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If it isn't broke, dont fix it :p

some improvements, antialiasing eg. If ur using Photon S its good to upgrade to be able to read different file types.

Yes

That is the sound of succes... print releasing from the fep

You want to hear that plopp! You should be worried if you don't hear it

Corona.

Hey Scott. I also had a service ticket open plus I ordered a new LCD screen. I just received contacted in the last couple days. The person from anycubic said that they apologized for the delay but they aren't able to have as many people working to make the products so there is a shortage.

Kathy Oettle thanks. I assumed something like that but one would think they would put at least some kind of notice on the website. I just went ahead and ordered a new screen. Hopefully it won't take too long to get. I'm having printer withdrawals!!!

Same here, I have been trying to get a new Lcd for two weeks.

I kind of thought something like this might happen and it’s understandable but a little more communication would’ve been nice.

Yes

Yes, you probably have a fauxton,

You need to make sure chitubox is outputing the file to a .photon files. It isn the settings somewhere

Jeremy Swigart , is there a how to video?

Jim Goulbourne , did that they are discovered but says that they can't be opened, that's why I thought firmware

New photon firmware no longer recognizes .photon only .PWS save your STL with supports or whatever from chitubox then open it and slice it in photon workshop

At least that's what I learned about my photon s. I also just got it like 2 days ago

Reid Ball yeah thats what im doing with my zeros. I use chituboz to do the supports then photon slicer for the final output.

Reid Ball incorrect. Update firmware to 5.0X and it will read .photon, .photons, and .pws.

The directions are with the files. It's super trivial

Jeff Greenfield ?? ??

Jeff Greenfield thanks for that, I definitely assumed it would have came with the most recent firmware

Reid Ball Or update your firmware

Yeah, had the same issue and did the firmware 5.1 I think from their website and it recognizes .photon files now. I use the Prusa slicer for generating the supports, save as stl with supports included and bring it into Chitubox to generate the slicer file.

John Bkly you use normal supports in prusa slicer?

Auto generate then add a few that I think it missed. It has worked pretty well so far, just a couple extra steps and a bit of extra time.

Jairo Ledesma careful I got flamed for saying something similar. Apparently the community flips their collective shit over the word “fauxton” even tho that’s literally what you have to google to find the answer to this question.

Check the file names before you start upgrading software.

100% do the firmware update - then you can use all photon related filetypes

I have just got the photon s and will not read the files from chitubox either. Is there a specific version number for the firmware that is know to work, or is it just a case the latest version will do?

I only ask as I have seen conflicting advice saying "no longer working on the latest firmware"

just update to v5.x and all will be good

Nicholas Norton wouldn’t flame him, just assume he’s the kinda guy who waits in line for the newest iPhone then jerks off about it for a month every time he tells someone about it

This is not true. Just update firmware

Yea, not sure why.people.keep.saying that, and we are in almost april. About a week or so after release there was a software update. Does .photon and .photons

Always make sure to check firmware updates on Anycubic.com

Afaik The new photons only use the pws file type which you can't export with chitubox you have to open it again in photon workshop and save as pws

Try a different file. If not try a different slicer

Maybe a corrupt file I always check slice layer by layer...

Reformat your USB

Stuart Finesilver i did that also

David Cornell i will try. Thanks

Did u have models hanging off the build plate somewhere in the slicer? I got this when I had a duplicate sitting out of sight in the background off the build plate

Also, does the print time seem unreasonably longer than normal?

Casey Frank no, all was clear and only inserted one piece to print. Was a print of 12 hours. The sliced model looked good, i checked the layers

Casey Frank well i noticed a different between the time that chitubox gave (9+ hours), and the Photon S itself (12+ hours)

Can the current firmware support chitubox?

Can u recall this problem start to happen after u started doing something different? Like did it start right after u got new usb?

Casey Frank no, 26% of the print time. And why i realy dont know. I have printed last days different items and did have that problem a few times. The sliced model i checked.

Jurjen de Quelerij so u have dif usb, have u used dif slicer?

Casey Frank no all the same slicer amd the same usb

And I see u mentioned u check every layer, it may really just be a firmware problem

Oh

Try dif usb

It is the latest firmware version

Casey Frank yes i will

Does ur usb have connection issues?

Casey Frank no not that i know of

The white usb can with my photon s started having connection issues

I think cheapest solution first, try dif slicer and if it still shows, try reformat usb or buying new one

Casey Frank i know that the white one is bad so i bought a new one.

