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nicenjehr

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Registered: 2023-05-09

Posts: 2

Unable to slice because I don't have machine settings json

I have a non-networked Photon Mono 4k and I am trying to get my first print of Cones of Calibration (tableflipfoundry.com).
I have the stl file and I want a .photon file. I am not interested in chitubox, lychee slicer or photon workshop. I hope that I can use Nanosupport (0.3.2, win10) by iteself to slice but I am stuck doing so.

I have loaded my STL, intentionally skipped supports, dragged the model down to intersect the z0 plane, and clicked Slice. It opens a Settings dialog with an empty printer list. Refresh does nothing, add network printer is not relevant, and Import Machine Settings is available.
The documentation and google have not helped me figure out what this Machine Settings json file needs to look like.
Where I can find existing Machine Settings files and/or any tips on defining one?
Once I have that, will I also need another file describing the properties of my Inland Standard Gray 405nm resin?

Last edited by nicenjehr (2023-05-09 17:27:59)

nicenjehr

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Registered: 2023-05-09

Posts: 2

Re: Unable to slice because I don't have machine settings json

I think I need PWMA rather than photon but I'm not certain yet, anycubic doesn't list compatibility.
I loaded my model at editor.nano3dtech.com.
Photon, CBDDLP, CTB, all failed to export with "Something went wrong".

I exported to .pws, and loaded it in uvtools, which errored:
System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.

I next tried exporting .zcodex, uvtools also refused with error:
System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot get the value of a token type 'Number' as a string.

I next tried CWS, uvtools errors with:
System.IO.FileLoadException: slice.conf not found

I next tried SL1, uvtools errors with:
System.IO.FileLoadException: Malformed file: prusaslicer.ini is missing

I finally succeeded exporting from editor.nano3dtech.com as png stack, UVTools successfully read this.
I specified 0.050mm layer height, 120mm screen width, 87mm screen height and exported to pwma.
I'll report back with the results of my first print.

Shahin

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Registered: 2016-02-17

Posts: 3,541

Re: Unable to slice because I don't have machine settings json

Currently export from nanosupport to other printers is experimental.
We plan to support non-nanodlp printers this week by a new release. That would be great if you could help test anycubic exports.