Possible to change the properties fiels?

[FabioHenriqueLS]

Hi,

I was wondering if it's possible to change the properties fields on the left of the screen. I see you can save it to a file, but what's the use? Can they be tweaked?

Thank you!

[sn4k3]

That fields are set by slicer, by choosing the AntiAliasing level.
Slice a file with the desired level and it will set acordingly

[FabioHenriqueLS]

Those fields are not the Antialiasing level, those are on another field. I have a M3 Max and I noticed that the Antialiasing doesn't really work on this printer. When playing around with UVtools to check some sliced files I noticed that all the PM3M files for the printer reduces the grey scale range after saved. Was wondering if there is any way to change any of the fields under properties to see if it would be possible to force the printer to actually use full range grey scale and perhaps have a real effect on the Antialiasing.

BTW, are you Brazilian?

[sn4k3]

Those fields are not the Antialiasing level, those are on another field.

They are the AntiAliasing map which UVtools "force" to 16 values.

I have a M3 Max and I noticed that the Antialiasing doesn't really work on this printer.

Of course it doesn't and it will never do for any of the Anycubic machines. So far they always use fake/emulated antialiasing, so instead of using tones and 255 shades, you get fractions of time at full power (255 / single shade / white), which means AA16 @ 3s produce different grey shade compared to AA16 @ 4s.

Was wondering if there is any way to change any of the fields under properties

Those who are not hard coded by UVtools you can change.

Here the hardcode:

// Table was always noticed as 16 bytes
if (LayerImageColorSettings.GreyMaxCount < 16 || LayerImageColorSettings.Grey.Length < 16)
{
    LayerImageColorSettings.GreyMaxCount = 16;
    LayerImageColorSettings.Grey = new byte[16];
}

// But if the AntiAliasing is higher than 16, we adjust the table (Experimental)
if (HeaderSettings.AntiAliasing > LayerImageColorSettings.GreyMaxCount || HeaderSettings.AntiAliasing > LayerImageColorSettings.Grey.Length)
{
    LayerImageColorSettings.GreyMaxCount = HeaderSettings.AntiAliasing;
    LayerImageColorSettings.Grey = new byte[HeaderSettings.AntiAliasing];
}

// Map the grey values
for (var i = 0; i < LayerImageColorSettings.GreyMaxCount; i++)
{
    LayerImageColorSettings.Grey[i] = (byte)Math.Min((i + 1) * pixelIncrement, byte.MaxValue);
}

This mean any value <= than 16 will be hardcoded, however if you put a value larger than 16 (Time divisions), the table will be rebuilt with more available time tones. We are not sure if this table is informative only or if have any impact, you can test...
You can also change the value of UseFullGreyscale to 1. My guess is that will not have any effect on printer. That value was introduced in latter format and never used by the slicer so far.
To change any of those you need go to File -> Terminal and send any of:

• ((AnycubicFile)SlicerFile).LayerImageColorSettings.UseFullGreyscale = 1
• SlicerFile.AntiAliasing = 32

The SlicerFile.AntiAliasing > than 16 will trigger UVtools condition to rebuild the table // But if the AntiAliasing is higher than 16, we adjust the table (Experimental)

BTW, are you Brazilian?

Portuguese, but keep chat to english only, this way anyone can benefit from it.