Orca Slicer getting started guide: A slicer for all of your 3D printers

[@silentmodetv]

The multiple plates feature is an excellent idea.

[@MarinusMakesStuff]

I believe that was adopted from Bambu Slicer? Though maybe it was the other way around 🤔

[@Conargle]

@@MarinusMakesStuff bambu has indeed had it for a while now

[@veersstreams9065]

You do so much for this community - thank you! I'll be testing Orca out with a project this weekend.

[@tamvalley415]

Your smiling at the end is gettin better! Kudos to your coach

[@GeddyRC]

He’s got a smiling coach?

[@MilesLabrador]

Hearing "Slick 3R" outside of my head is surreal haha. This is awesome!

[@cybergnetwork588]

I ‘ve definitely subscribed. You know what you are talking about. It is very clear and detailed. Your hard work is appreciated. Keep going!

[@xenontesla122]

I switched from Cura to Orca and it’s worked very well! One thing that I liked more with Cura was that Z positions are defined from the bottom of a part, not the middle. I wish there was a toggle for it, since it makes placing modifier parts way easier.

[@rmksledhead63]

This is the only thing I prefer in cura after learning orca

[@airingcupboard]

I bet part of the popularity is also down to your videos. I switched after your last one. Thanks for your work Michael.

[@joshwyse1761]

This is a great video; thank you very much. I've been using Orca almost exclusively for several months, and you pointed out a few really great features and tips that I was not aware of.

[@barrettm.9918]

Broke it down soooo well. Also coming from Prusaslicer wanting to check out orca features & single slicer for all printers.

[@ronfrancis5476]

Clear and concise, yet sooo full of little details! Many thanks, as I'm now a convert!

[@flat-earther]

hi ronfrancis, have you become a flat earther yet? If not I suggest watching _Level with Me (2023)_ by Hibbeler Productions

[@VampireOnline]

Just switched to orca for my K1. Loving it so far!

[@3dmazter]

Thank you for this information. It was all I needed to start using Orca Slicer.

[@poppin_freshgaming4334]

I moved to Orca about a month ago and absolutely love it. I didn't mind Cura, but not having all settings in one massive laundry list on the side that I have to scroll through is nice. I also really like the device tab so I don't have to flip back and forth to a web browser to see what is going on in my Sonic Pad and two printers. Awesome video as always. I learned a few things today I had no idea Orca could even do that I should definitely be using!

[@timm3802]

I think its nice to have it all listed in the right side, so you won't forget anything before upload. It fairly quick to run them through....

[@jasonstclair6293]

Nice job!! I have a Bambu Lab printer on the way and planning on using Orca to run it. You gave the background information I was looking for to get started with it. The part about connecting to Octoprint is going to be helpful also for my Longer unit also. I was not aware anything like that was possible... I'll have to watch again once I have everything set up and ready to start.

[@gzilla14031]

I was really hoping you made a video on Orca Slicer I really like how you break everything down

[@k20Fritz]

One video, an install and i'm hooked on orca!!

[@aL3891_]

The multi plate feature is really neat, gonna have to check it out

[@CombatGnome]

I was literally asking what slicer to use to accomplish this exactly with a spread of Mk4, mk3S+ and Bambu! Thanks!

[@RandomGgames]

I've been experimenting with OrcaSlicer a bit recently. I've been enjoying it, and there's a lot still being done to improve it. I recently helped get a default ender 3 profile added and someone else just recently helped add multi layer elephant foot compensation which I'm really happy to hear.

[@dr.grimm.]

i tried switching from cura with my upgraded (klipper, micro swiss direct drive and dual 5015 blower fans setup) ender 3, but no chance. even at 50 mm/s my cura profile slices better and my main reason to upgrade is faster prints. could you share your profile details?

[@nicholaswillcox]

I just came across Orca slicer and am using it to chase down a bear of a problem, so thank you, AGAIN lmao, for the education. Cheers from Texas.

[@richardledden-cooper1839]

Great stuff I got my Creality K1C up and running quicker than I thought it would take. K1C is now supported in Orca

[@deamondaldoff2195]

I like how clear your videos always are. And you're explanation are amazing. Would you be willing to do an advanced setting video? myself I'm fairly adept in Oracle slicer But sometimes I don't even know what I don't know. And I always appreciate being able to watch it and learn something new.

[@johncurl1897]

Thanks!

[@gaveintothedarkness]

Outstanding video. Many useful tips that I will be coming back to.

