Duet 2 Maestro + Quadfusion Dev Here: Halp?

Phaedrux

You could use the S parameter for M563 to give the tool a proper name. The same can be done with heaters and fans in recent firmware.

streamliner

@Phaedrux That's what I was thinking... hmm. Any chance I can PM you or speak with you in another medium like discord/whatever really? I just have a few questions that I can probably use to solve some of these issues once I fully understand.

deckingman

@streamliner Just curious as to why you've shunned my offers to help. As a long term user of mixing hot ends, I've already been through what you are trying to do. Anyway, best of luck.

streamliner

@deckingman I emailed you earlier my friend; i've just been having some bad weather here where I live and mainly on my cel-phone for discussions. Things are back to normal now. Check your email, you'll find I've asked for quite a bit.

Thanks,

David

deckingman

@streamliner I'm currently working in the middle of nowhere with sporadic WiFi and limited phone coverage ( and even more limited time). I'll email you later but for the benefit of others reading this thread, defining tools that way may not be the best. At some point, you'll need to assign a tool to a part in order to print it in a particular colour. Most slicers consider a tool to consist of a single hot end connected to a single extruder. And most slicers only support a limited number of extruders - sometimes 2, some do 3, one or two do more. So assigning tool 73 to a part will cause most slicers to have a breakdown. Also, having too many tools defined can make DWC look cluttered, as you have discovered. There are various strategies that can be adopted but it's not really a duet issue so this forum probably isn't the best place to have what will inevitably be a long rambling discussion.

streamliner

@deckingman I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your help; the emails you have sent me are so informative and convey the information incredibly well. I really am lucky to have some of your guidance in this process. I sent you a single reply earlier, but will be absorbing the information and providing an equally well-thought responses and questions.

Thanks

David

3dmntbighker

@streamliner said in Duet 2 Maestro + Quadfusion Dev Here: Halp?:

Hey Folks,

I'm one of the developers that is currently setting up the QuadFusion mixing head from M3D.

Hi David,

Can you give us any information on the state of using Duet with QuadFusion? I'm very interested in giving my CoreXY CMYK capabilities, and I'm also not thrilled about the direction the "Palette" has gone with cloud based slicing. Is there any info available for a prospective adopter? Is anyone working on a slicer that can do CMYK without having an actual Crane?

dc42

I don't have a QuadFusion print head so I'm unable to help. @streamliner, can you help?

streamliner

Hey there @3dmntbighker -- I think we have spoke in the past. I of course won't utilize the Duet Forums for a 'Palette 2 vs Quadfusion' discussion, because it simply will just result in unfounded arguments.

I too was quite interested in the Palette 2; I thought.. surely this is the multi-material solution I've been envisioning. But, I think we can say.... well... it's not quite what most of us expected.

One of the great things about the direction that we've taken M3D is that we aren't tied to any particular closed tech, etc any longer... and when I look at the Palette 2, this is all I see.

We have went from a fairly closed company to our latest and future product lines utilizing:

Open Hardware -- This time in the form of the Duet 2 Maestro.
Open Software -- the dc42 Branch of RepRapFirmware(DuetFirmware)
Total Transparency; our community is taking the plunge with us.

As for slicing, I'm glad you asked; the future is truly bright here. With the latest updates to Slic3r and Cura, color mix slicing has become simple. I am personally developing a slicer; our community has 2 separate slicers in development, KissSlicer is becoming one of the most amazing tools we have -- check it out ASAP!

Tons of additional work is being done in the realm of post-processing scripts; 3 or 4 of these exist in our community alone. We're even investigating the 3MF format and, believe it or not, MS 3d Builder. In addition to things like pre-processing face groups in MeshMixer, using 3MFs for model separation data.... I have generated 3 or 4 fully functional workflows for color slicing; this isn't just simple layer color changes... i'm talking about full on, same layer change, multi-color(CMYK mixed) color.

Keep in mind that our professional printer line, the ProMega, is a CoreXY bot driven by a Duet 2 Maestro with optional quad and compound heads... so, i'd say you don't have anything to worry about. If you'd like, get with me and I'll provide you with some methods to begin experimenting with in terms of color slicing.

Thanks

David@M3D

streamliner

@dc42 You don't have QF head yet? Did @T3P3Tony steal it from you? You gotta watch that guy... I'll see if I can get Mike to bring one to TCT for you.

~David@M3D

3dmntbighker

@streamliner Thanks for the update. At the moment I use Simplify3D almost exclusively, but I'll be in touch soon.