![]() ![]() FormZ has more of a global approach but also does a very nice job. Unless you show them $$$ĭoes Solidworks have any control over tesselation on export? MOI has outstanding controls on curvature while minimizing faces on flat surfaces. One positive note is that Formlab is still very young and very willing to listen to communities concerns, unlike the older and more professional companies, which doesn’t tell you anything for product improvement. In another word, if there is a software issue with Preform, there doesn’t seem to be anyone I could speak to directly anywhere in the world. While Preform have told me about their software development process and couldn’t tell me about the lead-time or scheduling or even an approval process when & how to treat a reported bugs or add improvement features. Netfabb was developed in Germany and said direct there “was” involvement, but other Autodesk members said Formlabs only acquire the their OEM version for development. We already know that Netfabb involved with Pre-Form repair tools, but to what extent is something I couldn’t get a straight answer. I suggest you speak to them too, because there are some similarities between some of the Autodesk UI architecture e.g. Which is annoying in a professional environment as I don’t have all day doing tweaks, because time is money.Īlso, if Preform isn’t an integrated solution it isn’t a long term solution it not a real solution. I’ve spoken to Autodesk to enquire about the purchase of Fusion360 or Netfabb, because Pre-Form isn’t full proof when it comes to basic STL repairs. Obviously you can see the individual faces at the larger size, but the normal size of the object is 20mm in length, there’s no way you’ll be able to see any thing, simply because the printer cannot resolve faces that have edges smaller than 0.2mm one at normal size, the other at 5x the size. and the ability to see the individual facets is dependent entirely on the size of the object. There are situation where I had to use 3d prototyping services (for engineering) and I can tell you that if they printed at default resolutions (usually less than 0.5 million polygons) then I will definitely see facets / scan line as I’ve demonstrated for these battery covers and I will be in a position to reject those samples considering most of them charge each model around $100 - $800 (depending on build volume, model complexity & other visual requirements).ĥ00,000 polygons is quite a lot. Even if there is more to the NetFabb core in Preform, this is NOT the Autodesk Netfabb, it’s the original German NetFabb, as this functionality inside Preform predates the Autodesk/Netfabb merger by more than 3 years.īy default it is visually unacceptable, if I hadn’t increase the resolution settings. Last but not least, what is it that makes NetFabb a red herring? Is there something deceiving about it (or about its use) that we should all be aware of?Įdit: Preform uses the NetFabb engine for fixing defective models when they are loaded. So please tell me how was Autodesk involved in the development of PreForm? By then Preform was in full swing, and had gone through nearly 30 revisions. ![]() Autodesk did not acquire NetFabb until late 2016, and the software was redesigned in mid to late 2017. I still fail to understand how Autodesk was somehow responsible for the design of Formlabs Preform. But Netfabb become a red-herring since the departure of Amber. Which is why Formlabs turn away from it which is partly sponsored by Autodesk Netfabb, because AutoDesk told me they wanted to unified most of the enthusiast machines under one software (go to > Machine library). ![]() Open source is a good place to start (for any kickstarter machines), but not that good when it comes to refining it when having new hardware. ![]()
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