SIMPLIFY 3D V 5 IS NOW OUT

Proschi3D

I don't think the costs are that high to upgrade an existing license to v5.
if i spend 50€ on a nozzle, i can do the same for the slicer.
Unlike cura, Prusa and Ideamaker, Simplify does not sell 3D printers that they make money from

oliof

@Joel you got a link to the licensing change? Hard to discuss elsewhere when all I have is "a guy on the internet said this"...

jay_s_uk

@oliof https://www.simplify3d.com/products/simplify3d-software/release-notes/#:~:text=Standard%2C floating%2C and offline licenses can be used on a single computer at a time with a new License Management view to see where licenses are active

Joel

I did confirm that I cannot install V5 on 2 systems. When I tried to run it on a second system, it barked at me and said I had to uninstall the other.

I was able to reinstall and run V4.x on the second system without issue.

DaveA

@Joel I've got the same issue with V5 being able to only run on one PC at a time. The "must uninstall" message is very misleading.
You do not need to uninstall but "Deactivate Product" under the Help menu. You can then run V5 on the otherPC. When you have two PCs for printing on two different levels in the house and forget to deactivate one it's a pain.

They offer a floating license for $199.00 that will allow you to just quit the application and restart on another PC but still one at a time. To me it's ludicrous for them to charge $199 for what I already had in V4.

I've got a few more days to decide to get a refund and I may do it just because of this licensing change.

hackinistrator

i liked the slicer , it used to be the best one around .
the company is awful though .
they didn't touch v4 for years , not even bug fixes .
they delete posts on their forum and now they want 50$ for an upgrade .
I'll pass.

Joel

I figured I didn't have to really uninstall. I did anyway, I'm going to pass on V5 and just keep using V4. I also loaded SuperSlicer which I'll try out.

Tinchus

simplify is not worthy anymore . The "new" features they have added to version 5 have been present on free slicer for about some years already.

A Former User

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Joel

S3D did refund my V5 without any hassle. I still use V4 sometimes, I have been using superslicer and prusaslicer 2.6 Alpha 0 with success. I need to play with a test model for a bit to see which gives me the best results. I did print some model plane parts with fair results. I think it's just a matter of dialing in settings. Once I got used to the differences in how Prusa/Super slicer works vs S3D, there are some aspects I like about them better than S3D. The only thing that is only slightly annoying is the lack of an easy way to change the part fan speed by layer. I wish it were an option in the height range modifier. As it is, you can change the part fan speed but inserting the gcode command easy enough with the insert feature. You just have to remember to change it back to the default or original value when done. I would think that could be handled automatically in the height range modifier.

Anyway, I think I have found something I like better than S3D. S3D is not horrible, but I think they have lost track of what is important and are falling behind.