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

On 07/09/22 17:23, Robert Heller wrote:
> 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.
> 

TNX, I'll look for this packages.

> 
> 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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