I Switched 3D Printing Slicers & You Should Too

[@kmartyCZ]

"Calibration tests nobody did before"... Superslicer: "Am I joke to you?"

[@TheLuciano1806]

I was thinking the same thing, lol

[@kmartyCZ]

Actually I recently switched to Orca since SuperSlicer seems to be stuck in development. It was just the “nobody did it before” which kinda triggered me, especially when Orca borrowed that thing from SuperSlicer.

[@GabrielAlejandroZorrilla]

Just came here to say the same.

[@SuperEdiggity]

Thank You!

[@EnchiladaBro]

Really wish SS had tree supports. . . How do you like orca over SS? I'm new to slicers but started with SS and it seems great, but I don't know what "great" translates to, since I'm a newbie

[@dtyra]

I have used both SuperSlicer and OrcaSlicer, and am now using the beta version of PrusaSlicer 2.6 for all the new features, including organic supports. Both SuperSlicer and OrcaSlicer benefit from all the development work done by the Prusa software team. They are also each maintained and updated by a single person. In the case of SuperSlicer, updates have slowed down. Just remember if you invest in converting your profiles and workflow to forks that don't have the stability of a company like Prusa backing them, you are depending on a single person for maintenance, updating, and bug fixes.

[@nikoraasu6929]

That is not how open source software works. A lot of bugs are fixed by random contributors, some features are added by random contributors. All it takes is accepting a pull request by the maintainer so you do not rely on "one person"

[@ShittySwag]

@@nikoraasu6929 in the case of superslicer, the original creator (afaik as of aug/2023) is the only person with the ability to merge pull requests. he hasn't added anybody else to the team and insists on doing all the hard work himself. I wanted to refactor a lot of his github structure to make making contributions to the code much easier for people who want to help but don't want to figure out what the fuck he's doing with 50 nightly branches sadly though he seems to be too busy to even merge a simple pull request like that, that doesn't require any reading of 1000's of lines of code.

[@StephenWestrip]

That is the #1 reason I wouldn’t switch from Prusaslicer. Look what happened to SuperSlicer. It got abandoned by its developer for so long it is way behind Prusaslicer now. Who is to say the same won’t happen with OrcaSlicer.

[@hman72y]

If I'm right, prusa is now using the open source engine Arachne from Cura 😉 it's a little bit like Chromium, now everyone will use the same base engine 😁

[@StephenWestrip]

@@hman72y Slicing software is a lot more than the engine it uses

[@trekgod3]

If you have an Ender series printer, Cura along with CHEP's extra fast profile is a game changer. It cuts printing time in half with little loss of quality

[@justapile4376]

Just be aware, not all filaments are created equal. The extra fast profile works great with PLA, however you will need to tweek some settings if you are using certain brands of PETG or ABS.

[@Cereal_Killr]

Ive had pretty bad luck running CHEPs settings. I use them as a base... I love cura... but last night nearly placed it in the recycle bin after a couple Orca sliced prints. As far as supports...forget it Orca wins! Trust me I love the SUPER in depth settings for cura, but in most cases feel they are best left along unless you rTRULY know what the do and how their effects have outcomes on other settings. Orca is more of a set it and forget it deal. Quality is amazing too! Ender 3 S1 pro with Klipper (sonic pad) and Bamu P1S...both now fueled by Orca as of now.

[@ManicMate88]

Only reason I use SuperSlicer over PrusaSlicer is because of SuperSlicers built in calibrations (which is where Orca must have gained the inspiration from). Definitely keen to give Orca a try!

[@Geoff_W]

They actually imported that code from SuperSlicer

[@mikecrane2782]

@@Geoff_W they did, I used Superslicer over Prusaslicer because of this.

[@Exstaz]

SuperSlicer don’t get updated much. If you want features added in from Prusa slicer, you need to wait a lot. I was using SS cause of the better klipper support but now PS also support klipper and added travel acceleration, which it did not have before.

[@MemelordSupreme]

Kinda funny he even posted the icon of superslicer in the intro and then proceeded to say no one thought of calibrations before lmao!

[@bongi6811]

My current favourite slicer is SuperSlicer. It has many of the features of Orca slicer, like the calibration prints, while still having a the user interface structured like prusa slicer which I personally prefer over the layout in Cura or Orca slicer.