[@themountain59]

I must must say I was not convinced when I tried it first but your clip certainly brought me back to check it again...thanks👍😉

[@dr3ifach]

Started out with Cura, them migrated to SuperSlicer based on your videos. I wanted to migrate to PrusaSlicer when 2.6 and tree supports launched, but was having trouble with my start and end GCode working properly. I might give Orca Slicer a try.

[@axeman2638]

Thanks, you make really clear and well explained content. This look to have some new features prusaslicer lacks, will give it a try.

[@tomdroidtube]

Pleas more Orca Slicer Videos!!! Awesome

[@RocktCityTim]

One tip about the portable Zip. It's a best practice to remove any .DLL file from the original folder before copying in the new version. Depending on the version of the new .DLL files from the updated version, you could end up with conflicting .DLL files in the folder, leading to what developers call DLL hell. It may not hit you evry time you do the copy, but it's only a matter of time befor eit does, leaving you scratching your head about why things are broken.

[@Benjamin_Reese]

Nice overview, thank you. I'm going to try Orca out now.

[@harelboaz]

Thanks for this excellent guide, I’m waiting for my Xl 5 heads printer, It would be great if you could add a guide for the multi head slicer. Thanks.

[@1957snowy]

Great Introduction have yet to try it

[@1Wolverine2]

Thanks for the video, I've been trying to start using Orca for some time, will finally give a go. I miss the right side panel of Prusa, looks more straight forward with all the infos readily available.

[@andrevanrossum8408]

This is another great video. Thank you very much! I certainly want to give Orca a try.

[@justaguy4788]

Things have changed since just 4 months ago. at 9:52 there is another option "add handy models". Orca cube is under this now

[@squaresphere]

This is awesome, I've been using SuperSlicer but it hasn't been updated in a year and i'm really missing out by not having stuff like tree support.

[@TeachingTech]

Same for me. It was definitely a factor in my change.

[@IImorteII]

Great video. Professional as always!

[@nobodytoyou4887]

1 setting i have yet to find in orca slicer that cura has his an infil multiplier, love using it because it makes prints quiet strong without using a crap load of infil (think using 3 lines of infil instead of one so your infil is 1.2mm thick instead of 0.4 for a standard nozzle).

[@wils4219]

Infill line width? In superslicer you could put it in a % of nozzle width too

[@nobodytoyou4887]

@@wils4219 Does infill width just push more plastic to make the width or does it add more infill lines? If it's the former that might run into an issue where I'm printing to fast and can't melt material fast enough, if it's the later then that's exactly what cura does and worth looking into.

[@cy-one]

@@nobodytoyou4887 *"If it's the former that might run into an issue where I'm printing to fast and can't melt material fast enough,"* Probably not an issue. I'm not using Orca rn, just the base Bambu Studio, but therein the print speed is limited by the maximum flow set in the filament options. If you set that to the _actual maximum flow_ your rig can achieve, then the printing will never outpace how fast you can melt your filament.

[@argusz]

What I want to see in slicers is a command to straighten the model along x or y on the plate. Some people convert their models slightly rotated so that it will fit on smaller plates, butt on odd angles and it is difficult to revert the rotation.... it is useful when you want to split a model, or want to resize only in one direction.

[@henkdevries2971]

As a work around, until this feature is implemented, wouldn't it be possible to use 'place on face' and rotate 90⁰? It's tedious, but should work, right? 😅

[@OldCurmudgeon3DP]

It would be nice if Superslicer profiles could be imported since that fork has sadly seen little development over the last year.

[@mbravorus]

Seconded. I have quite some effort invested in multiple filament and print profiles/settings, and the inability to import is a major pain. Starting from scratch or manually recreating is a lot of work.

[@RDUBTutorial]

Great video...I'd like to suggest a video where you just go through and explain ALL the of options in Speed, strength and quality sections of orca. I just got the hang of most of the general settings in cura and now Im overwhelmed with how many options I am presented with in Orca....but want to understand them.

[@r3dsnapper]

The new latest version is amazing!

[@NexGen-3D]

Orca Slicer is the best thing since sliced bread!

[@Samirocs]

Thanks! I plan to buy a new printer, I will definitely switch to Orca

[@AlexDoesYouTubes]

The only things I don't like about Orca, and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong; No option to add an additional wall every other layer, I don't know how much this actually helps with strength and getting better adhesion between walls and infill, but in my brain, it makes sense, and I miss is. Less options for adaptive layer height than Cura. No option to choose which printer to send a print to, if more than one printer is assigned to an IP address (I have two Ender 3 V2s running Klipper off a Raspberry pi), although this is a small gripe, as I'll usually just have Fluidd open in my browser and dragging and dropping gcode files is just about as easy.

