This Update CHANGES THE SLICING GAME! PrusaSlicer 2.6

[@sycoaniliz]

The locating pin feature is such a game changer. Easily one of the most exciting features in recent times.

[@3DMusketeers]

I absolutely agree, combined with the organic supports!

[@blakbuzzrd]

@@3DMusketeers Haven't tried the locating pin stuff yet -- always did it by hand in Blender or whatnot. Love the organic supports -- that's what made me switch to the 2.6 beta releases.

[@themountain59]

...I agree on Freecad ....its terrible😄

[@WhiteWolfos]

I like how the slicer is getting closer to the awesome tree supports in the old RetinaCreate slicer. There you can customize the tree and branch width, drag custom branches that connect to the bases etc and this was done back in 2014-2016

[@3DMusketeers]

i have no knowledge of that slicer. What happened to it??

[@marc_frank]

but it's for resin printing, isn't it?

[@3DMusketeers]

Oh is it? That would make sense...

[@cupertinogeek2070]

I have been using Prusa slicer for several years. I’ve used some of the other slicers as well but none of them really checked all the boxes like Prusa slicer does for me. I’m typically not an alpha or even beta user of any software. However, when 2.6 came out in alpha, I could not resist. I’ve had no issues with it, and I think it was a major update in slicer software. Great job to Prusa as well as your overview Grant on the changes with 2.6. Great channel and I appreciate your time and energy to put out good substance videos.

[@3DMusketeers]

thank you!

[@crooker2]

Yeah. I use prusa slicer. Fairly new to 3d printing, and I've tried a couple, but I always go back to prusa. If it works, it works. No need for me to play the field.

[@Pan_Samochodzik]

can you talk about emissions control and ventilation? not all filaments are safe and need venting,..,

[@3DMusketeers]

sure, however I think if you are working with materials like that you likely already know? Given what UL is looking in to right now, the emissions from FDM printers are worse than we thought.

[@ivanluhi]

I'm not really into trying several slicers, but switched to Orca due to the build in calibration section, it really helps saving time. The one thing missing that I think is critical is a Z Offset setting, for tuning different materials, hopefully they will add it in the [near] future.

[@3DMusketeers]

I am sure other slicers will adopt it too

[@jokerace8227]

Being quite new to 3D printers, I didn't find it difficult at all to setup PrusaSlicer 2.6 instead of the Cura Slicer 5.4 that Longer suggested using with their machines. The main thing is open one of the Longer SD card gcode models in notepad, find the ";Longer..." start and stop blocks of code, and copy those blocks into the PrusaSlicer printer settings. The GUI of PrusaSlicer 2.6 just feels more straight forward, and it's noticeably faster at processing model import and slicing operations. Also a lot of little various features I like about PrusaSlicer that Cura appears to lack, or isn't easy to get to.

[@3DMusketeers]

thats exactly the way to go, nice work!

[@FilamentStories]

Build plate management, yes! I want to see that in Prusaslicer too.

[@3DMusketeers]

SAME!!!

[@StillBurningStudios]

Never touched prusaslicer before but a lot of these new features really are interesting. I’ll look into giving it a try, been working on the best approach to a bust of Lilith from Diablo. That new cut tool would work great on things like the horns.

[@3DMusketeers]

definitely wouild, but I think it should print okay without it?

[@3DCGdesign]

I just got back into 3D printing with my MK3 after 2 year break because of frustration with it just "not working"... and the new PrusaSlicer 2.6.1 and I can say I LOVE it. The text emboss feature is really great - so much easier than in Blender or SketchUp or Fusion. I haven't tried it - but that new slice feature adding pegs automagically looks AWESOME and I'll be trying it asap! So your multiple build plate request is 100% a +1 from me!!! Currently I have 2 parametric wall panel projects requiring 24 separate build plates each and I HATE that I have to manually organize and create separate g-codes for each build plate - would be awesome to have it all in a single project file.

[@3DMusketeers]

2.7 should be released within a week or so :) Hoping it has it implemented!

[@Foodgeek]

While very nerdy and "coding oriented" FreeCAD is absolutely amazing when it comes to truly parametric modelling. Give it another shot :) I am a developer by trade, so I may be biased :)

[@3DMusketeers]

The coding oriented part is likely what drove me insane ha ha. Can't code my way out of a paper bag. Heck I have to ask chat gpt how to make reddit automod commands because some of the subs I oversee now need to limit to John Oliver posts lol

[@Foodgeek]

@@3DMusketeers Yes, it's not for everybody. I can understand why it's not an intuitive way to model things :) I hope John stays until they reverse their insane API prices, but it seems like many subreddits are opening again.

[@Liberty4Ever]

I use FreeCAD and it's MUCH better now than it was a year ago. I loved OpenSCAD but I never use the coding ability of FreeCAD. In fact, I've been lazy about pushing myself to do real parametric CAD because I'm able to make my functional mechanical parts quickly and easily by combining primitive solids (cubes, cylinders, tubes...) with Boolean operations (intersection, fusion, cut...). I use it like TinkerCAD. :-)

[@3DMusketeers]

clearly I need to give FreeCad another chance but this time off stream ha ha!

[@louiel8711]

Great to see Prusa slicer doing text and cutting with pins, much better than trying to use blender. The FreeCAD real thunder branches are great if you want to try again with it, it can be frustrating. great video thanks.

[@3DMusketeers]

i might need to..

