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OrcaSlicer V2.1.0 Official Release

github.com Release OrcaSlicer V2.1.0 Official Release · SoftFever/OrcaSlicer

This is the official release of OrcaSlicer V2.1.0 This update includes minor fixes and new translations. For a detailed list of all the new features, please refer to the release notes for v2.1.0 Be...

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Can someone give me a brief intro to orca slicer? Who is it made by and what's it's quirk?

For example prusa slicer, made by prusa, prioritizes user interface and has powerful almost modeling features (text, cutting etc)
- You're four forks deep now Slic3r to Prusa Slicer to Bamboo's slicer to Orca. It also borrowed a lot of ideas from Super Slicer. Since it's open source, and has been gaining some momentum, it seems to have a decent amount of contributors
  
  Why Orca?
  
  all the features you know and love from things up the tree
  
  a revamped UI
  
  built in tuning tests (temp tower, extrusion multiplier, volumetric flow, pressure advance, etc)
  
  great Klipper integration if that's your jam
  
  all the features you know and love from things up the tree
  
  Did OrcaSlicer ever bring back the option to slice automatically when changing settings? It's called "Background processing" in PrusaSlicer.
- I used to slicer hop around, then i discovered orca. Just the best imho
  
  Edit: its an open source fork of bamboo slicer
  
  And Bambu Studio is a fork of PrusaSlicer
- The UI of Prusa slicer is hot garbage though. I started with prusa slicer and moved to orca after a few months. Orca is a much nicer experience, and the built-in test-models (temp towers etc.) are nice.
  
  The UI of Prusa slicer is hot garbage though.
  
  I'm comparing cura and prusa, so prusa wins by a lot. What are you comparing prusa to? Orca?
  
  The UI of Prusa slicer is hot garbage though.
  
  I give orca/bambu the edge for "prettier on screenshots", but in practice, I don't find their UI paradigm to be more efficient nor convenient.
- Orca slicer is a fork of Prusaslicer
  
  And it's fantastic!
  
  Edit: its actually a fork of bamboo slicer which is a fork of prusa slicer
- It's worth giving a try
Does it work on recent Linux releases yet?
- What issues have you had? Ive been using orca for about a year without any issues all. I'm running Mint, both stable and beta branch have been without issues for me.
  
  Appimage doesn't start because it relies on a system package that does exist anymore, dialogs with grey text on grey backgrounds in dark mode, stl repair not included...
  
  Flatpak is in the works but honestly and hope that helps bit I get better prints out of prusaslicer for some reason so not holding my breath or anything.
Any plans to add belt printer support?
- There's a request made here. Haven't seen devs reply yet though.

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