[@thenextlayer]

Fair enough!

[@bongi6811]

@Russell Phelan Thats also the biggest con of SuperSlicer for me, really hoping that the SuperSlicer development team changes their mind and works on it in the near future.

[@EnchiladaBro]

​@savesilenceI also am waiting for tree supports. Love SS otherwise though. So much customizability

[@YourBuddyDinec]

@Russell Phelan Yeah I want to switch from prusa to super slicer but not till they get organic supports.

[@OldCurmudgeon3DP]

I've heard rumor that the SS dev is not actively working on that fork anymore. If that's the case and I can import my profiles maybe this is an option.

[@Raycefan]

So, it’s an offshoot of PrusaSlicer, which has always sucked when compared to Cura, and you even said,”…gives it a more Cura-like…” Thanks, but I’ll be sticking with Cura. It’s ten times more user friendly for the new user all the way to the seasoned user/printer. So, until folks stop comparing their slicer to Cura, and using Cura as the benchmark for the best slicer, I’ll be using it.

[@justinchamberlin4195]

Two thoughts on OrcaSlicer: 1) I tried OrcaSlicer a tiny bit and came away unimpressed. Scenario: I'm at work, looking to slice a few files to print at home because I want to add some custom text and it's frankly easier to do it here than it is in Tinkercad. I configure the slicer for my Ender 3, edit a few of the default settings to account for my mods/upgrades, slap some text on my design, and notice that a brim is enabled by default. Strange, but it seems easy enough to just go with a skirt like normal...and then my print had both a skirt and a brim. Rather than struggle to get the slicer to do one of the more basic things in 3D printing, I just sucked it up and added text in Tinkercad. 2) There is a downside to a slicer fork being maintained by one person, and we're seeing that in real time with SuperSlicer: when the person driving the bus gives up for one reason or another, that's it...the project is dead. If SoftFever gets hit by a bus tomorrow, who takes over? Major development in SuperSlicer seems to have died out last September, with only one beta release since then and little to no updating going on with issues or pull requests since April. I'm now glad I dragged my feet on getting set up in SuperSlicer, and because of that experience I'd rather stick with trusty Cura than go down the "lone developer" route again.

[@mizz1414]

The nr 2 hits the nail on the head, The original Slic3r also died because... well... nobody cared anymore because Prusa Slicer was so much better

[@Rob_65]

I don't know ... I think I prefer the PrusaSlicer layout, maybe because I am used to this since a long time now. Bambu Studio is based on PrusaSlicer but removed some "unused" features like support for multiple extruders. That means that, currently, OrcaSlicer does not support multiple extruders and that is kind of a show stopper for me since I just built a custom Jubilee3D tool changer printer that I need to configure.

[@photelegy]

❓The only important question for me is: How fast will/can OrcaSlicer implement new features from PrusaSlicer (like e.g. MeassuringTools, WarpingText, CuttingFuntions, ...)?

[@thenextlayer]

Good question...

[@BogdanKecman]

Just a small correction. This is NOT the first slicer that came with calibration scripts/parts in it. If you remember first beta of netfabb slicer and later on nefabb studio slicer it came with calibration objects for acceleration, for speed, for flow rate... they used the set of triangles, squares and arc's and procedures to follow to properly calibrate slicer settings using them :) .. this was almost 15 years ago :D ... they also had some ingenious idea for raft that sits on "blobs" that would allow printing on very uneven bed and very easy release of the raft from the bed (not important today with modern beds but if you remember we used acrylic beds without heaters back then)

[@thenextlayer]

Thanks the correction that was before my time

[@johnrobertfrench]

Where is the link for the software???