[@joescalon541]

The “cad” part of prusaslicer isn’t available in most cad programs because these are mesh models. Even some of the high end cad programs can’t do much editing to an STL. Also orcaslicer has many of those features already except the advance editing of stl.

[@3DMusketeers]

even editing on the cad model itself, putting it properly on something like a domed surface is damn near impossible

[@Hanzi2u]

​@@3DMusketeersorca slicer is really good imo tho

[@3DMusketeers]

Being based off of Prusa Slicer I am not surprised ;)

[@Hanzi2u]

@@3DMusketeers of course 😅

[@-olli-]

Had a short look to 2.6 yesterday by myself, this video headline seemed a bit like click bait. Really happy to see that it's not. Great video, very good overview of the new functions. Thank you! 🙂

[@3DMusketeers]

Did it change the way you look at slicing? then it is not clickbait. Sensational? 100% but that is what YT wants for us so.... If it was something like "prusaslicer 2.6" no one would click it..

[@-olli-]

@@3DMusketeers As I said... just *seemed* to be. To clarify: it is no bait at all. You sold the changes in the Slicer like a pro and the headline is absolutely true.

[@3DMusketeers]

Oh yeah, its designed to get clicks lol. Trying to make a living doing this ha ha!

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

The whole point of 'benchies' is to gauge the performance of printers, printing on a skew will make the whole process worthless. ow will you know if the horizontal overhangs are going to print successfully?

[@3DMusketeers]

They were used as examples, something that prints fast and people recognize.

[@Liberty4Ever]

My PrusaSlicer automatically updated to 2.6.0. I only realized because suddenly it was throwing Print Stability warnings I hadn't seen before. I manufacture TPU parts and have been having problems with print quality. When I went from 0.2 mm layer height to 0.1 mm layer height to make smoother parts I started getting bad print quality in the overhangs. I redesigned the parts with shallower overhangs (30 degree instead of 45 degree) but that still wasn't enough to fix the problem. I'm now experimenting with the new dynamic overhang speed settings.

[@3DMusketeers]

more cooling for TPU but it is a pain sometimes.. It is just TPU being TPU.

[@Duraltia]

Personally, I find a much-needed feature to be SuperSlicer's _Single Perimeter on Top and Bottom Layer_ Feature which also present in OrcaSlicer. Prints with that feature enabled show none of the difference in Texture you'd get between the Perimeter Lines and the Infill as with just one Perimeter you'd be hard pressed noticing it.

[@3DMusketeers]

That is a nice feature. Sounds like an easy port to me but I don't know the half of it lol

[@Todestelzer]

I tried OrcaSlicer and like it a lot. Only for MMU prints I have to use PrusaSlicer. OrcaSlicer don’t support a purge tower with ramming.

[@Duraltia]

@@Todestelzer Yea... You have to add a bit of code like *_G1 X345 Y345 F24000_* before the Tool Change *_T[next_extruder]_* Command that will move the Tool Head off the Part and to a corner where it'll do the Ramming before moving to the Purge Tower. Obviously that Code will have to be adjusted to your Bed Size ( mine's a 350x350 ).

[@Todestelzer]

@@Duraltia no. Orca Slicer isn’t doing any ramming itself. You can mod the code of the ercf to do a standalone ramming but the amount of filament purged into the tower isn’t adjustable as far I can tell. It’s just a wipe tower not a prime tower.

[@RH3D_cz]

My way to obtaining such result with Prusaslicer is using Ironing. I set the spacing on 3/4 of standard extrusion width, speed the same as top layers and set it on all top surfaces. This way it doesn't increase the print time very much but the quality of top surfaces is amazing.

[@SkateSoup]

I've been fiddling with prusaslicer for a month or two as I've had time trying to build a reliable functional profile for my "nobody has a prebuilt profile for this" printer, the lack of tree supports coming from Cura was annoying. I can't wait to start playing with it more now that it's hit general release. Happy to see the other features, the built in slice function will definitely be helpful for some things. Thought about trying out Orcaslocer as well, we'll see how 2.6 goes first.

[@3DMusketeers]

sounds like a plan to me!

[@cupertinogeek2070]

Slicers in a lot of ways are a personal selection. As with me, I like Cura but it was just not my cup of tea. Prusa slicer fits my workflow approach. It just seems much cleaner for me. Slicers leap frog each other. I would liken it to the 1990s Web Browser selection that is still going on today. Find the Slicer that fit you and roll with it. I know that Prusa is a leader in this space and works toward leading edge but not bleeding edge.

[@3DMusketeers]

Couldn't have said it better!

[@SkateSoup]

For me, playing with PrusaSlicer/OrcaSlicer/whatever is two things. First it's an exercise in building out a profile for a type of printer with a small community to help folks who like you don't really get along with Cura as a way to contribute to that community. The other is exploring how other slicers handle a thing I make for a retail partner that since a particular version of Cura has been slicing like ass. I'd love the newer features like better line width controls and adaptive layer heights but after everything I've tried I get nasty drag marks on a part of that item due to the way its handling order of operation on a transitional layer. PS doesn't do that part, thankfully, but I'm having some issues with consistency along one of the top layers that I'm still hunting down.

[@3DMusketeers]

being how "new" all this is to some, it is a bit challenging for sure. Once it gets into more normal people then I think this process will be easier

[@drazen2107]

excellent updates...in the version before this official one, I had a situation where if adaptive layer height was turned on, I could not work with organic supports..for some reason they did not work with each other..maybe this can be solved with this official one, or do you have to get used to it in other ways?

