Just glancing through the latest Print Setting Documentation…. as I was just curious on the Pro’s and Con’s of each for specific parts.
Not a big deal but wandering why the conflicting naming on each setting now in the online Docs? The version numbering I guess is real but now there are two “Legacy” and no Speed Opt etc… Last I looked at this it was labeled correctly… just curious and/or is this just a typo?
So….is Default no longer Default in PreForm…? Is Speed Opt the recommended Default….? Just wandering…
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I believe they promoted Speed Optimized to Default with no changes and rolled the previous Default into Legacy v4.1. I’ve run a couple prints on the new Default and getting exactly the same results as Speed Optimized.
EDIT: I see what you’re talking about now. Maybe your PreForm needs an update? Here’s what mine looks like:
Yea I see that in the log…. guess they just have not renamed things on PreForm.
On bigger parts, I been running Speed Opt but even with this new Fuse 1+, I still get a “Burred edge” with Speed Opt and Default.
I get a better sharp corner finish on the Legacy Setting. No burring and less top side “cupping”. Also on smaller parts with internal pockets and such the surface armor that Speed Opt puts on makes it very difficult to post process the internals….
Anyway, just glanced at the settings docs and saw that conflicting naming in PreForm versus the Docs.
I’ve been running Speed Opt for a few months now with decent results, but I absolutely agree that the burred edge is frustrating. On top of that, the high pressure of the Polisher/Blast can often rough up those sharper edges and leave a terrible look.
My surface armor seems to fluctuate a lot between jobs, probably due to different packing and parts. I’ve noticed that the top ~1/4 of a full chamber sometimes has more hard-caking and tougher surface armor too.
What downsides have you noticed with Legacy (v2.2) other than print speed? I am considering trying it for crucial parts.
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And just to show that burr edge…. this was a big issue on my last Fuse 1+ that a rep on scene also acknowledged and I am now getting on a brand new Fuse 1+ and here is an example from a “sample part” for Nylon Tough sent straight from Formlabs on their own printers…just to show it isn’t a problem on my end.
That jagged burred edge is created on any hard corner part printed in the new v5.3 and v4.1 and is not a problem on the old Legacy v2.2
Been through this in great detail before with the Formlabs team as we tried to adjust it out in the editor with no luck but for smaller parts I just stuck with Legacy v2.2.
I have a feeling whatever they did to “improve fine features” was pushed too far in the opposite direction and “punching out a burr”
It is fine…because I can still just use the Legacy v2.2 for smaller parts that this matters…. BUT Formlabs PLEASE NEVER REMOVE Legacy v2.2 as an option in PreForm!!!
- At this point I think you could name Legacy v2.2 as a “Better Finish on Corners” option in that little Best, Fair, Good chart….I don’t think those two newer versions deserve the title of having a better “Fine Feature resolution”….
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I will let you know tomorrow…as I am about to run my first batch of parts in Legacy v2.2 since getting this new Fuse 1+.
My concern is switching from Speed Opt on my larger parts to Legacy v2.2 is with the calibration done and how dimensionally accurate parts will be between the three Settings available as Speed Opt has thicker and harder surface armor and I am sure that adds to the part…
I wish there was a way to Calibration print in each Setting….to then store that as an option in the Fuse….rather than doing a Bed Offset temp calibration and an X/Y calibration every time you switch Settings that would just carry on to the next job and Setting slice…. mainly the X/Y inputs so you don’t have to go in there and add 1 through 12 measurements….
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Yea odd… that was the first thing I checked and I am not getting any Update notifications…not even after going in and checking for one.