[@santiagopostorivo]

The adaptive layer functionality is pretty similar to prusa slicer, which is far from what cura offers. But I do not use it that much, but when I need it, I just switch to Cura.

[@Rcschim]

Very nice explanation! Your videos are so well made! I was to dumb to find the temperature settings here ;) great set of feautres!

[@matthieust-arnaud8545]

I don't know if many are aware that .step files can be uploaded to Orca as well. I personally like how it improves your printed model's fidelity. We are no longer bound to meshed models only!

[@greensheen8759]

Parametric slicing let's goooo

[@MCsCreations]

Very interesting indeed! Thanks, Michael!!! 😃 I'm thinking about getting a Creality K1 or the Bambu Lab P1S... We shall see which, but I think I've already chosen my slicer. 😊 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@Tutorialgarage]

Hello Michael, Sorry for my poor english. Thank you for your great videos, they help me out - most of the time. I added in Orca Slicer my "Ender 3 V3 SE" and everything works well. But I see that I can't change the build plate in the program. I like to buy an PEI plate for my printer, but how can I tell Orca Slicer that I use an different plate? At the moment the dropdown menu ist grey... Thank you for your time and effort kind regards Harry

[@AndrewAHayes]

I tried it for a month but could not get on with it, Not having a global temperature setting was one missed feature, getting something sliced that would take me a few minutes in Cura took me forever with Orca, Cura is like a well worn pair of slippers for me and so I went back to Cura.

[@Tome4kkkk]

Yeah, so far Cura seems far superior when it comes to both UI design and profile management. Not to mention the Cura's "settings guide" extension!

[@fluppir]

Thank you so much for your very informative videos. I was wondering if you could help - I can't seem to add generic filaments to my Ender3 printers. What am I doing wrong ? I select all the filaments but only the Creality Filaments show up.

[@Jesentra]

Is there a way to get those filament profiles? I was excited to pick up this slicer because I saw all the profiles in it, but it doesn't seem to come with them.

[@kornephoros]

I've got a quite heavily modified ender 3 v2 Neo with klipper and octoprint installed so i liked orca slicer especially for the "Device" tab it had... but with it i encountered retraction problems that i wasn't able to fix and had to switch back to Cura :(

[@duytc742]

yeah i dont known why my e3v2 moded only like cura :(

[@boitmecklyn4995]

This was a bit of a learning curve coming from cura but the features it has are great!

[@bobbymccourt6794]

Great video Mike! One question. With a sonic pad how do I connect to the printer? I tried earlier but couldn’t get it to work. I’m thinking maybe it was because I had the webpage for the pad open at the same time? Any help would be greatly appreciated 👍🏻

[@TheOscylO]

Just testing it. What supised me was no Ender 3 profile 😮. I has some impprovements over Prusa Slicer but not fully convinced if switching is worth it.

[@sebastiansombra]

Is it possible to import Superslicer or Prusa Slicer settings (config)?

[@zk_6312]

Looks good though different than the one I downloaded some time ago. It was so confusing to try and find anything that I ended up not using it. I normally use Cura except for fixing non-watertight models. I was happy with Cura until recently when somehow it got corrupted and would no longer slice with supports. I had to delete the two folders in the appdata directory which fixed the problem, but then all my custom settings and profiles were gone and I had to recreate them. I might try Orca Slicer again depending on if they have a profile for the Ender 5 S1.

[@StuFisher]

Thank you... It's inspired me to look at changing, but after spending hours setting up Cura Profiles... is there a way to convert .curaprofile files so they can be imported into Orca? According to a site I found, Curaprofiles are zipped inside the file, making the format incompatible with JSON (Orcaprints file type) I know I'm being lazy - but I don't really feel like manually copying 6 different profiles from Cura to Orca. Any Suggestions?

[@siggiingason1306]

Hi and thanks for creating so many videos that have helped me using various slicers like Prusa slicer for my Tenlog TL-D3Pro idex printer. From what you said in this video, Orca does not currently support two print head printers or the paint on colour facility in the Prusa slicer. Are you aware of any other slicers that support two print heads and has the paint facility that Prusa has? Pruca has all the features to support my IDEX printer, but I'm always looking at other hopefully better slicers to play with.