[@3DMusketeers]

Haven't needed to try that yet so I didn't, but here's hoping it's fixed!

[@HBComics]

until now all pieces I tryed to cut on Prusa got a error message when export the STL - "unable to perform boolean operation...only positive parts will be exported" them all pins of the connectors is exported but not the holes. couldn't figure it out a way to fix it.

[@3DMusketeers]

weird, have you tried the latest release candidate?

[@jeremysutton22]

This will drastically simplify my work flow, from like 5 softwares to just 1 absolutely phenomenal

[@3DMusketeers]

nice!

[@netstormuk]

The slice and pinning tool is just what I was looking for, truly amazing. The benchys sliced up with the trees attached look so cool as they are too.

[@3DMusketeers]

oh yeah it is one of the premiere features for sure!

[@zecuse]

How flush are the cut parts? Do they inconspicuously look just like another layer line or is there the hint of a gap at the cut? I recently switched to PrusaSlicer to try it out after coming from Cura and already LOVE the paintable support AND seam!

[@3DMusketeers]

I mean, it wont be PERFECT because first layers have some variation to them. You will see a line generally.

[@zecuse]

@@3DMusketeers Ah, so it'd be like a 2 part sphericon toy? I've printed one of those before and there's a significant gap where the parts mate together where you could see a bright light through most of the layer if you aligned it just right. I guess sanding would be needed to get it close to flush.

[@3DMusketeers]

thats likely more the printer, but yes, it can happen.

[@MikeG4936]

Coming from Cura, Orca Slicer was a breath of fresh air. MAJOR ui usability improvements from both Cura and Prusa slicer. Can't wait for them to incorporate the new 2.6 features!

[@3DMusketeers]

Interesting, a lot of people talk about the Orca UI, not using it before, I cant imagine it is much off of PS since that is its basis, I am excited to give it a shot

[@NickBR57]

I find Prusas interface doesn't suit me. I've never managed to get the quality of print from Prusa. Orca makes it a bit easier to get a profile that prints well. Obviously though, that's just me...

[@3DMusketeers]

orca is based on PS. It just has a different UI, so if that UI is better, go with it :)

[@tonyharion9816]

Amazing video! I have never used PS but these features amd your sweet video kinda sold it to me (I've only ever used cura). The text tools are super cool. Thanks a bunch and keep up the great work.😊

[@3DMusketeers]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@GOuTaKaRaCtR]

My pins won’t move over after slice ?

[@3DMusketeers]

Huh?

[@GOuTaKaRaCtR]

@@3DMusketeers after I slice a model - place the pegs and perform slice the pegs are still attached to one side of the model - so I can’t print on 2 flat surfaces- as shown the pegs and models half should be separated for print

[@3DMusketeers]

did you select the pegs to be separate? You have to choose that when doing the cut.

[@GOuTaKaRaCtR]

Where is this option I don’t see it any where In the cut tab ?? Maybe prusa 27 don’t have it only 26?

[@3DMusketeers]

When you choose connectors make sure you select dowel instead of the default plug.

[@elchavode6479]

I wish I had a mirror mode for the connectors that you can use on Symmetrical models.

[@3DMusketeers]

THAT would be nice!!!

[@Roobotics]

That cut plane feature is absolutely ideal for cutting off arms etc, and embedding magnets for rotation in legacy models etc, that's amazing.

[@3DMusketeers]

100%

[@DarrenGedye]

Embedding magnets is an interesting idea! I'm a teacher who wants to make resources, and this cutting and pinning was what stopped me. I tried blender but the learning curve just made it too hard. This looks like something even I could do! 😅

[@BloodSteyn]

So... does it have a profile for the Creality K1 yet?

[@3DMusketeers]

That's up to creality to submit one.

[@RH3D_cz]

Prusaslicer supports arrange tool for only selected items - just select parts you want and arrange while holding Shift. Not the same as multiple build plates but good enough for me.

[@3DMusketeers]

definitely useful!

[@bobmagnuson]

Love the cut feature with pins or dowels, but it's disappointing that you can't export the different parts as STL's.

[@3DMusketeers]

you cant? crap I never tried and I am away from my pc!

[@bobmagnuson]

@@3DMusketeers it gives me a 'Unable to preform Boolean operation on model meshes. Only positive parts will be exported.' message. And the exported stl's don't have any of the holes.

[@3DMusketeers]

weird!

[@JohnOlson]

The multiple build plates is the one feature that I would like to see ported over, as long as it doesn't become a RAM hog. The tuning parts in OrcaSlicer are nice, but not something I need every day. Just my two cents though.

[@3DMusketeers]

it does not seem like a ram hog so far which is nice.

[@PinkGirl2242]

Bambu Slicer has multi plate along with Orca

[@3DMusketeers]

yep

[@soundspark]

I've always used Microsoft 3D Builder to cut models. However, the models I've cut before can now be printed in one go with my 300mm Voron.

[@3DMusketeers]

niceeeeeeeeee

[@arekx]

G2/G3 emitting (arcs). Upcoming MK3S+ 3.13 firmware will support arcs but PrusaSlicer doesn't use them. There is a post processing software - ArcWelder - for that but that's limited post processing and not native support.

[@3DMusketeers]

I believe they are working on it.

