Have you guys that use Simplify3D seen this page?
http://jinschoi.github.io/simplify3d-docs/
Seems older but theres some useful info in there considering they dont provide crap.
http://jinschoi.github.io/simplify3d-docs
I like on the fly control of flow and all that, and dont have an LCD on this machine. But for the most part Simplify shines as a slicer instead of a host
Nice find, thanks
This site is why I tried s3d in the first place. They should hire him for their documentation.
@Mark_Rehorst In this case S3D is not only the host but the slicer and can be used to repair files. I have it but don’t use it in my normal workflow. I use if for objects that require manual placement of supports. The program excels at that job.
A host can be used to manipulate the machine, directions, heating the hot end and extruding, during calibration or fine tuning. As noted you can also modify things on the fly. If you have a display and SD card a host isn’t required. You can control the machine from the display and print from the card.
The approach I use now is Octoprint. All the bots in the farm are controlled and monitored from a single workstation using shared storage for the model files and gcode repository. The files are uploaded to each machine from the repo faster than when I was doing it to SD by swapping disks.