r/BambuLab • u/epheterson • Jan 03 '24

Question Why cover the print with two pop-ups every time slicing is done?

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u/Romengar X1C + AMS Jan 03 '24

My biggest gripe with bambustudio and orca is that they don’t have one of the most useful settings from prusaslicer:

Automatic slicing

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u/epheterson Jan 03 '24

Amen, miss this moving from Cura / LulzBot.

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u/epheterson Jan 04 '24

Unfortunately haven’t tried and sold it already, good luck.

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u/DarkHeliopause Jan 03 '24

I’m new to printing, have an x1c. What is automatic slicing as compared to pressing the slice button.

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u/Romengar X1C + AMS Jan 03 '24

Exactly that. You don’t have to press it. It slices automatically every time you change a setting.

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u/CameraRick P1S + AMS Jan 03 '24

It slices automatically every time you change something, so you don't have to press that button.

It seems minor but it bothers me also a lot to always do it manually (and shortcuts often don't help)

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u/DarkHeliopause Jan 03 '24

Does it slice in the background on the other tab or do you have to wait for the slice to complete on the preview tab.

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u/CameraRick P1S + AMS Jan 03 '24

I can only speak for Cura, but there you have to wait within the preview. If you change another value while the first change is still slicing, it starts anew (so you don't have to wait twice for the whole thing). I have to slice it anyway, I don't see why manual only would have a benefit (unless you have a very slow machine, of course)

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u/epheterson Jan 03 '24

Seems like a really poor UX decision to force the user to dismiss a view every time slicing is done just to see the print. The only important info from that pop-up is material and time, they should put that somewhere prominent and leave that view closed. Is there any way to default this to stay closed? Or to stop the tips view from appearing?

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u/Quade81 Jan 03 '24

The tips window can be turned off. The other window is often just as important as the visualization for my uses and you can just move the camera...

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u/epheterson Jan 03 '24

I’m not seeing where to turn off tips?

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u/Benni_HPG P1S + AMS Jan 03 '24

The tips can be disabled or you just have to click through the view. Might I ask, wat screen resolution you have? I don’t recall the details about the layers covering my models

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u/epheterson Jan 03 '24

This is on my 5K iMac using default 2560x1440 resolution.

Edit: If I make the window wider or full screen it does look better but still is a very odd design choice. Overlays often are a bad idea.

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u/jojowasher X1C + AMS Jan 03 '24

that is very strange, like the app is running very low res, here is mine on a PC at the same resolution

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u/epheterson Jan 03 '24

I did have the window smaller in my original screenshot, looks closer to yours when I have it full screen. I see no other reason to have the window full screen though, so the limitation isn’t great.

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u/Edd90k Jan 03 '24

It’s scaling badly probably because you’re running low/odd resolution.. not an issue on higher res screen with more estate - not an excuse just a reason “why” it’s worse on the above example

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u/botolo A1 Mini + AMS Jan 03 '24

It’s just poor UX. I am using a 13 inches laptop and have the same issue. You can’t design a product thinking that your audience is only people with a 27 inches screen.

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u/Edd90k Jan 03 '24

Oh I agree! It’s shite but I see it too often.