The UI doesn't slow down due to the auto slicing. If i disable it, it won't speed up. How do I know? Because I tried. Everyone is asking for a solution, but disabling the auto slicing isn't the way to solve it.
Unless your model finishes slicing fast, it will be hard at work doing slicing while you continue to modify settings. Not everyone has as top-of-the-line computer that slices models in no time. I was playing with a model yesterday and after I finished touching settings it took at least one minute for slicing to finish (didn't time it with a clock). And that model was not that complicated.
Because it solves a ton of problems for new users (eg not the people that actually know how printing works). They have no concept of what slicing is. Automatically doing this solves a lot of problems.
And I never argued against that. I, and several others, are only arguing that it should be an option to disable auto-slicing. It's not like there are no settings in Cura so adding one would bloat it. Heck, you even have a setting, enabled by default, that auto-scales an object. And if you look away from your screen for a few seconds you will miss the warning that shows that the model was scaled.
With that said, I will rest my case and will not argue anymore. Apparently I stepped on someone elses toes...although he only bashed me and didn't come with any constructive counter argument. I have presented my arguments now.
At the end of the day, you are the developer, you make the choices, we have to live with them, good and bad. And true, we could by Simplify 3D...or we could hope that Cura evolves.
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nallath 1,124
Seriously, why do you have such a hard time understanding that auto-slicing is not something that works for everyone? The only argument I have seen from you is "it works fine for me".
Every other argument I have seen from users saying that they want to be able to disable it is something I have faced too. As soon as you do anything more than "load stil" -> "save/print" it's a big hassle. Today I was playing with some small objects in Cura and there were times when the UI did not respond immediately to my actions.
It can't be rocket science implementing a setting to disable auto-slicing and add a "Slice me now" button.
Because it solves a ton of problems for new users (eg not the people that actually know how printing works). They have no concept of what slicing is. Automatically doing this solves a lot of problems.
I understand that people don't want this. But if there is one thing I've learned is that the user isn't always right (https://xkcd.com/1172/). The only argument I hear is "But I want this". That's not an argument, that is an opinion.
The UI doesn't slow down due to the auto slicing. If i disable it, it won't speed up. How do I know? Because I tried. Everyone is asking for a solution, but disabling the auto slicing isn't the way to solve it.
All that being said; Everyone claims that everyone wants this. I find that hard to believe, as with all features that people outside of UM contributed, not one of em was aimed at disabling auto slicing for 2.1
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If you have arguments why we should disable auto-slicing, I'll take those into account.
So far I only have: My laptop drains faster, so an power save mode would be nice.
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nallath 1,124
Disabling autoslicing would reduce our health costs. Small tablets slow down during the slicing process, especially when I have 4 pauses scheduled during the print, maybe a tweak or two at different layer heights, and several objects present on the Cura build plate. Every minor change I make to object placement causes a reslice Blood pressure goes up because I have deadlines. This affects all of our health costs Imagine picketers chanting "Go green and keep health clean!"
Post processing is handled only when you save the code. Not after every slice
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