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Yeah, I've been wondering what this might look like for a 3D printer slicer --- heck, I'd be glad to just have a series of sliders: - aesthetic print quality
by WillAdams 7mo ago
Yeah, I've been wondering what this might look like for a 3D printer slicer --- heck, I'd be glad to just have a series of sliders:
- aesthetic print quality
- dimensional accuracy
- strength
- ease of removing supports
- reliability of printing
which resolve to two values which estimate:
- print time
- volume of material used/consumed in supports
- wolvoleo 7mo agoYeah but not everyone has the same priorities within those sliders. For example strength is something that has many different types. Tensile strength, compression strength, shearing etc. You use different infills to optimise for each type. This differs per model. An AI can surely help optimise it but it won't always know which one to prioritize, it requires knowing exactly what the printed model will be used for. The same with aesthetics, usually you care about one specific side. And for ease of remove, are you willing to use support interface material? That makes a lot of difference.
- _alternator_ 7mo agoI think this comment actually makes the case for highly custom LLM modifications to software. If you have priorities, you express them to the model and let it figure out how to maximize the UI for your needs.
- wolvoleo 7mo agoYes indeed but not as sliders IMO, that was my point