[@cooper9605]

there is no link in the description to orca slicer? all I see is a link to give softfever money

[@faasteercz9184]

I only recently switched to Orca Slicer. But I really like it. 👍 I used to use the CURA slicer because I have a modified Ender S1 Pro with Klipper. But since I have ordered and am waiting for delivery of the new BambuLab P1S with AMS. I wanted to try what it would be like to work with their slicer (or its equivalent). And I have to say, working with this slicer is very pleasant. It allows all the important settings, but the user doesn't have to be a rocket scientist to use it. 🤣 Most importantly, after calibration, my prints are better quality and also faster than on a similarly tuned profile that I used in the CURA slicer. Of course, the unification of slicer and printer control is very nice. But I consider it "something extra". I didn't mind operating the printer in a web browser and having the slicer next to it in a window. On the contrary, sometimes I happen to forget and look for the slicer window. While I'm already in it, but on the Klipper control tab. 🙄 And of course, I read somewhere that the whole project rests on the shoulders of one man. I'm a little worried about that. It wouldn't be the first time such a strategy has failed. On the other hand, I learned the controls in less than an hour, and the calibration for all the materials I use took about a day. So I'm willing to risk it and I'll hope nothing bad happens. I'm not saying Orca or Cura is better. But my experience made me change my primary slicer. And I would encourage everyone to at least try it and make up their own mind. 😎

[@thenextlayer]

Glad to hear it

[@BoostFiend_Bud]

I guess you've convinced me to give it a try. I've spent my 4+ years printing all on PrusaSlicer and the largest inconvenience was learning how to set up any calibration test prints. The positive of course being that I was forced to learn more about G-code and how my printer "thinks" but I love the pre-designed ability for those newer to printing who could most use the fine-tuning a full calibration suite can give you.

[@nicholascrutchfield1007]

including instructions on how to download Orca or a link to the webpage would have been time saving and beneficial!

[@Ben_EH-Heyeh]

If: Orca Slicer has Appimage; Then: Test (boolean value): { If: Return = True; Printstr = (w00t!); Else: Return = False; Do nothing; }

[@brynyard]

It's not really a matter of having a license that "allows" the source code to be shared, but rather "doesn't allow it to be included in a closed source project". If Bambu could have kept the source closed, they would. Also, as a software dev, working downstream of a large project like this is not a feature but a serious hazzard.

[@SlowRkers]

i've never been able to properly print Chainmails on my Sidewinder X1 n 2 using Cura as i found it hard to calibrate my printer there. After moving to Orca, using its inbuild calibration tools and a few prints later i managed to dial in the perfect settings for my printer and now i'm able to print super clean prints including chainmails which i could never do using Cura. Love Orca slicer. ^^

[@thenextlayer]

NICE

[@billd01rfc]

Early videos were quite good, honest, 'amateur' (in the nicest possible terms) videos . . . but . . . the last few months is just a bunch of click-bait thumbnails, product specific reviews, and not much else (for me at least). Enjoy your journey, but the direction is not for met at this stage. billd

[@117-OG]

There are 2 things I miss inn Orca. The first thing is the possibility of having line width as a percentage of the nozzle size, the second is having a way to save PA values as a function of nozzle size. Both of these can be done in Superslicer, and they're the things holding me back from making the jump. There is also some issues regarding having speeds set as a percentage of a base speed variable set in filament properties, but I haven't explored that part yet...

[@WouterZtube]

Something you can easily calculate…

[@Penofhell]

@@WouterZtube it's not about that, it's about it being a parameters that changes when you change the nozzle size. This prevents you from needing separate profiles of from having to change manually the value as ou swap nozzles. Orca not doing this is going to keep me on SS for sure.

[@TylerHarney]

Is it possible to disable the flow calibration if printing via SD card (export g-code file) Anyone??

[@xsunnycrazyx]

The print item management is worst compare to SS and PS. Try to copy multiple instances of the items in the build plate and it doesn't even tell you how many instances of that item.

[@JessTheEngiNerd]

This slicer does not work for the anycubic Kobra Neo. It ignores the speed and acceleration limits and makes the printer bang around violently. For reference max speed was set to 40mm/s with 200mm/s acceleration. much lower than what i have set in Prusa but its was still way above that speed.

[@Recycled]

Stux'd

[@1fareast14]

Maybe the 'emit to gcode' setting need to be changed

[@JessTheEngiNerd]

@@1fareast14 I will take a look for that setting in orca. I know that setting is in prusa.

[@Munky332]

Am I the only one who doesn't like the interface? I find it clunky as fuck to use.... just give me all the god damn settings on 1 page, I don't want to have to change a bunch of settings for each printer, for each filament... extremely annoying... other than being able to directly send the file from the slicer to klipper, everything else is a god damn pain in the ass to fuck with.

[@andreassittig2772]

Can anybody please explain which "lid" "Height to lid" under "Extruder Clearance" refers to?

