Slic3r

STL-to-GCODE translator for RepRap printers

So you've got a 3D printer and a STL file to print. You need a software to convert it to a series of layers and to generate the toolpaths to build it.

Here comes Slic3r! Its features are:

speed

easy configuration and little or no calibration

provide both a graphic interface and a complete command line one

open development (hosted on Github to allow for forks, pull request and contributions)

new features

easy installation (Mac/Win/Linux and no dependencies required)

See the README for feature list and the Documentation page for online help and tutorials.

0.6.0 is out!

2012-01-21

After much work, a new beefy release of Slic3r is ready for download.

New features:

thin walls!
new Output Filename Format option to allow for complex output filenames using option values (like foo_3perimeters_0.15height.gcode)
automatic retraction at the end of the print

Improvements:

much better overlap between infill and perimeters in those situations where previous version was still producing gaps
smarter order for hole perimeters to save travel and time
large internal refactoring (less memory and some speed)
bridges now have higher priority than other solid regions
loops are now closed better
use solid print speed for internal solid layers too
checkbox in GUI to enable comments in G-code
warn if no layers were detected

Changes:

Windows package is now distributed as a ZIP file rather than a self-extracting executable

Bugfixes:

some island having no holes and contained in holes themselves were ignored
fatal error in arc detection code
wrong month number in output
small regions were infilled even with fill_density = 0
fill was escaping perimeters near some corners
other fatal errors removed, especially when dealing with dirty files

Download

The easiest way to install Slic3r is to download a precompiled package for MacOS X, Windows or Linux. No dependencies, no hassle.

If you want to stay current and don't wait for updates to the binary packages, you can clone the project with Git and then install all dependencies by running these few commands:

$ git clone git://github.com/alexrj/Slic3r $ cd Slic3r $ sudo perl Build.PL $ sudo cpan Wx

Note for Ubuntu users: you must first install the build-essential, libgtk2.0-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev, libwx-perl (this can be skipped, it just makes installation faster), and libmodule-build-perl packages. Should you have problems with the sudo perl Build.PL command, you can replace it with curl -L http://cpanmin.us | perl - --sudo --installdeps . which should work a lot better on some Ubuntu systems having broken CPAN setups.

Note for Mac (Lion) users: see this page for instructions.

Note for Win users: see this page for instructions.

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