orcaslicer Archives

The Growing Family Tree of Slic3r-Based Software

With the controversy over open-source 3D print slicing software continuing, I thought I’d check on the current state of these tools.

There’s been a bit of a controversy brewing over Bambu Lab’s policies, but it’s really a collision of concepts.

The wait for PrusaSlicer 3.0.0 continues, but it may not be for much longer.

Polymaker is making a big deal of their presets, and so they should.

Bambu Lab has introduced a new feature to enable multiple colour shades.

Snapmaker is improving its U1 with more availability, a software bundle of ready-to-print models, and a bigger RFID-enabled filament lineup.

Prusa Research published a very interesting analysis of vertical fine artifacts, and their solutions for them.

It’s not yet official, but the upcoming release of OrcaSlicer has some very interesting new features.

The latest beta version of BambuStudio has some intriguing new functions.

Everson Siqueira believes there are serious patent issues with the Brick Layers concept.

Tenger Technologies has released an update to their Bricklayers slicing script to dramatically increase the strength of 3D printed parts.

Helio Additive is deploying an amazing solution that most FFF 3D printer operators will be quite interested in using.

There’s a new toolchanging 3D printer coming soon, the WonderMaker ZR series.

A new way to strengthen 3D prints has been released to PrusaSlicer and OrcaSlicer.

There have been a few more developments in the Bambu Lab situation.

Snapmaker announced the Snapmaker Orca Project.

There’s a massive controversy happening around Bambu Lab’s surprise announcement of a firmware change.

OrcaSlicer 2.0.0 has been officially released.