Temperature test bar (Simplify 3D)

This is, by far, not a fancy test bar as can be found here on thingiverse, but the main goal was not to create the bar itself, but the factory file for simplify 3D to automate the process.

The idea is to print a bar with a single outline (like in vase mode) and change the extruder temperature every 10 mm. After printing the bar gives some information on the best temperature setting for the given material/printer. Setting this up can take some time and this factory for S3D does just that.

The first layer is a custom process. This allows tweaking the first layer to get it to stick nicely on the platform. The other processes are defined for each 10 mm (and labeled as such). Of course they can be changed at will.

Because the 10 mm steps are in a group and the only difference is the extruder temperature, changing any other setting will apply to every process in the group. This makes it very easy if you want to see the result at different speeds for instance.

I designed the facto