[@robertohernandez4063]

Hello the 2.6 doesn't have my printer but the older program did. Any resolutions for this?

[@3DMusketeers]

It will bring your profiles over, so don't worry!

[@robertohernandez4063]

@@3DMusketeers yeah it didn't 😐

[@3DMusketeers]

Did you tell it to pull your old profiles? Because if not it won't. Especially if you worked in the alpha and beta versions, when you install the latest version it will ask you if you want to pull your profiles and you have to click yes for it to do that

[@robertohernandez4063]

@@3DMusketeers i guess i didn't do that, any way to recover them?

[@3DMusketeers]

I am not sure honestly.

[@stuart_fisher]

I'm a recent convert to Prusa Slicer from Cura. Maybe it was just that I've fiddled with too many settings in Cura and messed something up, but PS seemed to be better straight away for me. I got into the 2.6 beta releases and have been very satisfied. I've just downloaded the full 2.6 release and will be testing it out over the next few weeks. I don't anticipate any issues though. It's got some nice features but still gets the basics right too.

[@3DMusketeers]

its been good for me so far!

[@jakabgipsz4788]

Javaslom, hogy próbáld ki az OrcaSlicert. Szerintem pont az áttekinthetősége jobb mint a PrusaSlicer . Ez még egy előrelépés a használhatóságot tekintve. És még kalibráció, több asztal kezelése. Jobb grafikai megjelenítés, sok apró újítás....

[@3DMusketeers]

Orca is based on PS, so I expect them to work the same. Until I have my Bambu running reliably I just cant use it or it will be something else they use to try and blame on why my machine is having issues..

[@hemi4837]

Great video. I haven’t tried 2.6 but I will now. I would also love to see Prusa develop a cad program. I would gladly pay for it.

[@3DMusketeers]

thanks!

[@superslacker87]

Hexagons are the bestagons.

[@3DMusketeers]

indeed

[@charlesfe]

Gah I just started a print this evening after cutting it, and I thought "gee it sure would be great it Prusa Slicer would let me add alignment pins..." Can't wait to try this tomorrow.

[@3DMusketeers]

nice!

[@Kestrel_]

You have no idea how happy i am to hear they fixed vertical shell thickness.

[@3DMusketeers]

its amazing!

[@brandoncrimmins6296]

I’m really waiting for the support FREE overhang feature shown by CNC Kitchen to get implemented!

[@3DMusketeers]

same!

[@tonyharion9816]

Me too!

[@jps99]

Thanks, great video, great slicer!

[@3DMusketeers]

Thanks!

[@aoshiroyami4458]

I would really like to see the circular overhangs, you can get pretty interesting slices with that, is a shame is a little troublesome to integrate

[@3DMusketeers]

I know they are working on it though!

[@jeffsabel9363]

Thank you Grant!!

[@3DMusketeers]

absolutely!

[@hawtdayum]

For those who dont use Prusa slicer Organic support in bambu/orca slicer for about 6 months. (thank you cura) Cuts with pegs, dowels, etc in bambu/orca slicer for about 2 months( thank you prusa) Text wrapping, embedded text bambu/orca slicer for about 2 months( thank you bambu(text) /prusa(wrapping)) Tell when Prusa "invents" multi plates. (thank you bambu)

[@3DMusketeers]

Hey I have been open and honest to call out the ports and from who when I can! This is the value of open source!

[@hawtdayum]

@@3DMusketeers No complaints from me my man. Open source rocks!

[@3DMusketeers]

indeed it does

[@edmarfilho2000]

Valeu!

[@3DMusketeers]

Thank you!

[@imacmill]

Just installed 2.6.0 from your link, and no cut tool appears in the tool section.

[@3DMusketeers]

sidebar on the left side middle of the screen, that is the cut tool

[@imacmill]

@@3DMusketeers Nope, not there. Help/About shows 2.6.0. I imported an STL, thinking it might be needed for the tool to make an appearance...no dice. I'm running on Linux...maybe that's the 'problem'?

[@imacmill]

@@3DMusketeers Turns out first install sets the 'Mode' to 'Simple'. I set it to 'Expert' and all sidebar tools are now available.

[@3DMusketeers]

ah, you know I did not even consider that! Glad it is resolved!

[@OlbaidPR]

i get so much info from your videos to for alla de info, i want to dive into the work of 3d printing and i don't what machine is good for rookie and transition to go full on 3d printing do you have a video or give me a info tk for alla and dont stop on the info

[@3DMusketeers]

We have done some podcast episodes on it :)

[@OlbaidPR]

@@3DMusketeers nice let me go to them tk

[@3DMusketeers]

absolutely!

[@huntliba]

I just downloaded 2.6 (used 2.5alpha5 until now) and yeah... I need more time with organic supports (I am middle of liking or not so much), but that text emboss thing is nice... did some signs for tomatoes few weeks ago :D cut stuff is nice if you need that... I really don't - I better use more supports than see some cut-line middle the print :D and you asked, what I want to see for upcoming releases - flow modifiers for different features (like first layer flowrate, inner/outer perimeter flowrate, infill flowrate etc)... similar to "filament overrides" tab... that would be superb imo and as you mentioned orcaslicer... for beginners and even advance users - those calibration (especially extrusion multiplier and speed) test would be quite useful... not 1:1 copy put prusa own touch to them - they are smart men/women... so yeah

[@3DMusketeers]

yeah, it would be nice to have test models too

[@bami2]

Very nice update video. I have some experience with 3D modeling programs like 3dsmax and blender, going to FreeCAD was maybe a hour worth of finding where most of the buttons where, otherwise it has zero complaints from me. You should try it again even if it's a bit jankier than most other CAD solutions, at least it's fully free, opensource, fully local and has all the features you would need to design something great. However PrusaSlicer integrating some functions like the projected text or automatic slicing/pinning just to make everybody's life easier is a great step forward. Can't wait to see what the developers think of next because this will open up a lot of doors for people who just want to print cool stuff and don't necessarily want to learn a complicated CAD program.

