# Autodesk VariSlice **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests & Ideas\ **Created:** [November 4, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/autodesk-varislice/10327 "2016-11-04T01:07:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![3DTOPO](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/3dtopo/32/6361_2.png) [@3DTOPO](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/3DTOPO)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/autodesk-varislice/10327/1 "2016-11-04T01:07:26Z")
I would absolutely love to see something like this in PreForm: ---
**Author:** ![artexmg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@artexmg](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/artexmg)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/autodesk-varislice/10327/2 "2016-11-04T02:48:29Z")
Yes! I can do that in my FDM printer, why not in Form2? ---
**Author:** ![3DTOPO](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/3dtopo/32/6361_2.png) [@3DTOPO](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/3DTOPO)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/autodesk-varislice/10327/3 "2016-11-04T03:09:14Z")
> [@artexmg](#): > > I can do that in my FDM printer, why not in Form2? What slicer do you use? ---
**Author:** ![artexmg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@artexmg](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/artexmg)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 5:55am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/autodesk-varislice/10327/4 "2016-11-04T05:55:24Z")
Simplify 3D. You can create different processes with different parameters then combine them for the final print. ---
**Author:** ![artexmg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@artexmg](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/artexmg)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/autodesk-varislice/10327/5 "2016-11-04T05:57:03Z")
I forgot to say that the processes can be defined to start and end to a certain distance, so, this way you could replicate exactly what you proposed … and then more 😉 ---
**Author:** ![3DTOPO](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/3dtopo/32/6361_2.png) [@3DTOPO](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/3DTOPO)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/autodesk-varislice/10327/6 "2016-11-04T06:12:50Z")
> [@artexmg](#): > > Simplify 3D. You can create different processes with different parameters then combine them for the final print. Interesting. But - sounds potentially quite tedious - I like the idea of it just generating more layers where they are needed without having to give it any thought. ---
**Author:** ![Zachary\_Brackin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4da419/32.png) [@Zachary\_Brackin](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Zachary_Brackin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/autodesk-varislice/10327/7 "2016-11-04T15:29:17Z")
You could probably make an automatic method to adjust the layer thickness based on surface angles. But variable layer thickness wouldn’t work with multiple different objects ---
**Author:** ![Philipp\_Ludewig](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/philipp_ludewig/32/6973_2.png) [@Philipp\_Ludewig](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Philipp_Ludewig)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/autodesk-varislice/10327/8 "2016-11-06T13:45:43Z")
That’s a genius idea! I don’t see why it wouldn’t be possible with a form! I would have never thought that software could impact printing speeds like this! ---
**Author:** ![dentaluser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@dentaluser](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/dentaluser)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/autodesk-varislice/10327/9 "2017-06-13T18:27:00Z")
[@Formlabs](https://forum.formlabs.com/groups/Formlabs): Now we’re waiting so long for this genius Software-funktion. But what are you doing? Form Wash, Form Cure, SLS-Printer, but the Preform-Software ist still amazingly stupid especially in Z. Further it is preferable to make it possible to disable the Zoom-Button. (optionally) For professional users this button is incredibly stupid. Please Formlabs, don’t forget your Software, it’s the most important thing for your genious printer!!! ---
**Author:** ![Frew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c0e974/32.png) [@Frew](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Frew)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/autodesk-varislice/10327/10 "2017-06-14T14:39:40Z")
We implemented a similar feature a short while ago whereas the base and supports are printed at 100 micron resolutions to speed up print times. A more explicit mechanism that allows users to define different layer heights for different Z regions is something that’s we’re looking into. ---
**Author:** ![dentaluser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@dentaluser](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/dentaluser)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/autodesk-varislice/10327/11 "2017-06-16T12:36:12Z")
Thanks for your answer. Supports in 100ym are not the same, the really important feature are the VARISLICES. It’s the only way to print the highest resolution in an acceptable time shedule. I thought formlabs is still since November “looking into” that? Don’t look, do it… ---
**Author:** ![lukepighetti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@lukepighetti](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/lukepighetti)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/autodesk-varislice/10327/12 "2017-06-19T22:50:26Z")
I wanted this very badly on my Form 1+. I had a part that would print great at 100 micron, but it had a logo that would print amazing at 25 micron. Being able to print the logo, or even just the logo’s layers, at 25 micron would have been a huge time saver and greatly increased the part’s quality.