I will reformat it first. What is a good other slicer?

Keep us updated if it still shows

Jurjen de Quelerij I really like photon workshop that comes with it

Casey Frank i will do so and i will also try it with Workshop.

With the latest update (5.0.2 from last december?) you can use chitubox. The first thing I did when I got my printer is updating to this firmware. Never had a problem besides user errors.

I'd have to say this is an issue with the file, looks like an aliasing issue like you would see on an FDM printer because the poly count was too low...

Thanks a lot Anders. I have quite a high polygon count.
Here are the properties:
41778858 vertices, 13926286 polygons
STL file is 670MB.

Saturn V?

Correct :D 1/96 ;)
The whole CSM + BPC needs to be replaced ;)

This is the mesh structure

What are you using to model? is everything "closed"? Slicers hate anything that just a surface, if that makes sense? They can get creative with artifacts like that if something is left to interpretation where it starts and stops.

Don't think this is relevant for curved surfaces, unfortunately

Thanks but this is for angeled prints - I need it printed straight vertical ;)

I am using Rhino3D. STLs are checked in Magics and repaired if needed. The "lines" are in fact on four sides of the part where it cross the X and Y axis.
It seems like the very low X,Y resolution but the Chitubox is correctly set up for standard Photon. :(

Check the image below with the angle chart, because that "wall" is on a right angle, you may just be getting aliasing from the LCD as well, photons hate right angles sometimes so it's good to force them to see things as slopes.

Also, this is relevant to layer height, this particular issue is caused by the pixels of the screen.

I get these lines on vertical surfaces too, and wondering what they are. Not just cylinders, but other flat surfaces as well if perpendicular to the lcd.

Lcd pixels. Something in the anti-aliasing isn't working properly.

Alexandr Uhlik is the printer big enough for the bottom sections?
And of course where did you get the STL? I grew up in Houston in 70s and spent a lot time with my rocket model, it was taller than me.

nice!

Why can't you print at 15 degree angle?

Pete Kastner I just do not want to use any supports ;) to have a better surface :D :D :D . I will probably think about it. Thanks ;)

not 100% but i think i heard the original photon doesnt anti alias, maybe the firmware 4.2.19 allows it, or in general does it better.

The new firmware allows for anti aliasing you need to enable it in chitubox. Problem you could be having with your model is some normal's may be reversed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLgD88KFKJI&feature=youtu.be this can be done in meshmixer. The p roblem people have at times with oddball things happening to their meshes can be because of a multitude of reasons. I keep stressing that if you have a mesh it needs to be checked. Things like Netfabb and a multitude of other programs from free to commercial can do that. I think Cura can check meshes as well, I know its for fdm but if you check the mesh you can resave and use with the photon.

Even though a mesh looks watertight in software, which compensates for the way a mesh looks on screen it doesn't mean its ok to print. When you slice in Chitubox take the time to look at the slices and see if you notice any abnormalities. Yes it could be pixels from the LCD, you'd really have to be unlucky. When artists create meshes they look at the monitor, looks ok, release the model. As to how the structure of the model is, well that becomes the users problem. Imagine it this way you have a building with a lovely facade, everything looks perfect on the outside but the frame on the inside is shot, falling apart or cobbled together. Take the extra minutes check your mesh and you will generally never have any issues again unless they are mechanical.

Ray Sears the CSM stack is my own creation. The rest of the rocket is the old Revell kit ?

Alexandr Uhlik nice work

Both files are compatible using fw 5.*

awesome, thank you!

Erivelton Silva They are not using the newest fw.
They used to work. Then stopped working. Then beginning fw 5 they worked again and now they don't. That's why all the contradicting information.

Rik de Reus So with the latest firmware from the official website it's not working anymore?

Mi Ha correct. It's not working for me with the lastest fw from the Anycubic website.

Rik de Reus , I'm using V5.02 with my Photon (not S) and .pws and .photon working normaly. Is there any difference between the S version and the common version?

I just checked on mine and it's kinda random. Sometimes the .photon files show up and sometimes they don't. This is on 5.0.2 also.

Very strange .... for me, until now, the files generated by chitubox have always appeared.

Send slices files: yes; Control printer: https://github.com/Photonsters/PhotonNetworkController

Bob Deblier awesome. I didn’t want to go for it unless it has this at least

That page states the project is deprated, so for correctness: https://github.com/....../Universal-Photon-Network....../

Bob Deblier oh wow. Great! Thank you so much