[@3DMusketeers]

Having no experience in blender and max, that explains why I had issues ha ha! I need to give it time, but 100% off of stream!

[@bami2]

@@3DMusketeers In that case it's totally normal that you had issues, FreeCAD (neither blender honestly) is intuitive and the default settings are just terrible making everything just orders of magnitude more frustrating, especially towards beginners. If you're giving it another go (offstream lol), I would recommend going to preferences -> display -> navigation and set "Orbit Style" to "Turntable" instead of "Trackball", which makes way more sense if you're designing for a 3D printer or CnC machine (and I think is the one PrusaSlicer and others use). Try the different "3D navigation" modes and find one you find the least impossible to use. Next to that I'd recommend giving a brief look at the wiki on how the different workflows fit together (the drop down menu at the top that has Arch, Draft, Drawing etc in it). Once you get around to working with the 3d navigation and the workflows, you'll be designing sick parts (or modifying existing ones) in no time. Good luck!

[@3DMusketeers]

reading instructions.. come on now, you know what industry you are talking to right ;) But no, seriously, thanks for the tips I will add it to my docket!

[@bami2]

​@@3DMusketeers I know right, who has time for all that. I'd rather use that time to watch some random person on the internet try to fix a molten 3d printer.

[@3DMusketeers]

me too ha ha! Except I had to be the guy fixing it lol

[@kubburdigital]

as a newbie that just started out in the hobby i chose to go with plasticity, yeah it costs, but if compared to freecad or tinkercad its head and heels beyond them in every way

[@3DMusketeers]

I need to try them out...

[@ThailandPhilUKExpat]

Love the embossing function .....

[@3DMusketeers]

makes doing custom nametags SO FREAKING EASY

[@nalacha]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!! PLEASE someone make a creality K1 profile for this slicer!!!! so many quality of life things on this ver.. I want to get it!

[@3DMusketeers]

that is up to creality

[@tomtaylor135]

Linux app image still crashes. When you rotate an object. Been going on since Alpha.

[@3DMusketeers]

did you submit the bug to the github or has someone else already done it?

[@wforider4786]

Nicely done!

[@3DMusketeers]

thank you!

[@eunkuk91]

Switched to Orca due to the integrated web browser for Octoprint and the Tree, it seems like it is missing some features compared to prusaslicer would love to see how Orca updates since PS 2.6 is out now

[@3DMusketeers]

oh thats nice.. I didnt know orca had that! Can orca keep the bambu from sending logs and such?

[@RoseKindred]

I'm new to Prusa slicer, tried the betas for tree/organic supports but it would never "paint" on correctly, like with resin supports. I hope this new version is stable and works for me. I realize Betas can be unstable, I use Blender and mainly beta builds (have to try the new toys right away) but I don't want to get Lychee for FDM.

[@3DMusketeers]

hmm never had issues here, and I dont do much to customize the supports either. What is the issue?

[@RoseKindred]

@@3DMusketeers every time I tried to apply them, they disappeared. Not just in the preview, but when I went to print they were not printing. Tried two beta versions when they were first announced. So just going to wait till 2.6 is out and I can try when the machine is repaired.

[@3DMusketeers]

Do you have supports set to Support Enforcers Only?

[@RoseKindred]

@@3DMusketeers That is the option that turns off the auto supports, right? I believe I did try that. But thanks for trying to troubleshoot over comments. I wonder if it was something with the Z contact distance. Oh well, I'll find out eventually or be surprised when things are fixed and, to quote Bethesda "It just works."

[@3DMusketeers]

The support enforcers only will only apply it to where you paint it, auto does it everywhere.

[@pbft.j]

I'm switching from Cura because of this update. Thank you!

[@3DMusketeers]

Nice!

[@coinopanimator]

Ive gotta try this. There’s some amazing tools here.

[@3DMusketeers]

its well worth it!

[@mikestewart4752]

I want to see a feature that enables me to imagine an object and it just prints it without layer lines. Asking too much?

[@3DMusketeers]

check out resin printing ;)

[@natereinhold6180]

Giving this a shot today!

[@3DMusketeers]

sweet!

[@joshc511]

Profile differences in orca would be awesome

[@3DMusketeers]

what do you mean by that? you can compare I believe in PS.

[@anwyll]

Switched to PS 2.6 alphas from Cura early in the alpha cycle and I think it was the perfect time to swap. There's maybe one thing I miss from Cura (the more specific flow controls, PS does not support different flow rates for different features/line types - I miss it but I am not convinced I need it), otherwise there is nothing else I had previously missed in earlier versions. I did not realize how accustomed I had become to these new features until this video because I went to trouble of splitting and modelling dowels and slots for a model when I could have tried the PS split tool.

[@3DMusketeers]

you can do flow controls for different line parts, its been a thing for a while. Maybe I am missing how cura does it though, as I have not used cura.

