I’ve used enough slicers to know that most of them are “fine” until your prints stop being fine. That’s usually when you find out how much of your 3D printing workflow depends on tiny conveniences, ...

Are you still using the slicer that your 3D printer’s company makes? It’s time to upgrade your 3D printing experience with the best slicer out there—OrcaSlicer. These days, just about every slicer is ...

Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He ...

What Is Slicer Software and How Does it Enable 3D Printing? 3D printing, a type of additive manufacturing, works by creating objects layer-by-layer based on a digital computer-aided design (CAD) model ...

3D Splitter is a free 3D printing tool for printing big things on small printers. (Image source: 3D Splitter) An enterprising developer has published a new free browser-based tool for splitting large ...

When you think of slicers for FDM 3D printing — especially free slicers — you probably think of Cura, Slic3r, or PrusaSlicer. There are fans of MatterControl and many people pay for Simplify3D.

If you own a desktop 3D printer, you’re almost certainly familiar with Slic3r. Even if the name doesn’t ring a bell, there’s an excellent chance that a program you’ve used to convert STLs into the ...

You spend hours on a model, export it, and send it to the printer. Forty minutes later, the print becomes a tangle of ...