Each process is where you configure print specific settings like infill, supports, layer heights, and everything else you see in the previous section. The idea of a process was a little weird to me at first because MatterControl basically just has one and that’s it. Down in the bottom box is the processes listing. The top box will list all of the models on the print surface that you are working with. The left side of the screen has two main boxes with import and remove options on one and add and delete on the other.

This is perfect for checking out an internal view of a print for example. There is also an option to click and cut into your print to see inside. The rest of the options over on the right let you pick default viewing angles and turn on a wire framed view. When doing this there isn’t any information on how big you have made it but there is a place to do that and I will show it here in just a minute. The click to scale option lets you drag the print bigger. The first few move your view, move the print around on the printer, one will let you change the direction the print faces, and there is a scaling option. On the right, you have a few controls to pick from. With some printers, it will even have a 3d rendering of the rest of the printer as well. When you boot it up you will have an empty build plate over on the right that is shaped to match your printer. To do that I should first start off with a rundown of the overall layout when you open up the software. Once past getting the software setup for our printer and going through the extreme amount of options (I had to actually split it into a difference section because there were so many) we can finally get into some of the features of Simplif圓D and see what set it apart from the previous software I was using.

How to split models in simplify 3d