Well, users only reverse engineered (past tense) Z-Code because of lacking features and issues with Z-Suite, not to hurt the company or to reduce print quality.
I do understand, thats why Z-Temp has been created, to open our printer up, but we are trying to avoid that to keep it “clean” and provide OOB quality.
IMHO there is no point whatsoever in reverse engineering either the slicer or the firmware other than to correct bugs or add missing features (which a Chinese copycat surely won't).
There are comparable or even better slicers available for free and absolutely no need for a Chinese manufacturer to copy your firmware with so many open alternatives.
When people compare the Duplicator 6 to the Zortrax, they don’t ask if it works with Z-Suite but they are happy that it works with S3D, Cura etc. and consider this an advantage.
So yeah, I understand you earn your money by selling filament, but I really wonder if this slightly paranoid approach is really helpful.
People would still buy the Zortrax filaments if it would be (officially) possible to use different slicers with full slicing/temperature control. And why shouldn’t they if the filaments
are reasonable priced and give you the best “out of the box” experience with Z-Suite?
Many players (like Cubicon, Raise3D) with comparable or superior print quality entered the market in the last year and none of them tries to shield their eco system nearly as furiously as Zortrax does.
Maybe it’s time to rethink that business model or to drop the hobbyist/prosumer market altogether
As far as I read about D6, its pretty decent with default settings and their filament but any material changes require a lot of changes in slicer (S3D / Cura).
On the other hand, their software seems to be dangerous(?) [pic]
Bear in mind that we won’t open to any other software than ours, like never - period . It’s not my decision, its a path that company started to follow from the beginning.
This is a remarkable count of (Zortrax) misbelief in a single statement!
- The kind of quality of the M200 is achieved from a rock solid mechanical base together with optimized filament types and print profiles. The closed ‘ecosystem’ is the reason that customers are stuck to that level of quality for two years now, fighting with varying issues between Z-Suite and firmware releases. Meanwhile I switched to another printer that has similar to better quality wich is an ‘open to everything’ system that would let me tweak any aspect of 3DP. I’m kinda sad that I don’t had to tweak anything yet, everything works out of the box. The overall system of that printer had more enhancements this year (hardware, software, firmware) than the M200 had since 2014.
We’ve got great OOB quality, cant argue with that. Its like comparing Android and iOS.
2. Users already cracked Z-Suite, I know two.
- Users already cracked Z-Code, I know one.
Still surprised that we are overcautious and bit paranoid?
Remember, this was about getting spares quick (or better have some on own stock) to minimize downtime of the printer.
We most likely found a way to shorten it, cant tell much more until I receive confirmation from ‘above’