PreForm Just Got Better: Updates Based on Your Feedback (Hollowing, Drain Holes, Texturing, Labeling, & more)

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We’ve been listening! Over the years, we’ve read through your posts, feedback, and comments right here in the forums and across social media, and we’ve been able to identify some of the biggest opportunities to improve our PreForm software and make your printing experience smoother and more customizable.

Today, we’re excited to share the latest PreForm updates, packed with your most requested features. We’re introducing Part Hollowing, Drain Holes, Model Texturing, Adding Embossed/Engraved Part Labels, Part Cages, Print Settings Editor, and more.

Watch the PreForm & Software segment of our Product Announcement Keynote here!

We can’t wait to hear what you think about these new features and how they’ll impact your workflows. These features wouldn’t exist without your feedback, so we’d love to hear how you plan to use these new tools and any further questions/comments/feedback you have for us!

Thank you for helping us make PreForm better with each update. Keep the feedback coming—this is just the beginning!

Full blog post: Customize Parts and Increase Efficiency With New PreForm Features & Shareable Print Settings | Formlabs

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Why is the Fuse series not listed as option for the Print Settings Editor?

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Hi Brandon,

Fuse printers became available under the “Formlabs Materials” tab of Print Settings Editor as of 3.41.0

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Applying and modifying labels to the stl files is clunky in this release (3.4.1.0.427).
I would like to see an easier way to manipulate the label before I plop it into the part.
The label also appears to be unmodifiable when you create arrays of parts.
When creating an array of parts, I would like to use this label system to increment for each part in the array, like a custom serial number. Currently I would need to create the array then go to each part and individually add a label.
It could also be helpful if I could export a csv or similar file of the parts prepared for printing.
The printer is FUSE1.
I also plan to use this feature for identifying which quadrant a part was sliced in for traceability when troubleshooting is required. Maybe add a coordinate system that we can use to aid this type of labeling.