[@Waltkat]

Eh, tried to install Orca on my Windows PC but Orca doesn't support Kingroon printers so it got stuck at the point where you're suppose to choose a printer. It also doesn't support my other printer, an Anycubic Predator. It wouldn't let me back out or stop the install. Only way out was to either reboot my computer or go into Task Manager (which I did) and force a shut down of the software. I don't like the UI of Prusa Slicer so I'll stick with Cura for now.

[@tmartin9482]

Meh, I hate dogmatic youtuber recommendations, like "Change your slicer! You're missing out!" so much. There is nothing at all against it every now and then to try something new or even something familiar and see if there is something more suitable for the needs. Personally, for example, instead of looking for the ultimate all-purpose tool, I prefer to look for a toolset of different solutions that can handle certain tasks particularly well. Other people may prefer the simpler, harmonized but long-term stable solution. Still others prefer to chase every trend and change constantly. Honestly, how many forks of the most popular slicers and forks of forks have we seen come and go so far? Keep your eyes open and have the courage to think outside the box and try something out, but stop the stupid dogmatism!

[@kiiingrook]

my wifi password has $symbol but the N4PLUS display keyboard dont have the $ symbol

[@SirLANsalot]

For the "big companies" its never Can't, its always Won't. They can do whatever, they Won't do it because it might, or might not be profitable.

[@retro_boy_advance]

This is great! I was sold once you said it was basically Bambu Studio but also for other printers. That's probably good enough for me to even buy a Bambu Labs printer too. Been holding off mostly because of their slicer not being great with non-Bambu printers.

[@DamienDavidO]

I’m so used to simplified3d and palettes slicer( I can’t remember the name) , when I tried Prusa slicer the interface was far from something I was willing to learn how to use so after that I haven’t tried any other slicer. Today I may try the orca slicer since simplify3d I personally feel has failed me with update 5. Not being able to use the slicer on 2 computers at different times with the same license as I did with simplify3d 4 is very disappointing especially when it means I’ll be paying a full retail price of $200 for a slicer I have all ready paid that amount for.

[@paulstechcorner8529]

@@DamienDavidO Yeah the interface for Bamboo lab and orca are much nicer then one Prusa slicer did. As they took Slic3r and came up with there own GUI. Ironically I preferred the orginal better, but one done on Bamboo is really nice. (Hope that helps =).)

[@snekmeseht]

You probably should have mentioned that Orca Slicer is not really available for non-geeks.

[@haddonist]

Plenty of non-geeks have no problems downloading and running free software like Orca

[@ChristianLaufs]

So funny, i switchd from Cura to PrusaSlicer cause i hate the Cura UI and LOVE PrusaSlicers UI.

[@DifferentAverage]

Switched to OrcaSlicer a few weeks ago and haven’t looked back. Bambu studio used to crash a lot on Mac but Orca is much more stable. Calibration test, custom nozzle size setting (for aftermarket hotends) and more advanced controls makes it the best slicer for a bambu lab printer, especially the P1P

[@burbilog]

Orca slicer does not work in Ubuntu 23.04. It complains about javascript and the interface is unusable.

[@peterkallend5012]

Orca slicer has yet to produce a printable gcode for my printer, despite having a preset profile for my printer. I can't even connect my printer via network. I can't even open the printer settings to see what is causing the issues and fix them. Orca slicer looks like it would be great, but it's totally useless for me at the moment.

[@allenellismusic]

I was just looking up videos on Cura vs. Prusa, and now I have Orca to consider. Too many options! Oy vey...

[@steve318k]

3:19 Oh my , I so have to disagree about the improved user interface ... I cannot stand the Cura interface, this will turn me right away from Orca...

[@tvideo1189]

Last time I tried it, Orca Slicer Organic supports sucked compared to PrusaSlicer.

[@c0mputer]

Bambu studio also allows you to turn off the flow calibration to save space on the build plate. Were you saying you can’t?

[@cosmefulanito5933]

I use Cura because it's easy to connect with many Octoprint instances. In Prusa Slicer I didn't find a way to do it. How do you connect many Octoprint instances to that slicer?