[@anwyll]

@@3DMusketeers are you referring to different line widths for different line types under the print settings? Because I'm referring to the flow rate under filament settings. I used to adjust flow rates as well as line widths in Cura but like I said, I'm not sure it's needed. I think I mostly miss the tinkering.

[@3DMusketeers]

oh, yeah I was talking about line widths. Why would you want to have more or less flow on certain things? Seems like line width would be better, but you likely have a process that works really well for yo and the change is a pain..

[@cupertinogeek2070]

I used Cura before I came onboard with Prusa a few years ago. I had no issues with Cura. It is a good slicer plus I try not to say negative things about a really good product that is open source and provided free to the community off the sweat of other people’s brow. It still amazes me that we have an open source community that turns out great product like these various slicers and other products like “Home Assistant”. As a developer myself, my hat is off to these open source developers.

[@3DMusketeers]

it is pretty amazing honestly!

[@TheDepep1]

I just started using Orca slicer and while i love the ideas, its a hard no for me. Multiple issues with the "recent projects" and no automatic saving kills it for me. Superslicer has the 1 click export to sd card feature which I love. Maybe if orca added that feature and fixed the other bugs then I would definitely switch over.

[@3DMusketeers]

not many slicers autosave. As for one click export, Prusaslicer has done that, that is where orca got it from

[@3DMusketeers]

i really need to try it!

[@groggynod]

Using the location pin feature but instead of pins use some neo diddly um magents 😮

[@3DMusketeers]

ok, that is pretty smart too!!!

[@Hanzi2u]

Now they just to add the bambulab printers , then the slicer is complete

[@3DMusketeers]

I dont think a slicer will ever be complete. And it is up to Bambu Lab to provide a profile to Prusa, that is how it works for everyone else. I am told Orca is the best of both worlds, but never testing it myself yet, I cannot confirm.

[@Hanzi2u]

@3DMusketeers fully understandable, I do use orca slicer myself and it's so nice , but mostly because I have a bambulab x1c, I use prusa slicer for my elegoo machine

[@3DMusketeers]

yeah one program for both is nice

[@DJProPlusMax]

I am real fan of PrusaSlicer!

[@3DMusketeers]

same

[@alf3071]

what interests me the most is the new bridging technique

[@3DMusketeers]

yeah, I should have put that in the video, but alas accidentally skipped it!

[@KZ-yy9pm]

The text is pretty cool, seems I’d rather do it in the slicer rather than shapr

[@3DMusketeers]

I mean, I would!

[@joshc511]

Hope Bambu bring the cut and pins to Bambu studio!

[@3DMusketeers]

I believe they have had it for a bit now from one of the alphas

[@crooker2]

Weird editing on this video. But the information is great. :) thanks! Can't wait to fire up 2.6!

[@3DMusketeers]

What is wrong with the editing?

[@crooker2]

@@3DMusketeers The J-cuts are quite jarring. Anyways, I don't want to criticize the content, because that's what's most important, and it's EXCELLENT. But I did find the editing to be just a tad distracting.

[@3DMusketeers]

It's done for brevity. I talk.. a lot.. so our editor tries to cut me down. We've discussed this before and said it's a double edged sword.. either we let me go longer, which can result in longer videos with less retention, or we do the cuts that some won't like.

[@crooker2]

@@3DMusketeers or you simplify your points. :) KISS rule. I don't disagree with your editor. (I edit as well). Your editor should also know how to mask bad edits. Those J-cuts though. Meh. Anyways... Keep up the content. Work on the delivery.

[@3DMusketeers]

We dont do a ton of prep in terms of writing for episodes. They are raw. One day, when I can get the time, we will start doing scripts. If you have suggestions for dealing with the cuts I am all ears! We want to make it better!

[@chrisc9213]

Another great review; keep up the excellent work, and don't fall to the temptation to talk about your negative experience with your B-printer. I cringe every time since we have been perfect, and getting parts and supplies has been the easiest of the three printer brands we use. It was a pyridine change to look at some of the parts as consumables. Keep up the excellent work, and I enjoy 99.9% of your content and entertainment :)

[@3DMusketeers]

I just tell my experience. If that's not yours I understand but it's mine.

[@cupertinogeek2070]

@@3DMusketeers I enjoy the various experiences. I don’t want a sales job on how great a product is. I enjoy hearing the real world experiences. I hear so often how great a product is for about six months then very often the product fall off the map of attention. Very suspicious to me when that happens.

[@3DMusketeers]

yeah I just tell my experiences..

[@liljashy1463]

Bambu adds tree supports Prusa adopts tree supports Prusa gets credit for tree supports

[@3DMusketeers]

I mean.. If ANYONE would be getting CREDIT it would be Cura.. But sure. Prusa's are apparently different than normal tree supports, I do not know how though. And let's be crystal clear here.. Bambu Studio, it is basically Prusa Slicer. It is copied from Prusa, properly designated now as well. This is the value of open source. It is not about company vs company, it is about all the companies working together-ish and using features others have made and making their own.

[@EDreyer]

Good video!

[@3DMusketeers]

thank you!

[@furmek]

Video about prusa slicer and you managed to mention your problems with your bamboo printer.

[@3DMusketeers]

that is correct.

[@aztrose1023]

God I love orca slicer

[@3DMusketeers]

i need to try it..

