hear from you and others, why that feature would make your printing easier.
I don’t know that having a live preview makes things easier…(it would be cool) but a pre-print layer by layer of the code would occasionally be useful to be sure everything is as you expect…however I will admit the slicers are pretty good now, I rarely see them generate a gotcha that I can catch in the preview…the exception here is support material…I have yet to get Cura or Slic3r to make good auto generated supports…which is too bad especially if you want to do supports using a 2nd extruder/material. Having a preview here would save outpouring the g-code to a slice previewer when checking that supports will be sane.
Got it. What you’re proposing here is more like a GCODE visualizer that would allow you to see the sliced structure before printing. Something like this: http://gcode.ws/
Correct?
Correct, in fact that is the exact one I use when I am not in Repetier or Slic3r…however I think the OP was wanting a Live as it prints sort thing…these look cool, I especially like the one on matter control but as far as usefulness or ease of use improvement I don’t see it…you can just watch the printer on camera or live…that to me is even cooler.
I guess maybe a semi live feature on AstroPrint it might be a simple layer by layer output instead of a true as you go sort of thing…you could maybe see a small preview of a layer before it goes down…again not sure what that gets you other than something to look at.
Not sure what it gets ya . for for me another user . I quit using astroprint because its missing and octoprint offers it as well as every other slicer program out there . its kinda standard now and expected .
For one . when I use simplify 3d I sometimes watch so I can decide when I want to switch colors on a single filament machine . as the camera angle does not allow this in detail.
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