[@barrya5473]

Great video. I have a V400 and am wondering if there are any profiles I would need from FLSun or do I just use the generic klipper / mainsail? Thanks again.

[@michaelgaraphoto]

awesome video as always! I'm using a klipper based Neptune 4 Max and am trying to work out how to pause my print at a certain height in Orca? Will I have to manually add it to the gcode, or can it be done directly from IN Orca? Any tips would be appreciated!

[@Johnny5Toy]

I can't wait for CHEP to do this exact same video with less detail in 3 months time!

[@dr.grimm.]

but CHEP shares his profiles, and they are very useful to me

[@georgespapillon364]

Thank you for great videos ! I just installed orca Slicer on Windows for a Creality CR6 MAX. Would you have any idea why my extruder does not stop pushing filament ? It keeps forcing filament and the gear is skipping. Also, the Flow rate tests I did on my different filaments are they good values in Orca, or do I have to do new tests ? Thank you !

[@learobinson]

Orca slicer is incredible, it's decreased workload getting my models to my printers. I can open my project sliced for one printer but say I want to do the same model on a completely different type of printer and flavour firmware it just takes a couple of clicks. great video to go over the basics but you are wrong where you state orca slicer only works on single extruder printers, I'm using orca slicer for my IDEX snapmaker J1.

[@byzmack1334]

Holy crap I have so much to learn. LOL.

[@emredikici]

Thank you for explaining the features. Ender 3 shows only 0.20mm Standard but PrusaSlicer has from 0.08mm to 0.28mm. How can I activate additional printer settings in OrcaSlicer?

[@iannicholls2790]

This is one of the limitations where I think OrcaSlicer has regressed compared with SuperSlicer. You can of course create or modify your own, but the filaments or settings presented for your printer are only those that the maintainer thinks they would use. For me, eSun TPU is available for a lot of printers, but not for my K1. I have to add my own.

[@milosreznic]

After switching from Cura to Orca my Ender3v2 started flying, and I notice acceleration is finally working. In cura I just could not find the way for it to work. I am loving Orca so far.

[@thefeet]

at 7:55 you show all the filament vendors...ive been using "Overture" and have quite a lot of it on hand...and was wanting to TRY the filament profiles as shown at 7:55 here but orca slicer doesn't show me all the brands! i only see "Creality PLA,ABS & PETG"... I chose an Ender 3 as my printer ...but surely i should be able to choose OTHER manufacturers' filament types...what am I doing wrong?

[@DJProPlusMax]

Excellent, but can I import my PrusaSlicer profiles? I would rather not have to redo all tweaks to a new slicer since I have no idea if I will like it or not, and don’t want to waste time if I decide to go back to PrusaSlicer.

[@nathandrake8476]

Can i import my profiles from cura to orca?

[@Auguur]

I've been trying to use Orca, but my Creality K1 will not see the Gcode files. Apparently this is a problem with the new firmware for the K1. I'm thinking Creality is taking a page from Microsoft, Google, etc. And making it difficult to use other slicers besides the one they stole.

[@adamdiaz8442]

I hope not not just purchased k1 max it will go back up for sale if I can’t you orca

[@B0IIE]

Is it possible to import the settings/config from prusa slicer to orca?

[@Squishymarshmellow80082]

So if you only have a bambu printer, the benefits would be the security stuff touched on then end of the video and and couple things in the calibration menu? Just wondering if I should make the switch.

[@craighill6096]

How did you manage to have listed under Filaments selection all those vendors as I only have two, "All "or "Generic" not six as shown at 7:58s?

[@MrMiniPilote]

Does OrcaSlicer have a hole size compensation setting? I think it may be Bambu Studio but it is not in PrusaSlicer. Great video, clearly I need to check it out. I am learning PrusaSlicer since I figured it would be better for use with my MK4. Thanks for the content.

[@garybarford6108]

Great content, how about a video on Orca slicer with a sonic pad, cheers Gary Barford

[@tegmentoo]

thank you the orca slicer fixed missing connection my k1 and prusa mk3s

[@danieldc8841]

Glad to hear you’re free of S3D

[@swisshoumi]

Really hope it will include toolchanger support in the future im not really completely satisfied with any other slicer for my snapmaker with the dual extrusion module

[@netmaster78]

Please do a video on the Slicer settings and options for the AMS. It can´t wrap my head around how to deal with a dual AMS and how to set a specific filament to it´s position in the AMS.

