Sequential Printing With ideaMaker On The Ender 3

[@SAM-nz4ij]

Thank you Joe ... I learn many things from your videos ... I learn from this video how to make a sequential 3D prints ... Further more, I was able to make some changes to be able to sequentially 3D print many models that are taller than gantry height ... My printer is Creality CR-10S Pro ... I did that by: 1- Increasing the Gantry Height to a value that is more than the tallest model (for my Creality CR-10S Pro the gantry height is 30 mm, but I set it to 100 mm). 2- Select all models (Ctrl + A) and rotate them all together +10 degrees on Z axis. I did that to guarantee that the gantry rail road will not hit a previously printed model.

[@CNCKitchen]

That's great! Just tried that for the first time in Ideamaker yesterday. Makes Simplify3D obsolete for me now. The thing that Ideamaker needs to include now is a DOE wizard so we don't need to create the groups by hand.

[@3DMakerNoob]

Fully agree :)

[@jerrymartin9323]

Very cool, Joe. Can't wait to see the tuning segments.

[@tablatronix]

yay, I have been meaning to try this, I have not seen anyone actually show this , but always notice the setting for it (head clerance etc), This slicer is impressive also.. wow

[@timr187]

Thanks for doing IdeaMaker videos. I love it and have been using it for as a slicer for some time now on my heavily modified MP mini. I find is simpler to use than Cura and get great results with it.

[@Iamthe1jay]

You've convinced me to start at least occasionally using ideaMaker. I can't wait to see your filament profiles (and how you make them)!

[@belenhedderich3330]

Great video! Looking forward to the filament tuning videos!

[@vcancer]

Thanks for your profile for the Idealmaker. I use that mostly to cut and fix objects for printing and can't wait to use it for slicing. I hope someone can figure out a profile for use with Resin printers.

[@lindseyjohnson1130]

Joe, Thanks so much. I always enjoy your videos. I've been using Simplified 3D since I bought my first Prusa in 2015. I started using the S3D sequential printing feature just a few months ago. I print a lot of the same parts for products we manufacture and has been a godsend. It works very well but it is like pounding rocks when compared to what you demonstrated using Ideamaker. I downloaded a copy of Ideamaker and will give it a go. Lindsey

[@3DMakerNoob]

Thank you for the kind words. I switched to ideamaker about 6 months ago and now use it exclusively on almost all my printers. It has a ridiculous amount of features which I’m still learning :)

[@lindseyjohnson1130]

@@3DMakerNoob I'm looking forward to trying. I'm pretty disappointed with S3D in their lack of updates and support, especially for charging for its use. BTW, I also have adopted the strategy of left-to-right and front-to-back. In doing this it eliminates the need to worry about the gantry clearance because it's the print head that defines the space. The other strategy I've implemented is to stager my models towards the back as I go left-right in case the previous model might interfere with the gantry.

[@3DMakerNoob]

exactly, that is the trick i mentioned in the video. if you know how the movement is and the limitations, then you are no longer bound by the gantry height :)

[@Thomllama]

Love Ideamaker. Have done a few basic tutorials on it myself. Nice feature demo!

[@Magic3DPrinting]

Some of the guys from the SeeMeCNC group use ideamaker on their printers. Always been curious about it. This was a great video! Thanks!!

[@andypodmore6721]

Great video Joe. Can't wait for more vids on ideamaker. It doesn't run too good on my pc under windows as it keeps crashing on the preview but runs fine now I'm on linux.

[@avejst]

Great video as always👍 Nice to see another slicer in use for a change. I love the idearmaker slicer, it is my go to slicer. Thanks for sharing👍😀

[@Inventorsquare]

This feature could mature a lot further. In time I would expect machines being definable with STLs of the hot end unit for consideration of the slicer.

[@Robothut]

Great information. I also use IdeaMaker as a G code and STL viewer when going threw old Folders of 3d printing projects, as it opens and displays the files fast .

[@thehappyextruder7178]

Thanks for this Tutorial Joe very clear and easy to follow !

[@3DMakerNoob]

welcome :)

[@Damonzaza]

Hello! Very useful video! Does Cura have the same settings? What do You think?

[@shanewilson9814]

Thank you so much for that. Im a rookie and have managed to make a mess of figuring it out for myself...

[@jesseblack0713]

I use prusa slicer. I Have tried sequential printing before but was not happy with the quality I was getting but I did not play with the setting that much ether.

[@Reducer]

Wish my Ender 3 had a flat bed like that, it came noticably convex. Got a flexplate now that I had to put shims under in the center.

[@abosaleh3318]

I always thought why thing like this does not exist. finally!!

[@SharlsDavisKendy]

Great video...I was hoping you would have posted some filament profiles by now, I just got an Ender 3 Pro and it would save me a lot of time! Guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and figure them out for myself.

