I'm a little disappointed... first, the instruction is too intricate: You don't have to export STLs from Cura; you can just open the 3MF in PrusaSlicer or BambuStudio right away and then proceed as described. Second, this is not a "conversion" but rather a manual re-assignment of properties that in most cases does not save much time. And last but not least, this is no solution to the problem that Cura offers surface mode slicing and Prusa/Bambu don't. So, the one advantage that Cura has can't be transferred - if you need surface mode, you still have to slice using Cura.
Your frustrations on surface mode are well taken. It is better to resolve this issue with Prusa/ Bambu Lab or have your STL provider to provide their designs in both Surface mode and Normal mode.
I am disappointed. I bought files from you with out knowing that it was 3fm files and that i had to use an out of date Cura slicer to slice them...! Just to make it all worse. My new K1 printer will not print files from that old Cura slicer. It ended up with money lost, and wasted time.... You need to write the specs one your site so that people can read what they need to know before they spend money.
If you’re using Cura, please just open as “project”. You can use latest Cura or older Cura 4.13. Both will work just fine. Let me know if this works for you. Thanks.
@@geode_rc If i can get away with it i am never using Cura. It is not a very good slicer compared to slicers like Orca, Prusa, Simplify3D... I have now looked in to Cura and i need to change settings in every single piece if i use Cura to make it work on my printer. That is a lot of time spent that i don´t want to spend. All because it is 3mf files. If it was proper STL files i would make a printer profile and just slice every file using that profile. 3mf files might be nice if it is used on the same type of printer you use. It is not a good way when the files you are selling are used on different printer. And don´t expect that every body uses Cura. Cura is a piece of software that noobs use until they see the light and move on. Sorry if i am stepping on some ones toes... The short answer for now is, no thank you i am out as long as there is no STL files for this thing.
@@geode_rc It might work if i spend the time changing settings in all the files. I need to change settings to make it work with my printer. 3mf files are not very practical. STL files are quicker to work with compared to 3mf. I am going to cut my losses and end this project now. And Cura is not a very nice slicer to work with. We need STL files that work in Orca slicer...
the 3mf files have all the settings required to print on Ender 3 V2. For K1, please modify printer specific parameters to get the best out of speedy K1. BTY, TPU needs to be printed slowly bc of flexible filament. 3mf is a superset of stl. Simply export stl from 3mf (see user manual & my YT video on how to export stl).
@@geode_rc I know how to print TPU, have been doing that for years. I know how to modify printer parameters. The issue here is that i need to do it on every single part. With STL files i only need to make one printer profile and then slice all the parts with that profile setting. In one way 3mf is a good format, just not for you are using it for here. Selling files to people, it needs to be easy to slice and print. 3mf is not easy... Why do you think that every body else that are selling 3D printed airplanes are using STL files as the end product? I did export from your 3mf, the STL file i got only works in Cura... This wing is a waste of money and time, end of story.
Am I supposed to export this from Cura in Binary Stl, or ascii stl?
I use Binary stl
I'm a little disappointed... first, the instruction is too intricate: You don't have to export STLs from Cura; you can just open the 3MF in PrusaSlicer or BambuStudio right away and then proceed as described. Second, this is not a "conversion" but rather a manual re-assignment of properties that in most cases does not save much time. And last but not least, this is no solution to the problem that Cura offers surface mode slicing and Prusa/Bambu don't. So, the one advantage that Cura has can't be transferred - if you need surface mode, you still have to slice using Cura.
Your frustrations on surface mode are well taken. It is better to resolve this issue with Prusa/ Bambu Lab or have your STL provider to provide their designs in both Surface mode and Normal mode.
I am disappointed. I bought files from you with out knowing that it was 3fm files and that i had to use an out of date Cura slicer to slice them...! Just to make it all worse. My new K1 printer will not print files from that old Cura slicer. It ended up with money lost, and wasted time.... You need to write the specs one your site so that people can read what they need to know before they spend money.
If you’re using Cura, please just open as “project”. You can use latest Cura or older Cura 4.13. Both will work just fine.
Let me know if this works for you. Thanks.
@@geode_rc If i can get away with it i am never using Cura. It is not a very good slicer compared to slicers like Orca, Prusa, Simplify3D...
I have now looked in to Cura and i need to change settings in every single piece if i use Cura to make it work on my printer. That is a lot of time spent that i don´t want to spend. All because it is 3mf files. If it was proper STL files i would make a printer profile and just slice every file using that profile.
3mf files might be nice if it is used on the same type of printer you use. It is not a good way when the files you are selling are used on different printer. And don´t expect that every body uses Cura. Cura is a piece of software that noobs use until they see the light and move on. Sorry if i am stepping on some ones toes...
The short answer for now is, no thank you i am out as long as there is no STL files for this thing.
@@geode_rc It might work if i spend the time changing settings in all the files. I need to change settings to make it work with my printer.
3mf files are not very practical. STL files are quicker to work with compared to 3mf.
I am going to cut my losses and end this project now.
And Cura is not a very nice slicer to work with. We need STL files that work in Orca slicer...
the 3mf files have all the settings required to print on Ender 3 V2. For K1, please modify printer specific parameters to get the best out of speedy K1.
BTY, TPU needs to be printed slowly bc of flexible filament.
3mf is a superset of stl. Simply export stl from 3mf (see user manual & my YT video on how to export stl).
@@geode_rc I know how to print TPU, have been doing that for years.
I know how to modify printer parameters. The issue here is that i need to do it on every single part.
With STL files i only need to make one printer profile and then slice all the parts with that profile setting.
In one way 3mf is a good format, just not for you are using it for here. Selling files to people, it needs to be easy to slice and print. 3mf is not easy...
Why do you think that every body else that are selling 3D printed airplanes are using STL files as the end product?
I did export from your 3mf, the STL file i got only works in Cura...
This wing is a waste of money and time, end of story.