Best Slicer - Thin Wall Printing - Arachne Updates to Cura and Prusa Slicers

Prusa is nice to use. Simplify 3d is quite powerful and can do all the special things I need. More power is because it has more tools and settings and thus more complicated. But sometimes that is necessary.
Cura is free and most planes purchased provide settings but otherwise, it is not as nice to use

Arachne was the reason why all my wings were falling or giving very bad results in prusha slicer.

After Cura 4.8, Z-seam sucks more than donkey bs even Cura 5.4.

great, thanks 👍

I have printed one of your planes using cura. had plenty problems but eventually got there, about 6 months ago I found prusa and what a difference, getting great results, thanks for the .ini files, great job

Your prusa config for lw-pla is for foaming or pre foamed pla?

Did you try Cura 'Surface Mode' or did you try to reduce the wall line width?? Or spiralise mode? All will work.

Also, all your sliced models look like they have 2 walls. They must be very heavy??

I like curacause I'm indocroniated and I dont know any other program. Dontforget that thickening the walls adds weight t your planes!

Thanks so much - new subscriber:-)

I recently got into 3D printing mostly to build my own RC planes. Your video is very informative and I appreciate that you have put together the ini file for various filaments to be used with a Prusa slicer. I need to get a bit more confident in using my printer before attempting to print an RC plane with LW-PLA. Thank you🙏🏼

Thx so much for this Video. I have still issues to bring my Blender 3 D aircraft Modells in cura to print. Just a quesion, Do you modell your Modells with inner and outer wall or just as simple mesh? Is Prusa free? Cheers, Axel

Where i could find colorfabb lw pla parameters to prusaslicer?

Loved the video man!

Thank you so much for your brilliant informative video!

I am a Solidworks user and I have designed a wing with cross ribs >45 degs. But I cannot use the Spiral Vase mode. When vase mode selected, PrusaSlicer completely ignores internal ribs.
I posted this issue on SW forum but no response yet.
Has anyone experience this issue?

The main problem I have printing planes from Planeprint is stringing ! Unfortunately, their models can't be sliced with Simplify3D as they are designed for Cura : internal structures dissappears in S3D ! I found perfect retraction parameters for my printer using S3D, but no mean in Cura to obtain the same perfect results... Do you have any idea about this problem ?

Well I have Simplify3D and prefer it as well, also an engineer. Do you have the settings you prefer for that? I didn't see anything on the web site and noticed in the video your settings are not default. I tend to use Prusa printers and filament for the reason that I don't like to spend all my time trial and error on the printer and parts printing. I want the "rapid", in rapid prototyping when it comes to planes. 🙂

Have you tried the new Simplify 3D 5.0 slicer? Thoughts?

Buen vídeo y explicación, gracias!!!

Clear , concise nicely paced video assumes no prior knowledge . Excellent

SL_ST WINGS in progress GrabCAD

Hi! I also really like Simplify for the way it builds thin walls.
Neat continuous loops without unnecessary breaks.
I watched your video here and decided to make a model of a loop for a wing.
I will be glad if you look and voice your opinion.

Hello I use simplify3D and LwPLA makes lot of confusion to me. I get surface that isn't smooth and some stringing. Can you share your profile ti me?
In vase mode the outline Is perfect but the intenral structure of the party ( wings, fuselage) is removed...
Thank you

Interesting video. I've noticed combing issues on Cura 5.2.1 when I'm slicing Eclipson files. Some do better with combing off and some better with it set to all. I don't understand specifically what's going on but I check each part. I need to get comfortable with Prusa Slicer. Which SoarKraft would you recommend for a noob to fixed wings?

I would like to buy a 3d printed airplane unassembled. Does anyone have a source? {Ican't justify a printer in my apartment}

Good info thanks. How about filling in about S3D? Can your models be sliced well now that you modified them to work with the hobby slicers?
I’ve tried some models from other sites which don’t work out well with S3D but okay with my friend’s Cura!

Good video BUT! I've been looking at videos about LW-PLA for along time now and decided to give it a try. My problem isn't with settings.....it's with 'how to start' the print. I've set my Start G-code to do a gantry level then a 25point ABL. The problem is that by the time the nozzle is ready to actually print the part the LW-PLA has leaked out of the nozzle. It starts to print but nothing comes out for over 1 minute then when it does the material is burnt and doesn't stick to the bed properly. I'd love to see 'HOW' you actually 'start' the print. Do you make an extra long skirt or brim before the print?

How would someone print your designs on a Bambu Labs 3D printer?

will the prusa slicer work with ender v2 neo?

OK waste of time

OK we are 42% through your still ranting

Odd never had a problem with cura printed over 8 models no issue printed beauitiful prints .

Why do you talk so slow Great video but geez

Hello; like to know,what I have to buy to print airplane parts and wings,what software to use,also,you can design your own wings and cambers,,,,,so what I have to do to get started,,,,,,,thanks

Thank You for making this video, Brother! 👍🤙 I had shelved my LW-PLA projects for over a year because I didn’t want to deal with inevitable configuration headaches. And now I’m stoked to give it a go with the new Prusa slicer!

GREAT brief on thin wall printing. Thanks!

Very insightful. Thanks for putting this together.

Personally i think the surface modeling technique can give alot more control and accuracy than modeling as a solid. At least it has been for me. When you think of how the surface method of slicing works with a surface model it makes thing very intuitive. Ever vertical surface represents a path the tool head will follow when sliced. This has made it extremely easy for me to design wings and fuselages that have next to 0 travel and are 99% a continuous print. Trying to do this as a solid i found i run into issues of the part merging were i dont want it to. Or to much or to little filament were i dont want it.

I love you videos and plane development! Keep it up! What ever style works best for you is the way to go. And your a fellow SW user extra points there!

Haven't had much luck with Arachne so far. Love the idea, but too many issues at this point, for printing planes anyway.

are you using a .4mm nozzle or .6mm please ?

Printing multiple parts can be faster when minimum layer time is a factor. It doesn’t have to slow down to let the last layer cool if it’s working on another part.

CURA 5.2.1 is out now, did you try it with your wings? I'd love to get a profile for the new CURA :-) PLA-LW !!

I'm so thankful to Cura that they are opensurce and allow PrusaSlicer to just copy such awesome features 👍🏻

Which Prusaslicer to download - Full package or the other download?

I would like to print the senior telimaster I have plans to make it out of balsa but would love one in 3d print 👍😋👍

Many thanks for a very interesting video, I have used Simplify 3D since I started 3D printing for this hobby, as you pointed out it works with thin wall parts.
I have tried using Cura but found it frustrating, and difficult to use.
Will now update my Prusa slicer and see how I get on with it.

What about ideamaker?

The reason printing multiple parts is faster is because by default, there's a minimum time setting to allow the top layer to cool.

Printed a wing saddle/center fuselage with the Prusa 2.5 slicing and the .ini file today, just generic PLA but it came out really nice. I think I am going to reprint the handful of other parts I did in Cura...