[@jeremyglover5541]

hmmm. i'm going to say no; I dont want my slicer becoming bloated with beginner modelling features, or becoming a modelling program. I like that its compartmentalized and mission focused. there are enough settings relating to slicing as it is, without adding a bunch of modelling stuff that I will never use. Some level of higher integration via plugins perhaps.

[@3DMusketeers]

Not a bad idea, that is kinda how cura does it.. hmmmm

[@jeremyglover5541]

@@3DMusketeers yeah, i use fusion360 and onshape for modelling. If you are not working on product for sale, or towards patented ideas, onshape free is very easy to use/approachable.

[@3DMusketeers]

I actually prefer fusion 360, because, even on free, the limitations are worth it, and when you do need to pay its MUCH more affordable than Onshape. We used onshape back in the day and I LOVED IT, but when they forcibly publicized everyone's models, I jumped ship. I would be willing to look at them again, but they would have to sponsor quite a few licenses for us to look at implementing it at 3DM.

[@jeremyglover5541]

@@3DMusketeers oh I agree, the 'all your models are open source whether you like it or not' thing made me jump back to fusion as well. if its not important to you, I do think its parametric modelling is probably a bit more approachable for the beginner, which is why I mentioned it. Agreed on the pricing for the paid version... too much. its also much faster than fusion360, if you dont have a decent computer.

[@3DMusketeers]

very fair!

[@LoganKaval]

love the cat it is cute

[@3DMusketeers]

Victoria is wonderful! We love her

[@ProletariosDigitais]

Prusa is the new black

[@3DMusketeers]

heheheheheh

[@lap87]

Orca is easily going to surpass SuperSlicer, and leave it far behind if they keep going as they have been

[@3DMusketeers]

Oh, I mean, with how far SS is behind in updates I dont doubt this at all.

[@C650101]

Adding CAD will end up with a monolithic bloatware

[@3DMusketeers]

eh, I would say no, but I guess it depends if you would use it or not

[@jstro-hobbytech]

FreeCAD is the reason I make classic video games in python when I'm bored. I thought that it would help but it didn't. Understanding constraints did but im no pro. When I get a new printer I shall be paying for fusion or solidworks. It's deciding on a printer that's killing me. Prusa and bambu are out of my price range. There's one domestic prusa reseller in Canada and they charge 1600 plus shipping plus 15 percent provincial sales tax. That's for the kit. They never have them in stock either. They never have anything in stock actually haha.

[@3DMusketeers]

I mean, sounds like it's cheaper to buy from Prusa.. if you're on a budget look at our streams on the sovol sv06 and the sv06+ we don't call them poverty prusas for no reason ..

[@jstro-hobbytech]

@@3DMusketeers hahaha true. I was going to buy an x1 a while back but decided to buy a new oscilloscope instead which ended up costing the price of more than a couple x1's. Thanks for the reply.

[@3DMusketeers]

gah an o-scope is on my list.. bad.. But man good ones aint cheap as you know!

[@jstro-hobbytech]

@@3DMusketeers I know. I've had 5 of them over the years and the one I have now is 5k after I hacked it lol. I fell into an awesome trade for an an old but fast tektronix tds2002c and a 1 kilowatt isolation transformer. I'd love a keysight but that'll never happen. If I ever get one for free I'll give you my new rigol sir. It's 8 billion samples a second. Pure bonkers.

[@3DMusketeers]

man tech is crazy.. I remember bidding on some older Tek scopes in college but never winning ha ha!

[@GeorgeGraves]

At this point, Prusa is bringing more to the table as a software(slicer) company than as a hardware(printer) company - and for that reason alone, I wish them sucess - even if the mk4 was too little to late. But it sure smells like the ***granddaddy*** of all OSHW company's - Arduino. That didn't work out so well for them in the end.

[@3DMusketeers]

Huh? Arduino is doing just fine last I checked....

[@mikhailbakunin6746]

@@3DMusketeers Not at all. Newer boards are faster, beatter, cheaper and easier to use - sound familiar?

[@3DMusketeers]

They know their market, that is what they care about. I see no issue here.. And no, because the faster machine you may be thinking of is not cheaper, and at least for mine, it has been the most unreliable printer I have EVER owned.. and I have been building printers and using them for 15 years now.

[@mikhailbakunin6746]

@@3DMusketeers You missed the point - but that's ok.

[@3DMusketeers]

Did I? Because I think, above all, it is important to know your market. If you have a niche locked down that you can control and that is comfortable to you, why branch out? Sure, a Pi is leaps and bounds better, but try to find one for retail these days that is in stock. Like most products, copies of both exist online for cheap, that is how it works. Because they are open source, they recognize and understand these risks, but being open source means they are much more utilized than their closed source counterparts when it comes to the niche's they target.

[@blakbuzzrd]

Is slicing just a game to you?

[@3DMusketeers]

Huh?

[@cupertinogeek2070]

Some of these comments are way out there. Not sure what a slicing game is. LOL

[@3DMusketeers]

yeah.....

[@blakbuzzrd]

@@3DMusketeers Just a l'il joke based on your video title.

[@Cvile69]

Man I might just have to quit using Cura

[@3DMusketeers]

try PS and get used to it before you choose to jump.

[@PinkGirl2242]

Alot of the new features in prusa slicer are actually already in Orca slicer. Prusa slicer are slow to the party but it's good that they're catching up.

