Re: [crosspost] recommended slicers for 3D printer and 'filled' volume? estimation (drivers, consumes and so)

There is a CLI program: slic3r and a GUI program: cura.  Both should be 
available in your distro's repository.  On my Ubuntu 18.04 system:

sauron% dpkg-query -l slic3r cura
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version      Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii  cura           3.1.0-1      all          GUI G-code generator for 3D print
ii  slic3r         1.2.9+dfsg-9 amd64        G-code generator for 3D printers

Once you have your CAD software export a .stl file, either of these programs 
can generate a gcode file.  Then it is a matter of transporting that gcode 
file to the printer.


At Wed, 7 Sep 2022 14:13:37 +0200 Soviet_Mario <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> 
> I'm completely new to 3D printing, but I do have a XYZ Da 
> Vinci 3D printer and I've caught sort of an offer for 12 1 
> kg coils (6 PLA, 6 ABS), so I am thinking about making sth.
> 
> I use OpenSCAD for modelling, reasonably well, but that's 
> all for now.
> 
> So, now ?
> I've heard about the keyword "SLICER", but dunno exactly the 
> function of this kind o sw, though I guess I will need some.
> 
> Which one would you best recommend ?
> (formats : .deb, .flatpak, .appimage
> I am not very willing to reenable .snaps and I no longer use 
> windows at all, so let's we exclude it).
> 
> 
> Another question : those slicers, also suggest the correct 
> orientation ? I mean, the best orientation for stability of 
> the intermediate states ?
> I am sketching shapes with many hollow spaces (tubes, 
> fittings, flanges and so).
> 
> Last question : can the slicers guess the "filled" volume ? 
> This in order to esteem in advance how much plastic one will 
> consume.
> If not, do you know some 3D manipulation SW that can import 
> any of the output formats from OpenSCAD and calculate 
> volumes of 'filled' space of a (COMPLEX !) shape
> 
> 
> Err ... another questions. If one runs out of coil during 
> printing, the average printer is smart enough to suspend the 
> work, let the user refill the coil, and resume the work ?
> 
> 
> sorry another question, LOL
> are there DRIVERS for the Da Vinci XYZ 3D printer for debian 
> ? The CD had only windows drivers ...
> 
> 
> 

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