I know this has been discussed before but all the threads I found were rather old. So, I thought I’d bring up the topic again to see whether there’s been any progress: Is there a proper implementation for the CFS in OrcaSlicer? Ideally with syncing to the device? It looks to me like currently the only way is to manually put in the filaments that are in the CFS which introduces an unnecessary source of human error. At least I know that I’d be likely to forget that I changed the filament and may end up trying to print PCTG at 200 °C which could cause significant issues.
But I’m getting more and more tired of many of the limitations and quirks of CrealityPrint and would much prefer to use proper open source software.
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I used the k2 profile from the Creality wiki to make the k1 max and k1 profile for orca. Been working great
not come across any way to auto sync CFS &/or external side spool to Orca… still have to do it manually AFAIK, but the login/saved profiles at least works these days, so once you’ve setup all the filaments once, its always there…
definitely a better range of filament’s natively supported, but frankly, just stick with CR these days, as the mobile/cloud slicing app, outweighs any negatives (for me at least)
I’ve set it up in OrcaSlicer now and it works very well overall. Pitty that there’s still no way to sync the filaments but all in all, I still prefer the interface of Orca Slicer to Creality Print. One niche aspect for me is also that in Creality Print, you can’t use a free camera with a SpaceMouse. And with the fluidd interface, you get console access directly in the slicer (I think by default, you don’t get the camera feed there, but that’s fixed with the k2-improvements mod). Hopefully, some day, Creality will finally properly release the source code and allow for a CFS sync option in OrcaSlicer!
Our printer is not connected to the Creality Cloud and I’m not inclined to do that. We have it connected through ethernet (having ethernet connectivity is one thing I really like about the K2) and I don’t really see an advantage of sending our designs through the cloud from one room to the next…