[@3DMusketeers]

Didn't orca adopt them from the prusa slicer alphas and betas which it is built upon?

[@suerentfrow9907]

While my husband was watching this video, I couldn't take my eyes off your cat! Is she pregnant?

[@3DMusketeers]

No :( just a bit tubby. She needed surgery a while back on her belly but the hair never really grew back. She's a 16 pound goblin that needs all my attention. And I'm fine with it lol.

[@CircsC]

@@3DMusketeers Please pet the Goblin and let it know it's from me

[@3DMusketeers]

I will. But she's very sleepy so I'll let her sleep for now lol

[@suerentfrow9907]

She's Adorable!

[@suerentfrow9907]

I didn't mean to "fat shame" her...

[@BradAckerman]

😻

[@3DMusketeers]

Yay cat!

[@DJ-Hollandica]

gold you make me smarter again watch out iam getting good lol funny enough i used it all on the last print i draw in fusion now i know its new look discord pretty difficult print in few hours chunky but unbreakable and oldtimer part that where not on this planet last week.... without these channels and evolvement this where not possible its great that's why i like it so cheap fast and not much waste else not possible right but iam writing a thing for you lol 0/ gonna make room for fatrig

[@3DMusketeers]

good luck!

[@tankprohp]

If you're smart you would cut that and then glue it together with epoxy for that Optimus prime head it's so dumb to use supports like that so much easier just to create a flat surface and connect the parts yourself you sometimes have to be smarter than the machine

[@3DMusketeers]

Yep. That's what I did.. the head is not designed for FDM but many have printed it as it is. I get the reason to use a ton of support though, beats trying to hide a seam

[@andyburns]

"full public release" ... Nuh uh.

[@3DMusketeers]

How not?

[@NunyaBiznessman-t1q]

Man, someone has way too much time on their hands!

[@3DMusketeers]

what? you okay?

[@cupertinogeek2070]

What does that mean ?

[@3DMusketeers]

I have not the slightest clue..

[@marcus3d]

12:30 No, Thomas' video is NOT "great", which is why it has almost as many downvotes as upvotes. He is not only utterly clueless about how OSS works, but also completely brainwashed into an ideology where a few people should get rich at the expense of others and at the expense of progress in general.

[@3DMusketeers]

KZbin doesnt show downvotes anymore.. I am not sure I agree with the back half regarding that a few should get rich at the expense of others.. But I also dont see that in his video so? As for being clueless about OSS, that I have no clue, and frankly I likely find myself somewhat clueless too.

[@marcus3d]

@@3DMusketeers You can see downvotes with the appropriate plugin. The thing about OSS is that, well, it's not closed source, and you can't just expect the business model to be the same as for closed source, such as charging for a copy. Instead you have to do things like Patreon, or bounties, or charge for support or custom features, or view it as advertisement for something else (like the 3D printers you sell), etc. Saying that OSS doesn't work, while most of the most successful software in the world is OSS, is simply unbelievably dumb.

[@3DMusketeers]

I think OSS does work, quite well, but as he said, when companies dont play by the rules it muddies the water and makes those who are playing by the rules have to place less than OSS features.

[@marcus3d]

@@3DMusketeers The view of water muddying is just wrong expectations. Yes, it's unfortunate that there are people who don't cooperate, or who don't do the right thing, but that's to be expected. If anything, highlight bad behavior, instead of dissing good behavior like Thomas. Reward good behavior. Support good behavior. And under no circumstance try to convince people that good behavior doesn't work when it clearly does.

[@3DMusketeers]

I think we do try to highlight bad behavior but it seems no one really cares? Or they do, but only for a minute or so. I guess I did not take it as him going after the good guys, I may have to re watch it, but I do agree with you, go after the bad actors

[@Hanzi2u]

If you been using the alpha and beta's this is nothing new lol😅

[@3DMusketeers]

I mean, yeah, but some people dont like the alpha and beta life lol

[@Hanzi2u]

@@3DMusketeers true tho , but I do like the able to see what's new, and not needing to wait months for it

[@3DMusketeers]

I agree

[@justinchamberlin4195]

FreeCAD was a complete waste of time for me...limited as Tinkercad is, I can fire it up and have a simple design done in the time it takes for me to curse everyone involved in the design and programming of FreeCAD before quitting and deleting the entire application.

[@3DMusketeers]

I am told the UI and UX has gotten better, was your experience recent?

[@justinchamberlin4195]

@@3DMusketeers It was maybe a year and a half ago, so not that recent. I will say, I haven't had the best of luck in Fusion 360 either - I found a really neat cord wrap that uses two spools, but needs to be re-sized to use anything other than Prusament spools, and couldn't for the life of me figure out how to adjust the parameters despite the designer (and various commenters) saying how easy it was to edit the file in Fusion 360. I almost think OpenSCAD is easier to use...maybe I'm just not cut out for CAD software?

[@3DMusketeers]

some of the parametrics can be a pain to find in fusion, you have to know what you are looking for. One of the things that is struggling overall is how difficult the nomenclature is, so if you have an issue you may not know how to solve it due to not looking up the right thing..

[@hiroyeager5945]

can't emboss japanese text only gay roman fonts

[@3DMusketeers]

Submit a report on the GitHub and be more tolerant.

[@DJ-Hollandica]

o yeah smashhhhhhhh that like it's good one you know creality already had letters lol dunno where they stole a borrow that idea

[@3DMusketeers]

thanks man!