[@ann53090]

I have a voxelab Aquila and I have Alex marlin fireware update and I can’t get any other slicers to work

[@dragonhead01]

As a note, orca has a very small list of older printers. For instance it doesn’t support my anycubic predator

[@lukegrieve198]

Hey I’m having trouble setting up 0.6 no sale in Cura prints are terrible on my 2 kobra2 printers are you still using orca ? I might give this a try

[@Unorthatrox]

You managed to give credit to every project that lent its stand out features to orca except superslicer. You just commentated as if they were all unique to orca. I'll still check out orca thanks to this vid.

[@santiagoricoy1313]

Okay but how do I turn off acceleration in Orca? I don't want it interfering with Klipper's input shaping.

[@mikepeterson8663]

I am going to check it out today. Cheers to you from Chigwell, Alberta, Canada

[@jenniferbrown-zf8gw]

I can't figure out how to get my computer to recognize that I want to open in orca after switching. Can you help? I'm not even able to use it!!!

[@LarkspeedNL]

Never used PrusaSlicer because when I tried it I thought it was junk. I have always and will always use Cura

[@TheZombieSaints]

Yes I too have switched to orca, best thing I ever did! Even if you just use the calibration tools, my prints have never looked so good.

[@thenextlayer]

Same.

[@StarkRG]

As a SuperSlicer user, I'm definitely going to have to give Orca a try. It sounds like it's got the same or similar level of functionality so it'll be interesting to see it implemented differently.

[@GiluOne]

SuperSlicer and PS user, here. I just downloaded OrcaSlicer and gave it a try. So far no regrets!!! I took some time to migrate the (luckily few) profiles but it prints just awesome! No organic supports yet, but I don't like those either (take too much time to print and can fail easily). The default profile (Ultimaker 2) needs some changes, but nothing major. I was surprised how well it printed!

[@phantomsmithy]

@@GiluOne How do you migrate from SuperSlicer? I REALLY want to use OrcaSlicer but I don't want to try and manually copy all my settings one line at a time if I don't have to.

[@GiluOne]

@@phantomsmithy well, that's pretty much what I did. Left monitor PS, right monitor OS. Then go through each setting...

[@lucasmartins5890]

I really really like your videos. You really won me over with the auto defense keychain and your care for all the woman in your life and thats just how I feel, so I also been printing some giveaway of those. About Orca Slicer, I dont see enough reasons to give it a try. It would be great if there were some prints comparasion and if the change cant be felt in the final product...I dont see why to change. But love your videos, cheers

[@tvideo1189]

OK, you lost me when you said they tried to give it a "CURA feel". CURA has the most idiotic user interface in the industry. CURA is a ridiculous model on which to base an efficient interface.

[@thenextlayer]

This one is better.

[@rocketboyjv5474]

How could it be the most idiotic user interface? It is the only on that looks good. I have no complaints.

[@scrambledcitycustomz8134]

how does it handle detail? when i slice with cura and bambu i can't get all the details i have in my model, but in the creality print it shows all the details in the model, it's just not compatible with with the carbon.

[@scottsherrard]

Why too glitchy. Liked it but constantly logging out and not importing profiles. Not worth the effort to me

[@Geoff_W]

I love Orca slicer, I just need them to add support for Marlin 2 and then I can use it with my printer 😭

[@SqualidsargeStudios]

What is it with people and those freaking beany hat things on inside -_- it’s not cool, or hot etc, it’s well lame

[@neonanotux]

i tried it for my anycubic kobra go, it was pretty bad imo, could even make one print with it

[@ChinaAl]

Can't find my printer JGMaker R1 3D Printer

[@shabadooshabadoo4918]

whats the reason for not using cura? I've never used another slicer so i have no idea what the difference would be.

[@sierraecho884]

Rhe only fuction missing in prusa slicer is the quick calibration prints.

[@koh69r]

Orca slicer has problems with loading. I forget the error but it fails to run

[@Bang1324]

Just realised you're using a razer wallpaper as your background lol

[@tesla2176]

How in Orca save to disk or export filament profile ?

[@AmirChen]

how the h#^%$l i install the Orca Slicer on my macbook air m1?

[@shaaww]

Have anyone managed to make OctoLapse work with OrcaSlicer? Prints seems to stop extruding after first print snapshot and i cant manage to make it work. With Cura works perfectly fine

[@thenextlayer]

I use the Klipper Timelapse plugin, it works great :)

[@3DJapan]

I'm not saying I'll switch right now, but I'll give it a try and see if I like it.