[@theogo4575]

Thanks man iv watch this video a few times

[@3DThird]

I have been always using S3D's for sequential printing and it seems to me that it's more complicated and takes more time to set things up in Ideamaker. Might give it a try to compare.

[@3DMakerNoob]

it's just a matter of entering the measurements, same as any other slicer. i just went into more detail by changing the parameters for each model. i could have even went further and added variable layers to each model :)

[@3DThird]

@@3DMakerNoob thanks Joe 😁👍

[@mst3ch186]

I miss your FDM test print. Where can I get it again? Can you make it available to your patreons?

[@meltonpieman959]

Hi Joe Great video and a very good test print. I downloaded and printed one today. It showed me that I have some sort of problem - that I am not sure what causes it. Where the print starts to step out from the base to form the bottom of the rectangle - the two back (not the front ones) corners seem to be a bit soft and curl up. With the next layer of the perimeters the nozzle pushes them down as it places the new plastic, then they curl up again. Once the rectangle starts to print the problem goes away! I am using an Ender 3 pro with direct drive, alluminium extruder (single gear drive) and a double wing Hero Me (version 4) with a single 50x25mm fan for cooling. The fan is running at 100%. Any suggestions? Regards David PS. I am new to ideaMaker (from Cura) and I am impressed so far. But I found that I hade my Gcode in the filament settings and the slicer template - it took me a while to realise why it printed two purge lines before printing! Sorted now. Also, I am looking forward to your next video on dialing in the settings.

[@dognoseranger]

I tested this with prusa slicer yesterday, their auto-arrange even takes sequential printing into account and tries to lay things out for you. Still a lot of warning popups along the way and auto-layout wasn't always optimal.

[@dognoseranger]

Oh, and their slicer preview (even octoprint's gcode view) didn't simulate/show the sequential nature.

[@elvinhaak]

Nice to see this topic in a video. I'm using Ideamaker too. But one question: why do you move your objects into groups and then change the settings instead of changing the settings per object directly?

[@candogancan5574]

nice work joe. very informative. thnx.

[@3DMakerNoob]

Thank you :)

[@smartgeek1375]

Hi any tips on how to make something similar to Cura's Tree Supports in Ideamaker slicer?

[@Ankhelz]

Nice video and slicer. I'm starting my 3d printing business project and secuential printing would be great! I work in a prusa MK3s and I print some objects with more than the X-axis height. Using PrusaSlicer i have the height restriction, as you mentioned, even when my pieces are in both corners of the plate. I've seen that tweaking the height to 60mm for example y can get the software to slice, but I never tried printing it. Do you have any suggestions on the topic? Have you ever tried secuential printing in tall objects? Thanks and nice vid!

[@welbot]

That's pretty sweet! I'm sure this will come in super handy when I get myself a filament printer and want to do lots of experiments :)

[@linoriboldi1396]

Nice Video Joe I have a geetech a10 pro and I use ideamaker (latest version) as a slicer. I don't understand what I did wrong but when I try to print 6 identical containers, the first one prints it at the bottom left of the center of the print area, then before print the second it waits for the plate to return to the temperature of the first layer and then print as a line on the bottom left edge of the plate. I have tried different configurations the result does not change. Any suggestions Thank you

[@djidroneproductions1309]

Thanks would you say it would be quicker doing it indervidual?

[@TheMidnightSmith]

Hm, this might be a Cura Killer for me. I tried so long to get sequential printing working with items higher than the gantry height, buy without being able to tell it which to print fist, it was luck of the draw if it worked. I especially like per model variables, such as temp, speed, and extrusion rate. Makes dialing in samples such as makerbox so much easier!

[@3DMakerNoob]

yep, not only that, something i decided not to include in the video (would have made it too long) is the fact that even within the individual model setting, i could have also included variable layer settings per variable model :D

[@TheMidnightSmith]

@@3DMakerNoob 😱 yes! And don't ever worry about videos being too long. Lots of people watch on the commute to or from work. I like em longer!

[@3DMakerNoob]

In that case I could have included both those features and jus go overboard with modifier shapes as well lol

[@TheMidnightSmith]

@@3DMakerNoob I'm REALLY looking forward to the next video now!

[@jvill79]

What do I do if my model is higher than the border line?

[@Quintanater]

Question. If I’m printing 2 parts in pla and need it to be strong. Should I do both at the same time or one at a time.

[@HoppersLab]

I have been trying to get my settings fixed to hide the seam but nothing is working, do you have any ideas or settings i can use? when i printed on my old XYZ Davinci 2.0 printer i had almost no seam or vertical line, but i cant seem to get rid of the seam on my Ender 3 pro.... any help?

[@mobilechaosyt]

Since unboxing I haven’t seen many videos on you ender 3, but have you done any modifications?

[@3DMakerNoob]

After the review I had done I never modified it. However that’s about to change :)

[@MicheleHjorleifsson]

How would you figure out gantry height on a printer with a fixed x axis (i.e. makergear 3ID) ?

