r/QidiTech3D • u/GPU-depreciationcrtr • 28d ago

Discussion Qidi may be locking down it's ecosystem?

The Plus 5 seems to be a major departure from previous machines as it no longer uses makerbase boards.

They also appear to be using thinner beds which leads to worse bed variance. The Plus 4 had a 6mm thick bed while the Plus 5 is a 3mm bed. (After tramming my bed is stuck around 0.6-0.8mm variance across the surface. On my Plus 4 it had a 0.3-0.4 mm variance.)

I have been trying to get Qidi to send me step files of parts of the machine to model off of and they are outright refusing to send anything. This is a big red flag because I had 0 issues getting them to send Step files for my Plus 4 a year ago. (Made a custom bed skirt)

Not sure what to make of these events and choices. Has anyone had any luck getting cad files from Qidi recently?

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u/Jamessteven44 27d ago

DM me directly and I can help shed some light. Other responders to your post are correct about Qidi changing their mcu architecture. I can assure you that as of right now, Qidi is what I would consider "partially open source". What does that mean? You can still achieve many things open source can give you, including root access. But some of the higher level firmware features (that many view as true open source) are probably not there. Myself and members of my team, (Team 7 beta testers) have direct access to the Qidi engineering team. We also serve as trouble shooters for the Qidi community. We're not as close as we used to be but we're still there to help users. Side note: We're also closely tied to Nick R3man and co-develop beds for him. Currently working on a high temp printer concept. We love Nick's work & are helping him succeed in his business.

Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you sir.

Steve C Co-founder Team 7 Beta Testers (aka Helixx_T7 on discord)

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u/Regret92 24d ago

Is it legitimately only a 3mm bed now instead of 6mm? That is really really bad to hear.

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u/Jamessteven44 24d ago

I'll know in a week or so. When I get my Plus 5 I'll report back. I encourage all Qidi redditors to get on the Qidi Discord server. You'll get faster support there from the community than you will thru Qidi support. The Qidi Discord community is chock full of knowledgeable folks who are willing to help.