[@rockaphilly8552]

how did you copy your settings from prusaslicer to orcaslicer?

[@badgerwijohnson4081]

I like it, but the lack of infill density settings for the supports is a bit of a pain.

[@ScienceMinute42]

I just tried it. The new Ender 3 V3 SE printer is not in there. I hope it won't take too long to get it.

[@yourdy1]

Because if you'll make this video you may get a free bamboo, you don't know your beginnings, orca, is a fork or a fork of a fork of a fork, bamboo is in violation on international law, and you are promoting their thievery 😂😂😂😂

[@thenextlayer]

I already have all the free printers I could ever want. Bambu Studio isn’t breaking any rules, it’s open source just like PS. You’re mistaken.

[@philno]

i use galaxy slicer on my k1 max, what a difference it made

[@pjhgerlach]

Looks nice. It only won't start on my windows 11 PC.

[@Extrabitz]

Going to look into it.

[@johnnyrocko7105]

Yes ! Welcome to Orca Hopefully you are using 1.6.3 as it's out of beta Precise Walls works well with Arachne and will speed things up a bit Also I suggest the combine infill option, reduce infill/wall overlap from 15% to -5% and don't use grid infill My go-to infill is Gyroid for 90% of my prints

[@leo-fg9du]

I need to see guides how to use orca, my prints look awfully long compared to prusaslicer, im new to 3d printing so im not that used to all the settings from different slicers, ty for this advices will try some of these out

[@johnnyrocko7105]

@leo Orca Slicer is a fork (version)of Bambu Slicer and Bambu Slicer is a fork of Prusa Slicer Prusa Slicer is a fork of Super Slicer as well So Orca Slicer should look very familiar to Prusa Slicer if that's what you're used to using or are learning on When using Orca stay away from Grid infill as it seems to go down a bit too heavy, Gyroid is by far the safest and it looks neat There are some settings in the filament as well that can affect your print speeds such as cooling and max volumetric flow but I wouldn't play with those settings until you are more familiar with what each setting does and how it affects speed & quality Start with the basics and try your layer hights at 0.24mm to start, you'll be surprised that there isn't much of a quality difference between 0.2mm and 0.24mm but the later will print much faster and achieve better layer adhesion If you are looking for a decent tutorial the 3D Print General has some great starter tips with Bambu Studio which once again is almost identical to Orca Slicer Have fun learning and if you start getting frustrated print out a simple stl that you know will work so you feel a bit better rather than upset Personally I was at one point using Prusa, Cura, and Softfever but now I run all 3 of my printers on Orca Slicer (which was once Softfever)

[@leo-fg9du]

@@johnnyrocko7105 alright man, thanks, I will take a look at his guide, I need to figure out what is taking so much support time, a project im tryin to make takes 9 hours of support time kinda on prusaslicer, on orca takes like 20h to a day, I will watch the 3d print guy guide and see what I can change, thanks.

[@johnnyrocko7105]

@leo try Hybrid Tree supports with these settings 3 interface layers top and bottom 0.2mm top and bottom distance 0.35mm xy distance No brim, no skirt, no raft(0 raft layers) Also run your support speed at your highest travel speed (for example on a Bambu Lab X1C support travel speed should be 350-500mm/s ) Also if possible either support on build plate only or better yet paint on your own supports (I mostly paint on my own supports) For paint on supports to work in the support tab be sure to select manual supports. If you leave the supports as hybrid, normal or tree with automatic beside it the support generator will disregard your painted supports. You must select the supports with manual, left click the mouse to paint supports, shift and left click to go over and erase, right click for support blockers I highly advise getting used to painting on your own supports to save time and to make the removal easier

[@ogaanca]

Superslicer hed build in calibration

[@scajesback]

Sovol SV06 included in OrcaSlicer?

[@davidsh331x]

I use nothing but OrcaSlicer with my X1C. I have no reason to even consider another slicer at this point.

[@thenextlayer]

Same

[@SlightMalfunction]

I may have just switched slicers too.

[@kyliecunnington7711]

How do I install? Can you make a video please :3

[@allaze-eroler]

you forgot to add a link to orca slicer in your list of links...

