SimulationView doesn't appear

[GoTeNsan 0]

Hello!

I need some help with SimulationView. I have seen this feature in 3.1 version that I can simulate the toolpath. In my case there isn't any "play" button by layer view. Currently I'm using 3.2.1 version. How could I enable this feature? Thanks for the answers!

[burtoogle 516]

Your display is in compatibility mode and the simulation isn't supported in that mode. Either you have forced compatibility mode in the preferences or your computer hw/sw does not support the required version of OpenGL. I hope this helps.

[Mateus Abreu 1]

On 03/02/2018 at 2:40 PM, ahoeben said:

To get the obvious out of the way: In the General preference page, is the option "Force layer view compatibility mode (restart required)" checked? If so, uncheck it and restart Cura.

 

[GoTeNsan 0]

That was unchecked "Force layer view compatibility mode". My GPU doesn"t support the required version of OpenGL. 

[sk8nfool 0]

Hi,

I'm new to Cura. I'm running Cura 3.6 from the appimage (Ultimaker_Cura-3.6.0.AppImage) on Ubuntu 18.04 and I also don't have a play button. I do not have compatibility mode forced in the General settings. As far as I can tell OpenGL is enabled and the few tests that I've tried all work. Could this be because I'm running from the appimage and the necessary libraries are missing?

[ahoeben 2,016]

It is more likely that your GPU supports OpenGl 2.0 (which is the minimum for Cura to run) but not OpenGL 4.1, which is required for the features you mention.

[sk8nfool 0]

Yep - that's it. It's an old NVIDIA GT218 with a GeForce 8400 that supports OpenGL 2.1 - I guess it's time to upgrade!

Thanks for the info.