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

On 08/09/2022 00.42, Soviet_Mario wrote:
> On 07/09/22 16:51, J.O. Aho wrote:
>> On 07/09/2022 14.13, Soviet_Mario wrote:
>>
>>> (formats : .deb, .flatpak, .appimage
>>
>> As long as you don't have to manually download the packages and 
>> install it, then it don't matter at all.
>>
>> I do prefer packages for a distro over flatpak/appimage/snaps, as they 
>> have a lot more than just the application itself, which leads to 
>> longer download time as the files are larger.
>>
>> My distro do have support for flatpak, so those can be simply 
>> installed in the same manner as other applications, which makes 
>> updates a bit simpler, just the download time that bah... sometimes  
>> like if you were installing CUDA SDK.
> 
> CUDA not CURA as said Dan Purgert ... ok, note taken. Tnx

CUDA is for nVidia graphics cards, was just using it as an example of a 
big package that generally takes long time to download as it's in size a 
few gigs.


>>
>>
>>> are there DRIVERS for the Da Vinci XYZ 3D printer for debian ? The CD 
>>> had only windows drivers ...
>>
>> No specific driver software needed, that comes with the kernel, but 
>> different manufacturers uses different protocol to talk to the printer 
>> over the usb, which makes not all 3d printers works with Linux, as far 
>> as I know xzyprinting don't really support Linux, they had some 
>> version of their tool back in the days.
> 
> But I'll possibly not even connect the printer with the PC. Just to save 
> the final project file in the correct format and to transfer it into the 
> USB port.
> I had a misconcept about this process

Yes, that a possibility as long as the printer do support it.

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  //Aho