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New free slicer makes curved 3D printing accessible

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A new, free, self-hostable 3D printing slicer called PancakeSlicer has been released, aiming to make non-planar printing accessible to a wider audience. Developed by Alpaca Engineering, the tool addresses the practical challenges of printing curved objects along all three axes, which has largely remained experimental. PancakeSlicer includes features to manage various 3D printer models and their specific print head geometries to avoid collisions, and offers a web UI for multi-user access and printer management. AI

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New free slicer makes curved 3D printing accessible

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Jhet Borja ·

    3D printing dev’s free tool unlocks curved printing along all three axes

    PancakeSlicer is a self-hostable non-planar 3D printing slicer that might finally make non-planar slicing more accessible to the masses.

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