So some preliminary results between Catfish and UpStudio Slicers.
Below is a simple part; the white one is printed in ABS+ sliced using UpStudio, the other one (yellow) sliced in Catfish using ABS. I don’t expect the material change makes much difference but I’m unable to print in ABS+ using Catfish at the moment because of issues listed in previous posts.
You can see from these parts that the white one (UpStudio) has holes and gaps near the base of the key handle that extend all the way through the part. Closer images below:
The UpStudio print is using 99% fill, 0.1mm height, normal speed. The Catfish print is 100%fill, 2 layer contour, 0.1mm height, normal speed.
There is a big difference here in the fill. It may not seem like much but this is the first time ever I’ve been able to print with more than one contour and at 100% on my UP300. This is also the first time I’ve been able to print without gaps in the flat surfaces.
I should point out the Catfish version pulled away from the raft a little but this I my fault I think as I selected hatched raft instead on using the default raft in catfish. I think in this mode it bypassed the bed leveling in the UP300. I will try again later and check the result.
So in short I think Catfish is looking promising. There are short-comings for now like the usability and not being able to change individual supports like in UpStudio but this is not supposed to be a finished product yet.
I will be using Catfish for any engineering parts that need strength or tapped holes. If I can get ABS+ working that would be ideal.
For anyone having theedge peeling/infill issueI would recommend to use Catfish.