[@bartdelege929]

Is there a setting for opening the sd cart on insert automatically, and to define what the filename should contain? Always had it in cura so would be nice, getting very long filenames Rn.

[@fernaq7400]

I'm having trouble with the filament selection, for the K1 Max I can only choose Creality Generic PLA, ABS and PETG, and I'm unsure how to work around with the different filaments from different brands rated for quite variable recommended speeds, flow rates, etc etc

[@Mainuh]

3D print noob here. I really thought I’d give Orca slicer a shot after watching this, but can’t get it to print over wifi to my new Ender 3 V3 KE. Tried to setup Octoprint but can’t figure out how to access the ssh functions. Orca looks great, but I guess I’m stuck with Creality Print for now. That is printing great over my wifi. Maybe a video on adding plug ins and more detail on setting up wifi printing? Thanks

[@voconner]

Does anyone know the settings to add in OrcaSlicer for Octolapse to function correct? It doesn't autodetect like the other slicers, and doesn't have specs like Cura lists to add in slicer.

[@craigweston4873]

I have just started using Orca v2. Can you or do you have a tutorial on printing text on a file with orca 2. Cheers Craig

[@VICTORYOVERNEPTUNE]

perfect just what i needed

[@BikZom]

sadly superslicer is no longer updated so i've been using orca for the couple of months and it's a really great slicer with frequent updates

[@karlmee1234]

Great video, it gives me a better understanding on how Orca Slicer works. I tired it a while ago and couldn't change some settings for some reason. However, I'm now having this weird issue where it will print the first 3 layers and then after that it just prints nothing and the extruder just moves around. I have an Ender 3 V2 and have not changed any settings to do with layers so it's got me a bit confused

[@rodneysmith1750]

Excellent video Michael! Thanks for the introduction to Orca, I've been looking around for an alternative, it is time for me to learn something new.

[@digital_charm]

Thank you for this tutorial! I am trying to calibrate using the calibration menu but if i copy what you have as your settings in the Max Volumetric Speed Test I get an error...

[@inspectionsbybobllc5277]

I use Repetier to talk to all my printers, so my main slicer can talk to everything already. I would love to find a slicer that does everything... WELL. Simplify3d's new release is very very good. It just works. It is not as tunable as other slicers, but it works. It just works. That said, what makes them so good, their slicing algorithm, is biased in that you can have models where it just won't see parts... weird, but reproducible. Cura has some "plugins" that suit special needs. It also has a great set of calibrations and primitive stuff. Lastly, Prusa. Their slicing algorithm is also different, and sees things very different than Simplify3d or Cura. Something invisible to S3d the other see. SuperSlicer -was- good, even great for a while, and then Prusa and Cura had releases with new things that SS didn't... and combined with some internal struggles and...well... they are behind All these rants are mine, just a low level,Hobbyist with no patience

[@VectorRoll]

I only have one question. How do you disable Motion Ability? In Prusa Slicer you have 3 options for Machine Limits. Emit to G-Code, Use for time estimate, and Ignore. I tend to use Ignore or Time estimate for my printers as I set all those settings up in my Firmware. But for Orca Slicer it seems to be defaulted to Emit to G-Code.

[@leesmithsworkshop]

I am using Orca and really like it, but I still don't know how to make one filament profile that can be used across all of m y printers, they only show up on one type like my Klipper corexy, but I can't use the same custom filament on my bed slingers.

[@joma-iu4gd]

Good Video, Nice. Q: Do you have a tutorial on how to add Anycubic Litter Kobra printer to this Slicer?

[@MrBmPilot]

hello nice video, i see a sovol sv04 on you desk. Have you run this printer on the orca slicer.I want to try the slicer bot i can finde the profile for the sovol sv04 with duel extruder. All solvo model are in the list bot not the sv04. Can the Orca slicer handle 2 extruder system? Thx for you answer

[@pennakira]

Thank you for the video, I am trying to get the time down on prints. 40 min on cura and 1 hour with Ocra. I tried to make the setting the same. but no luck, any help?

[@StevenKelley]

Just started using Orcra, great video this helped a lot! I do have a weird issue. The build plate graphic is smaller than the grid I have laid out. I'm not sure how that happened or if its a concern.

[@roguewolf0148]

Is there a way to cut a print in two with a peg and hole in orca slicer? I’ve seen it done with Bambu slicer. Was wondering if there’s a way with orca?

[@stephenwhaley454]

So my question is for us who have the Neptune 4 Max will there be a printer profile for it soon you think?