Hey Kirby!
I agree and do the same thing. I agree itās especially important to check the layers as I find sometimes, particularly when someone has generated a 3D model using SkethUp, that the STL generation leads to some ill defined surfaces. Nothing is more frustrating then slicing a print in Cura in the wrong viewmode and not realizing the layers prescribe a completely different geometery.
However, if this painful scenario sounds familiar Iām sure you can empathize:
1) User submits 3D model.
2) You perform an initial check by clicking on the part images in the order to see what type of daemon youāre dealing with.
3) Parts look alright at first glance. Letās download.
4) Should I download all parts and have to unzip to a new folder that will get swallowed up in downloads folder hell?
5) Meh, letās check the part individually. Download. Show in folder
6) Alright letās drag into slicer. boom. slicingā¦
7) Well no, i didnāt want it to slice that configuration, letās rotate it and see which plane we should print from.
8) Hmm, I coudnāt see that the back of this seemingly innocuous part had been designed with the slightest of arcs ever. super aesthetic thoughā¦
9) To support or not to support? That is the questionā¦ Letās tell this person to get rid of it.
10) Should I try and a) describe the notion of layer printing requiring support via text b) pass on some great reading material for them to learn on their own c) use pictures to describe where the print needs to be made flat
11) Iāll throw this person a bone and draw them a picture with a brief explanationā¦ Opens paint
12) Yupā¦ flatten here, add it support columns, remove this overhang, cantilevers donāt workā¦
13) Nice, surely they got that. Letās wait a couple mins(hrs) for a response.
15) Nope they didnāt get that.
Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
I still would like the feature so that I could immediately evaluate the part for problems in the browser. Just a pain point that could maybe make the UX a bit nicer.