[@velaastro904]

Does orca slicer support single perimeter tops??

[@danielschramm9433]

Hello, you could mention early in the video that the slicer does not support multi extruder printers! So many people might waste time trying it when they have no chance to get their printer supported!

[@thenextlayer]

Didn’t know that

[@Official_Skypaper]

Prusa be like: yeah erm you stole! I better be credited

[@Extrabitz]

Looking for Orca slicer information

[@mctazman407]

Uhm... BambuStudio also "allows" printing without the calibration. Exactly the same way that Orca does.

[@thenextlayer]

Didn't know that b/c I haven't used it in so long ;)

[@mctazman407]

@@thenextlayer Well, now you know & knowing is half the battle ;)

[@Mountainandmolehill]

I want to use orca, but it’s print time for my Neptune 4 plus is 2 hours more than in cura. I can’t figure out why

[@thenextlayer]

Adjust the speed in the profiles

[@traceurAlex]

lol i just change to prusa from cura xD come on

[@Benn25]

Just tried Orca now, the interface seems nice, but I didn't find how to custom your printer config (like bed size and everything under the "Printer settings" tab in superslicer/prusaslicer). As my 3D printer is a DIY made from scratch, it is very important to me. plus, not being able to import a config bundle made with prusaslicer it a big downside.

[@ianmcleod8898]

I'll take a look at Orca for my large volume Raptor

[@leo3times]

Since starting in 3D printing, beginning in 2023, I have been using and learning Cura, because it seemed a bit easier than Prusa, for a newbie. I have printed many fails learning a slicer and it feels like it's counterproductive to learn one slicer then go to another. Is Orca Slicer similar? Or would I be starting a new "print fail" box. Thanks for the video.

[@darren990]

A1 software supreme super features

[@deniellemondesire7080]

Awesome video bro, recently moved from cura to orca Slicer and it's been great but for the life of me and can't seem to find the option to "disable" Z Hopping....😪😪, other than that it's great.

[@twanheijkoop6753]

It's under the printer config tab in the extruder section

[@deniellemondesire7080]

@@twanheijkoop6753 thanks a lot, will check it out soon

[@W.Keeling]

Great video, yes use orca slicer great profile for the sv06, but my tree supports are solid, can’t see in setting how to change this

[@haddonist]

Support tab. "Type" dropdown - set that to tree(auto) or if you just want supports where you paint them tree(manual)

[@W.Keeling]

@@haddonist yeah I do that and they are solid infill

[@greenman360]

Meh, I'll try it I guess. But I have Prusa working with both my printers pretty flawlessly and don't really see much if anything I would prefer about Orca.

[@mc2903]

I watched this video when it came out but was leary on moving away from Cura. Now here I am re-watching while I install Orca.

[@thenextlayer]

People stillllll use Cura?

[@mc2903]

@@thenextlayer lol yup. It was the first slicer I learned as it came with my Ender 3v2.

[@DarrenGerbrandt]

The UI is exactly why I actually hate Cura and to me, it does no favors for Orca, the only point about Orca that I like is the calibrations built in. It also amazes me how many people are jumping on the bandwagon for an extremely pricey closed-source product that if it fails you are basically screwed trying to fix it yourself.

[@LitecoinLou]

Thank you man 🙏

[@SKPhoto816]

Just finished tuning my Ender 3 V2 to use Polymaker PETG using Orca Slicer. Dramatically easier and better quality than what I could get from Cura. The calibration process is easy to follow and save for each filament type you use. The stock settings for this machine in Orca weren't too bad either

[@gbspikyfish]

Just about to try PETG for the first time with my Ender 3 V2, and have only previously used Cura for slicing. What is it in Orca Slicer that makes it easier/better for the job?

[@SKPhoto816]

@@gbspikyfish calibration prints and the information about how to interpret them. The nice thing is that you save the settings to the material profile, not the slicer profile. This makes more sense if you use different filament materials

[@Xanthira222]

How does Orca compare to Cura?

[@gcerchio]

nice video. Tried Orca. Nice slicer. Connected to my MK3s through a Repetier PI just fine. Could not figure out how to setup my Zonestar P802QR2 with 2 nozzles. No Marlin 2.0 support. Then it crashed.