Thread: Acquiring a 3D Printer?
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Re: Acquiring a 3D Printer?
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Originally Posted by marshall View Post
OMG YES! If anyone from FIRST is paying attention then get Simplify3D added to the Virtual KOP please! It's amazing software.
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Originally Posted by troy_dietz View Post
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They do have a bulk educational license option, but you only really need one license. (which can be used on 2 computers simultaneously)

It's amazing to see the difference between other popular slicers and S3D. Even with identical settings, the S3D prints almost always turn out better. It can even generate .x3g and .makerbot (for the Replicator gen 5) files, and S3D has a much better interface than the Makerware.
Confession: We got a free license with the lottery M2. My initial reaction was "Bah! I know how to use slic3r, this paid stuff can't be that good." Boy was that silly. Luckily the license coupon was still good a couple months later and suddenly my prints were much better and more useful.
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