[@3DMakerNoob]

From the top of the nozzle to the lower most part of the fixed axis

[@thomascooper7910]

I can’t see the video you said you was going to upload after this is it possible if you can send a link so I can watch it I’m interested in getting a ENDER 3 but I’ve never done 3D printing before I find your videos extremely helpful

[@carbide1968]

Have you always been using ideamaker? I love it as it's easy and loads very fast. Been using cura for a few months but have a hard time with features that are just so straightforward in ideamaker.

[@bencekoos1855]

Thnx, was very useful! I'm struggling with this priority thing in Cura, but as i see there's a dedicated option in Ideamaker, so i'll try this slicer. But one thing i don't understand. Why can't you print next to side of the buildplate at seqential printing? I can't do that in Cura, and as i see Ideamaker do neither. The movement of the printhead doesn't affect to where you can place objects next to the sides. I understand the limitation between the objects (because the printhead and the gantry height), but you could print 4row x 4coloumn of your test objects, if there is not that grey zone. Do you have any idea why is that?

[@3DMakerNoob]

You can in fact print on the side, the placement I chose was auto, however I can move them to the edges and possibly print even more :)

[@bencekoos1855]

@@3DMakerNoob oh great! thanks the fast answer!

[@wirekat]

Thanks Joe! Looks like the Ender3 has a fairly small extruder. Is that typical or is there a printer out there that can sequence more and bigger parts?

[@3DMakerNoob]

I could potentially put up to 9 models if placed properly. For bigger parts you could fit 4 but you’d have to lie to the slicer and give it a taller gantry, the trick then is the sequence to make sure they never intersects

[@biziluxgames8924]

i hope folks at prusa are owrking on sequential printing features because right now its very lackluster... you can only select it... and thats it... and then its a guessing game with slicer throwing errors when objects are too close

[@SPvo__]

Can you do this with all 3d printers

[@aniolpereznoguer9026]

Hey!! Do you recommend idea maker slicer for the artillery? Or its better the prusaslicer? Thanks a lot

[@syber-space]

From what I've seen PrusaSlicer is still more powerful with it's modifiers and advanced pathing. Pretty sure it can print in sequence too (though not as automatically). Maybe IdeaMaker will add the features in the future though.

[@aniolpereznoguer9026]

@@syber-space Thanks! I dont want a good slicer just to do sequential prints. Now i have been using cura but i want to renovate :)

[@syber-space]

@@aniolpereznoguer9026 I've been moving a lab of Lulzbot Minis from Cura to PrusaSlicer. The process for making it look good is a little involved, but worth it in my opinion. They hinted that making the process easier is a priority, but I'm considering making a document detailing the process if they don't do it soon.

[@3DMakerNoob]

ideaMaker does in fact have modifiers. what i didn't go into during this video is that apart from doing different parameters for each model, i could have also done variable layer settings within each model. ideaMaker has come a very long way and nowadays it's probably one of the most versatile slicers. however, there are still a few things they should work on

[@syber-space]

@@3DMakerNoob Nice. The perimeter overlap thing needs some work, but I'm glad IdeaMaker is coming up to the level of Cura and PrusaSlicer. Always good to have multiple fronts for development.

[@ericm92]

Hello I am in France and I have just bought the Ender 3 pro and would like help to configure Ideamaker with my Ender 3, can you help me please

[@sumittripathi0218]

Cannot set the extruder in sequential printing Showing this error while uploading the stl file

[@1_HighDuke]

Very useful video. Thanks. How much time would you save with this method vs printing all pieces together layer by layer?

[@3DMakerNoob]

Since these were all printed with different layer heights, I would have had to print each individually alone, that would have taken at least an hour more

[@charlesrestivo870]

How did u drop model into software

[@RomanoPRODUCTION]

Joe with his legendary nice daddy round shaped face that is always reassuring 💟💟💟

[@KiR_3d]

IdeaMaker is good... but it's UI is poor (compared to Cura or Prusa Slicer). I've couldn't set 0.1 offset in Skirt settings. It's pitty! It's a good trick when you don't want to use Brim but want that skirt could fix your 3d print in place (it's important for some cases).

[@brightnovastar]

Does ideamaker have ironing?

[@3DMakerNoob]

Yes it does in its latest beta release :)

[@brightnovastar]

3DMN testing the function now.... settings are a little sparse compared to Cura ironing. But I’m really happy they added this capability. I switched to cura just because of needing a smooth top surface.

[@Quadromodo]

Iv'e never printed more than one prototype?

[@ChinaAl]

Does S3D have this Sequential feature?

[@3DMakerNoob]

i think so, but probably not as polished as ideaMaker

[@ChinaAl]

@@3DMakerNoob Thanks. I still have a current copy of IdeaMaker as well. The was one of my very first slicers. For some goofy reason I never liked Cura.

[@IceCreams62]

But the slicing program is truly free ?

[@3DMakerNoob]

of course

[@TheGnthreman]

Thank you.